The Labour Party and the Nursing Profession
1927 1927 1920s 40 pages 22 Some idea of the extent to which a county population is adequately served may be gained from the following examples:— GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Total area 783,088 acres. 644,334 covered by the county D.N.A. Total population in 1921 329,346 286,766 nursed by C.D.N.A....
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London : The Labour Party (London : Co-operative Print. Society Ltd.)
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22 Some idea of the extent to which a county population is adequately served may be gained from the following examples:— GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Total area 783,088 acres. 644,334 covered by the county D.N.A. Total population in 1921 329,346 286,766 nursed by C.D.N.A. The county nursing association comprises 124 nursing associations, employing 137 nurses. There is at present no district nurse for 57 small scattered parishes with a population of 42,580, but the deficiency is being gradually reduced. GLAMORGAN COUNTY. Here the county association has been at work only four years and attempts to serve only one-third of the population — 29 Queen's nurses, 12 general nurses, 7 village nurses. CORNWALL. Total area 868,167 acres. 771,141 acres nursed by the C.D.N.A. 42,363 acres nursed independently. 54,663 acres not nursed at all. Total population 320,000 286,000 nursed by the C.D.N.A. 24,000 nursed independently. 10,000 not nursed at all. NUMBER OF NURSES. GRADE. 22 Hospital certificate, C.M.B., and district training. 23 Hospital certificate and district training. 95 C.M.B. and district training. 6 C.M.B. only. An important tendency in county district nursing associations is to associate their work more and more closely with the preventive work of the public health authorities. The leaders of Q.V.J.I. feel strongly that the curative and the preventive work should go hand in hand, and that a useful moment for teaching good health habits comes when some member of the family is ill. For example, in the annual report of the Cornwall County Nursing Association we find a reminder to the affiliated district nursing associations "that if they wish to ensure the interest of the County Council in their welfare and support, they must co-operate whole-heartedly in the various arrangements for public health work and so develop the work of the association on progressive lines." As a result of this tendency, although the associations are still mainly supported by voluntary contributions, they receive a large measure of support from public bodies. For example, in the Glamorgan County Nursing Association's annual report we find the following: "Your Committee often hear of districts where it is earnestly desired to obtain a nurse, but where it was found almost impossible to raise the funds, and would remind those interested that public authorities are now, in many cases, undertaking
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