. A history of nursing; the evolution of nursing systems from the earliest times to the foundation of the first English and American training schools for nurses. ving knowledge of modern medical and surgicaltreatment, by publishing lectures and articles bymedical contributors and by encouraging the reportsfrom nurses themselves of their experiences andobservations. Private hospitals are legislated for in a part ofThe Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act,1909. This is not the first legislation in regard tothem, as they were first dealt with in an amendmentto The Public Health Act and again
. A history of nursing; the evolution of nursing systems from the earliest times to the foundation of the first English and American training schools for nurses. ving knowledge of modern medical and surgicaltreatment, by publishing lectures and articles bymedical contributors and by encouraging the reportsfrom nurses themselves of their experiences andobservations. Private hospitals are legislated for in a part ofThe Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act,1909. This is not the first legislation in regard tothem, as they were first dealt with in an amendmentto The Public Health Act and again in a separateact in 1906. But the whole spirit of the legislationis the same—the protection of the public by inspec-tion and control of these places by the house in which more than one person is re-ceived at a time for medical and surgical treatmentand in which obstetric treatment is intended, musthave a license to conduct a private hospital. Aheavy penalty is imposed for receiving patientswithout a license. Except under special circum-stances, a license is not granted to any one but aregistered medical practitioner, a registered nurse. In New Continents 217 or midwife. Testimonials as to good character arealso required. The premises to be used are inspectedand the number of patients one registered nurse canbe responsible for are specified. The licensed privatehospitals are visited periodically by trained nursesappointed by the government for the purpose. Thelicenses have to be renewed annually, and can becancelled for certain reasons. A record of thepatients treated and the work done has to be kept,and submitted to the inspectors. The nurses ap-pointed for this work first were Miss Bicknell andMiss Bagley, both New Zealand trained nurses andmidwives. They visit the private hospitals and atthe same time see the registered midwives in the vari-ous districts, and work specially under the superin-tendence of the Assistant Inspector-General, MissMaclean. Under a
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