Chester Hospitals - Nursing through the ages
1763
- nurses paid £4
per year
1840 - nurses given a sovereign
as a reward for good conduct.
1862 - nurses becoming extremely hard to obtain, nurses paid
20/ - a year in beer
money,
1862 - two nurses sent to prison, a third nurse sacked for ‘grossly
indecent conduct.’
1867 - the first mention of nurse
training appears in the Chester Infirmary records
1867 - nurses provided with a uniform
1873 - Dr.
Edward Waters - "hospital should start its own Nurses’ Institute
"
1873 - proper nurse
training scheme introduced
1873 - Nurses Pay
1874 - Nurses have to be able to read
and write
1901 - strict discipline
applied to nurses and long hours. Bye
Laws
1924 - nursing
recognised as profession
1920-30s -
long hours worked by nurses
1947 - Chester Infirmary - Nurses
League formed
1956 - Nurses Pay
- Chester Infirmary 1956
1955 - Nurses’ home
1956 -Nurse
education