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Extract from Parish Magazine May 1915.
WATERINGBURY AND NETTLESTEAD DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION
Owing to a variety of causes, the Annual General Meeting of the Wateringbury and Nettlestead District Nursing Association did not take place last November. The Committee think it advisable to postpone the meeting until next Autumn, and to give a few particulars of the events of the Nursing Year with the balance sheet in the Parish Magazine, instead of publishing an Annual Report.
All will have heard by now that Nurse Keat2 has left us temporarily to take up work in the 4th Northern General Hospital at Lincoln, where she is busy nursing the wounded. Though very sorry to part with her, we well understand her wish to take an active part in nursing our soldiers, and we hope that at the end of the war we may welcome her back to Wateringbury. Before she left, a subscription was raised in recognition of her services — Nurse was delighted, and bought herself a new minute watch, which will be very useful in her work. We should like here to express our great appreciation of her unfailing kindness and skillful attention to all her patients during the five years she worked in Wateringbury and Nettlestead.
When she left, we had Nurse Broadhead-Williams with us for four weeks, doing excellent work, but she was suddenly called away by her father's serious illness and was not able to return. After the lapse of about a fortnight, we were fortunate in securing temporarily the services of Nurse Parasiers, who is busy amongst us now, and a great boon to the district.
We are sorry the members had to be for a short time without a nurse, but we hope they will take the temporary inconvenience as a little bit of their share in the war, it being almost an impossibility to secure the services of a nurse just now. The County Superintendent is looking out for a Queen's Nurse who will be able to stay for the duration of the war.
Nurse Keat was a good deal disheartened that more people did not join as members last October. We would again urge all who possibly can to do so without further delay.
BALANCE SHEET, October 1st, 1913, to September 30th, 1914.
Audited and found correct,
May 1st, 1915
AMOS BAKER LILIAN LAMBERT, Hon.Sec.
SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS, October 1st, 1913 to September 30th, 1914
Mr. R.H. Fremlin
Sir George Wolseley
Miss Maitland
Mr. T. Brocklebank
Mr. Alan Lambert
Rev. Canon Livett
Mr. A. Leney
Mrs B. Cator
Mr. W. Jude
Rev. F.W. Cobb
Miss Fremlin
Dr. Southwell Sander
Mr. and Misses Goodwin
Mrs. Hole
Miss Hawes
Mrs Stevens
Messrs Amos Baker
Miss Lambert
£
10
5
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10
5
5
5
5
5
0
0
0
3
2
2
11
1
1
1
1
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0
0
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0
0
0
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0
0
Viscountess Falmouth
Mr. W.W.Blest
Mrs. English
Mrs John Allen
Mr. Curd
Mr. R. Tapply
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Smith
Mr. French
Miss Hinton
Nurse Keat (donation towards bicycle)
Mr. and Mrs. Boorman
Rev. H. Crawford
Mrs. Rogers (donation)
Mr. Neame
£
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
72
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1
0
0
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5
2
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9
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6
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5
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3
2
2
1
1
1
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Notes:
1. For original set-up of district Nursing association see Village Nurse for labouring and artisan classes (1908/09).
2. Probably means Ellen Bertha Keats, of New Road, who was one of a number of Wateringbury women registered in 1914 to vote in 1915 elections for the county and parish (but not of course to Parliament).
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