Raising Hemlines Not Favoured
Some members of the North Canterbury Hospital Board want the length of nurses’ raised to the knee, but the nurses won’t have it At yesterday's meeting Mr R. H. Stillwell, supported by Mr H. O. Hills, made out a case for raising the hemlines in the interests of appearance and fashion. Mr Stiilwell said he did not
favour the introduction of mini-skirt uniforms, but suggested that the existing uniform—l4in from the ground and an apron even closer to the ground, tended to be scruffy. The chairman (Dr L. C. L. Averill) said proposals to shorten the uniform had been made on several occasions during the last 20 years, but neither the nursing administration nor the nurses had favoured it Another board member said the method of determining the length of the uniform was to ensure that they all looked the same when the nurses were lined up in a row. If the uniforms were allowed to be at the knee or any length below or above it they would look untidy in a line-up. Nurses generally regarded their uniforms seriously and did not have any desire to shorten them.
Mr Stillwell replied that the nurses obviously thought otherwise about civilian dress from what he had seen of them coming out the hospital gate.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32078, 28 August 1969, Page 8
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