DISTRICT NURSING GUILD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 112, 4 February 1908, Page 3

DISTRICT NURSING GUILD.

.' The first meeting ot the St. John Ambulance District/Nursing'Guild' Committee, for 'the'cui ) - .rent year .fas hcld-yest'erday; afternoon: Mrs: S. ;A. Rhodes, honorary associate '..of t,he : Order of St. 'John of 'Jerusalem! nrpsided,' and 'Mifes 11. Higgle, Mrs.. W. 11. S.. Moorhouse,.':'Mrs,'.J.. I'. "Xulie, Mrs. ,11.. W.; Preston,.- and Mrs. :W.. B. fisher (1i0n... secretary): were; The report setting forth particulars'of district niirdhg '.work .'carried., on- since last., meeting sho'wed ■ that -:Nurses. and M'acandreV' had. paid 1 1074 visits'to; the sick -poor' during. -December and January. Among' the'cisei was one of. ,fractured thigh, -five-. pa'tierit'ij''.-with ulcerated legs, . one ', each .with- ihflamihatiAn, hemorrhage and ' ,complications,!Vperitbnif:i v !i influenza, nervous debility, etc. Tlio following additional subscriptions are ackhow--ledged with thanks Mrs. (Dr.) Kendall, ,;JBI Is.; Mr. J. B. MacEwan, Mrs.'E. J. Crawford, JOs.; Mrs; lan Duncan, 55.; Mrs. F. G. Castle, 55.; Mrs.. (Dr:) Gibb,'sS.;'Mr.; F. W. Hay bit tie, 10s./Cd.;' Mr. J. M'Kerrow,' Mrs.-A. Crawford, £2 2s.'; Mr. C.'Sweeney, 55.; Hon. -Dr. Collins, ill .Is;'; Dr. J. 11.-Kemp, M 25.: Airs, "G. E. Tplh'ur'st, 10s.-'6q.; Mr'?.' -T.. Joseph, JBI Is.; Miss Joseph;-i!l. Is.; Miss Elsie Joseph, M Is.; Eoberts and' Sims, 10s.'; Bing! Harris, and Co., i£l Is.; A.' W. and F. C. Brailsford," 10s. Cd.; Colonial Carrying Co., 10s. od.; Mr..Clark, ss.;:'Mr. G. K. Wilton, 2s. 6d.; Mrs. Muter, 55.; and Mr. James. 'ss. '3d. (polyjphone, pennies). Gifts of articles ~foir.'.the': patients have . been .received by the district nurses from Mesdames iHeynolds,. .Wilson, Mantell, Gmgg, Grunsler, Watson, l33rwin, Stevens, Croker, Kirk,i Hoaro, Bray, Adams, Isit.t, Cunhffe, Wallis, Hunter, Tripp. Chappie, Gray, Atkin, Crease, Ge/ir Co., and .'Mr. M'Xciizie. - ' '.