NURSES’ HOURS
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WFdddNGTON. November 20
In I}i' Coniifil yesterday the Hon. J. K. .J; nkimnn celled attention to the iong hours l.ir-pilal nurses worked—• jl l hours per week in some cast's. It- riiis were continued Parliament should st.cn m and legislate. Tim H<"i. T. i’anl said a [rood deal of di:.-a 11, lac: >on was expressed in. Ibmcdin ab-nn nurses’ hours. It was all verv well to talk ahoilt Hie exigencies of "the (a nine, as necessitating such long linin'.-'. but what happened recently v.as Jikelv to recur unless the boards themselves imposed •limitations. Tho evil showed tlie need of an amending Hospitals and Charitable Aid Act next year. Sooner or later Parliament would lie compelled to restrict nurses’ hours.
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Evening Star, Issue 14523, 26 November 1910, Page 8
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125NURSES’ HOURS Evening Star, Issue 14523, 26 November 1910, Page 8
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