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Owing to the insufficient amount of clinical experience, the Stratford Hospital was regraded to a " B " grade hospital, and it was left to the Health Department to assist this Board to arrange an affiliation with an " A " grade hospital where the pupil nurses from Stratford could gain the additional experience necessary. General Hospital.—Particular attention was given this year to the standardizing of the nursing records in the various training-schools. Certain records have been made compulsory, but, in addition, an endeavour has been made to provide for a more complete system of filing the personal records so that a detailed history of each nurse's experience—both practical and theoretical—is part of the hospitals records. The following return shows the number sitting for the State Examination and the number passing for the past four years : — r 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. Number of nurses sitting .. .. 412 385 448 403 Number of nurses passed .. .. 328 272 338 280 The examiners, after each examination, have provided a detailed report covering the examination. Their comments stress the need for more detailed nursing care being emphasized in the teaching of nurses.

Showing (per 100 occupied beds) Particulars of Nursing Staff Employed at Training Schools as at 31st March, 1935.

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