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Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume VIII, Issue 2, 1 April 1915, Page 80

, London is much interested m the Canadian nurses, over a hundred m number, who accompanied the Canadian troops. They form the personnel for two general hospitals at the seat of war, and have been accommodated at St. Thomas's Hospital, London. Much interest has been aroused m London by the capital uniform adopted by these Canadian nurses. They have discarded the old-fashioned, useless bonnet ; their out-of-door kit consists of a military coat of dark blue cloth over a dark blue cloth dress, and a dark blue hard felt sailor hat, with a gilt badge m front. The coat has gilt buttons. Paler blue cotton dresses, with the same buttons, on the natty little Norfolk bodice, are the house uniforms of the nurses, completed by brown leather footgear and a brown leather waist belt. Their out-door kit, as shown m photographs, appears to be one of

the most comfortable, becoming and generally useful, yet adopted by nurses on active service; the substitution of a serviceable hat for the old-fashioned bonnet is one of the chief points m its favour. From the " Nursing Times," we read, now that 75 more nurses have been asked foi by the War Office. We do not entirely agree with the writer's opinion of the nurses' bonnet. On many occasions the tight fitting plain head-gear is both more comfortable, more neat, and nurse-like than a hat, which m a high wind, for instance, or m rain is apt to become very disordered. We think that a small hat is, however, a very useful addition to a nurse's uniform, and should be worn when her work is being carried on under conditions that the usual army cap does not suit.