Obituary

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume X, Issue 1, 1 January 1917, Page 65

Obituary

We deeply regret to record the death after a long illness, of Miss Jean Dalton Foote, which took place at Rawlingstone Private Hospital on October 31st. Miss Foote was trained m the Auckland Hospital and for many years had successfully managed her well-known and popular hospital m Grafton Road. The interment took place on November 2nd. The Trained Nurses' Association, of which Miss Foote had been President for the past year, sent a beautiful wreath, and the Council and Association were well represented at the funeral service, which was held at " Rawlingstone." Miss Foote will be very much missed by the Association, m which she took a deep interest. Sister Ivy Foote is abroad on military duty. We regret exceedingly to record t he death of Sister Lily Lind, a nurse wellknown to Wellington nurses, on the voyage of the Hospital Ship ' Maheno/ to New Zealand. Sister Lind, with her great friend, Sister Hitchcock, was m England when war broke out and both immediately volunteered for service. They served with the French flag Nursing Corps, and were both specially mentioned for their splendid service. Latterly they were on barge duty and unfortunately Sister Lind contracted a chill, which resulted m pulmonary phthisis and after a short term of illness at Grasse, m France, was sent to England and thence to the Maheno. It was hoped to get her safely home, but she died j ust after leaving Colombo , Her

friend, Sister Hitchcock, was with her. Of her qualities as a nurse, too much cannot be said, and as a woman she was most highly esteemed by both patients and f iends. Her loss is great to the nursing profession. She is the twelfth New Zealand nurse to give up her life m the service of this war. We regret to record the death, after operation, of Nurse Northcroft, who was training m Auckland Hospital, and who gave promise of becoming an excellent nurse. She was on leave from the hospital and a patient m a private hospital when her death took place. On December 29th passed away Nurse Rose Winfield from enteric fever at the District Nurses' College, Te Araroa. Nurse Winfield came to the Dominion about four years ago. She had been a District Nurse m Ireland for many years, and took up the same work among the Maoris at Te Araroa, where she was for about two years. She then went to Australia and finally back again to Te Araroa, where, m nursing some of her old patients, she contracted enteric. Nurse Winfield was a devoted nurse and will be very much regretted by the residents of the district, by whom she was loved and respected. Her daughter, who is probationer assisting the present Native Health Nurse, at Te Araroa, Nurse Houghton was with her mother, and will, we hope, remain m New Zealand and go through her training as a nurse,