Obituary

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XVII, Issue 4, 1 October 1928, Page 191

Obituary

On another page is recorded the resignation of Miss Stott, Matron of the Wellington Hospital. Now we have, with deep regret, to announce her death on October 2nd, at the Bo wen Street Private Hospital. Her illness progressed rapidly after leaving the Wellington Hospital. Her sister came from Auckland and was with her during the last few weeks of her life. It is sad indeed, that after her long and strenuous professional life she was not spared to enjoy the leisure she had earned or to return to her own country, as she had planned. On the 4th a Memorial Service was held at St. Mark's Church, and the church was crowded with those who wished to show the last mark of affection and respect. The members of the Hospital Board, the medical staff, honorary and resident, the President of the Nurses' Association and a large number of the nurs-

ing profession and many of the outside public attended. The wreaths sent were very numerous and beautiful. The Nurses' Association, Wellington branch, sent a wreath, and one was sent from Dunedin from the. Central Council, sitting in conference there, a vote of sympathy with Miss Stott's relatives being carried by members standing in silence.

The death of Miss Kate Braidwood, Matron of the Greymouth Hospital, occurred in September, after a short illness. Miss Braidwood had twice been off duty for long periods owing to diphtheria, and had not long been back at her post before she developed her fatal illness. She was trained at the Greymouth Hospital, of which she was Matron since 1925, and her death cast a shadow of gloom over the town in which she was so well known.