"We understand that it is necessary from the administrative point of view for the Health Department to have a. complement of Sister supervisors who have general training and an additional qualification, but that the Commissioner of Public Health is not averse to engaging a certain number of Staff Nurses with a general training certificate only as, this being the basic nursing qualification, the necessary additional experience could be gained in the Council's Hospitals in a year Matrons, 23 Nurses and 1 X-Ray Sister, and 13 Assistant and Probationary Nurses.
The 1928 authorized establishment was framed on a very conservative basis, but nevertheless was considered sufficient to meet the needs of the day and future requirements short of a severe epidemic. It was approved as a workable minimum. Conditions today are abnormal and are not comparable with thóse existing ten years ago. The Commissioner's foreign nursing staff requirements are now stated to be as follows: 4 Matrons and 1 Home Sister, 4 Assistant Matrons, 21 Nurses 2N(c), Zlstafü Nurses 2N(d), 5 Assistant Nurses and 8 Probationary Nurses.
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