Notes on matters affecting the health, efficiency, and hospital administration of the British Army : founded chiefly on the experience of the late war / by Florence Nightingale ; presented by request to the Secretary of State for War.

  • Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Notes on matters affecting the health, efficiency, and hospital administration of the British Army : founded chiefly on the experience of the late war / by Florence Nightingale ; presented by request to the Secretary of State for War. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGES XVII. Soldiers'Wives 457-470 Women allowed in barracks .. .. .. 457 Women out of barracks .. .. .. .. 458 Hospital accommodation for sick women, nil .. 459 Leave to marry.. .. .. .. .. .. 460-462 Soldiers' wives in Bulgaria .. .. .. ., 462 Ditto in the Crimea .. .. .. .. .. 463 Ditto at Scutari 464-467 Four improvements recommended .. .. .. 468 Statistics as to soldiers' wives .. .. .. .. 469 What marriage is now with the soldier .. .. 470 Condition of the sick wives .. .. .. 471 Three suggestions for promoting a better morality .. 472 Mischief of recognizing women married without leave 473 Lodging-houses foe married soldiers .. .. 474-6 XYTIL Construction op Hospitals, especially for the Army 477-491 Pavilion system recommended, and why .. .. 477-479 Size of wards 479-482 Proportion and position of windows necessary for light and ventilation; importance of light for reco- very of sick 482-484 Best material for floors and walls .. .. .. 484-485 Hospital kitchen and laundry .. .. .. 486 Accommodation for nurses .. .. .. .. 487 Bedding 487 Water-supply and drainage . . .. .. .. 488, 489 Ventilation and warming. Necessity of artijidal ventilation shows defective construction .. .. 489, 490 CONCLUDING REMARKS .. 492-520 Sanitary Condition of the Army in time of Peace. . 493-609 Loss of life, of service, and of money value entailed on the country in the case of the army, taken on home service only .. .. .. .. .. 498, 499 Classes of disease from which this mortality arises on home service, and their causes .. .. .. 500 1. Consumption .. .. .. .. .. 501 2. Zymotic disease .. .. .. •. 602 Can this excessive mortality be prevented ? .. .. 503, 504 Reasons for seizing on this opportunity to do so .. 605-509 Character of our men for endurance and deliberate uncomplaining fortitude .. .. .. . • 607, 508