Female Nursing in Military Hospitals

Note as to the Number of Women employed as Nurses in Great Britain.

To show the importance of an Institute for Nurses, it must be stated that 25,466 were returned, at the census of 1851, as nurses by profession, exclusive of 39,139 nurses in domestic service,[24] and 2,882 midwives. The numbers of different ages are shown in table A, and in table B their distribution over Great Britain.

To increase the efficiency of this class, and to make as many of them as possible the disciples of the true doctrines of health, would be a great national work.

Tables of Age and Distribution.

Table A. Great Britain. Ages.

NURSES.	Nurse (not Domestic Servant)	Nurse (Domestic Servant)
All Ages.	25,466	39,139
Under 5 Years.	...	...
05 —	...	508
10 —	...	7259
15 —	...	10,355
20 —	624	6537
25 —	817	4174
30 —	1118	2495
35 —	1359	1681
40 —	2223	1468
45 —	2748	1206
50 —	3982	1196
55 —	3456	833
60 —	3825	712
65 —	2542	369
70 —	1568	204
75 —	746	101
80 —	311	25
85 and Upwards	147	16

Table B. AGED 20 Years of Age, and Upwards.

	Nurse (not Domestic Servant)	Nurse (Domestic Servant)
Great Britain and Islands in the British Seas.	25,466	21,017
England and Wales.	23,751	18,945
Scotland.	1543	1922
Islands in the British Seas.	172	150
1st Division. London.	7807	5061
2nd Division. South Eastern.	2878	2514
3rd Division. South Midland.	2286	1252
4th Division. Eastern Counties.	2408	959
5th Division. South Western Counties.	3055	1737
6th Division. West Midland Counties.	1225	2283
7th Division. North Midland Counties.	1303	957
8th Division. North Western Counties.	970	2135
9th Division. Yorkshire.	1074	1023
10th Division. Northern Counties.	402	410
11th Division. Monmouth and Wales.	343	614