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