Note 21 — THOUGHTS SUBMITTED AS TO AN EVENTUAL NURSES’ PROVIDENT FUND.

If the sisters and nurses, as a rule, were fed as well as lodged at all the Hospitals, &c., the class of women would, in a very short time, be entirely changed; this kind of employment would not then, with the reduced money payment, be so much an object of desire to widows with families, particularly if compelled to subscribe to a pension fund, which should be compulsory.