Note 150 — Chapter III · MISS NIGHTINGALE'S SCHOOL (1872–1879)

The part of Home Sister was “created,” and was most efficiently filled for 21 years, by Miss Crossland, who retired on a pension in 1895. “Nearly 600 nurses completed their probationary course under her care, and subsequently entered upon their vocation as nurses in some general Hospital or Infirmary, or in training as District Nurses for the Poor, and a very large number of them became Matrons, Superintendents, or Ward Sisters.” (Nightingale Fund Report for 1895).