title: The contribution of the Hospital Saturday Fund to nursing history: evaluation of a primary source.
abstract: The Hospital Saturday Fund was established as a means of providing much-needed contributions to the voluntary hospitals. Subscribing to the Fund ensured the contributor's care, but, additionally, they could sponsor a 'deserving object'. The annual reports of the Fund provide a number of insights in relation to the social, economic and political history of Liverpool. The reports also provide some insights into nursing in the city during the period 1888-1927. Following documentary analysis, the paper discusses some of these findings, namely district nursing, services for women and convalescence, and evaluates how useful this source may be to nursing history.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gibbon
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000266:history*