The contribution of the Hospital Saturday Fund to nursing history: evaluation of a primary source.
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.
Gibbon
Carolyn
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Department of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England.
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*