Post by HeatherC on Aug 31, 2009 9:19:37 GMT -5
Hello Tony 
I think you will find it means a nurse employed in a domestic (home) situation rather than a hospital or institution...... This could have been by the month, week, year or whatever.
The title was Nurse, Domestic or Nurse (Domestic) rather than Domestic Nurse, so as not to confuse it with a position such as domestic servant, somebody in the permanent employ of a household, and who was a servant.
By 1901 this was a step up (in terms of types of employment in the Census) the profession of nursing and the profession of being a nurse recognised more. (This had begun to an extent in the 1891 Census.)
She may well take up positions through the recommendation of a local GP or hospital clinic and quite often through her own reputation.
May be of interest to have a look through the historic nursing journals dating from 1888 to 1956
rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/
Try "Cornwall" as a search term.
Best regards
HeatherC
I think you will find it means a nurse employed in a domestic (home) situation rather than a hospital or institution...... This could have been by the month, week, year or whatever.
The title was Nurse, Domestic or Nurse (Domestic) rather than Domestic Nurse, so as not to confuse it with a position such as domestic servant, somebody in the permanent employ of a household, and who was a servant.
By 1901 this was a step up (in terms of types of employment in the Census) the profession of nursing and the profession of being a nurse recognised more. (This had begun to an extent in the 1891 Census.)
She may well take up positions through the recommendation of a local GP or hospital clinic and quite often through her own reputation.
May be of interest to have a look through the historic nursing journals dating from 1888 to 1956
rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/
Try "Cornwall" as a search term.
Best regards
HeatherC