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,. ,, * The Of Social Annual Science Mee...
Tlie _Phesident expressed _jbis appreciation of . _tlie principle embodied in the employment of female labor , and his gratification
"that the Association had energetically taken up the subject . He . had to state that the discussion must now cease , as the -whole
question was to be renewed to-morrow at a special meeting" in a separate section .
Twenty ' . Miss -five _Louisa years _TwijSfhstg 7 experience - read of a the paper poor on law _" _Workhmise , and recent Inm statistic ates . s
¦ of pauperism , had shown that there were many practical points on which improvements could be made . The labors of Jonas ,
up Planway in improving the English -workhouse were adverted to . Previous to 1760 the mortality in workhouses was positively
frightful . Prisons were often more comfortable than workhouses . The nurses had frequently no qualification but that of physical strength :
~ r- _^ -had no knowledge of the art of nursing—and became intoxicated whenever they could get drink . The paper urged the necessity , of
improvement in nurses , more regular and careful superintendence by Miss official _TwxnijS medical _-g- read men , also & c . a paper ~ b y Miss Cobbe on " Destitute
Incurables in Workhouses . The paper detailed the painful position of incurables in workhmises , and suggested a greater amount of
kindness and comfort . Of the 80 , 000 who will this year die in England of _consumption dropsyand cancerthere are tens of thousands
¦ wearing away the last minutes , of their , agonies in the workhouse . The comforts proposed , though trifling , would greatly alleviate
suffering Mr . _DinsrcAisr . _M'LAHEisr believed if women were taken into all
. and every one of our public institutions it would be better for all . Having had considerable experience in public institutions , hospitals ,
- & C . he was struck with the want of administrative and superintending , women . He thought that in every workhouse there should be
a female committeethe same as the existing committee of manage-, mentancLthat all the female servants should be appointed and
super-, vised by ladies . Were their duties carefully defined , he trusted so much to the tact of womenthat he was sure that in one year they
would do as much good as a , governor could do in seven . Pie thought the public were under a deep debt of gratitude to Miss Twining and
the ladies who were associated with her . Pie should like to see ¦ committees appointed by the Legislature .
Dr . Gi ; li _, A ] _s- thought there was a heroism about the ladies who had come forward to defend and explain such subjects . There should
• not only be practical . nurses , but sympathizing ladies to superintend them . Who would grudge a halfpenny in the pound of assessment
to make workhouse inmates comfortable ? Humanity , justice , and Christianity called for this . After listening to the papers of the
ladies who had spoken , he did not think the subject could be _-neglected in a Christian land . He trusted the suggestion of Mr .
M'Laren would receive the attention of the Legislature .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1860, page 151, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111860/page/7/
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