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On the 12th of February 25 more English Nurses arrived from
England, and were posted to the several hospitals:-
Arthur Road
Nurse Foxlee, Scott, Gardiner, Pearse, Chick, Bleaney,
Greening, Cracknell.
Grant Road
" Truman, Richardson, Evans.
Modikhana
" Grieveson, Wood, Brown, Campbell, Hodges,
Buckley, Snowdon.
Narielwadi
" Murphy, Bradshaw, Riley, Hylands.
Police Hospital
" Smith, Harvey.
It was difficult to house so many ladies at once. Old Govern-
ment House, Parel, could accommodate no more. Accordingly a suite
of rooms was taken at the Adelphi Hotel and put in order and
furnished by the Committee, while tents and huts were erected at
Narielwadi and Modikhana for the staff at those hospitals.
With so many Nurses it was necessary to select one of them as
responsible head to organize and direct the others under the require-
ments of the Committee, and Miss Robinson was accordingly appointed
Lady Superintendent of Nurses, the duties of which post she carried out
with commendable zeal and capacity, In April she resigned the post of
Lady Superintendent to join the Indian Nursing Service, and Miss Green
was appointed in her place.
The Committee are glad to state that the whole band of English
Sisters and Bombay Nurses have performed their duties with admirable
credit and patience under the severe strain thrown upon them by the
novel, harassing, and painful work that they were called upon to do.
They were suddenly placed in the midst of all the trying circumstances
of native Plague hospitals, with no knowledge of the language or
customs of their patients; and they had also to face the unknown
dangers of a dreaded and loathsome disease. Further, they experienced
the terrors of the fire at Modikhana Hospital and of the riots, and on
both occasions behaved with great courage and fortitude.
The Committee have greatly appreciated the services of the whole
Nursing Staff, and are confident that their devoted and tender care of
their patients has created a revolution in the attitude of a considerable
section of the people of Bombay towards hospital treatment.
The services of Miss Robinson, the Lady Superintendent of Nurses,
of Miss Green at the Maratha Hospital, of Miss Kendal at Grant Road,
of Miss Bridge at Narielwadi, and of Miss Winscom at Modikhana,
deserve special mention,