
A list of all clothing provisions and requirements (WO 43/963)
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Clothing.
I.
Uniform upper clothing will be provided by Government comprising, in the first year, the following articles:
1 cloak with hood
1 Derry wrapper
1 pair of Indian-rubber goloshes.
6 check aprons.
6 collars,
4 caps,
2 best caps,
2 badges,
1 white straw bonnet.
1 dark straw bonnet.
3 print gowns.
2 linseywoolsey gowns.
1 cape or light shawl.
1 woolen jacket.
2 pairs of sleeves.
1 alpaca gown.
1 flannel wrapper.
The above articles will not be supplied all at once, but in such manner as may be deemed expedient with reference to the season of the year. A box for these articles will also be furnished to each Nurse.
Each Nurse may take with her as much under-clothing as her box will hold. She is expected to have in good condition the following articles:
1 dark stuff or cotton gown,
2 flannel petticoats,
2 upper petticoats,
2 pairs of stays,
6 shifts,
6 pairs of stockings,
2 night shifts,
4 pocket handkerchiefs,
3 night caps,
3 pairs of boots or shoes,
and all other necessary articles;
1 brush and comb,
1 small-tooth comb,
1 tooth brush,
1 umbrella;
also a carpet bag, to contain all that is wanted for the voyage. After one year’s service, 2/. worth of regulation clothing will be provided every six months.
No Nurse is to expect any gift of clothing beyond this.
« Return to Florence Nightingale4. This list is part of a booklet given to all the nurses who travelled to Scutari with Florence Nightingale.
- Think about the nurses you have seen again. What kind of uniform do they wear?
- Look at the document. Why do you think the nurses would need so many different types of clothing?
- How easy do you think it would have been to move around and work wearing these clothes?
- Why do you think that the nurses weren’t given all their clothes at once?