Abstract
Under the heading The Sweating of Nurses in Cottage Hospitals, the BJN editorial of February 13, 1909 highlighted the plight of matrons in small cottage hospitals. First it pointed out that the wages of an average matron would be in the region of £25 per annum, certainly less that you would have had to pay for a cook. Long hours were also expected and there was little opportunity for any time off at all. In fact, such were the demands on a matron’s time that she was expected to manage the institution, see that it was swept and clean, that the books were correctly kept, the food well served, the linen mended, and the funds economically administered. She had to be ready at all times to welcome members of the committee and other visitors, and to ‘reply to their questions pleasantly, however busy and overworked she may be’.
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