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suggested, to act under the direction of the Medical Officer of Health.
The Committee recommended that the Council concur in this opinion,
and that all necessary arrangements be made to give effect thereto.
On 7th April, 1914, as stated above, a letter was received by His
Worship the Mayor of Poplar from Henry A. White, Esq., stating that
Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, had declared her will that the benefits
of the ancient Foundation of St. Katharine's College, shall be restored
to the poor of East London, entrusted the Lord Chancellor with the
necessary authority to frame new Rules for carrying her will into effect.
Such Rules have been duly made and Clause 3 thereof states :—
" The objects for which such College shall be established are :
(1) The provision of a body of duly qualified Resident Health Visitors
(i.e., Women possessing Nursing, Obstetric, and Public Health
Certificates, and having had experience of maternity work) who shall
devote themselves mainly, but not necessarily, to Maternity and
Health Visiting, working in defined areas under the direction and
control of the respective Medical Officers of Health of the Borough
Councils in the poorer districts of East London, and reporting to
the Medical Officers, through the Principal, the results of their visits ;
(2) the training for such work of Students, being women, who possess
similar qualifications to those above mentioned, but lack experience."
On July 22nd, the Rev. Thory Gardiner, Rector of Lambeth, called
upon the Medical Officer on behalf of Queen Alexandra. The Rector
was accompanied by Miss Macqueen, the Principal of the College.
There will be six Health Visitors (trained Nurses) who will visit cases
after the tenth day, and in cases of diarrhoea they will visit even five times
a day if necessary.
On July 23rd, the Rev. Thory Gardiner wrote to the Medical Officer
of Health that as regards the age of children to be visited, the Chapter
have decided that, subject to approval, the children shall be visited from
ten days old up to the day when their names are entered on the Register
of an Elementary School, and that by this means a continuous record
of the children's health will be made possible and some valuable evidence
will be accumulated.
The Principal and Nurses are to reside within the Borough.
On August 6th, Miss Macqueen, Principal of the College, wrote
stating that it had been decided to take Bromley Hall, Brunswick Road,
for St. Katharine's College, for a term of three years.