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BOROUGH OF HORNSEY NURSING ASSOCIATION.
On. the 17th December, 1926, at a public meeting called by
the Mayor of Homsey, it was decided to form a Borough Nursing
Association. At a subsequent meeting on the 6th January, 1927,
a provisional Committee was appointed and steps were taken to
organise a house-to-house canvass. Much help was received
from St. Mary's Nursing Society and from various religious and
other bodies in the Borough. Many enthusiastic voluntary
helpers gave their services, with the result that in a short time
an association was established and nursing services made available
for local residents. Annual grants of 25 guineas and £5
are made to the Association by the Town Council and the Education
Committee respectively. The success of the undertaking has
been due in most part to the thoroughness, ability and hard
work of its first Honorary Secretary, Mr. R. H. Crookall, whose
methods of organization must be regarded as a model of their
kind. The Association is indeed fortunate to have secured the
help of a man so imbued with the spirit of public service as to
be prepared to give up what most would regard as well-earned
leisure and to devote his time and energy to furthering the interests
of the community.
I am indebted to him for the following information with
regard to the Association:—
"By the 17th March, 1927, the results of a canvass of
11,700 houses in the Borough showed that 2,881 persons were
willing to join the proposed nursing association, and by their
contributions to guarantee an annual income of £981. It was
at once decided to proceed with the scheme and to engage
three nurses to commence work on the 1st July. On the
1st October, 1927, the Highgate Nursing Association united
with the new Association, and on the 1st January, 1928, the
North London and Tottenham Nursing Associations altered
to some extent their existing boundaries in order to facilitate
administration within their respective areas
The new Association now covers the whole of the
Borough, with the addition of that part of Tottenham lying
west of Green Lanes, and a small portion of St. Pancras at
the top of Highgate Hill.