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Medical Superintendent and the Matron, and with the
assent of the Local Government Board, they have
extended the period from two months to three months.
Tennis Court
&c. for Staff.
During the year the Managers have had under consideration
the question of the recreation of the Nurses
and other members of the Staff, and with the consent of
the Local Government Board, have arranged to construct
a tennis court for out-door recreation, and have
also made proper provision in the Nurses' Home for
indoor amusements.
Examination
of Probationer
Nurses.
With regard to the examination of the Probationer
Nurses at the close of their first year's service, the
Managers were pleased to receive a satisfactory report
from the Medical Superintendent. From this report it
appeared that those who had attended the full course of
lectures had done exceedingly well, and that out of a
total maximum of 300 marks only one Probationer had
obtained less than two-thirds of that number, and that
three of the probationers had obtained respectively 283,
281 and 277 marks.
Appointment
of Scrubbers and
Laundrywomen.
In connection with the appointment of scrubbers
and Laundrywomen, the Guardians of the Poplar and
Stepney Unions have, at the request of the Managers,
sent from time to time the names of deserving widows
and other poor persons who could be recommended for
work, and these have, where possible, been appointed.
Superannuation
Act.
On the 30th September last the Poor Law Officers'
Superannuation Act came into operation, having obtained
the Royal Assent on the 14th August. The question of
superannuation had been from time to time during the
previous fifty years before the members of the Poor Law
Service, and various Members of the Government, and
in 1893 a scheme was unanimously agreed to for securing
certainty of superannuation to Poor Law Officers, based
on the ground that every officer was required to