Monthly Nurse

[bluesky]

Does anyone know exactly why someone's occupation would be described as a monthly nurse on a census return rather than just nurse?  Is it a technical term? I am baffled.
Thanks, Bluesky

[goldy]

she does what is said on the title . lol http://www.shef.ac.uk/~nmhuk/carctur/caricat.html

[Nutty1966]

Monthly Nurse An attending woman during the first month after childbirth. Also known as 'Confinement Nurse'. May also have the initials S.M.S. (Subsidiary Medical Services. i.e. not a doctor, but trained in some way)


Have a look at this site, kept in my fave's!!

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/m.html

Jane

[BettyofKent]

Hi bluesky

This was a nurse who attended a woman in the first month following childbirth.

Betty

[aghadowey]

Nurse who looked after mother and newborn baby at home, sometimes called a Baby Nurse.

[Berlin-Bob]

For some previous topics on this,

see Monthly Nurse: in
Topic: RootsChat Topics: LEXICON of Genealogical Terms and Abbreviations
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,234766.0.html

Bob

[JAP]

Hi Bob,

You beat me to it!

I was just in the process of posting the following  :
This is what might be called an FAQ.  Indeed, a very Frequently Asked Question.

Which, no doubt, is why Berlin-Bob has included it in his LEXICON of Genealogical Terms and Abbreviations - an excellent resource which can be found at:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,234766.0.html

JAP 

[goldy]

I thinlk it would depend on when the term is being used as my previous link refers to slightly diffrent meaning circa 1800 

[JAP]

Hi goldy,

With respect, I've never come across such a usage (at any date).

The site you quote is great fun and has some great cartoons.
But not, I fear, to be relied upon in this instance   

JAP