Thank you wilcoxon.
This is the typed up article which appears with the photo:
‘THE NURSING ASSOCIATION
Nurse E. A. Todd
Some five and a half years ago there came into Whitley Station a young lady. She arrived on a cold and stormy night in February, and no doubt the place would look (to her) cheerless and dark. The lady was Nurse Todd, coming to take up duties of District Nurse, and she was sent here from Yorkshire by the Victoria Jubilee Institute for Nurses, London, at the request of the local committee. She came with splendid credentials and with strong recommendation of headquarters. She was met by one of our local ladies, the honorary secretary of the association, who soon got her to comfortable lodgings.
The very next day duty commenced, and since that time Nurse Todd has been busily engaged in her work of mercy amongst the sick poor and she also has assisted those who could not engage a nurse permanently.
The number of letters received by the association and also the number of verbal testimonies made to the officials of the association, as to the tact, ability, attention and devotion to duty of Nurse Todd have been remarkable. Every week one of the ladies, together with the assistant hon. Secretary, visits Nurse Todd, by rule, so as to examine reports, and books, and advise Nurse, and each of the ladies testifies to the capable manner in which the work was done by Nurse Todd.
The officials of the association also have nothing but praise for Nurse Todd for the way in which their efforts have been assisted and forwarded by her.
As to her work it will be of interest to the inhabitants of this district to know that during her stay here as Nurse, Miss Todd had 662 cases under her care, entailing 17,007 visits to patients, and what time this has taken up would be difficult to state, but it will be enough to mention that there can have been very little time as spare time or holiday.
A rule of the association demands that Nurse shall be at the direction of the medical gentlemen of the district and this has been faithfully carried out. It says a great deal for Nurse Todd when it can be stated that no complaint or charge of inattention has ever been made by any medical man, or by any of the general public. The doctors speak very highly of Nurse Todd, and have repeatedly stated their appreciation of her services.
The time came in September last when Nurse intimated her intention of giving up her work on the occasion of her marriage, and it was then that the committee deputed the officials to solicit subscriptions from the friends in the district, so as to mark their appreciation and show their regard at this interesting time.
The officials have been successful, and the presentation duly came off last night (Friday) in the Council Chamber, Whitley Bay, when the subscribers were called together.
A report of the presentation will be found in another column.’
