Letter to Mrs. Leiter
1895-10-24

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Private
London October 24/95
Dear Mrs. Leiter
I send you the two
pamphlets: (-"Bucks Pan Confere.
-"Health at Home
according to your requests,
- & Mr. Fredk Verney's two
copies which you wished
to return to him yourself -
May I take the liberty of
adding to these
"Rural Hygiene": a pamphlet
to carry out "Health at Home"
& enlarge it
Mrs. Cheadle's Short "Report"
on our two "Health Missioners"
We requested her to go
down to N. Bucks to give
us an unbiased report.
She was for many years the
most efficient Supt. of our
District Nurses.
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I have asked Mr. Fredk.
Verney your question
whether you "may quote", as
you kindly wished, as
mine from the pamphlets.
And he says that he sees
no objection
It occurred to me as
to your two suggestions
1. of using the District Nurses
(I forget the name for
them) for Health Missioners
and 2. that poor women
would not like instructions
as to lyings-in & babies
from young unmarried
women.
1. that our trained District
Nurses in London are
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liked as "Health Missioners"
and 2. that the poor
mothers have always
welcomed their "Health"
suggestions, that none are
married, few are widows,
& many are between 23
or 24 and 30.
The poor mothers feel so
comfortable after being
attended to & washed
by these Nurses that they
are glad to attend to
their further suggestions.
But I must not take up
your time. And I must
ask your pardon, because
I have been so interrupted
even while writing this.
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Accept my heart felt
wishes & prayers for
your good work
& believe me
ever yours sincerely
Florence Nightingale
I venture to add my little
old "Notes on Nursing"
and might I venture to ask
that you will kindly not
give my address in America
I have sometimes received about 17
letters from the U. S. by every
mail, asking me to be
"interviewed" by Such & Such
a newspaper - sending stories
cut out of newspapers about me
which were "extremely not so" etc. etc. etc.
after my address
had been given