This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...though the terms of employment vary in length. It is estimated that 50 per cent of the applicants are of native birth, while 36 per cent are from the British Provinces, the remainder being English or of other nationality. Of the total number registered in 1893, 169 were females and 20 males. Applicants are very seldom ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...though the terms of employment vary in length. It is estimated that 50 per cent of the applicants are of native birth, while 36 per cent are from the British Provinces, the remainder being English or of other nationality. Of the total number registered in 1893, 169 were females and 20 males. Applicants are very seldom under 25 or over 50 years of age, the average age being about 32 years. As will be understood, from the nature of the field of operaation, all the applicants have either training for the positions or experience in the work they seek. Out of 1,115 applicants, the total number, 574 were trained nurses, 500 experienced nurses, 27 registered as attendants, and 14 as persons skilled in massage. Of this total number, 133 were males and 982 females. No method of communication is used with other employment agencies, nor is any method followed to obtain information as to the dearth of labor, that not being considered necessary in the work of the agency. The business depression made no material difference in the number of applicants, the number being about the same annually during the last few years. The Directory does not undertake to make any terms of employment between applicants and employers; its only province is to send nurses and others as applicants, leaving them to make their own terms and arrangements with their employers. Massachusetts Home for Intemperate Women. This is a philanthropic institution intended to aid a special class. It conducts a large laundry business, employing about 50 per cent of the women who are at the Home, and does various kinds of service for the public. The institution takes in persons of the class whom it seeks to aid, as long as it has room. There are some paying patients, and the income from this source, as well as...
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