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 A APPLIED ItVHGE l„ 
 
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(,)uuLii X'ictoria 
 
 Cotta,ii;-c Hospitals 
 
 lij- ikix n;i> i!V 
 
 "he Liidv Minlo Cdttagc Hospital Fund 
 
 IN H.NNi:CTI"\ WITH THK 
 
 Victorian Order of Xurses in Canada 
 
 . pTT wva 
 
 The: MdKlIMER Cti I.IMITI.I 
 
OiiLvn X'ictoria 
 
 Cottage Hospitals 
 
 111-: liKiariii in 
 
 The Lady Minto Cottajje Hospital Fuik 
 
 IN liiNNKClIoN WITH IHi: 
 
 Victorian Order of Nurses in Canada 
 
 Tin: M')RiiMEK di I.imitkh 
 
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 THE QUEEN Vl( .TORIV CUirA<;K HOSPITALS, lo Br. 
 KHicitDiiv THK I.AUY MINTO COTTACK IIOSIMTAI, 
 KUNl), IN Ci>NHK.ni.N Willi TlIK VICTORIAN l)R|iKR 
 Ol' NURSKS IN CANADA. 
 
 At the third Annual Meeting ot the Hiiard ol CJovermirs o( ilie 
 Victorian Order o( Nurtes in C.inada, held at Ciovernment House on 
 Thuniday, March i (th, i.joi, (His Kxcel! -y, the (iovernor General 
 in the Chair,, the (ollowing resolution was adopted in respect o( the 
 Queen Victoria Cottage Hospitals: 
 
 Moved by Senator (i. A. Cox, Toronto, 
 
 Seconded by Senator KIlis, St, John, 
 
 Whereas Her Excellen y the Countess of Min' , the Honorary 
 President ol the Order, has been plcaseil to propose that a special 
 effort be made to eitablish Cottage HospiLils in the North-West 
 Territories, and elsewhere in Canada, and that in commemoration of 
 the life of our late gracious and beloved (.lueei; such hospitals be 
 called (tueen Victoria Cottage Hospitals; 
 
 Therefore be it resolved; — 
 
 1 . That the Board of Governors most heartily approve of the 
 proposal and pledge themselves to its support; 
 
 2. That to th < end ,i special fund be created for the establish- 
 ment a .u mainten.inci' 'f Cottage Hospitals in the North West Terri- 
 tories and eUewher'* in Canaii •; 
 
 3. That the >[ie ..il (u' 10 he created be kept in a separate 
 account from other fund the 1 »rder, and be used i.,dy for the 
 establishment and mainlenai , - of such hospitals; 
 
 4. That for the manage«N*mt of each hnspital a District Commit' 
 tee or Local Association (:> 
 expedient) be constitutetl 
 of the Order; 
 
 5. That Her ExcelliMu 
 ciated with the proposed exten 
 in case she consents, the I'ind ■ 
 Minto Cottage Hospital unrt 
 established or maintainea be »>. 
 Victoria Cottage Jlospital at ad 
 
 from time to time be found most 
 .i:e with the Charter and By-laws 
 
 i,lied to allow hrr name to be sso- 
 
 .n of the work of the Order, and that 
 
 to be created be c.illcd " The Lady 
 
 )d that any Cottage Hospital so 
 
 "I aibd known as " The Queen 
 
 the lame of the place as :hc 
 
 case may be);" ard that a taiiXt '"ced 
 
 that it was erected to commemorat ■ lid 
 the date when and the fund by mea i- 
 
 ^lospital to show 
 of iiie Queen, and also 
 h .'' was erected. 
 
Thf followint; rrsnluiiim a» m orKani/alinn wa» alio adopleil : 
 
 Movfil liy ihr rrraiilinf. Mr. }u>Uir ItiirliiJgc. 
 
 Sn.in.lr.l liy iht k.-v. |. KOgar Hill, I). I).. 
 
 Inat thf rnf;iil"Ts "( iIip I: .inl nl ti.nrrnors ami of ih< -:«rtu- 
 till' C.iuniil tif the \ iitorian Onlcr i)f Nuw«. with SiiiatDr Klli« and 
 Mr. Dyiiicnt. M. 1'.. be a Cummiiurr v;ilh lull [wiwrr and authority 
 til larry iiiii llrr lAccllfticy tlii: Ciiuntc»- "( Mintn'.s suKgMtiun in 
 respect of Cott.i^;' Mimpitalit. 
 
 That the Cnminitlee have power to add to ll^ miiniiers; 
 
 Th.ii lli» Kxcellciuy. the (lovernor (General of Canada, be 
 Chairman of the Cominiltee; and 
 
 Ihat thi' rrr.idiMit and Vicc-I'resii' :s of the Drder be Vice- 
 Chairmen: ih.it Mr. J. M. Courtney, < '. M. C, be Treasurer; and th,at 
 Mr. James W. Rolierlson be Serretary of the Committee. 
 
 ■|'MK ImiI.IOWINi. .\Kr. rilE SuooliSTION.< ot lltK Kxitl.l.lNCY TllE 
 CoUSlESS ot MlNTO AS TO TIIK KnIKNSION nf UK WORK OK 
 tilt Vl( lOKIAN OBHIR ok NlKSES IN RESI'tf >K CoiTAi;! 
 Hosl'llAI.S, 
 
 7/11- .\'ri;l ,vi.l Vttliir fl (W.v lfi>s/>ilills. 
 
 Section ■; (.1) of the Royal Charter of the Victorian Order states 
 that one of the objects of the Order is " to assist in providing small 
 (Cottage Hospitals or Homes." 
 
 Since the Order beRan its work in the winter of 1897-98, it haa 
 in addition to its work in carrying on District Nursing, helped to pro- 
 vide such hospitals at Vernon, B.C., Regina, N.W T., Shoal Lake, 
 Man.. Thessalon, Ont., and Fort William, Ont. 
 
 The form in which help was given has varied in the individual 
 cases. It has always includeil the visit ; of our chief lady superinten- 
 dent. Miss Macleod, and her most experienced advice, the providing 
 of nurses and their assistants, and the general supervision of the 
 nurses work In addition, grants of money from the Central Fund 
 of the Order have in some cases been given. The sum of $400 was 
 granted to ihe Hospital at Vernon, B. C. during its first year, but it is 
 now flourishing upon its own earnings and the grant piovided for 
 
h"»pit.iU hy ilie I'Mvinual (i.ivernini-nt. Dunnj; i.,.,o In wri- 
 
 |Kii<l liy p.iiiiM ■'< 111"' ."'I'liinl lit f ;oo, an. I Ki.trii I Niir«ini! Iiy 
 
 o( llic tw(i iiiir»c», when lio.|.it.il wntk allowrd it i" lie <l"in', Immtlit 
 
 in 1.(0" 
 
 Wlifrtvrr .1 Ciilt,n;v ll">iiilal h.i» lif.n |.l,icicl 11 li.i» i.rnvcil iif 
 
 Ihe ((rr.iiMl v.ilm', .in<l iht-re mii«i lir .1 vriy Lirnr lirM tlitciui;liiiiit the 
 NiirlhWrM, anil inilrrl in ^ill rural (liMrK f. in C,-in.iil:i. (or ni>lilutM)U« 
 
 iif thin l.in<l. 
 
 [•■mm wh.it Hit Kxci-llcm y oliHcrml .\w\ Wnmd lUirmK .1 i.-ci-rii 
 
 txttnilcil tiiur in the Wmt »\n- was Ifil to ihink tlial. thire at least, the 
 Victorian Order "f Nuists ran turn its nrK.ini/aiion to th' licsl 
 account hy assisthiK ■• in pr m.lin^' hinall Coltajic llo^l>il»l»,'• to use 
 once more the wordint; of the Royal-Charttr It i» to he rtmcnibctnl 
 that this is no new liram h of the Ordir > work, hut a special etTort to 
 develop thai part of it whi. h seems to l.c ailaptfd to the re);ions con- 
 cerned. 
 
 Hospitals are already in existence in nearly all the larijc centres 
 of population. .As is well kn.iwn tluy arc ilc'.U good work, and in the 
 more distant and sparsely settled locaiilies, from which in many cases 
 patients cannot he conveyed lonj; ilislanc es to these centres. Cottage 
 Hospitals would be of real henefii. 
 
 Cottage Hospitals have also an important educational value. 
 Each is in itself an example of the skilled care of the sick, and 
 where necessary the assistance <il untrained women can he used 
 in the hospital, under supervision of the physician and nurse, so that 
 in their measure such hospitals can become little training schools in 
 their districts. In the Kegina Hospital, help of this kind has been 
 used with the happiest results. The Cottage Hospital at Vernon, 
 B.C., affords .an example of the usefulness of Cottage Hospitals as 
 centres for District Nursing. 
 
 To Urar the Nilme dJ Our Lille BrlcviJ Quien. 
 
 As O jeen Victoria had indicated her desire that the celebrations 
 to mark Ih completion of the sixtieth year of her reign should be 
 
associated with efforts towards relieving the sufferings of the sick, the 
 establishment and maintenance of Cottage Hospitals, to bear her name, 
 will be a worthy memorial of the life of our late gracious and 
 beloved Queen. 
 
 The Fttttii aiui Its Cses. 
 
 With a view to advance this new effort, Her Excellency pro- 
 poses that a Fund be created to assist in establishing and maintaining 
 such hospitals. 
 
 There is reason to believe that assistance will be given by the 
 Dominion Government for the work in the North-West Territories; 
 and it is hoped that grants may be made by Provincial Governments, 
 to be expended entirely within the Province making them. 
 
 It is expected that Municipal bodies will give substantial aid in 
 places where such hospitals are needed. Committees may be consti- 
 tuted to take such steps as are necessary to obtain funds to erect them. 
 All sums raised locally could be counted as donations to the Lady 
 Minto Cottage Hospital Fund and would be used only for the hospital 
 towards which they were subscribed. 
 
 In case the people in any district or municipality were unable to 
 raise the full amount required for the erection and maintenance, an 
 application for help might be made to the Committee in charge of the 
 Central Fund, of which Mr. J. M. Courtney, C.M.G., Ottawa, is 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Her Excellency has already received a donation of $2,000 
 from an anonymous friend, and there can be no doubt that many 
 others, interested in such good work and possessed of the means, will 
 be willing to contribute. 
 
 Finally an appeal may be made to the benevolent public to aid 
 the work generally. 
 
 Wherever a hospital is provided by funds wholly supplied from 
 the Central Fund, the property will be vested in the Board of Gover- 
 nors of the Victorian Order, but where the building is erected and 
 equipped in whole or greater part by local subscriptions and collections, 
 the property will be vested in a Local .\ssociation or Trustees. 
 
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 .1/1 Estimate of Costs. 
 
 Plans for a six bed and a ten-bed hospital have been prepared by 
 Mr. E. L. Horwood, architect, Ottawa, and approved by Her Kx- 
 cellency and the Kxecutive Council of the Order. Reduced copies 
 of the smaller of these will be found at the end of this statement. 
 The cost of a hospital for six patients, nurse, assistant and servant, 
 can be kept within $2,500 varying with the cost of mat«rial and 
 labor in different localities; $500 may be added as a very modest 
 estimate for furnishing and supplies, which would be supplemented in 
 kind by local friends. 
 
 It will be seen that the plan provides for two private rooms for 
 patients, which would be a source of revenue; and even in the public 
 wards something might be charged those who were able to pay. 
 
 The salary of the nurse would not be less than $325, that of the 
 untrained assistant about $150; the wages of a servant, board of nurses 
 and patients, might come to about $800 per annum. 
 Estimated initial expenditure : — 
 
 Building $2,500.00 
 
 Furnishing 500.00 
 
 Total $,3000.00 
 
 Maintenance, Salaries, etc., 
 
 Nurse $400.00 
 
 Assistant 1 50.00 
 
 Servant and board of nurses and patients 800.00 
 
 Drugs and dressings 150.00 
 
 Lighting, heating and sundries 350.00 
 
 Total $1,850.00 
 
 Against this should be put the earnings of the private wards and 
 donations of patients, and possibly some receipts from District Nursing, 
 the amount of which cannot be estimated, but which would without 
 doubt be increased from year to year. 
 
To Whom Donalions awi Applkalums may be Sent. 
 A complete set of blue prints of the plans of a hospital, of either 
 size, scale '4' inch to the foot, with specifications, will be forwarded 10 
 any'committee on application to Ur. T. Gibson, Hon. Secretary of 
 the Victorian Order, Ottawa. 
 
 Copies of the Royal Charter and By-laws of the Order can be had 
 from the same source. 
 
 Applications for nurses should be sent to Miss Charlotte Madeod, 
 Chief I.ady Superintendent, 578 Somerset Street, Ottawa. 
 
 Donations in aid of the Lady Minto Cottage Hospital Fund, 
 may be sent to Her Excellency the Countess of Minto, Government 
 House, Ottawa, or to the T--easurer, Mr. J. M. Courtney. Deputy 
 Minister of Finance, Ottawa, or may be paid in at any branch of any 
 chartered Bank to be forwarded to Headquarters. 
 
 By direction of the Committee. 
 
 J AS W. ROBERTSON, 
 Ottawa, 28th March, 1901. Stcrekiry. 
 
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