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Rh (3) In many infirmaries of Workhouses, both in London and in the country.

(4) In various smaller institutions, or homes for the sick, now beginning to be opened in various places.

It seems at the present time as if there was a mighty impulse abroad, inspiring love to God and to man, and an earnest desire to show this love by caring for the bodies as well as the souls of poor suffering creatures. "Homes" for such as are either incurably afflicted, or those who are recovering from sickness, are, thank God! being planned and carried out by many noble-hearted persons, and they will, without doubt, grow and multiply as their success is proved, and their usefulness appreciated.

(1) Besides the training provided at the usual hospitals, there are special provisions made for it by the Nightingale Fund, by which young women are received and educated for a year at St. Thomas's Hospital, and then sent out with certificates of proficiency.

(2) The Training Institution of St. John's House, 7 and 8, Norfolk-street. Strand, from whence nurses are provided for private families and for King's College Hospital. For this institution persons must be members of the Church of England, and not under twenty-five years of age.

(3) The Institution of Nursing Sisters, 4, Devonshire-square, City, for nurses for private families; and here Dissenters are admitted.

(4) Pupil-nurses are received at the Hospital for Sick Children, 49, Great Ormond-street, where, after a short training, certificates and recommendations are given which will ensure good places as nurses for children in private families.

Thus we see that there is no want of opportunities for those who are inclined to turn to this calling. It may be that there is not so much a want of inclination, as of thought and information on the subject, for it has been but