Photograph of Waterloo Place, London, viewed from the East showing the Crimean War memorial, and statues of Florence Nightingale and Sidney Herbert of Lea © Wikimedia Commons What was the old name for The National Archives?.When could this document to be seen by the public for the first time?.
Can you explain or find out how these three statues were connected?.What two other statues were to be placed nearby?.In what part of London was the statue of Florence Nightingale situated?.
What does the code tell you about what this file might be about?.Can you spot the code ‘WORK’ on this document?.This file is from the government Ministry of Works which has information about the planning, building and up keep of royal buildings and parks, public buildings and deals with the protection and care of ancient monuments and statues. Use the sources in this lesson to explore why Florence Nightingale is considered a significant figure and the founder of modern nursing.įront cover of a file about a statue for Florence Nightingale, Catalogue ref: WORK 20/67 Florence Nightingale realised that if the doctors were going to let her nurses to work then they had to do a very good job. When she arrived at the hospital, army doctors there did not want the nurses helping. Often more men died from these diseases than from their injuries.
These conditions meant that they often caught other diseases like typhus, cholera and dysentery.
The army base hospital at Scutari in Constantinople was unclean, poorly supplied with bandages and soap and the patients did not have proper food or medicine.įlorence Nightingale found that wounded and dying men were sleeping in overcrowded, dirty rooms often without blankets. Britain was at war with Russia in a conflict called the Crimean War (1854-1856). On the 4 November 1854, Florence Nightingale arrived in Turkey with a group of 38 nurses from England.