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Pettifer, Annie

Biographical

Registration number773
SurnamePettifer
First name(s)Annie
Address(es)

The Hospital Coventry
Westbury, Chalsey? Rd, Slough
Hillside House, Farnham Royal, Bucks

Date of registration28 March 1890
Qualifications

Certificate, Queen Charlotte's Hospital, 1881
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1882 - 84
Coventry Hospital, 1884 - 90

Remarks

Monthly Nurse

Personal details

Date of birth1856
Place of birthChildrey, Wantage, Berks
Maiden namePettifer
Family details

Daughter of William Pettifer, Ag. Lab. and his wife, Elizabeth

Additional personal details

Nurse Maid aged 15 at Harefield Farm, East Hendred, Berks in 1871
Domestic Nurse to George Williams family at Whitburn Lodge, East Dulwich Road, 1881
Address 1909: 123 New Bond St. W.

Professional details

Additional qualifications

Certificate, Coventry Hospital, 1884 to 1891

Work experience

Queen Charlotte's Hospital (Pupil), 1881
St. Bartholomew's Hospital (Pro), 1881 - 84
Coventry Hospital (Pro and Staff Nurse), 1884 to 1891
London Association of Nurses Private Nurse, 1891 - 1911

Professional activities

Member Royal British Nurses Assoc.

Additional professional details

Trained at St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1881 - 84 on Lawrence and Henry Wards.
Punctuality Good.
Patients always found her attentive and kind.
Required to be constantly reminded.
Temper - seldom put out and soon put right when she was.
Very obedient.
Might have had more observation in reporting the sick.
Clean, neat and imposing.
Trustworthy, sober and steady.
Quick and well behaved.
Moved from ward to ward taking special cases.
Has been taken as extra nurse instead of probationer
An excellent nurse for children
Resigned 31st January 1884 as she found the work too hard

Sources

King's Register of Nurses
The Nursing Directory 1909
St. Bartholomew's Hospital Archives
1861, 1871, 1881, 1901 and 1911 Census

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