The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2 by Sir Edward Tyas Cook

WORKHOUSE REFORM (1864-1867) State of the workhouse infirmaries--Report on the Metropolitan workhouses in 1866--Miss Nightingale a prime mover in the remedial legislation of 1867. II. Her friendship with Mr. William Rathbone--His scheme for introducing trained nurses into the Workhouse Infirmary at Liverpool--Negotiations with Miss Nightingale--Her friend, Miss Agnes Jones, appointed Lady Superintendent--Reforms effected by her (1865). III. Miss Nightingale's resolve to use the Liverpool experiment as a lever for reform in London--Workhouse scandals in London--Correspondence and interviews with Mr. Villiers--Friendship with Mr. Farnall, Poor Law Inspector--Miss Nightingale's scheme of Poor Law reform (1865)--Approved by Mr. Villiers--Articles in the _Times_--Defeat of the Government. IV. Mr. Gathorne Hardy succeeds Mr. Villiers--Removal of Mr. Farnall from London--Miss Nightingale's communications with Mr. Villiers--Committee appointed by Mr. Hardy--Miss Nightingale invited to express her views: outlines her scheme in a Memorandum. V. Mr. Hardy's Bill (1867)--Various views of it--Miss Nightingale's efforts for its extension--Importance of the reforms included in the Bill: the starting-point of workhouse reform. VI. Success of Miss Agnes Jones's pioneer work--Her death (1868)--Miss Nightingale's account of her in _Good Words_--Selection of a successor--Effect of the article 123