Physical description

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a white cover with title, author's and publisher's names printed in black ink on spine. Dustjacket is white, with title and author's name in black print on front and spine. Also on front cover is a coloured photo of a district nurse holding a child

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

On lower right corner of front-end page is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by" Marjorie Connor (handwritten in black ink. Previous catalogue number also written on this label in black ink

Summary

A history of the Royal District Nursing Service, from the foundation of the Melbourne District Nursing Society in 1855 up to 1974