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GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
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LETTERS: BOX 134, G.P.O., PERTH               |     DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH,
TELEPHONE: B 8151.                                       |     57 MURRAY STREET, 
CIRCULAR NO. 402                                           |     PERTH.
All communications to be addressed to the 
"UNDER SECRETARY."

31st March, 1936.

MATRONS AND OFFICERS
IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS

Under the Nurses Award, it is necessary for a nurse to provide
her own uniforms for the first six months of her employment.
After that the Award provides that the Department shall supply
nurses with all future uniforms required during her period of
service with the Department.

When nurses are engaged they are not signed on for any particular
period, but may terminate their engagement with us at any time,
and in view of this the Department discussed with the Union a
proposal to make cash payments to nurses in lieu of supplying
uniforms. The Union has agreed to this and the Department
will pay nurses at the rate of 2s. per week during the period
it is necessary for the Department to provide uniforms under the 
Award.

In order that payments may be made to nurses when due, it is
desired that you should notify us as follows --

(a.) New Nurses (that is nurses of recent engagement who
are required to provide their own uniforms for the 
first six months of their employment) - the date of
completion of six months' service, during which period
the Department is not supplying uniforms.

(b.) Nurses who have been sometime in our employment and
have been receiving uniforms from the Department -
the date that the uniforms provided need replacing.

Will Matrons please notify the Department from time to time
as may be necessary?

The payment of 2s. per week applies to Nurses and Sisters.
In regard to Matron, the same arrangement will apply, but
the rate of payment will be 2/4d. per week.

F.J. HUELIN
UNDER SECRETARY.

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