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[page 680] Ques. I mean in personal attention to the patients in her ward. Ans. She spends some little time, I do not know how much. Ques. On an average day would the attendant spend more than an hour a day in the nursing. Ans. Yes sir. Some of them play games with them, threw the hoop and we have the ring toss. Ques. Not how much of the time is spent in chamber work, but how much is spent in nursing. Ans. They have the care of the dining room, have to do the dining room work, prepare the food for the meals and that takes some little time. They require some little time to go to their din meals; it is necessary for some of them to go out to town, they have little errands to do. We allow them half a day to themselves sometimes or an evening. Ques. On the whole would it not be safe to say that out of a day of 12 hours, perhaps 10 hours is spent in doing the chamber work and taking care of the wards, and about two hours is spent in the entertainment and nursing of the sick. Ans. Some of them are required to wait upon the friends of the patients, go out with the patients to see their friends; that takes some little time. I do not think they spend a great deal of time in real nursing, but they spend considerable time in care. Ques. What do you mean by care. Ans. Watching over