Material Type

Manuscript

Date Range

1910-1921

Physical Description

1 item

Physical Condition

Fair

History Biographical

Grace Annie Dainty was born in England in 1877, and came with her family to Peterborough, Ontario as an infant. Miss Dainty was a graduate of the nursing program at Nicholl's Hospital in Peterborough. In 1904 Miss Dainty moved to Cardston, Alberta with her father George and brother Albert. In 1905 the three of them moved to Lethbridge. Miss Dainty opened her private maternity hospital at 239 15 Street North in 1909 in the building that her father and brother had built the previous year. The family lived in a house next door to the hospital. During the influenza pandemic of 1918, the maternity hospital was converted into a hospital for influenza patients. Miss Dainty cared for those patients throughout the crisis, and her memory was that not one of them died while under her care. After the influenza pandemic, Miss Dainty operated the maternity hospital until 1925. The hospital building itself was demolished about 1984. In her professional life, Grace Dainty continued to improve her nursing skills and qualifications. She took post-graduate courses in New York, Seattle and Winnipeg, and in 1919 earned her Registered Nurse qualification. Miss Dainty was also Matron of the Children's Shelter from 1905 to 1909, and from 17 July 1917 to 24 October 1929 she served as the first full-time school nurse in Lethbridge School District No. 51. She continued to live at 239 15 Street North until her death in 1974, age 97. She is buried beside her father and brother in Mountain View Cemetery in Lethbridge.

Language

English

Acquisition Source

Royal Trust Company

Scope and Content

Ledger used by Miss Grace Dainty in the operation of her private maternity hospital at 239 15 Street North in Lethbridge. The medical information includes patient charts and charges for hospitalization, and night reports between 15 December 1910 and 31 January 1911. The ledger also contains records of cattle purchases by Miss Dainty's brother Albert, and an expense record of the Dainty household.

Notes

The ledger is now in the manuscript boxs.

Access Restrictions

Public Access

Accession No.

19740077000

Collection

Archive

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