Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
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<strong>Anna</strong> Tittm 154<br />
Q. You mmtioned the mthers bringing their other children. Wasntt,<br />
it pwldemim?<br />
A. WelG mre or less the whole thhg was. Now, I never had a term <strong>of</strong><br />
duty up there, because first yem was as a postgraduate student and I<br />
worked in sonr; <strong>of</strong> the different wards. Itts only twu and a half m@hs in<br />
operation. Then the next timz I was head nurse. The next year I w the<br />
head nurse again and I did som teaching; I was a teacher and assis<br />
supeflntendent <strong>of</strong> nurses. Then I skipped. The first was 1908. 190 @loy<br />
1911, 1912 I was getting ready to be school nurse. Tnen 2912, that , as<br />
when I went to kicago School <strong>of</strong> Civics and Philanthropy For the sqer.<br />
A. Went where, excuse rn . I<br />
.Q. The Chicago School <strong>of</strong> Civics and Philanthropy in Chic<br />
F<br />
go. Then I did<br />
not go back to the Boston Floating Hospital until 1922. at was in between<br />
two years getting depe at Colurhia Wversi y, it was that<br />
SWIIMRr.<br />
Q. Did they try to play gas with these extra children?<br />
A. I think they did. We didn't have anybody special, but I think that the<br />
extra people on the boat besides the doctwrs and nurses were the Diaper King.<br />
Q. The Diaper King?<br />
A. Be Diaper King. A little old man, quite old and king <strong>of</strong> lam. On each<br />
ward we had a big mtal cam with a lid In which we put the diapers that<br />
had been used. Our Diaper King cam along with a big bag<br />
i<br />
and dumped the<br />
contents into the bag, tasted the top and threw it over is shoulderr. He<br />
would go throw the hall, down the com5dor in the rrdddl and stop <strong>of</strong>f at<br />
these four principal wards, the ward at the front and the ward at the back.<br />
He was the Diaper King, so nobody else could dethrone him That was it.<br />
Q. Where would the mthers eat?<br />
I<br />
bz&t<br />
A. They had to bring their lmch I gwss, as nearLy as 11mswher.<br />
bm@t their lwch because we didn't serve anything. I<br />
3<br />
hi.& they<br />
things for the oMer children too. It was a picnic for t em.<br />
I<br />
Q. That takes care <strong>of</strong> the top deck. Tell rre about the xt deck if you<br />
would, starting f'rorn the front.<br />
A. 1'11 start at the fk.0rl.t.<br />
Q. Okay. '1Ws is directly above the lettering on the bo t, Boston Floating<br />
Hospital. 1<br />
I<br />
A. That was a wmd. It was the ope- that you see<br />
could open windows if you needed to. But you could<br />
tire too, there dp$t be a good deal qf wind. This<br />
breathing space where parents could wE)it or could<br />
thing like that to talk. Now these, ym enter a<br />
sides, the port side and the starboard, and<br />
i
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