Our Country Nurse: Can East End Nurse Sarah find a new life caring for babies in the country?. Sarah Beeson
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In memory of the late
May Paulus, Desiree Knox Whyte and Pat Wrennall:
wonderful health visitors, mentors and friends
Contents
In 1969 17-year-old Sarah Beeson – then Sarah Hill – arrived in Hackney in the East End of London to begin her nursing career. Six years later she went into health visiting,