Registered Nurse for Mental Defectives (RNMD) Badge
Maker
Hamilton & Inches
Date1950 - 1983 Period
Object NameBadge
Mediumenamelled silver
ClassificationsMedicine and Healthcare
DimensionsOverall: Height: 2.54 cm, Width: 2.54 cm
AcquisitionKenneth A Webster Nursing Collection.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS032086
Keywords
This badge would have been issued to qualified and registered mental deficiency nurses. The Nurses Registration Act of 1919 introduced the state registration of nurses. The Register had five parts for different types of nurse: general (women only), male nurses, children's nursing, fever nursing, mental nursing and mental deficiency nursing. The General Nursing Council for Scotland held the register for Scottish nurses which included the provision of a uniform or badge for registered nurses.
This badge was donated by a nurse who did not agree with the word "defectives", which had become outmoded by the time of his training in the 1970s.
