HC Deb 22 July 1957 vol 574 c19W
Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the Florence Nightinglae Memorial British Red Cross Society Scholarship awarded to nurses in Lusaka is open to nurses of all races on their merits; what was the salary paid to Miss Charity Munjoma, the Staff Nurse at Lusaka African Hospital who won this scholarship for 1957–58; and what salary is paid to European nurses in the same grade.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The National Florence Nightingale Memorial Committee Scholarship awarded by the British Red Cross Society in the United Kingdom is open to locally domiciled nurses from any Colonial Territory irrespective

Education Health Roads Total ordinary expenditure
1938–9 £ million 60 1 22 944
Per cent. 6.36 .11 2.33 100
1945–6 £ million 101 1 9 5,565
Per cent. 1.81 .02 .16 100
1950–1 £ million 243 395 27 3,455
Per cent. 7.03 11.43 .78 100
1956–7 £ million 383 501 53 4,738
Per cent. 8.08 10.57 1.12 100