The founder of the organisation was Dr Biernacki, who at that time was the Medical Superintendent of Plaistow Hospital, East London.
[7] In the 1915-1916 report it was noted there were 2,189 members holding the Fever Nurses’ Association Certificate.
On her arrival she undertook a two-year course in fever training, the first group of nurses being certificated in 1898.
[11] During her time at Plaistow developments in fever work included the introduction of both preventive and curative serums, and bed isolation and barrier nursing to reduce the transmission of infections.
[12] In 1915 Drakard went to Dunkirk to organise the nursing of a hospital for the Friends’ Ambulance Unit of the British Red Cross for cases of enteric fever among the French troops.