Letters from Florence Nightingale, writing from Lea Hurst, Derbyshire, 10 South Street, Park Lane, London W, and Claydon House, Winslow, Bucks., to Christopher Blencowe Noble Dunn (1836-1892), surgeon, of Crich, Derbyshire, concerning the illnesses, diet, water supplies and medical treatment of her family, household staff and villagers in the Lea and Holloway district Topics touched on include: Alice, HRH Princess, death, 1878; Army Sanitary Commission, 1879; Ascot Convalescent Home: see Lee, Harry, 1879; Bosnian refugee relief; Charity: abuse and misdirection, 1879, 1880; Christmas at St Thomas' Hospital, London, 1877; Doctors, local: (other than Mr Dunn), 1877, 1879, 1887, 1890; Hospitals and nursing standards: Buxton [Devonshire: Hospital and Bath], 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, London, St Bartholomew's, 1878, London, St George's, 1878, London, St Thomas': see Lee, Harry, 1879, Nottingham The Pendlebury, nd; Indian famine, deaths, 1879; Intemperance, 1879, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1884, nd; Lea Mill, 1879, 1880; Lea water [?cure], 1879; Lea Women's Club, 1879, 1880, 1881; Lee, Harry, sick child, 1877, treatment at home and in St Thomas' Hospital, London, 1878, 1879, and Ascot Convalescent Home, 1880; Local Government Board, 1879; Joby, Miss, 1878, 1879; Prescriptions, out of date: need for legislation, 1879; Refusal to give nursing testimonials, 1879; Saving, habits and means, 1879, 1880; Scarlet Fever, 1879; Schools, local, 1879, 1880; Spiritualism, 1879; Typhoid, 1877, 1879 Village nursing, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881; Water beds and pillows, 1877, 1879; Whatstandwell Coffee House, 1880, 1881, 1884, nd; Whatstandwell Quarry, 1880; Yeomans, Mr [William, farmer, member of Board of Guardians, steward to Lea Hurst estate, and a vehicle of Miss Nightingale's relief work], 1878, 1880, 1881. 1876-1890