Frosty in morning but got soft during the day + was quite mild at night. Called up at 4.45 to attend Mrs Geo. Murray, Backrow, who had a d. at 5.20.1 Did not go back to bed. Letter from Pat2 to Jean.3 Cycled in town + to The Firs, Philiphaugh, Dunsdale + Lindean. Attended meeting of Visiting Committee of Hosp at Fever Hospital about water supply.4 + then walked by Shawpark to S. P. Hospital5 + had meeting there about fencing +c. Lecture on nurses by Mr Shearer6 in Hall of Church which was so crowded that the girls could not get in.7 Mr Shaw8 addressed meeting in Victoria Hall. Jack + Nancy9 were there.
1 Maggie Elliot Murray was born at 5 a.m. 25 January 1904 at 17 Backrow, Selkirk. She was the daughter of George Murray, power loom tuner, and Catherine Murray née Nichol. Her parents had married 18 February 1898 at Selkirk.
2 Patrick Rodger Stewart ‘Pat’ Muir (1879-1961), Dr Muir’s only son, living in New Zealand since 1902.
3 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Pike née Muir (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter.
4 The Editor wonders if that this refers to the hospital at Bleachfield Road, Selkirk, shown as Hospital (Infectious Diseases) on the Ordnance Survey six inch Selkirkshire Sheet XII.NW, published 1900, because Dr Muir thereafter notes the walk out to the site noted in footnote 5.
5 The refers to the Infectious Diseases Hospital near Buxton Cottage below the Selkirk Hills, see Ordnance Survey six inch Selkirkshire Sheet XII.NW, published 1900. Dr Muir would have walked along Scott’s Place in a north-easterly direction, a route that looks as if he would have been off road after passing Shawpark – the direct route (on a road) was up Dovecot Park.
6 Mr Shaw is so far unidentified.
7 The Editor suspects that this means Dr Muir’s girls, his daughters, rather than all young women.
8 Mr Shaw is so far unidentified.
9 John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior (1876-1966) and Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/7, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1904]
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