Stephen Paget in the Dictionary of National Biography asserted that Nightingale reduced the death rate from 42% to 2%, either by making improvements in hygiene herself, or by calling for the Sanitary Commission.
Stephen Paget je, u svojoj knjizi Dictionary of National Biography, predložio da je Nightingale smanjila stopu smrtnosti sa 42% na 2%, kroz svoje metode higijene ili kroz prijedlog The Timesu.