15 JULY 1960, Page 17

SIR,-1 must challenge Monica Furlong's figures when she states that

six out of seven young mothers 'refuse to set foot in the place.'

Had Mrs. Furlong attended my local baby clinic at the Western General Hospital she would have been met with a helpful friendliness, a quality which also characterises the maternity detachment. Mrs. Furlong has been very unlucky at her clinic.—Yours faith- fully.

SARAH HENDERSON School House, Fetes College, Edinburgh 4