RED CROSS CURATIVE POSTS.
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sus,—I read the article on " Centres for Medical Treatment" in your issue of June 18th with great interest, and also your footnote saying that the Surrey Red Cross Curative Posts have been treating civilians, and especially children, with excellent results. The Central Red Cross are fully alive to the possi- bilities of a wider use of their centres for treatment of injured and sick demobilized soldiers. They have asked my committee if they would consider the subject and send recommendations in order to assist the Red Cross in advising their county divisions as to the most efficient lines on which these centres could bs developed. A sub-committee was formed, and is now studying the question, and I feel sure would welcome any sug- gestions. The Central Committee for the Care of Cripples works under the auspices of the Central Council for Infant and Child Welfare, and is amalgamated to the Central Invalid Children's Aid Association. It is therefore only a part of a whole scheme which endeavours, by early ascertainment, efficient and adequate treatment, to raise the standard of the health of the child. A house-to-house census taken in a rural area by this committee showed cripples under sixteen years to be 12.5 per 1,000 of the school population. This proves the urgency of preventive work, and undoubtedly the Red Cross centres could give most valuable help.—I am, Sir, &c., M. E. HEASLEY, Hon. Sec.
Central Committee for the Care of Cripples, 20 Berkeley Street, W. 1.
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