SPECIAL WORK FOR CHILDREN
[To-the Editor of the Sezerszon.] Sin,—About two years ago you allowed me to call attention to the preventive and rescue work which is, alas ! necessary among young children. The need is realized by teachers and social workers, but, if the problems involved are to be dealt with efficiently, specially trained visitors are required. These ladies go into the homes, master the circumstances and influence the parents. Where a young child is in grave moral danger the law can sometimes intervene and the child can be removed. When a child, possibly a mere baby of five, has been "interfered with," the physical damage, often serious, may be left to the medical profession ; the moral result, often more serious, can best be dealt with by removing the child to new and wholesome conditions, where there is a chance of forgetting the ugly incident. This spells money : and in our English way we form an association to meet the needs of England's children, whose wrongs are sometimes so poignant and so terrible that it is impossible to broadcast the real facts. The Treasurer of the Fund for the Special Worker for Paddington, Westminster and Marylebone sends out an S.O.S. for help for her funds are low. Contributions should be addressed to Miss B. Trollope, 12 Chantrey House, Eceleston Street, S.W. 1.—lam, Sir, &c., L. C. STREATFEILD.
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