29 MAY 1947, Page 17

COUNTRY LIFE

IN the villages no worker is so popular or does more good than the village nurse. She is at hand—and great is juxtaposition—always ready to give her most efficient help to anyone in need. So much is she appreciated that the poorest actually rejoice to pay subscriptions, and a good many residents give more than they need. Under new schemes there is talk of centralising her functions and making her not the eager helper of the village dwelling within its pale, but the servant of the County Hall, based on the town. While things are still in flux it may serve a useful purpose to point out that the removal of the nurse from the village itself would be rightly regarded by villaps folk as a calamity.