13 JUNE 1952, page 18

Nurses In The Horne

SIR,—II is undoubtedly true that old and ill people do not now receive in the Welfare State the care which they had by right in the past, and in so many cases now suffer, in......

Competition For Scientists

Sut„—Surely the headmaster of the Cathedral School, Bristol, is un- reasonable in his approach not only to your editorial comment on -the use of good scientists but also on the......

-motor-cycle Casualties

Sta,—One simple measure would appreciably reduce the appalling rate of casualties to motor-cyclists, mentioned by Mr. John W. Crawford. The wearing of crash-helmets should be......

Legalised Lotteries

slit,—I doubt if the average investor in football-pools is as ignorant of their true character as Mr Hubert Phillips suggests. Speaking for myself, I have invested sums......

Clerical Telephones

'SIR,—I have just received the Postmaster-General's notice of increased telephone rentals. So, I presume, has the Rector of this parish. Is it not quite time that parish clergy......

Patients' Plight

Sta,—Your correspondents have demolished the unsubstantiated com- plaint that many doctors resent having patients on their panel who could afford to pay. Yet general......