MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
[To sue Fames Ow ins " Besereroa."] Sia,—This subject has been much brought before the public of late, and many new schemes for promoting it are started. Why is it that existing Homes with this object in view are so badly supported? May I call your readers' attention to one in Pimlico which has existed over forty years, and has lately been reorganized to meet all modern requirements ? Girls from thirteen years old and upwards have been received and trained here, and taught how to feed and care for their babies, and kept six or more months with them, so that the mother instinct has acted like the hold of an anchor and kept them in the straight path afterwards. Many more pitiful cases have passed through this Home. Now it has developed into a hospital also, and two certified midwives are at its head. It is inspected and receives the Government grant, hut it cannot exist without private charity as well, and will have to be closed unless more subscriptions reach it. Will your readers go and see it—The Home of Compassion. 63 Sutherland Street, Pimlico, S.W. 1—or send donations or subscriptions to me, its Chairman?
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