THE NORTH ISLINGTON SCHOOL FOR MOTHERS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.")
SIR,—The North Islington School for Mothers, the first institution of the kind in Islington, has now been at work for some years. It teaches women how to prepare for child-birth and how to care for their infants. Its operations have grown rapidly, and hundreds of poor mothers now benefit by the training and the advice which they receive from the women physicians and the trained nurses in attendance. The School was founded by voluntary effort, but is now supported in part by a Government and a municipal grant. What it now needs above all is a larger number of voluntary workers who will attend the School one or more days a week and also visit the mothers in their homes. • Itseems to me that there must be many among. the women who did splendid war work in France and at home who would be glad, now that they have had a rest, to use their talent and experience in this peace work, which is of vital importance to the country. The waste of infant life, through ignorance rather than through poverty, is still terribly high, and it can only be decreased by the spread of knowledge through such institutions as ours. I should be very grateful if you would permit me, through your columns, to appeal to any of your women readers who have time to spare to come and help us. The School can be seen any Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday afternoon.—I am, Sir, &c., FLORENCE KEEN (Mrs. W. B. Keen), Hon. Secretary. 6 and 7 Manor Gardens, Holloway, N.
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