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to do, nor any other instructor like me. I do, however, expect my
students to work to a very high standard, so that their work placed side by
side with a trade article, may satisfy the "man in the street" by its
equally fine finish, and at the same time have that something more which
only the hand-made article can have. If their work is disposed of, it is
privately, in the same way as the artist and art craftsman disposes of
his to his patrons, a field apart from trade.
With the help of a businesslike and enthusiastic voluntary worker
(an absolute necessity if these classes are to run properly), the work
can be made to justify itself financially.
All the work sent to the last Imperial Institute Show and Sale was
sold, and all the men received stars, and the excellent finish of their
work was favourably commented upon. Several of them have a useful
little connection of their own in their private circles.
E. Malcolm Forth.
Babies' Home, Albury Street.
The Babies' Home, Albury Street, is useful in the treatment of
dietetic and sub-acute cases. The Council subsidised eight cots at £50
a year each, but later in 1926 it decided to pay £2 a week or part of a
week, per case for any cases sent in by the Council's Medical Officers.
This rate was altered to 6s. 6d. per patient per day, as from
1st January, 1927. The total number of new cases sent in during the
year 1928 was five.

In 18 instances post mortem examinations were made by order of
the Coroner, who then issued certificates without holding inquests.
15 bodies were detained after inquests to await burial owing to
lack of accommodation at the homes, and 7 owing to advanced
decomposition.
Two infectious bodies were admitted to the Mortuary to await
burial, by order of the Medical Officer of Health.