THE CHEAP MILK SCHEME

666 recent acts. The Parliamentary Medical Committee, THE CHEAP MILK SCHEME comprising some round dozen members of Parliament SIR,-Members of the medical profession have warmlywho "V happen also to be registered medical practitioners welcomed the milk scheme of July 1940 because it I am at the moment the only member of this com( (and I r represents a very real advance in our social legislation, mittee holding consultant status) was invited to appoint the more noteworthy since it has happened in time of war. t two representatives upon this commission. I underPerhaps the main implication of the scheme is that the Estand that the Royal College of Physicians of London, Government now accepts a special responsibility for thewith a roll-call of over 300 fellows, was also invited to nutritional care of the mothers and young children as Esend two representatives. such. There is wisdom in this appreciation of their Unless consultants are more watchful now than they value to the nation and the special care they require. ,were a year ago they may, I submit, find themselves The Children’s Nutrition Council has always pressedagain the victims of the irresponsible action taken by a for such a policy and views it with satisfaction. This 1body which is grossly unrepresentative of their interests. satisfaction must, however, be tempered by an apprecia; we not also hope that the Royal Colleges in London, May tion of certain facts. which I think are rightly regarded as the official guardians First, coincident with the presentation of the scheme
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