The London School Nurses' Society, which held its first annual meeting June 19, has for its object the supplying of trained nurses to the large schools in the poor districts. The nurses visit the schools and attend to the small ills with which the children may be afflicted, such as sore eyes, wounds, etc., special mention being made of "sore heels," evidently a common affliction. Each nurse is expected to visit four schools each day, and on an average see about 100 children. The duty of these nurses is also to send the children to a physician, hospital or home, as her judgment dictates, when necessary. The work carried on by this society is certainly a good one. If the nurses do not get a too high idea of their ability, and attempt to treat cases which belong to a physician, they ought to receive all the encouragement that it