Anti-road Propaganda by a Hospital
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AA N extraordinary poster, which is reproduced l',.elsewhere in this issue, has been issued by the authorities of King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5. It is so partisan in its wording that it is difficult to understand the motive which prompted its production, and we were not surprised to find it conspicuously displayed at one of the most important railway termini in the Metropolis.
We thought, at first, that it had been "prepared under railway guidance, but we are assured by the hospital officials that it has not been issued in cooperation with the railways, although when its contents became known 'representatives of the latter wrote for copies, showing what construction they placed upon the matter.
We have also been told that we will appreciate that the hospital has no concern with any particular interest. We do appreciate that fact, and that is why we are so surprised at the tenor of the poster in question ! It is hardly within the province of a hospital to take sides in such an important controversy as the pros and cons of road and rail transport, and hardly wise for it to antagonize road users, who constitute such a large and important section of the community, and one upon which such institutions must undoubtedly depend to a considerable extent for financial support. An action of this nature displays, at the least, bad taste and a lamentable lack of tact.