Victoria E. M. Bennett was, at the time of original publication, Fellow of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, Lecturer and Examiner in Public Health at the Battersea Polytechnic, Examiner to the Royal Sanitary Institute, Lecturer and Examiner to the National Association for the Prevention of Infant Mortality, Carnegie House, Piccadilly, Medical Officer to Ante-natal and Infants' Clinics at Kensington and Brixton, late Assistant School Medical Officer to the County of Durham, late Medical Superintendent of the Victoria Caste and Gosha Hospital, Madras.