In Baltimore[2] these branch offices are usually in the same building which houses a branch of the Federated Charities, the branch office of the Visiting Nurse Association, the Infant Welfare Association, and other similar agencies. In this way, the various social workers learn to know each other, and to secure close co-operation and understanding. The different agencies, however, each have their separate rooms or offices. Footnote 2: Baltimore is divided into sixteen nursing districts, with eight branch offices or sub-stations, for the use of the sixteen nurses. The nurse’s office should be simply but comfortably furnished. It is used for several purposes—as a store room for supplies, and as a rest room, where she takes her lunch and spends an hour off duty in the middle of the day. The furniture should consist of a large writing table, which may also be used for a dining table; chairs, a lounge or couch, and a small gas stove or Bunsen burner for cooking simple meals. If there is no available closet, there will have to be a commodious cupboard for storing the prophylactic supplies. A large stock of these must always be kept on hand, so that the nurse may refill her bag before starting out again on her afternoon rounds. A telephone in the office, or at least in the same building, is of course necessary. =Lunch and the Noon Hour.= It is not within the province of a superintendent to dictate to her nurses as to what they shall eat. The association, be it private or municipal, furnishes the office and the hour, but the nurse must provide her own lunch and select it according to her fancy. A word, however, in regard to this lunch. It should be as nourishing as possible, and should consist of such wholesome food as eggs, milk, cocoa, and so forth. If a nurse substitutes a pint of milk for a cup of tea or coffee, she is wise. In addition to nourishing, wholesome food (in contradistinction to unprofitable pie and buns from the neighbouring bakeshop), a short period of relaxation on the lounge or couch is a wise way in which to spend a portion of the noon hour. In dealing with tuberculosis, food and rest are necessary to keep one strong and well, and no nurse can afford to trifle with her health when engaged in this serious work. On no account should the noon hour be cut short, no matter how little tired she may be. Better work can be done if one is well fed and rested. =Bags.= The association which employs the nurse should also provide her with the bag for carrying the supplies. The kind of bag needed is a much discussed question. It should be strong, even though this necessitates its being heavy. There is no other way out of it—for unless the bag has the first qualification, strength, the weight of the supplies will soon wear it out. Very light bags are not practical.