This document reports the findings of an enquiry which was set up to look into the duties and training of head porters, in order to determine the kind of training likely to produce and maintain the most efficient service in a hospital. Having collected information from 66 hospital authorities and 111 hospitals chosen on a sample basis, the conclusions drawn are that head porters and their staffs would benefit from training planned to fit them for the wide variety of duties which they are called upon to perform in hospitals. The amount of training given at present is for the most part inadequate.