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A COLONIAL Social Welfare Advisory Committee has been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to advise him on problems affecting the social welfare of urban and rural communities in the Colonies, on the training of social welfare workers, and on allied matters. The Committee consists of : The Duke of Devonshire, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State (chairman) ; Sir Charles Jeffries, Assistant Under-Secretary of State (vice-chairman) ; Prof. A. M. Carr-Saunders, director, London School of Economics and Political Science ; Miss Margery Fry, well-known authority on juvenile delinquency; Miss L. Harford, chief woman officer, National Council of Social Service ; Mr. J. Longland, director of education, Dorset ; Mr. E. H. Lucette, secretary, Dr. Barnardo's Homes; Miss Margaret Nixon, chief superintendent of welfare at the Admiralty ; Mr. A. Paterson, Prison Commissioner ; Dr. Audrey Richards, Social Services Department, Colonial Office ; and Miss Eileen Younghusband, principal officer for training and employment, National Association of Girls' Clubs.
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Social Welfare in the Colonies. Nature 151, 275–276 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151275e0
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