Board of Control: The King, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, has approved the appointment of Miss Ruth Darwin as a senior commissioner of the Board of Control, in succession to Mrs. Ellen F. Pinsent. Mrs. Pinsent, who will retire on July 31, has had a long and distinguished career of public service. She served for many years on the Birmingham Education Committee and on the City Council and was a member of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-minded, 1904 to 1909. She was an honorary commissioner of the Board of Control from 1913 to 1920 and a commissioner from 1921 to 1930, and has been a senior commissioner since January 1, 1931, when the board was reconstituted under the Mental Treatment Act, 1930. Miss Darwin, granddaughter of Charles Robert Darwin, was an honorary commissioner from 1920 to 1930, and has been a commissioner since January 1, 1931. She is a member of the committee recently appointed to consider certain issues arising in connection with the sterilisation of the mentally unfit. While we welcome Miss Darwin’s appointment as one of the senior commissioners of the Board of Control, we again urge the necessity of including a medical woman as a senior commissioner, just as we urge that a medical woman should be included in the recently appointed committee appointed to consider certain issues arising in connection with the sterilisation of the mentally unfit.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949