Reading Standard: Friday 21st May 1937

Mental Health: Services Provided by Berkshire and Oxfordshire Authorities: It has been a firmly rooted tradition in English local government that no publicity shall be given to the services which are provided by local authorities … (continues) … Since the statutory bodies do so little to make themselves known, there is a great advantage in an impartial study such as Mrs. E. F. Pinsent’s “Mental Health Services in Oxford, Oxfordshire and Berkshire” (2/- net). It is the first section that has yet appeared of a survey which will cover all the main services in the Oxford area and which has been organized from Barnett House. The report gives an account of the powers held by the local authorities …


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Referenced

GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949