Women Inspectors under the Board of Control: We are glad to see that the Board of Control has decided to appoint two more women inspectors. There are at present three men inspectors and one-woman inspector; the men each receiving from £500 to £800 a year, and the woman, £400 to £650. The salaries of the two women now to be appointed will be £500 to £650. For years the Women’s Freedom League has urged that there should be Women Inspectors under the Board of Control. It is essential, since there are more women than men in mental hospitals, and the great majority of nurses are women, that there should be women to inspect these hospitals and that women inspectors should be available for making investigations into complaints which may arise in connection with their administration. We urge, also, that there should be more women Commissioners of the Board of Control. At present there are, in addition to the Chairman, Sir F. J. Willis, two unpaid men Commissioners and one unpaid woman Commissioner, Miss R. Darwin; six paid men Commissioners and one paid woman Commissioner, Mrs. E. F. Pinsent. Neither Miss Darwin nor Mrs. Pinsent is a medical woman. Surely there should be fully qualified medical women among the Commissioners of the Board of Control, and the numbers of men and women Commissioners should be equal!
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949