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 there is no woman on the Commission. A clever woman doctor might, with profit to the female lunatics, be appointed to such a position. It would also be a good thing if County Councils would appoint visiting committees of women, for a proper supervision of the unfortunate people who have to be controlled is better carried out for women by women.

The County Council is also the Education Authority for its area. It needs no words of eloquence and no deep wisdom to establish the case for a woman representative where the education of small children is in question. Moreover, it is an advantage to the women teachers to have an educated woman to consult on matters pertaining to the health and environment as well as the work of their charges.

In the administration of Acts of Parliament relating to foods, drugs, pure milk, and weights and measures, the County Council has most important work which is obviously quite closely related to the every-day vocation of the majority of women. The Council has likewise to carry out in part the Children's Act of 1908. Those who take charge of children under five years of age in return for money must report to the Local Authority within twenty-fours hours of so doing, and come under the control of the inspectors of