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Notices of Books. 



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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



National Council of Social Service-Monthly Bulletin — 



(London: P. S. King & Son, Ltd., Orchard House, 2 & 4, Great Smith Street, 

 Westminster, S.W.I, Price 3d.) With the object of being helpful to the 

 ordinary citizen who is giving some form of social service, Number 1 of this • 

 series of Monthly Bulletins makes its appearance. It may be hoped that it 

 will achieve its object. In an editorial foreword it is stated that " A wider 

 conception of the State, as an association of citizens united for the common 

 purpose of securing the fullest and freest life for all, has secured general 

 recognition during the War, and has resulted in the acceptance by the Govern- 

 ment of wider responsibilities for the care and welfare of the people." 



Among the varied contents of the Bulletin's dozen pages is an article on 

 "The Future Provision of Medical Services ' which explains the re-organisation 

 scheme outlined in the Interim Report of the Consultative Council on Medical 

 and Allied Services, Ministry of Health. Under the title "Workers in 

 Council" the aims of the National Council, which was formed in March. 1919, 

 are set out. These include a survey of the whole local field of work, the 

 prevention of overlapping and the development of co-operation in aim and 

 effort. "Urban Xotes " and "Rural Notes" describe the growth of the 

 movement in their respective districts. The Council has a special Rural 

 Department, of which Sir Henry Rew is Chairman, which comprises represen- 

 tatives of the National Farmers' Union, the Village Clubs' Association, 

 the Women's Institutes and other organisations concerned with rural develop- 

 ment. The information under the titles "New Legislation and Administrative 

 Circulars " ; >k Bills before Parliament " ; " Government Reports " ; and " Some 

 New Books," cannot fail to be of great interest to social workers. The 

 Bulletin will keep them well abreast of the ever growing movements of 

 progress. 



Handbooks of Information on Social Service are also issued by the 

 National Council of Social Service. The first of these, entitled " Public 

 Services," has recently been published for the Council by P. S. King & Son, 

 Ltd., Orchard House, 2 & 4, Great Smith Street. Westminster, S.W.I, Price 

 2/- net. Originally issued as a pamphlet by the Joint Committee on Social 

 Service in ID 17, this Handbook appears to have proved of practical value, 

 14,000 copies having: been issued. Revised and brought up to date with the 

 assistance of the Government Departments concerned, the second edition of 

 the Handbook will be of even greater service. The 96 pages are divided into 

 8 chapters dealing with Public Health. National Health Insurance, Poor Law, 

 Old Age Pensions, Education, Industry and Employment, Administration of 

 Justice and War Pensions (Allowances and Medical Services). Used in 

 conjunction with the Monthly Bulletin, in which changes in administration are 

 recorded, the social service worker has the latest information at hand. A 

 comprehensive index adds to its usefulness. 



Erratum.— In the issue of this Journal for July, p. 393, it was in error 

 stated that the Journal of the British Dairy Farmers' Association is published by 

 McCorquodale & Co., who are the printers of the publication. The publishers 

 are the British Dairy Farmers' Association, 28, Russell Square, W.C.I. 



