On This Day, 8 June 1918

Birmingham Daily Post 

Saturday 8 June 1918

HOME FOR GIRLS IN BIRMINGHAM

THE WORK OF THE WOMEN POLICE.

Since the appointment of women police in Birmingham the need for a hostel for the reception of girls desirous of retrieving their reputations has been borne in upon the Watch Committee, and the Chief Constable. Premises in Dale End, placed at the disposal of the Committee by Alderman Sayer, have been altered, furnished, and decorated, and yesterday afternoon the Lord Mayor (Alderman A. D. Brooks) formally opened them. The hostel will be controlled by a Committee of Management, and will afford accommodation for a limited number of girls until such time as suitable employment can be founds for them.

The opening ceremony, which was of a brief character, was attended among others by Lady Ashley, Mrs Osler, Aldermen Sayer, James and Gloster, Councillor T. Brown (chairman of the Watch Committee), and the Chief Constable (Mr. C. H. Rafter). The Lord Mayor explained that the hostel was the outcome of a suggestion that some provision should be made for girls who came within the care of the women police, and that it was the first of its kind in the country.