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Sanitary Inspectors on the National Council of Women until 1922; as chair of the Midwifery Training Sub-Committee in 1928, and as a representative of the NCUMC 1926-8. Additionally, she was a member of the National Council of Mother and Child Welfare, the National Association for the Prevention of Infant Mortality, the National Baby Welfare Council, Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women's Organisations, the National Council of Women, the Women's Advisory Housing Council, and the
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In addition to her employment, Kent-Parsons was active in efforts to achieve higher salaries for health visitors. She was also prominent on a number of boards and committees, including on the
Executive Committee of the Women Sanitary Inspectors and Health Visitors' Association (WSIHVA) 1918-9; as
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Sanitary Inspectors' Board, as well as the Central Midwives' Board, and obtained a Ministry of Health Visitor's Diploma. Qualifying as a Woman Sanitary Inspector in 1911, Kent-Parsons gained employment with the London Borough of Tottenham as a Health
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