§ 135. Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the purpose and the principal activities of the Social Survey Section of the Central Office of Information.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallIts purpose is to collect socialogical information not otherwise available. A catalogue of its principal activities would be lengthy but the Section has recently conducted surveys on matters as widely diverse as the effect of the Road Safety Campaign, shop closing hours in relation to the convenience of the public, and the incidence and nature of ill-health among the people.