STRANDED GIRLS IN BIRMINGHAM. Report of Birmingham Women Police. OFFICER SCHOLARS. That the conditions regarding Birmingham girls on the streets are worse at present than they have been in previous years, is one of the statements made b by Sergeant Evelyn Miles, the chief officer of the Birmingham Women Police, in her annual report, which was presented to the Birmingham Watch Committee yesterday. The women police visited the homes of these girls : and did all they could to restore them to decent employment in domestic service or in factories, Many girls who were reported misswere found in common lodginghouses or in private lodgings. "We still find, however," stated the officer. that many girls are brought to the city by motor lorries and left stranded. Also a number of girls leave Birmingham by the same means." COMPREHENSIVE TASKS. The comprehensive work done by the Birmingham women police is Illustrated by a detailed statement of their duties. They see to the accommodation of girls in hostels and homes, And em• ployment for them in hospitals, nursing homes, domestic service, and in factories; visit homes to investigate complaints; divert young girls from the streets and the Art Gallery and libraries when there seems to be danger of them being led astray: restore lost girls to their parents; and find foster-mothers and homes for babies. The Birmingham Watch Committee yesterday congratulated the women police on the work which they are performing. ANSWER TO CRITIOS. One committee member said that the report on the work of the women police was a fitting rejoinder to those carping critics who would dispense with them. In a further report to the Watch Committee it was indicated that members of the Birmingham City Police are expected, in addition to being efficient policemen, to attain high standard of learning before they can be promoted. Books which aspicing young officers must study in order to gain promotion to the higher ranks arg such as one sees on the shelves of a lawyer's chambers, such as Moseley and Whiteley's Law Dictionary, Phipson's Manual of Evidence, Hayward's Criminal Justice Act and Stephen's Digest of Criminal Taw -ponderous tomes with matter which the mind of the modern police-officer is not beyond assimilating. The subjects at the last examination in Birmingham for the promotion test included criminal law, evidence and procedure, Acts of Parliament, local acts and by literary subjects and principles of local government. FIRST STEP TO SUCCESS. Although success in such examina• tions does not of itself qualify police-officer for promotion it is the first step towards bringing himself prominently under the eyes of his superiors. Since 1990, 961 sergeants and 1,338 constables have been examined in Birmingham, and out of these 180 sergeants and 826 constables have passed. Before the Committee yesterday three sergeants and six constables who had this year's examinetion with the highest marks paraded for presentation. They were:Per cent. Charles Whate Altred Wyles 8gt. Walter Parsons Constable R. Andrews 81.6 Constable Williams Constable H. Bantock Constable D. Evens 76.6 Constable Ta. Camber Bamlord 14.7 74.5 Both the Lord Mayor (Aid. Burman) and the Chairman (Ald. Grist) I expressed the appreciation of the Watch. Committee of the manner in which these officers by arduous study were qualifying themselves for promotion to the highest ranks.