[1] The Ursula Wise column written by Susan Isaacs in Nursery World, and Oliver Untwisted by Muriel Payne advocated for reform of care services.
[2] Other members included John Litten, the Principal of the National Children's Home, and Mrs Helen Murtagh, a Birmingham City Councillor and health visitor.
[8] The committee reviewed case files and reports, visited more than 400 institutions and foster homes, across 41 countries, and heard testimony from around 300 witnesses.
[2][4] Donald Winnicott and John Bowlby gave evidence, and the committee were particularly interested in hearing from Clare Britton, who had managed hostels for children during World War II.
[9] It recommended that the care of deprived children should be overseen by a single authority, which would be responsible for ensuring standards were met in both state and charitable organisations.
[1] William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel described the Curtis Report as "a landmark in the history of collective care of children, because it is the outcome of the first public inquiry wide enough in scope to cover every type and class of homeless child."