She gained her experience dealing with managing the distribution of charitable assistance working for the Charity Organization Society (COS).
[1] At the beginning of 1908 she and Douglas Pepler who had both worked for the COS as temporary employees of the London County Council.
The approach was based on the pioneering work of school manager Margaret Frere and her Charitable Funds Committee.
[2] The new school care service relied on volunteers but they were initially organised by two women employed by London County Council.
[3] Morton divided the service into twelve regions where care committees staffed by volunteers identified children in need of school dinners or other assistance.