Care of Mental Defectives: Several hundred delegates from county councils, … etc. attended the opening session of a three day’s conference on mental deficiency organized by the Central Association for the care of the Mentally Deficient at Westminster on Thursday 25th ult. … Mrs. Hume Pinsent, Commissioner to the Board of Control, urged early diagnosis of mental defectives in childhood, and the establishment of a school where the children could receive special attention and proper training. …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949