Nottingham Journal: Friday 26th November 1920

Burden of Idiocy: Suggestions for Special Care of Child Victims: Several hundred delegates from local authorities attended the opening session of a three days’ conference on mental deficiency in London yesterday … … Parental Control Advisable: … … Mrs. Hume Pinsent, Commissioner to the Board of Control, said there should be a school where the mentally defective children could receive special attention and proper training, preferably in a day school, because a child, wherever possible, should be left under parental control. … … (continues) …


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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949