Cirencester Board of Guardians: … A report made to the Ministry of Health by Mrs. E. F. Pinsent, Inspector of the Board of Control upon her visit to the Cirencester Poor Law Institution on December 11th to inspect the mental cases was read by the chairman. In her report Mrs. Pinsent suggested the appointment of a teacher to teach the mentally deficient children and suggested that the Board should apply to the Central Association of Mental Welfare for a teacher. The House Committee who had considered the report thought that the appointment of such a teacher was unnecessary, it being pointed out that new methods of teaching the mental patients had been adopted since the visit of the Inspector. …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949