More Asylums Wanted: Mental Deficiency Cases: the possibility of providing a colony for the care of mental defectives from Devon, Cornwall, Exeter and Plymouth was discussed at a conference held in the Guildhall, Exeter, yesterday afternoon, between representatives of the Board of Control, the Committee of the Starcross Institution, and local authorities of the Southwest. … … Village Green Idea: Mrs. Pinsent (Commissioner of the Board of Control) described the character of a colony it was desired to develop. The Government wanted it grouped around a village green with plenty of open-air accommodation for every group. It should be made a village community, more of a home than a barracks. There was one such colony established near Birmingham …
[see similar Western Morning News: Friday 20th March 1925]
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949