County Metal Welfare Association: More Accommodation Required: Importance of Co-operation: The half annual meeting (?) of the Staffordshire Association for Mental Welfare was held on Saturday afternoon in the County Hall, Staffordshire. David Charnwood chairman of the association, who presided, was supported on the platform by Mr. D. Lewis, vice-chairman, Sir Reginald Hardy, Bart., Mrs. Hume Pinsent (Commissioner of the Board of Control, the Central Authority under the Mental Deficiency Act) Mr. C. A. Wood … (continues) … (long discussion) … Official appointments were next made, and Mrs. Pinsent then delivered an address, which was afterwards described by the Chairman as vigorous, clear, straightforward and plain. She dwelt on the objects and aims of the association in relation to the Board of Control, the requirements of the Mental Deficiency Act and the best methods of serving those for whose benefit the act was passed, and the Association formed. … (continues) …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949