County Association for Mental Welfare: Shortage of Institutional Accommodation: … … Mrs. Hume Pinsent, Commissioner of the Board of Control, gave an address on the work of the Mental Deficiency Act. She acknowledged the valuable assistance given by the voluntary associations, of which there were some or 50 in the country – Staffordshire not being the least. She emphasised the value of co-operation between these Associations and the parent body, and with regard mentally defective children in industrial schools said the only guarantee that they would receive continuous care, help and training was that the managers of these schools should cooperate with the voluntary associations and the local authorities in the matter. At present it was almost impossible to get young people out of mental hospitals because there was no room for them in mental defective institutions. This accommodation was greatly lacking in Staffordshire, but she understood they contemplated such provision, and it was one of the problems before them in carrying out the Act.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949