The Fortieth Congress opened at the Corn Exchange at Cambridge on Tuesday, Dr. Chase, Bishop of Ely presiding. … … (long discussion) … … Segregation of the Unfit: Mrs. Hume Pinsent, a member of the Royal Commission on the Care of the feeble minded, also advocated the segregation of the unfit under kind but firm control. She stated that hitherto all the legislative efforts resulting from the growth of altruistic feeling during the nineteenth century had been aimed at improving the environment of the poorer class and in so doing had had the indirect effect of perpetuating the class. … (continues with description of specific families) … …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949