Care of the Feeble-Minded: Results of the Monyhull Colony Treatment: Conference in London: The South-Eastern and Metropolitan Districts Poor Law Conference was concluded yesterday in London, under the presidency of Mr. Edmund R. Wodehouse, C.B. Dr. Bert Jordan (Medical Officer to the Monyhull Colony for the Epileptic and Feeble-minded) in an address on the care of the epileptic and feeble-minded, described the results of two and a half year’ experience at the Colony, which is stated about five miles southwest of the centre of Birmingham. … (long discussion of colony) … Mrs. Pinsent’s Tribute: Mrs. Pinsent (Birmingham Education Authority) said the Monyhull colony was one of the three best institutions in the world for the care of the feeble-minded people. In its conception, management, and results, England might well be proud of it (applause).
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