Treatment of Feeble-Minded: Lecture by Mrs. Hume Pinsent: Work in Birmingham: “The treatment of the feeble-minded” was the subject chosen by Mrs. Hume Pinsent for the fourth lecture of a series under the auspices of the Citizen’s League for Poor Law Reform, given at the Birmingham University Edmund Street, last night. … At the outset, Mrs. Pinsent said legislation had been provided in a large measure for the care and control of those who were suffering from acquired insanity, and it was to consider the question of similar legislation for the congenitally defective that the Commission was appointed. The majority of the great groups of congenital defectives, – aments – have not hitherto been considered certifiable, and the present lunacy certificate was so worded that it was almost impossible for doctors to certify these cases, even though it was palpable that they were in urgent deed of care and control. … (continues at length with facts and statistics) …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949