Knowle: Midland Counties’ Asylum: The thirty seventh annual meeting of this institution was held at the Council House, Birmingham, on Friday. The Lord Mayor of Birmingham occupied the chair, and he was supported by Lord Leigh (the President of the Asylum), Mr. F. E. Muntz, and many others. There was a large attendance of ladies … (description of event) … Archdeacon Diggle proposed a resolution sympathizing with the objects of the Midland Counties’ Asylum, recognising its gratifying progress, appreciation the urgent necessity for further extension of its beneficent work, and pledging the meeting to support its interests, and appointing a local Committee: Dr. Thomas Savage seconded the resolution: Mrs. Hume Pinsent, in supporting the resolution, said it would be hard to over value the good done for the mentally defective in the past by the devoted pioneer work of the Knowle and kindred Institutions …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949