Work of Laundry Homes: Mrs. Hume Pinsent and Care of the Feeble-Minded: The annual meeting of the Birmingham Laundry and Industrial Homes was held yesterday afternoon at the Council House, Canon Denton Thompson presiding … … The Homes met the needs of the danger to which the girls of feeble minded were frequently exposed, and they rescued girls from all kinds of evil, moral and social. The Homes must also be of inestimable benefit and relief to poor parents struggling with large families (applause). Mrs. Hume Pinsent in seconding the motion said they were not within reasonable distance of receiving state assistance in dealing with congenital deficiencies. …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949