To Help Discharged Asylum Patients: Birmingham Branch of the After-Care Association to be Formed: … The Lord Mayor (Councillor E. Martineau) presided at a meeting in the Council Chamber this afternoon in aid of After-Care Association and explained that it had been found that the care of poor persons recovered from asylums for the insane was one of the pieces of work which had been missed in Birmingham. It was a difficult piece of work because most charitable agencies fought rather shyly of people described in that way, and it was thought best to form a branch of the After-Care Association to deal with the problem. … … Councillor Mrs. Pinsont proposed the formation of a branch of the association in Birmingham and suggested that it was necessary because patients leaving asylums were less able to help themselves than any kind patients. … (continues)…
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949