The Antiquity of Sandwell … … The Training of the Mentally Defective: … Institution Officially Recognized: the old hall has been adapted to its present uses – for it was opened about six months ago by the Rev. H. N. Burden of London. He was a member of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble Minded, and so convinced was he of the need for such an institution that has voluntarily borne the necessary capital outlay. The home is under the inspection of the Board of Education, and the Local Government Board, and is under the direction of a Council which includes Mrs. Hume C. Pinsent of Birmingham Education Commission (who was the only lady member of the Royal Commission) and who is the hon. secretary, the Lord Mayor Birmingham … continues … includes Mr. R. A. Pinsent …
[see related Birmingham Mail: Thursday 3rd October 1907]
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Referenced
GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948