Bishop Appeals to English Women: Asked to Give up Political Aspiration for Nursery: Race Suicide Danger: … (continues) … Colonies of Unfit: … A note of warning against sentimental legislation was struck by Mrs. Pinsent, of Birmingham, a member of the Royal Commission on the Care of the Feeble-Minded: “Our altruistic feelings and efforts for improving the environment of the poorer classes,” she said, “were perpetuating the unfit, while at the same time the reproduction of the higher types were neglected, and the average standard of humanity lowered … (continues) …”
[see similar: Evening Mail: Friday 30th September 1910]
Transcribed in whole or part from scanned originals: Presented with or without modified text and punctuation. For absolute accuracy refer to the original newspapers. Source: The British Newspaper Archive.
Referenced
GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949