Marriage of the Unfit: Doctor and a Lady Advocate Segregation: In the course of a discussion at the Church Congress at Cambridge yesterday, Dr. E. J. Shuttleworth strongly advocated the segregation of those palpably unfitted for marriage in industrial colonies apart from the ordinary community. Good, efficient citizens, said Mrs. Pinsent, were being heavily rated and taxed to provide training and ultimate support for degenerate families, the result being that good citizens were led to limit the number of their children and also their educational opportunities, to the great detriment of the nation. She strongly supported segregation.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949