Special School Teachers’ Conference: Mrs. Hume Pinsent and Mental Deficiency Bill: A conference of the members of the Birmingham and Midland Branch of the National Union of Special School Teachers was held on Saturday at Uffculme open-air school, Moor Green … Mrs. Pinsent read a paper on the “Mental Deficiency Bill ” now before Parliament. Mrs. Pinsent drew attention to the present inadequacy of the present laws affecting lunacy and the feeble minded. … … (continues at length) … … Mrs. Pinsent illustrated her paper with a number of interesting and novel charts and diagrams, which included the story of a depraved woman whose story of drunkenness and crime was a sad one. Mrs. Pinsent remarked, amid applause, that the cost to the ratepayers would be far less had she been living under protection and care. A discussion followed and Mrs. Pinsent was thanked for her paper. … (continues) …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949