Birmingham Education Committee: Scholarships Question: Suggested School for Epileptics … (long discussion) … … defective children would be able to live separately from the adults who had not had such a training as was proposed, and the Councillor Geo. Cadbury enquired whether they would automatically pass on to the care of another authority when they had reached the ae of 16. In reply to Mr. Cadbury, Mrs. Pinsent said the committee would have power to certify the children for a further period of detention at the age of 16. The committee’s report was then adopted. … …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949