The report of the Special Schools Sub-committee was moved on the motion of Mrs. Pinsent. It recommended that twenty boarding school cases of mentally defective children be sent to the boarding school at Sandwell Hall. The charge for maintenance would be £24 per head per annum. Mrs. Pinsent spoke strongly in favour of the proposal, remarking that the offer was one not to be declined. It involved £480 in three years, or a small fraction of a farthing on the rates. The proposal was supported by several members in the discussion which followed, the supporters including the Chairman and Alderman Kenrick. The report was adopted.
[see related Evening Despatch: Saturday 30th June 1906]
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949