Defective Children: The Problem of their Care and Education: A Manchester Conference: … … Unsuitable feedings were an evil to be checked, as it had much to do with the deterioration of the race. Mrs. H. Pinsent (Birmingham) discussed the question of the after care of mentally defective children. She said that the evidence was almost overwhelming that the permanent care of the mentally deficient was in the long run true economy. The two great objections generally put forward were (1) the great expense it would involve, (2) the interference with individual liberty. No doubt industrial colonies would at first involve a considerable outlay, but it was a wise policy which advocated spending a little more at the present time to save spending double on a future generation … …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949