The Church’s Task: Opening of the Potteries Congress: … Problems of the Feeble-Minded … Mrs. Hume Pinsent of Birmingham, who was unable to be present, contributed a paper which was read by the Chairman. Mrs. Pinsent denounced the present system of leaving the feeble-minded to be cared for under the Poor Law. It was emphatically the work of the Lunacy Laws and of the Lunacy Commission. All that was wanted was the alteration of the wording of the lunacy certificate so as to include congenital defect as well as acquired insanity. …
[see similar Lichfield Mercury: Friday 6th October 1911]
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949