The Feeble-Minded: Attitude of Sheffield Education Committee: Permanent Control Needed: The principal question before the Sheffield Education Committee yesterday was that of the control of the feeble-minded, on which a lecture was recently delivered in the city by Mrs. Hume Pinsent. There was complete agreement on the matter among the members present, and following resolution carried without dissent, on the motion Miss Maxfield, seconded by Councillor Neal: “That, the Committee, having had experience of the working of special schools for mentally defective children, and being convinced of the undesirability of withdrawing such persons from public control on their attaining the age of 16 years, earnestly hope that His Majesty’s Government will, at the earliest possible period, introduce measures for securing legislation in accordance with the recommendations contained in the report of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949