Haslemere: The Feeble-Minded: The need for legislation: Another of the meetings being held in the county to educate the people to the need of legislation for the care and control of the feeble-minded took place at the Educational Hall on Thursday evening, in connection with the local Eugenics Club. Sir. Wm. Chance, Bart., J.P., C.C., presided and was supported by Mrs. Hume Pinsent, a member of the Royal Commission which considered the subject, and Justice Parker. … Mrs. Hume Pinsent dealt with the subject in a lucid and very instructive way … (statistics and hereditary issues) …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949