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Bristol Times and Mirror: Thursday 24th February 1910:

Mrs. Hume Pinsent, a member of the Royal Commission on this painful subject, who was the chief speaker at the meeting gave some disquieting statistics. As large a proportion as one in 200 of the population are to be classed as mentally defective, and those who still need to be cared for in their own, and the public’s interest number a little army of 66,000 persons. These are exclusive of lunatics or of feeble-minded people who are properly cared for. What the Royal Commission recommended was divided by Mrs. Pinsent under the two heads of unity of control and continuity of control – a single central and local authority charged with this express duty, and able to put an end to the “disastrous intervals of liberty” which the present division of responsibility allows. Bristol, Mrs. Pinsent reminded her hearers, is in advance of the country as a whole in having special schools for mentally defective children … (continues) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Western Daily Press: Saturday 19th February 1910:

Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded: A public meeting will be held at the Council House, Bristol, on Wednesday February 23rd, when an address will be given by Mrs. Hume Pinsent on the Report of the Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded. Chair to be taken by Dr. E. H. Cook, at 5 p.m.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Western Daily Press: Wednesday 16th February 1910:

Care of the Mentally Defective: A number of lectures are being given through the country to explain the recommendation of the report of the Royal Commission the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded. They have been organised by some of the members of the late commission and their object is to promote legislation on the lines recommended in the report. … We understand that one of these lectures is to take place at Bristol on Wednesday, February 23rd, at the Council House, and that many prominent citizens are giving their support. Mrs. Pinsent, of the Birmingham Education Committee, who is the lecturer on this occasion, was a member of the late commission.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Western Daily Press: Friday 4th February 1910

Weston Super Mare: … … Under the chairmanship of the Right Hon. Sir Edward Fry, G.C.B. a lecture was delivered at the Town Hall, on Thursday evening, by Mrs. Hume Pinsent (a member of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Mentally Defective), in support of the movement for procuring a scheme of State control on the lines laid down in the report of such Commission. Sir Edward, who was supported by members of various local representative bodies, delivered an interesting address, wherein demonstrated the inestimable national benefit which must attend State control of the mentally unsound, while Mrs. Hume Pinsent in her lecture, emphasised the irresponsibility and ineffectiveness of the present system, or, rather, lack of system.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Wednesday 11th December 1929

Mental Defectives: The Langdon Farm Proposal: With regard to the proposed colony for mental defectives at Langdon Farm, Devon, the Committee for the Care of the Mentally Defective will inform Devon County Council tomorrow that a member of the Board of Control recently intimated that the Board would be willing to assist at any meeting of the representatives of the managers and the legal advisers which might be called to consider the position arising from the decision which the Council made at their last meeting. In view of the instructions given the legal advisers at the conference in May 1928, a meeting was held at the Castle of Exeter on November 14th, when Mr. Brock (Chairman of the Board) took the chair. Mrs. Pinsent (a Commissioner of the Board), Sir Ian Amory and Prebendary F. F. Buckingham were present also. … (discussion of meeting) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
 

Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle: Saturday 28th September 1929

Great Barr Colony: Opening of Extensions to the Joint Walsall and West Bromwich Scheme: The Problem of the Mental Defects: “The fundamental principle underlying the Government of this Colony is the provision of useful occupations, combined with rational occupations, the aim being to stimulate, develop, and strengthen that amount of intelligence with which these colonists are endowed, to compensate them for the loss of those social amenities which nature has denied them, and generally to promote their physical, mental, moral and spiritual welfare as far as humanly possible.” In these terms Councillor R. B. Sutton, chairman of the Walsall and West Bromwich Guardian’s Joint Committee, which administers the Great Barr Park Colony for mental defectives, defined the aims of the institution … discussion and speeches … Mrs. E. F. Pinsent, C.B.E., a member of the Board of Control, recalled how 30 years ago, it was difficult to convince local authorities, and even some medical men, that there was a mental deficiency problem at all. It was a common thing in those days for parents of defective children to be told they would “grow out of it” Today, no one denied the existence of the problem, but the danger was they realized it was so great that some of them were afraid to face it. … (speech continues) … “the saving of human suffering, pain, misery and disease which colonies such as those secured, was absolutely beyond calculation”. Thanks were expressed to Mr. Brock and Mrs. Pinsent for their addresses on the motion of Lord Charnwood … (continues) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Western Daily Press: Thursday 6th June 1929:

Dr. R. Welsh Branthwaite: The funeral took place at Arno’s Vale Cemetery yesterday of Dr. Robert Welsh Branthwaite (70) director of medical services, Stock Park Colony, and late Commissioner of the Board of Control, who died at this home, 16, Percival Road, Clifton, on Sunday …  … Others present were Mr. J. F. S. MacLeod, K.., Dr. A. Rotherham, Dr. R. Cunyngham Brown, Mr. W. H. Harding (commissioners of the Board of Control), Dr. J. A. Nixon, Mr. F. S. Thurston, and Mrs. Pincent …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Kington Times: Saturday 3rd November 1928

Problem of Mental Defectives: County Council and Inspector’s Proposals: … (a long report includes) … It was reported that a deputation of the council had interviewed Mrs. Pincent, one of the commissioners of the Board of Control in London, who had stated that from six to eight per 1,000 of the population of the country should be classed as mental defectives, while the proportion in Herefordshire was only 1.3 as so far ascertained. She had suggested that a survey be organized to watch defectives, and that local authorities should combine to provide institutions where at least 400 cases could be treated … (continues) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Saffron Walden Weekly News: Friday 28th September 1928

Death of Sir Horace Darwin: Passing of Famous Cambridge Inventor: A Former Mayor: … During the last few years of his life Sir Horace was much interested in the training of mentally deficient children and with his daughter, Miss Ruth Darwin, helped to establish a home for such children at Girton. In 1923 he and Lady Darwin, in conjunction with Mrs. Pinsent, endowed a studentship in the University for the study of mental diseases: …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Saffron Walden Weekly News: Friday 28th September 1928

Death of Sir Horace Darwin: Passing of Famous Cambridge Inventor: A Former Mayor: … During the last few years of his life Sir Horace was much interested in the training of mentally deficient children and with his daughter, Miss Ruth Darwin, helped to establish a home for such children at Girton. In 1923 he and Lady Darwin, in conjunction with Mrs. Pinsent, endowed a studentship in the University for the study of mental diseases: …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949