Tag: GRO0245

Hampshire Advertiser: Saturday 4th August 1928

“Coldeast:” Opened by the Minister of Health: Model Home for Mental Defectives: “Coldeast,” Salisbury was formally opened as the Hampshire County Council home for mental deficients by the Minister of Health the Rt Hon. Neville Chamberlain) on Friday last. The Earl of Malmesbury (Chairman of the County Council) presided over a very representative assembly which included … (list includes) … Mrs. Pinsent (Commissioner Board of Control) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Hampshire Telegraph: Friday 3rd August 1928

Hants Mental Defectives: Health Minister’s Visit: Institution Opened at Sarisbury: Pioneer County’ Work: Its tragic purpose cloaked by 172 acres of beautiful grounds that include a lake, the Cold East Colony at Sarisbury, which contains the Hampshire County Council’s Mental Hospital was opened on Friday b the Minister of Health (Mr. Neville Chamberlain). The opening ceremony took place in a large marquee near the main building. Lord Malmesbury (Chairman of the County Council) presided, and he was supported by Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Lord Northbrook, Dr. A. Wilson (Medical Superintendent), Dr. S. Gurney- Dixon (Chairman of the Cold East Sub-Committee), Mr. L. G. Brock, C.B. (Chairman of the Board of Control), Mr. C. R. De la Salle (Chairman of the Mental Deficiency Committee), and Mrs. Pinsent (Commissioner of the Board of Control). Among the audience were the Minister’s sisters (Miss Hilda Chamberlain and Miss Ida Chamberlain), the Countess of Selborne, the Countess of Malmesbury, the Countess of Northbrook, Mrs. H. F. Rawstorne, and Mrs. S. Gurney-Dixon, (etc). … … (description of the event) … …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Saffron Walden Weekly News: Friday 27th July 1928

The Late Dr. E. H. Parker: Lage and Representative Gathering at Funeral: County Council Tribute: There was a large and representative attendance at the funeral of Dr. Edmund Henry Parker, High Steward of the Borough and former Mayor of Cambridge … (description) … The Immediate Mourners were: … (the list includes) Mrs. Hume Pinsent …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

The Vote: Friday 17th February 1928

Women and the Board of Control: Sir Frederick Willis has just retired from the Chairmanship of the Board of Control, and his place has been taken by Mr. Lawrence George Brock, a Principal Assistant-Secretary of the Ministry of Health, who has also been made a Commissioner of the Board of Control. We take this opportunity of again urging that women should be appointed to the Board of Control, of equal status with the men on the Board. This Board now consists of three unpaid Commissioners, Sir Leolin Forestier Walker, K.B.E., M.P., Sir Marriott Cooke, K.B.E., M. B., and Miss R. Darwin, and the following paid Commissioners, Sir J. Fraser Macleod, K.G. Lieut.-Col. B. T. Hodgson, C.M.G., C. H. Bond, C.B.E., D.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P., each of whom receives £1,500 a year; A. Rotherham, M. B., Hon. H. C. Bailey, Mrs. F. Pinsent, C.B.E., each receiving £1,200 to  £1,500 ; and R. Cunyngham Brown, C.B.E., (temporary), with £1,200. In view of the fact that there are more women mental patients than men, it seems extraordinary to us that there is no medical woman on this Board, and we think that the Ministry of Health should have taken advantage of the retirement of Sir Frederick Willis to appoint a medical woman as a Commissioner of the Board. … (continues) …

[see additional complaints about lack of medical representation: The Vote: Friday 20th September 1929, Friday 7th February 1930 and Friday 5th December 1930]

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Kentish Express: Saturday 11th June 1927

Princess Mary at Maidstone: Nurses’ Hostel Opened: … In addition to those presented to Her Royal Highness, among those present were Marchioness Camden, Lady Cornwallis and Mrs. Tiarks, Dr. Hubert Bond, C.B.E., Sir Marriett Cooper, K.B.E., Mr. S. J. Fraser MacLeod and Mrs. E. L. Pinsent, commissioners of the board of control … (continues) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

The Vote: Friday 10th June 1927

English and Scottish Boards of Control: Lunacy and mental deficiency in England and Wales are dealt with by the Board of Control, whose headquarters are in Victoria Street, London, S.W., and in Scotland by the General Board of Control, with headquarters in Edinburgh. The Board of Control consists of a Chairman, Sir F. J. Wills; three unpaid Commissioners — Sir Leolin Forestier Walker, K.B.E., M.D., Sir Marriott Cooke, K.B.E., and Miss R. Darwin; and seven paid commissioners — S. J. Fraser Macleod, K.C., Lt.-Col. T. Hodgson, C.M.G., C. H. Bond, C.B.E., D.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P., A. Rotherham, M. B., Hon. H. C. Bailey, Mrs. E. F. Pinsent, C.B.E., and R. Cunyngham Brown, C.B.E., M.D.; a man Secretary, three men and two women Inspectors. The General Board of Control consists of one Commissioner, who is also Chairman, Lt.-Col. Sir Arthur Rose, D.S.O.; one Legal Commissioner, Sheriff J. R. N. Macphail, K.C.; two Medical Commissioners, Hamilton C. Marr, M.D., and J. P. Sturrock, M.D.; three Deputy-Commissioners, H. F. Watson, M.D., F.R.S.E., Kate Fraser, M.D., and George H. R. Gibson, D. S.O., M.D. There is also a man Secretary.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Sheffield Daily Telegraph: Wednesday 27th April 1927

Mental Defectives: Sheffield to Establish Colony for 500: Dealing with the Cause: The Sheffield City Council will proceed in the next financial year with a scheme which will ultimately provide for the care of 500 mental defectives in a colony in close proximity to the city … A Diminishing Factor: Alcoholism, remarked the Lord Mayor, was a diminishing factor … … Miss Gertrude Wood, MBE mentioned that the teachers in the special schools deserved every encouragement and sympathy. She was impressed by the teachers’ patience. Mrs. Hume Pinsent, CBE, a Commissioner of the Board of control, in supporting the resolutions, spoke at length on mental deficiency. …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Kent and Sussex Courier: Friday 11th March 1927

Mental Deficiency: The Mental Deficiency Committee received a copy of the report of the Commissioner the Board of Control of the Ministry of Health (Miss Pinsent) on her December visit to the Institution. The Commissioner was pleased with the general appearance and behaviour of the 27 boys in residence. They took great pride in their work, and the Commissioner was glad to see that the boys had been divided into two classes according to their menial grades. The staff were also to be congratulated on the evident well-being and happiness of the boys. The Chairman and several members expressed appreciation of the report and the work of Mr. and Mrs. Smith at the Mental Deficiency Department.

[see also Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser: Friday 11th March 1927]

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Common Cause: Friday 25th February 1927

Committee on Mental Deficiency: In the House of Commons on 21st February the Duchess of Atholl, in stating the personnel of the Committee on Mental Deficiency, set up by the Board of Education, announced that the members included Mrs. Pinsent, C.B.E., Miss Evelyn Fox, and Miss Redfern.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

The Vote: Friday 25th February 1927

Mentally Defective Children: Mr. Cove (Lab., Wellingborough) asked the President of the Board of Education the names of the members of the Special Committee he has set up to explore the provisions for mentally defective children … Lord Eustace Percy: The following is the list of the Committee which is inquiring into certain questions relating to mental deficiency among adults as well as children: Mr. Arthur H. Wood, C.B. (Chairman); Dr. R. H. Crowley (Vice-Chairman); Mr. C. Eaton; Mrs. Pinsent, C.B.E.; Miss Evelyn Fox; Miss Redfern; Professor Cyril Burt; Dr. F. C. Shrubsall; Dr. A. F. Tredgold; Dr. F. Douglas Turner, and Mr. N. D. Bosworth-Smith (Secretary).

[This list contains eight men but only three women, and there is no woman doctor among them.]

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949