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Grimsby Daily Telegraph: Wednesday 28th September 1910

Church Congress: The Care of the Feeble-Minded: the Church Congress at Cambridge discussed today (Wednesday) our social responsibility with reference to the feeble minded. … Ms. Pinsent, a member of the Royal Commission on the Care of the Feeble-Minded, pointing out that the undesirable classes of the population were fast increasing … (continues at length) … …

[see also at length Nottingham Guardian: Thursday 29th September 1910] & related: Farnworth Chronicle: Saturday 1st October 1910]

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Nottingham Guardian: Saturday 20th August 1910

Church Congress: Programme of the Jubilee Meeting: Subjects to be Discussed: … Prayer Book Revision: At the same hour in the Examination Hall papers will be read upon the subject of “Heredity and Social Responsibility;” with Special Reference to (a) the Feebleminded” (by Dr. G. E. Shuttleworth and Mrs. Pinsent, and “(b) Parentage” (by the Bishop of Ripon and M. W. C. D. Witham). …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Nottingham Guardian: Tuesday 21st June 1910

Church Congress: Interesting Programme for Cambridge: … On Wednesday morning will be discussed heredity and social responsibility, with special reference to “The Feebleminded – on Which Dr. G. E. Shuttleworth and Mrs. Pinsent will speak – “Parentage” to which contributions will be made by the Bishop of Ripon and Mr. W. C. D. Whetham. …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Sheffield Independent: 3rd May 1910

Unfit Parents: Sheffield Lecture on the Care of Defectives: Breeding Criminals: The appalling folly and social tragedy of England’s neglect of the feeble-minded was strikingly illustrated in a lectured delivered in Sheffield last night by Mrs. Hume Pinsent of Birmingham. Her subject was the “Report of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded.” The most instructive part of the lecture and certainly the most convincing was furnished by a series of diagrams which succinctly illustrated the consequences of defectives becoming parents. Mrs. Pinsent, who was a member of the Commission named sought to emphasize the growing conviction that the root of many of the difficulties social workers and public authorities have to deal with is the disconnected and incomplete powers for dealing with feeble-minded persons … continues at length … Mrs. Pinsent strongly advocated the creation of one central authority, vested with powers of compulsory detention, to deal solely with defectives so that unity and continuity of control, as compared with the present chaotic system might be exercised over them from the cradle to the grave, if necessary. …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Sheffield Independent: 30th April 1910

Advertisement: Old Firth College, Leopold Street, Sheffield: Monday May 2nd at 8 p.m.: “The Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded” by Mrs. Hume Pinsent, Sir William Clegg, J.P, in the Chair. … Also … Care of the Feeble-Minded: There should be a large audience in the Old Firth College, Sheffield, on Monday evening to hear a lecture by Mrs. Hume Pinsent on “The Report of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded.” Mrs. Pinsent is a great authority on the subject. She was a member of the Commission, and is a member of the Birmingham Education Committee, occupying the position of chairman of the Special Schools Sub-Committee of the authority. Sir William Clegg will preside at the meeting.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Sheffield Independent: 9th April 1910

Dr. Bosanquet’s Lecture: Dr. Bernard Bosanquet, who is to give the last of the series of Poor-law lectures entitled “The Art of Public Assistance,” on Tuesday next at the Friends’ Meeting House Hartshead, has had a distinguished literary career … … Although this is the last of the series of lectures arranged, a further one has been announced and will be given on Monday 2nd May by Mrs. Hume Pinsent, on the recent report of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded. Mrs. Hume Pinsent was a member of the Commission and is also a member of the Birmingham Education Committee. She is, therefore, specially fitted for dealing with the valuable suggestions made by the commission.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Evening Despatch: Monday 6th December 1909

Mentally Defective Children: Counsel by Mrs. Hume Pinsent at Sparkbrook. Before a crowded attendance at the men’s meeting in connection with the Stratford Road Baptist Church, Sparkbrook, yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Hume Pinsent gave an address on mentally defective children, in which she denounced as cruel and non-economic the present methods of dealing with them. Mrs. Pinsent pointed out that in Birmingham the authorities had not waited for statutory compulsion to make them see to the training and care of the mentally defective and she dealt in detail with the education imparted at the various special schools. She said she was sorry that 60 per cent. of the children so dealt with never learned enough to be of any use to them. Many of them were taught and became fairly proficient at various manual trades, but that “something wanting” in their mental equipment showed itself in a deplorable lack of self-control when not under supervision that led them to drink and crime and other vices. After all the care and attention bestowed upon them only 5 per cent. of the number could earn as much as 10s per week, and the remaining ninety out of every hundred had to be supported by the community – and supported mostly, in prisons, the workhouse, the inebriate reformatories, and the asylums. Discussing suggested remedies, Mrs. Pinsent emphasized the importance of continuous control by authorities under one special State department, which should be compelled to provide suitable training, care and after-control of the mentally defective. …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Monday 6th December 1909

The Mentally Defective: Mrs. Hume Pinsent Urges the Need for Continuous Control: Before a crowded attendance at the mens’ meeting in connection with Stratford-road Baptist Church, Sparkbrook, yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Hume Pinsent gave an address on mentally defective children, in which she denounced as cruel and non-economic the present methods of dealing with them. Mrs. Pinsent pointed out that in Birmingham the authorities had not waited for statutory compulsion to make them see to the training and care of the mentally defective and she dealt in detail with the’ education imparted at the various special schools. She said she was sorry that 60 percent of the children so dealt with never learned enough to be of any use to them. Many of them were taught and became fairly proficient at various manual trades but that “something wanting” in their mental equipment showed itself in a deplorable lack of self-control when not under supervision that led them to drink and crime and other vices. After all the care and attention bestowed upon them, only 5 per cent of the number could earn as much as 10s per week, and the remaining ninety out of every hundred had to be supported by the community — and supported, mostly, in prisons, the workhouses, the inebriate reformatories, and the asylums. Discussing suggested remedies, Mrs. Pinsent emphasised the importance of continuous control by authorities under one special State department, which should be compelled to provide suitable training, care, and after-control of the mentally defective.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Bromley and West Kent Telegraph: Saturday 27th November 1909

National Association for Feeble Minded Children at Bromley: A public meeting was held in the Lecture Hall of the Bromley Public Library on 24th, under the auspices of an association recently formed in Bromley, which bears the name of the Bromley After-Care Association and is a branch of the National Association for the Feeble Minded. The chair was taken by the president of the association, the Rev. W. A. Carroll, and the principal speaker was Mrs. Hume Pinsent, a member of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble Minded. … Mrs. Hume Pinsent then addressed the meeting. That lady said she wanted that afternoon to speak upon two points that were of vital interest to all who were studying the problem of mental defect. The first was the foundation by the National Association of a farm colony for the feeble minded; and the second, the urgent need of legislation on the lines of the Report of the Royal Commission.  … (continues at length) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Bromley Chronicle: Thursday 11th November 1909

Public Meeting will be held in the Lecture Hall of the Public Library, Bromley, on Wednesday Nov. 24th at 5 p.m., when addresses will be given by Mrs. Hume Pinsent (Member of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble Minded), Sir William Chance, (Chairman of the N.A.F.M); Miss Kirby (Secretary of the N.A.F.M.). The chair will be taken by the Rev. W. A. Carroll, M.A.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949