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Cheltenham Examiner: Wednesday 11th December 1907

Paper By Dr. Garrett: Discussion at the Child Study Association: Last evening, at a meeting of the Cheltenham Branch of the Child-Study Association, Dr. J. H. Garrett, Medical Officer of Health for the borough, read a paper on “The defective intelligence, and the importance of recognising and specially dealing with it is a great national problem.” … (long discussion of issues) … (causes, education of defective children …) … As a result of the endeavours of a few philanthropic men and women, some amount of voluntary supervision of the persons in question has been exercised in several places, particularly in Manchester and its neighbourhood, in Birmingham and in London. He was obliged to Mrs. Hume Pinsent and to Dr. Caroline O’Connor for much of the information and many suggestions in regard to this matter. … In Birmingham an After Care Sub-committee of the Education Committee had for some years been taking cognisance of the mental defectives after their discharge from school, endeavouring to obtain work for those capable of doing work, and to follow the others with a view of obtaining direct evidence of their after school care … (considerable detail of their work) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Gloucestershire Echo: Wednesday 11th December 1907

Mentally Defective Children: A National Problem: Drastic Measures Needed: Lecture by Dr. Garrett: … … The necessity of the aftercare of those arrived at the age to leave school had been appreciated by persons with experience of the special schools; and something had been done by voluntary effort in Manchester, Birmingham, and London, in which connection he acknowledged the service of Mrs. Hume Pinsent and Dr. Caroline O’ Connor in providing him with particulars of the methods employed by the Birmingham subcommittee. In Birmingham it had been found that the only feasible plan for exercising adequate supervision was by collecting all the worst cases together in a resident colony, for the following reasons: — 1) To enable them to contribute to their own support: (2) to save them from vicious habits; (3) to save them from harsh treatment at home and in the streets; (4) to prevent them becoming drunkards, criminals, and prostitutes: (5) to prevent them giving birth to children who would only further burden the community. He gave statistics of the results of the efforts in Birmingham to find employment for these as free workers and drew the lesson that the business of dealing in a voluntary way with them was hopeless, and that it was absolutely necessary to take all into permanent public charge in industrial establishments or colonies. …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Friday 4th October 1907

New Home for Feeble-Minded: Sandwell Hall Opened by the Lord Mayor: Duty of the Nation: Sandwell Hall, the historic old mansion situated near West Bromwich, at one time the family seat of the Earls of Dartmouth, was formally opened yesterday by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham (Councillor Sayer) as an institution for the training and permanent care of the mentally defective. … … continues with description of location, event, and objectives of the institute … At the meeting, which was afterwards held the Lord Mayor presided, being supported on the platform by Bishop Gore, Sir Hallewell Rogers, Mrs. Hume C. Pinsent and the Rev. H. H. Burden. … … The Lord Mayor, who declared the institution open, congratulated the committee on the fruition of their scheme, and especially alluded to the efforts of the Rev. H. N. Burden and Mrs. Pinsent. The problem of the feeble-minded had been a very serious one for the nation, and a while ago the Birmingham Education Committee attempted to solve it, but the scheme submitted to the City Council fell through. Mr. Burden and Mrs. Pinsent had accomplished a great and useful work, and on behalf of Birmingham and the Community generally he thanked them very fully for what they had done on behalf of suffering humanity. …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Birmingham Mail: Wednesday 2nd October 1907

The Antiquity of Sandwell … … The Training of the Mentally Defective: … Institution Officially Recognized: the old hall has been adapted to its present uses – for it was opened about six months ago by the Rev. H. N. Burden of London. He was a member of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble Minded, and so convinced was he of the need for such an institution that has voluntarily borne the necessary capital outlay. The home is under the inspection of the Board of Education, and the Local Government Board, and is under the direction of a Council which includes Mrs. Hume C. Pinsent of Birmingham Education Commission (who was the only lady member of the Royal Commission) and who is the hon. secretary, the Lord Mayor Birmingham … continues … includes Mr. R. A. Pinsent …

[see related Birmingham Mail: Thursday 3rd October 1907]

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Evening Despatch: Friday 27th September 1907

Mrs. Pinsent, in moving the adoption of the report of the Special Schools Sub-Committee referred to the new regulations issued by the Board of Education with regard to Special Schools. She hoped the new regulations were a sign that it was recognized that they had to deal with the total number of defectives in the country, and not a small percentage … (continues) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Educational Times: 1st March 1907

At Bedford College for Women (University of London) Mr. James Cantlie, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S. will lecture on “Physical Efficiency,” March 4, at 5.30 p.m., and Mrs. Hume Pinsent, Chairman of the Special Schools Sub-Committee, Birmingham, on “The Problem of the Mentally Defective,” March 18, at 5.30 p.m. open without fee.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Crediton Gazette: 17th February 1906

At a meeting of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble minded at Westminster, on Friday, Lord Radnor presided, and there were also present Mr. Byrne, Mr. C. Hobhouse, M.P., Mr. H. D. Greene, K.C., Mr. W. H. Dickinson, M.P., Mrs. Pinsent, Dr. Needham, Mr. Chadwyck-Healey, K.C., Dr. Dunlop, the Rev. H. Burden, and Mr. Mothersole, secretary. Evidence was given by Dr. C. E. Liesching, chairman of the Lunacy Committee of the Tiverton Town Council, and others. …  

[see also Tiverton Gazette: 13th February 1906] [GRO0245 Devonport]

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Morning Leader: Tuesday 22nd November 1904

Care of the Feeble Minded: London County Council’s Scheme of “Custodial Homes:” … (discussion) … In reply to Mrs. Pinsent, witness said that the cost the education authorities of a mentally defective child is £10, while that of an ordinary child was only £3.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Morning Leader: Saturday 15th October 1904

Worse Than the Mosaic Law: Modern Treatment of Feeble-Minded Children: The treatment of mentally defective children was discussed by the Conference on the Feeble-minded at the Guildhall yesterday. Mrs. Hume Pinsent, in a paper on “After Care in Birmingham,” showed what was being done in that city for this unfortunate class …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Lincoln Leader and County Advertiser: 3rd November 1900

The Parkers of Claxby: The Parkers, of Claxby, in this county, bid fair to become famous. The head of the family was the Rector, the Rev. Richard Parker, one of whose sons has just been appointed Attorney Generals’ “devil”- a position which usually leads to a judgeship. A daughter is the authoress, Mrs. Ellen F. Pinsent. She was born in 1866, and at twenty-two married Mr. H. F. Pinsent, of Birmingham … (discussion of books) … Mr. R. J. Parker, of the Chancery Bar, is forty-two years of age, and is one of the youngest men ever to be chosen to fill the position mentioned. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn nearly seventeen years ago and has “devilled” for the busy Chancery lawyer whom he succeeds in one of the most coveted legal positions.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920