At the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, to be held at Portsmouth towards the close of the present month, the section of Medical Sociology will consider the subject of “Mental Deficiency in its Social Aspects.” The session will be opened by Dr. W. Potts, psychological expert to the Birmingham Justices and Mrs. Ellen Pinsent, a member of the Board of Control. Papers are to be read on “The Sterilisation of Mental Defectives”, “Incidence of Crime and Mental Defect,” and “Segregation.”
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949