The Home Secretary on Friday visited Birmingham to lay the foundation-stone of the Monyhull Colony extension. In the course of his speech Mr. McKenna announced the probability of an amending Bill to strengthen the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Act early in the coming Session of Parliament and spoke in high praise of the provision Birmingham had made for dealing with defectives. He also intimated that Mrs. Hume Pinsent had been appointed by the King honorary Commissioner on the Board of Control established under the Mental Deficiency Act.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949