MENTAL DEFICIENCY
In n Memorandum issued on exped'/ ture likely to be incurved under the Bri- ■ tisli Mental Deficiency , amendment Bill, it is stated that it appeal's probable that if full use were made of tlio Act. during tho next five years, provision. should bo , made for the maintenance in institutions or under niardianshin of about 21,700 defectives. It is estimated that the averaw , annual cost of maintaining defectives in institutions will be about .COO a head. : The total sum rwuirod. therefore, will be about .fl.3ofl.lWil,'with another .ClOO.Ono for administrative expenses. Of this amount, half, nr .£700,000. will be refund- : ed to the "local ituHiorilies from the Exchequer. —i.-.'ihi
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 121, 16 February 1920, Page 7
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109MENTAL DEFICIENCY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 121, 16 February 1920, Page 7
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