MENTAL DEFECTIVES
At the disposal of a board appointed by the Government to deal with the question of mental defectives is an amount of £70,000, which is now to be utilised for the scientific ' treatment of these unfortunates. The Government has purchased about 100 acres of land in the country, and here it is proposed to erect buildings, for which plans have already been prepared. In addition to receiving treatment within the homes which are thus to be established, the mental defectives will b e educated iii different forms of agriculture and be given an open-air, active life. From a humanitarian point of view, it will probably be the Government's best monument.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 141, 12 December 1923, Page 9
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112MENTAL DEFECTIVES Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 141, 12 December 1923, Page 9
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