CARE OF FEEBLE MINDED.
COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY.
THE ORDER OF REFERENCE.
TflX TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The Minister for Health has announced that a special committee has been set up to conduct an inquiry into the question of the care.and treatment of the feebleminded and sexual perverts in New Zealand.
The personnel ot the committee is as follows:—The Hon. W. H. Triggs, M.L.C. (chairman), Dr. 0. S. Elliott and .Sir Donald McGaviu (elected ;by the Board of Health), Mr. C. E. Matthews, Under-Secretary to the Department of Justice (appointed by the Minister for Justice), Mr. J. Beck, officer in charge of special schools (appointed by the Minister for Education), Dr. A. G. Paterson {appointed by the Minister for Health). The following is the order of reference
To inquire and report as to the necessity for special care and treatment of the feeble-minded and subnormal, and to propose the general means by which such care and treatment,, if any, should be provided. To inquire and report as to the necessity for treatment of mental degenerates, persons charged with sexual offences, and to rcommend the form of treatment for various types of cases. It is understood that Dr. Truby King will probably also be a member of the committee.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18709, 15 May 1924, Page 8
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