FEEBLE-MINDED FOLK INCREASE.
Not least of Britain’s, social problems is the increase of the feebleminded. There are already more than 150,000, a majority of whom drift in and out of the workhouses and prisons, unable to support themselves or to live decently, and Prof. O. G. Crosley states that nearly half are now in need of special care and control. Their birth-rate average 7 per marriage, that of normal families being only 4. It is urged that such persons as endanger society be placed under State control in suitable colonies, where! agriculture, and other work would make them comfortable and self-supporting.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 24, Issue 17, 4 March 1913, Page 2
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101FEEBLE-MINDED FOLK INCREASE. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 24, Issue 17, 4 March 1913, Page 2
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