AUSTRALIA’S FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN.
Mr Bowser, Chief Secretary, in ie plv to a deputation of members of tbe Association to Combat Social Evil, stated that “since 1014 the increase in the cost of the neglected children's department was ,£40,000 a year, which indicated the sense of responsibility with which some fathers were endowed.” He was endeavouring to get hold of a number of these fellows. It was costing money, and it would cost more. He was having one fellow followed as far as New Zealand. Mr W. A. Green, who had chaigt* of •he Neglected Children’s Department in New South Wales, stated that “fio to 70 per rent, of the deserted (hildrrn had drunken parents one or borh ”
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White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 297, 18 March 1920, Page 12
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117AUSTRALIA’S FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN. White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 297, 18 March 1920, Page 12
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