Report of the Mental Deficiency Committee : being a joint committee of the Board of Education and Board of Contro.

  • Great Britain. Mental Deficiency Committee.
Date:
1929
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Credit: Report of the Mental Deficiency Committee : being a joint committee of the Board of Education and Board of Contro. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    III, II, Vili B, TRAINING AND CARE OF NOTIFIED CHILDREN. (1) Training and care in Institutions— (2) Lowest grade children .. ee (ob) Medium and higher grade children (c) Importance of practical and useful work (d) Lowest grade classes a (e) Elementary manual work a y- aa (f) Higher grade classes oa (g) Out-of-school training and socialisation (2) Train ng and care in Occupation Centres— (a) Junior Centres... a “5 (o) Industrial and Handicraft Centres CONCLUDING REMARKS. . eS es § nd ‘CHAPTER V. ' DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMITTEE’S SPECIAL INVESTIGATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS. GENERAL DeEscripTion—selection of areas; staff employed ; sources of information; methods of selection of children ; examination of adults; standards adopted .. os GENERAL RESULTs. Total ascertainment and estimated numbers of mental defectives in England and Wales COMPARISON WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE RoyaL CoMMISSION, 1904-8. (1) The increase in total ascertainment (2) Possible explanations of the increase— (2) Time devoted to the work ? (b) Greater completeness of ascertainment among x school children : (c) Ascertainment facilitated by growth of Social services THE QUESTION. WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN A REAL INCREASE IN . MENTAL DEFICIENCY. Facts and considerations which tend to show that this is the case—— (1) Numbers of lower. grade defectives and relative incidence of the three grades (2) Differences in incidence between urban and rural areas (3) General conclusion THE LocaL DISTRIBUTION OF HIGHER GRADE DEFECTIVES AND ‘ITS RELATION TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS. The connection: ‘between mental deficiency and social problems—pauperism, recidivism and slum conditions .. FINDINGS IN RELATION TO CHILDREN. . (1) Feeble-minded children between 7 and 16— (2) Estimated numbers in England and Wales .. ~ - (b) Numbers in Public Elementary Schools [i we (c) Children with other defects “gp wie @ Classification for administrative purposes ‘fs 2° 71 74 75 76 re) 77 78 79 82 82 84 84 85 86