Report of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded, Volume VIII.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-minded.
Date:
1908
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. ENGLAND AND WALES. ROYAL WARRANTS - PREFATORY NOTE • INTRODUCTION - PART I-THE POOR LAW AND THE MENTALLY DEFECTIVE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY, APART FROM THE METROPOLIS. Chapter I.—Forms of Poor Law Relief (i.) Indoor Relief and the Workhouse - (ii.) Outdoor Relief ------ (iii.) Poor Law Institutional Relief outside the “ Workhouse ”----- (iv.) Further Powers of Guardians „ II.—The Care of Mentally Defective Persons in Poor Law Institutions outside the Metropolis - - - - „ III.—Classification in Poor Law Institutions outside the Metropolis „ IV.—Procedure of Boards of Guardians and Detention in Relation to the Mentally Defective - - - - „ V.—Suggestions for Improved Classification in Connection with Poor Law Institutions (i.) Classification by Adaptation of Workhouse - (ii.) Classification by Special Establishments in connection with the Poor Law (iii.) Classification by Combination of Unions (iv.) Schemes of Combination of Unions proposed or adopted ------ „ VI.—Conclusions and Recommendations PART II.-THE PROBLEM OF THE METROPOLIS. Chapter VII.—The “ Mentally Defective ” Population of London „ VIII.—Authorities in London for Dealing with the Mentally Defective ,, IX.—Institutional Disorganisation as to the Mentally Defective- „ X.—Educational and Industrial Institutions of the Metropolitan Asylums Board -------- „ XL—The Education Committee of the London County Council and the Mentally Defective „ XII.—Conclusions and Recommendations - - - - - PART III.-THE EDUCATION AUTHORITIES AND MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. Chapter XIII.—The Law Relating to the Education of Mentally Defective Children, and the Movement in Favour of it The Reports of the Medical Investigators in regard to Mentally Defective Children - Evidence regarding the Number of Mentally Defective Children on the School Registers - „ XIV.—The Registration, Notification and Observation of Mentally Defective Children ------- „ XV.—Results of Education in Special Schools and Classes - „ XVI.—Methods of Education in reference to Institutional Care and the Family Supervision and Wardship- 103.—VIII. 7,000.—Wt. T.L. 290. 7/08. Wy. & S. 3072/-. a PA(iK. xvi. 1 3 13 13 15 16 17 18 33 34 43 43 47 47 49 53 57 61 65 75 78 83 85 89 90 91 96 103