MENTAL WELFARE
Paper
The
to be read
on
Report
Thursday afternoon,
of the
41
25th
April.
Special Investigation
behalf < Joint Committee
d out
By
on
A. M. CARR
SAUNDERS, M.A.,
Professor of Social Science,
Liverpool University. Committee could hardly
Report of the Mental Deficiency with a mass of important ai to provide the student of social problems however, that that data have been anticipated, are ata: ^ c?uld hardly results of the investigation would be as interesting as they are. The disclosed are unexpected, some of the facts s ri have lnS m part because able fashion in which theytribute the of an extremely m because a part like at the outset to pay - c?uected and analysed. I should is under the whole community 0 t ie author of the Report, to whom a know where heavy debt. it is difficult to of an abundance of material first upon the problem to 1 ^ ls natul*al perhaps to comment deficmental For this purpose th e C^lrV total number of mental defectives. and we are social adaptation achieve to or is defined as inability so defined, iency defective persons which ?*Vcn an estimate of 314,000 mentally There are two comments out o authorper 1,000 of the population. two years ago, failing any Some themselves. that they uggest found in the subject and estimate, I consulted experts is much therefore, The problem, P ace the total at under 200,000. of 200,000 The former estimate think. to an we had been led of mentally defect^ onc t0?k ^e presumed percentage one got a figure it to the whole community, c ndren and was applied the higher figure it was obvious that While educationally uPon 400,000. who are to because many children, it was difficult 1 p ^Xaggeration, deficient, not n0t' w^en adult, socially would as defective are classed t so many children who second comment. In leVC, the be assc
Paper
The
to be read
on
Report
Thursday afternoon,
of the
41
25th
April.
Special Investigation
behalf < Joint Committee
d out
By
on
A. M. CARR
SAUNDERS, M.A.,
Professor of Social Science,
Liverpool University. Committee could hardly
Report of the Mental Deficiency with a mass of important ai to provide the student of social problems however, that that data have been anticipated, are ata: ^ c?uld hardly results of the investigation would be as interesting as they are. The disclosed are unexpected, some of the facts s ri have lnS m part because able fashion in which theytribute the of an extremely m because a part like at the outset to pay - c?uected and analysed. I should is under the whole community 0 t ie author of the Report, to whom a know where heavy debt. it is difficult to of an abundance of material first upon the problem to 1 ^ ls natul*al perhaps to comment deficmental For this purpose th e C^lrV total number of mental defectives. and we are social adaptation achieve to or is defined as inability so defined, iency defective persons which ?*Vcn an estimate of 314,000 mentally There are two comments out o authorper 1,000 of the population. two years ago, failing any Some themselves. that they uggest found in the subject and estimate, I consulted experts is much therefore, The problem, P ace the total at under 200,000. of 200,000 The former estimate think. to an we had been led of mentally defect^ onc t0?k ^e presumed percentage one got a figure it to the whole community, c ndren and was applied the higher figure it was obvious that While educationally uPon 400,000. who are to because many children, it was difficult 1 p ^Xaggeration, deficient, not n0t' w^en adult, socially would as defective are classed t so many children who second comment. In leVC, the be assc
