Observations on the Training of Idiots and Low-Grade Imbeciles

or almost impossible to find vacancies in Certified Institutions for low grade or troublesome defectives. Mental Hospitals and Public Assistance Institutions are unwillingly obliged to receive these cases. Local Authorities are well aware of the harm and hardships which ensue from the retention of this type of patient in Public Assistance Institutions. The Board of Control require that Mental Defectives in Public Assistance Institutions, under Section 37 of the Mental Deficiency Act, shall be completely separated in suitable surroundings from the general body of the inmates. There are, however, in most areas, uncertified defectives in the ordinary wards of Public Assistance Institutions. The stafif of these Institutions are not