feeble-minded

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These remarks correspond with the general results reached by the Royal Commission on the Feeble-minded, which issued its voluminous facts and conclusions in 1908.

From The Task of Social Hygiene by Ellis, Havelock

The latter is unquestionably the more pressing subject, but it will soon be forced on the attention of the legislature by the recent report of the Royal Commission on the Feeble-minded.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

There is no horror of such places for those who have seen what flowers of happiness and what miracles of devotion may be found in "Training Schools for the Feeble-minded."

From The Family and it's Members by Spencer, Anna Garlin

Report of Commission on Proposals for Sites and Plans for Buildings for the Deaf, Blind and the Feeble-minded, 1874.

From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Best, Harry

The Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-minded, after sitting for four years, has made its report.

From London's Underworld by Holmes, Thomas