MENTAL DEFECTS.
It is distressing to learn that the increase of mental deficiency, which is so alarmingly evident in .older countries, is already showing plainly in New Zealand. Here, however, if energetic measures are taken, the danger to society can be eliminated, as the circumstances are very favourable for doing so. ■ A careful watch can be kept to prevent persons of. feeble minds from coming in from outside countries.- Our population is small, and by detaining those adults who are mentally incapable of taking up the duties of citizenship advantageously, the propagation of their class will be kept at a minimum—a subject of the first importance; and although the cost of establishing and maintaining schools of this kind is heavy their work will undoubtedly be a strong factor in restricting the expenditure in connection with destitution and criminal itv. .
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10712, 4 September 1912, Page 4
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139MENTAL DEFECTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10712, 4 September 1912, Page 4
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