---------+
|Male, |
|born 1912.|
+----------+
|Male, |
|born 1913.|
+----------+
|Male, |
|born 1915.|
+----------+
|Female, |
|born 1916.|
+----------+
All these children except one are feeble-minded, and when committed to
the care of the State were found living under deplorable conditions.
Most of these children will require lifelong control in an institution.
The total cost of maintaining this family will be approximately L9,500.
These children are cousins of another family under State control. There
are four children, two of whom are simple-minded. The mother is
feeble-minded, and the father died in a mental hospital. In this case
the mothers of the children are sisters.
_Case No. 2._
+----------------------------------+
| Father: | Mother: |
| Feeble-minded. | Feeble-minded |
| | and drunkard. |
| | |
+---------+-------------+----------+
|Female, |
|illegitimate,|
|born 1902. |
+-------------+
|Male, |
|born 1904. |
+-------------+
|Male, |
|born 1906. |
+-------------+
|Male, |
|born 1907. |
+-------------+
|Male, |
|born 1910. |
+-------------+
|Male, |
|born 1912. |
+-------------+
|Female, |
|born 1914. |
+-------------+
|Female, |
|born 1916. |
+-------------+
|Male, |
|born 1918. |
+-------------+
|Male, |
|born 1920. |
+-------------+
|Male, |
|born 1923. |
+-------------+
All these children are feeble-minded and have been brought under State
control shortly after birth. Some are now in mental hospitals and some
in special schools. All these children are lifelong custodial cases. The
cost to the State for maintenance is approximately L16,000, towards
which amount the father has contributed but L6.
|