In a message dated 19/05/2007 21:18:48 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: who had been sent there because they got pregnant. __________________________________________________________________ Under the Mental Deficiency Act 1913 four "classes" of Mental Deficiency were defined: Idiot ~ unable to protect themselves from common dangers. Imbecile ~ could protect themselves from common dangers, but unable to take care of themselves. Feeble-Minded ~ required care to protect themselves. Moral Defectives ~ criminal or vicious personalities. Unmarried Mothers also became absorbed into this category. Regards Stan Mapstone