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Show SAYS FEEBLE-MINDED NEED SMEW! Institution at Provo Is Overcrowded, Over-crowded, Declares Miss Jane Griffith. ' i ' ' I'Vrlili iniiHli,'liii',.-s ami insanity are ; two nilm-ly .-.(. arato proMt-ins ami J mhhiM I if tri'iitr.l ho trnm In-winning to i rn.l, ami for lliin n-a.-son ru-iudial cart; for thr tVcl.li- miml.-.l ami insjiK- alioiiM not lie i'lfl l,y tin Mime institu-j tion," f;aM Mi-s Jan.' CritTith. f ""M i woi Ut-r tor (hi' com iiuion whi-h ha j jnl roiiii.l.'tr.l i I --. inv.'.-tialiini of I'c.'Kli'-irumlflio'-s in si x rutin lir. Mirns (Jriiiith has jn.-t ret n rm-.i from 1 her Miner M tin' mii t )i i; rn counties iu I lie inve-Vtigjiteil region, ami while in Provo u n int'i-'M(M in t he work being be-ing c;jirii'l on at the relate mental bos- il a I t h ere. She has 1 n iir-soeiatnl uith tin1 piohli'iu of It'clilf-mindoflnrss in ninny e;i;-tein states for a number of vears. "The institution at Provo is able to can1 for only n few fei-Me uiiiwle.l I'atii'ntH ht' aas( of its ahe:nl' crowilcl romli t ion. An hist it at ion for the i'us-to'lial i'us-to'lial care of the feehle niimlpl alone is gre;ttlv nee.leo! in Utah. Keu' peo-I'le peo-I'le ho hn not nni'le a stii'ly of j nigenirH )'i-a y.o that foehle-mimleilness ; ami insanity are two sepa rate conditions j rlial. are nut caiise-l by the sunn; things,! nn. I that lophlr-miinUMni'ss is not, just I a miM form of insanity. Patients siiit'-j ferine from the two diseases should not1 le huuseil in the same institution. I "Tin? longer that the people of the state put. off providing custodial care' for the feeble-minded, the greater their problem will be in the end because of the fact that feebie-mimledness is heieditaiv and the number of feebleminded feeble-minded is increasing yearly. Our investigation in-vestigation has brought to light hundreds hun-dreds of cases in the state that are proving prov-ing the ureal est menace to society. I u some fa mi lies afflicted with feeblemindedness, feeble-mindedness, fathers and daughters have formed illicit unions, and sisters have givon birth to their brothers' children. One of the worst of these cases we have found in a suburb near this city. 1 f there is any doubt in the minds of the public that this is true they can examine ex-amine the histories of the families which we have investigated ami for which wo can vouch.'' |