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a change of character, manifested in a course of vicious or 

 criminal conduct without obvious impairment of intellect." x 



Such cases " are greatly wanting in initiative, and are 

 easily influenced by others ; their moral sense is very defective, 

 and they have little self-control or power to resist temptation 

 when it comes in their way. They are frequently in trouble 

 for breaking the law, and it is difficult to know what to do with 

 them. By their proneness to commit larceny, arson, indecent 

 assaults, &c., they are a constant source of annoyance, expense, 

 and danger. Many of them are quite unfit, if left to them- 

 selves, to lead decent, inoffensive lives ; they require care and 

 discipline, &c." 2 



It would be ridiculous to argue that all these girls who have 

 failed morally have necessarily some mental taint. I would 

 only suggest in cases which are persistent and ungovernable 

 that it might be possible, if the family history were carefully 

 investigated, to find something of the sort to account for it. 



And with regard to the standard of conduct exacted from 

 the woman, as compared to that exacted from the man, it is 

 already clearly fixed by social use and custom. The man's 

 private morality, if he be an efficient workman, is little called 

 in question ; the woman's, more particularly if she be engaged 

 in domestic service, it is impossible to dissociate from her 

 general efficiency. And certainly I have generally found in 

 these records that the efficient servant has also a quite satis- 

 factory moral character. 



THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS (No. i) 



This is one of the larger Industrial Schools, and accommo- 

 dates 150 boys. They are trained in tailoring, shoemaking, 

 gardening, woodwork, metal work, gymnastics, rifle-shooting, 

 and band practice. " Of 73 boys who are 1 3 years of age or 

 over, 43 are regularly engaged in skilled occupations, and 



1 Report of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded, 

 1908, Part III, p. 190. 2 Ibid., p. 117. 



