The Incorporated Lancashire and Cheshire Society For the Permanent Care of the Feeble-Minded. [centered double score] Hon. Secs.:[large bracket] J. J. Cox, 38, Deansgate, Manchester. Miss Dendy, 13, Clarence Road, Withington, Manchester. [centered score] Hon. Treas.: Sam Gabble, Esq., Wilbraham Road, Fallowfield, Manchester. [centered score] Any further Communication on the subject of this letter should be addressed to Miss Dendy, 13, Clarence Road, Withington, Manchester. December 9 1906. Dear Sir, I had hoped to have written you again in answer to your letter of the first Dec but have been exceedingly busy. May I have some more of your schedules? I think I ought to be able to send you some histories which may be helpful. I have records of nearly two thousand cases, of which I have seen about fifteen hundred myself, and almost all of them in conjunction with a medical man. The difficulty, however, of obtaining correct family histories in the case of defective children, is extreme. Occasionally, one comes across a very intelligent parent of guardian; then one can obtain some definite information. But it is very generally the case that the parent reporting the child is below average in intellect. One woman examined by Dr. Ashby, could not remember when the boy was born nor where she lived; she had brought an older child with her to try to help her. Very often the Mother cannot remember how many infants she has lost. A history of Epilepsy is constantly denied; when we have had the children under observation for a time and get to know something of the Mothers and Fathers we find out and add to our histories any definite information as to fits or insanity. Dr. Ashby asked me to say, if I wrote again that he hoped you were guarding yourself in these histories as to the questions of Consumption and Drunkenness. He says that Consumption is so widely spread and is so mixed up with many forms of [end]