_Case No. 4._ +--------------------+---------------------+ | Father: | Mother: | | Addicted to drink | Drunkard and | | and degenerate. | morally deficient. | | | | +------------------------------------+----------------+ | | Female, | | | born 1908. | | +----------------+ | | Male, | | | born 1909. | |All these children are illegitimate |Admitted special| |and are feeble-minded, requiring | school, 1920. | |lifelong control. Three are now +----------------+ |inmates of mental hospitals, and | Female, | |in time the remainder of the | born 1910. | |family at present in special +----------------+ |schools will be sent on to mental | Male, | |hospitals. | born 1914. | | +----------------+ | | Male, | | | born 1916. | | +----------------+ | | Female, | | | born 1917. | +------------------------------------+----------------+ | | Male, | | | born 1918. | |All probably feeble-minded. +----------------+ |Not yet brought under | Male, | |State control. | born 1920. | | +----------------+ | | Male, | | | born 1923. | +------------------------------------+----------------+ An officer of the Education Department describes the home as "one of the dirtiest and most squalid homes I have seen." The cost (including past, present, and approximate future maintenance) to the State for the upkeep of this family is estimated at L10,000. Nothing has been paid by the parents towards the support of these children. In all probability, the remaining members of the family will be brought under State control at a probable cost of L4,500.