MENTAL DEFECTIVES.
REPORT BY COMMITTEE, t United Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, June 9. A Government Committee to inquire into the sterilisation of mental defectives has been set up by the Health Ministry with Mr L. G. Brock (chairman of the Board of Control) as chairman. It will examine the report on, the information available iregarding hereditary transmission, and other causes of mental disorders and deficiencies, and will consider the value of sterilisation as a preventive measure, having regard to its physical, psychological, and.-social effects, and the experience of legislation in other countries, and will suggest any further lines of inquiry.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 205, 11 June 1932, Page 5
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