ARGUMENT ABOUT EUGENICS
o— BLOW TO ADVOCATES OF STERILISATION TWO POINTS OF YlliW ' Pci'LT-'cci October 20, D.3 p.m. J LONDON, October 20. The .sterilisation of mental detectives continues to be the subject ol intensive public debate. Profeosor Cyril Burt, speaking at the London School of Hygiene, flung a bombshell at the upholders of wholesale sterilisation by stating that in order to wipe out the evil" it would be necessary to sterilise one-fifth of the population. There were, he said, at least 300,000 serious defectives in Great Britain, but only GO,OOO of these could be traced. The Bishop of Exeter, ai Caxton Hail, also put a new aspect of the problem, arguing' that if individuals Were sterilised for the benefit of the community, persons mentally and bodijy perfect should be encouraged, perhaps compelled, to have large families.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20997, 27 October 1933, Page 11
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136ARGUMENT ABOUT EUGENICS Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20997, 27 October 1933, Page 11
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