PITCAIRN ISLANDERS
NO SIGNS OF DEGEXEIIACT.
[Ten United Press Association.]
WELLINGTON, April 18,
Drs Ross and Gregg, who made a particular inspection of the people of Pitcairn Island during the voyage of the steamer Dorset, found no evidence of disease. On the contrary, they considered they presented a favorable contrast to some of the second and third class passengers to be met aboard ships. They were clean and tidy, and spoke fine English and showed no'signs of degeneracy. The doctors considered that there was not a tittle of truth in the story spread about of mental deficiency and vice through inbreeding. There was nothing negroid about them; they looked like sunburnt English people.
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Evening Star, Issue 18253, 18 April 1923, Page 1
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