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Defectives

THAT the marriage of mental defectives is a menace that officialdom must ; combat, is the recommendation of the world's most notable medical scientists •\vho compose the: Medical Board of Contr,or iii Great Britain. The 'Board's report is now available,' and : the ■■document i stresses* the absolute necessity of preventing the marriage of th ose who are not: quite "all there." "A careful study of the' inforniation before as," reads the report, "leads us to tKe conclusion that the marriage of defectives has disastrous consequences to the community, and that the time has come when definite legislative steps should be' taken to prevent the marriages. " Children born of ' such m arriages... are not likely to become healthy, .-useful' citizens. They sta?t life with too heavy a handicap, they come of a. bad stock, they are deprived of sensible 'parental" ■control} and training. The .environment' created by mentally defective parents . cannot fail to intensify any innate weak--' .ness.'- ■-. ( ■" ■ ■..■•■'...■ '■■':,■ "Many of the children will develop criminal tendencies*, and m one way arid other as they reach man's estate they must become ;a ■peimaneiit. charge on the c.ommuiiity \vh o wil 1 h ave to support them m prisons, hospitals or poor law institutions." > ... ; :

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NZ Truth, Issue 1204, 27 December 1928, Page 4

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Defectives NZ Truth, Issue 1204, 27 December 1928, Page 4

Defectives NZ Truth, Issue 1204, 27 December 1928, Page 4

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