MENTAL VICTIMS
EFFECT OF STERILISATION. ENQUIRY IN BRITAIN. RUGBY, Friday. A committee to enquire into the sterilisation of m-utal defectives has been set up by the Health Ministry, with Mr L. G. Brock, chairman of the Board of Control, as chairman. The committee will examine and report on information available regarding hereditary transmission and other causes of mental disorders and deficiencies, and consider the value of sterilisation as a preventive measure, having regard to its physical psychological and social effects. The experience of legislation in other countries will be considered, and the committee will suggest any further lines of enquiry.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 11 June 1932, Page 5
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