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bulletin n. c. state board of health. 256 Having settled the question that the physical characteristics of men are inherited, the next problem obviously is: Are mental and moral qualities likewise inherited, and, if so, with what degree of intensity? Without going into details, the general results may be stated as follows: The Coefficients measuring the resemblance between brothers and sisters, in respect to eight psychical characteristics studied, were found to take values substantially identical with those found for the Coefficients measuring the resemblance between the same individuals in regard to a series of physical characteristics. In other words, the evidence indicates that mental and moral qualities are inherited, and with about the same degree of intensity as physical characteristics. Another investigator has shown from a study of Oxford class lists that the degree of resemblance between father and son and between adult brothers, in intellectual ability as measured by University Scholarship, is substantially the same as the resemblance in physical characteristics between such relatives. Are specific diseases and pathological conditions generally inherited, and with what intensity? Workers in Eugenics find that some pathological conditions, at least, are inherited, and with about the same intensity as physical, mental, and moral characteristics are. I shall not take your time, in this presence, to indicate these pathological conditions, but take it for granted that you know. Having shown that human characteristics are inherited—both good and bad and also liability to disease—it is pertinent to know what are the existing conditions relative to the fertility of desirable as compared with undesirable classes. The results are shown by Professor Pearson in a lecture before Oxford University in a condensed table as follows: FERTILITY IN PATHOLOGICAL STOCKS. Number of Class. Children per Family. Deaf-mutes, England____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6.2 Deaf-mutes, America____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6.1 Tuberculous stock________________________________________________________________________________5.7 Albinotic stock________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5.9 Insane stock______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6.0 Edinburgh degenerates______________________________________________________________________6.1 London mentally defective__________________________________________________________________________7.0 Manchester mentally defective___________________________________________________________________6.3 Criminals________________________________________________________________________________________6.6 FERTILITY IN NORMAL STOCKS. English middle class_____________________________________________________________________________6.4 English intellectual class_________________________________________________________________4.7 American graduates (Harvard)______________________________________________-.....-......- 2.0 English intellectuals...................................................................—; 1.5 The ratio of prisoners to the total population in the United States has increased from 29 per 100,000 in 1850 to 125 per 100,000 in 1904. In the United States the number of murders and homicides per million of the entire population has nearly trebled in the last fifteen years.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-03: Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Document Title | Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Published: 1886-1913. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Wilmington, N.C. : Secretary of the Board, 1886-1913. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1912-1913 |
Identifier | NCHH-03-027 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 27 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Document Title | Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Published: 1886-1913. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Wilmington, N.C. : Secretary of the Board, 1886-1913. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1912-1913 |
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Form General | Periodicals |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 27 |
Issue Number | 7 |
Page Number | 247 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | bulletin n. c. state board of health. 256 Having settled the question that the physical characteristics of men are inherited, the next problem obviously is: Are mental and moral qualities likewise inherited, and, if so, with what degree of intensity? Without going into details, the general results may be stated as follows: The Coefficients measuring the resemblance between brothers and sisters, in respect to eight psychical characteristics studied, were found to take values substantially identical with those found for the Coefficients measuring the resemblance between the same individuals in regard to a series of physical characteristics. In other words, the evidence indicates that mental and moral qualities are inherited, and with about the same degree of intensity as physical characteristics. Another investigator has shown from a study of Oxford class lists that the degree of resemblance between father and son and between adult brothers, in intellectual ability as measured by University Scholarship, is substantially the same as the resemblance in physical characteristics between such relatives. Are specific diseases and pathological conditions generally inherited, and with what intensity? Workers in Eugenics find that some pathological conditions, at least, are inherited, and with about the same intensity as physical, mental, and moral characteristics are. I shall not take your time, in this presence, to indicate these pathological conditions, but take it for granted that you know. Having shown that human characteristics are inherited—both good and bad and also liability to disease—it is pertinent to know what are the existing conditions relative to the fertility of desirable as compared with undesirable classes. The results are shown by Professor Pearson in a lecture before Oxford University in a condensed table as follows: FERTILITY IN PATHOLOGICAL STOCKS. Number of Class. Children per Family. Deaf-mutes, England____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6.2 Deaf-mutes, America____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6.1 Tuberculous stock________________________________________________________________________________5.7 Albinotic stock________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5.9 Insane stock______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6.0 Edinburgh degenerates______________________________________________________________________6.1 London mentally defective__________________________________________________________________________7.0 Manchester mentally defective___________________________________________________________________6.3 Criminals________________________________________________________________________________________6.6 FERTILITY IN NORMAL STOCKS. English middle class_____________________________________________________________________________6.4 English intellectual class_________________________________________________________________4.7 American graduates (Harvard)______________________________________________-.....-......- 2.0 English intellectuals...................................................................—; 1.5 The ratio of prisoners to the total population in the United States has increased from 29 per 100,000 in 1850 to 125 per 100,000 in 1904. In the United States the number of murders and homicides per million of the entire population has nearly trebled in the last fifteen years. |
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Article Title | Eugenics and Conservation |
Article Author | Harris, Fletcher Reese |
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