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10 Biennial Report of The Eugenics Board of North Carolina departments of public welfare in the State, the highest number for any biennium in the history of the program. Table 10A shows the conditions which warranted operations for sterilization; of the 626 persons involved, 61 per cent were feebleminded, 36 per cent were mentally ill, and 3 per cent were epileptic. Over two-thirds of the persons sterilized were white, while almost one-third were Negro. However, the number of white persons dropped from 521 in the previous biennium to 423 in this biennium, while the number of Negroes increased from 171 to 202 in the same period. One Indian was reported as compared to two in the previous biennium. Females continue to form the great majority of persons undergoing eugenical sterilization. Since men are just: as likely as women to need the operation, there should be approximately the same number for each sex. Further interpretation is needed to convince men as to the value of the operation and that the operation has no other effect than the prevention of parenthood. The simple operation required for sterilization is often mistaken for asexualization which is a much more drastic operation. The Eugenics Board orders asexualization only in rare instances, and no such operations were authorized during the biennium. An analysis of Tables 7 and 7A shows that operations on older persons have increased more rapidly over the years than those performed for adolescents. Prior to July 1952, 21.3 per cent of the persons sterilized were 30 years or over, while during the latest biennium 29.4 per cent were 30 or older; at the same time persons under 20 declined from 42.6 per cent to 30.7 per cent of the total. The largest number of operations continue to be for persons in their twenties; almost 40 per cent of the persons sterilized during the biennium were 20 to 29 years of age. Single persons continue to constitute about three-fifths of all persons having sterilization operations. During the last biennium 62.8 per cent of the total were single, 30.8 per cent were married, and 6.4 per cent were widowed, separated, or divorced. Persons sterilized during the biennium were split almost evenly between those who were parents and those who were not. While 311 had no childrn, 315 were the parents of a total of 988 chil-
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-08: Biennial Report of the Eugenics Board of North Carolina [1934-1966] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the Eugenics Board of North Carolina [1934-1966] |
Subject Topical | Eugenics -- North Carolina.; Involuntary sterilization -- North Carolina -- Statistics. |
Subject Topical Other | Eugenics -- North Carolina.; Sterilization -- North Carolina. |
Description | Began with the 1st report (1934-1936) |
Creator | North Carolina. Eugenics Board. |
Publisher | [Raleigh]: N.C. Eugenics Board, 1936-. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1952-1954 |
Identifier | NCHH-08-010 |
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. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
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 | 10 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
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Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-08-010 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-08 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2458531 |
Revision History | done |
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Fixed Title * | Page 10 |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the Eugenics Board of North Carolina [1934-1966] |
Subject Topical | Eugenics -- North Carolina.; Involuntary sterilization -- North Carolina -- Statistics. |
Subject Topical Other | Eugenics -- North Carolina.; Sterilization -- North Carolina. |
Description | Began with the 1st report (1934-1936) |
Creator | North Carolina. Eugenics Board. |
Publisher | [Raleigh]: N.C. Eugenics Board, 1936-. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1952-1954 |
Identifier | NCHH-08-010-0014 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review |
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. |
Filename | biennialreporteug10nort_0014.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
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 | 10 |
Page Number | 10 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 10 Biennial Report of The Eugenics Board of North Carolina departments of public welfare in the State, the highest number for any biennium in the history of the program. Table 10A shows the conditions which warranted operations for sterilization; of the 626 persons involved, 61 per cent were feebleminded, 36 per cent were mentally ill, and 3 per cent were epileptic. Over two-thirds of the persons sterilized were white, while almost one-third were Negro. However, the number of white persons dropped from 521 in the previous biennium to 423 in this biennium, while the number of Negroes increased from 171 to 202 in the same period. One Indian was reported as compared to two in the previous biennium. Females continue to form the great majority of persons undergoing eugenical sterilization. Since men are just: as likely as women to need the operation, there should be approximately the same number for each sex. Further interpretation is needed to convince men as to the value of the operation and that the operation has no other effect than the prevention of parenthood. The simple operation required for sterilization is often mistaken for asexualization which is a much more drastic operation. The Eugenics Board orders asexualization only in rare instances, and no such operations were authorized during the biennium. An analysis of Tables 7 and 7A shows that operations on older persons have increased more rapidly over the years than those performed for adolescents. Prior to July 1952, 21.3 per cent of the persons sterilized were 30 years or over, while during the latest biennium 29.4 per cent were 30 or older; at the same time persons under 20 declined from 42.6 per cent to 30.7 per cent of the total. The largest number of operations continue to be for persons in their twenties; almost 40 per cent of the persons sterilized during the biennium were 20 to 29 years of age. Single persons continue to constitute about three-fifths of all persons having sterilization operations. During the last biennium 62.8 per cent of the total were single, 30.8 per cent were married, and 6.4 per cent were widowed, separated, or divorced. Persons sterilized during the biennium were split almost evenly between those who were parents and those who were not. While 311 had no childrn, 315 were the parents of a total of 988 chil- |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-08/nchh-08-009.pdf |
Document Sort | all; nchh-08 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-08-010 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-08 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2458531 |
Revision History | done |
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