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The Eugenics Board of North Carolina 11 spouse. The remainder, or 4 per cent, were upon persons who were separated, widowed, or divorced. If both the individual and society are to receive the maximum benefits provided by the legislation, consideration needs to be given to the filing of petitions for the sterilization of mentally ill, epileptic and mentally deficient persons falling within the older age groups and for married persons. During the past two years eugenical sterilization has been utilized by only 5 State institutions and 56 county departments of public welfare. Efforts are being made by some of the other institutions and departments to overcome the problems which have prevented their use of the program. These problems may be summarized as follows: 1. Shortage of hospital accommodations or of surgeons in some of the State institutions and local communities. 2. Shortage of staff or changes in personnel in State institutions and county departments of public welfare resulting in delays in handling petitions and arranging for authorized operations. 3. Lack of sufficient State and county appropriations to pay surgeons’ fees and hospital costs. (Costs varied from free service and care to $100 for surgeon’s fee and $150 for hospital costs). 4. Resistance of individuals due to misunderstanding of the nature of the operation and its effects, including inadequate understanding on the part of the public in general. 5. Lack of understanding of Eugenics Board procedures on the part of staff members of some State institutions and county departments of public welfare. The effects of asexualization are more drastic than those of sterilization. For this reason the Eugenics Board has authorized asexualization only in unusual circumstances. During the past two years only 5 operations of this type have been authorized. In each instance the examining physician specifically requested asexualization and the petitioner sent a detailed explanation of the circumstances justifying such action. Only 16 of the 337 petitions presented to the Eugenics Board involved hearings before the Board. The remaining 321 petitions were accompanied by the written consents of the parent, guardian, or next of kin. In many of these cases the individual or family had taken the initiative in requesting the operation. In several of the cases, hearings were necessary only to assure the legality of the proceedings. For example, a man had taken a
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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 | 1946-1948 |
Identifier | NCHH-08-007 |
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 | 7 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-08/nchh-08-007.pdf |
Document Sort | all; nchh-08 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-08-007 |
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 |
Description
Fixed Title * | Page 11 |
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 | 1946-1948 |
Identifier | NCHH-08-007-0015 |
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 | biennialreporteug07nort_0015.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 | 7 |
Page Number | 11 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | The Eugenics Board of North Carolina 11 spouse. The remainder, or 4 per cent, were upon persons who were separated, widowed, or divorced. If both the individual and society are to receive the maximum benefits provided by the legislation, consideration needs to be given to the filing of petitions for the sterilization of mentally ill, epileptic and mentally deficient persons falling within the older age groups and for married persons. During the past two years eugenical sterilization has been utilized by only 5 State institutions and 56 county departments of public welfare. Efforts are being made by some of the other institutions and departments to overcome the problems which have prevented their use of the program. These problems may be summarized as follows: 1. Shortage of hospital accommodations or of surgeons in some of the State institutions and local communities. 2. Shortage of staff or changes in personnel in State institutions and county departments of public welfare resulting in delays in handling petitions and arranging for authorized operations. 3. Lack of sufficient State and county appropriations to pay surgeons’ fees and hospital costs. (Costs varied from free service and care to $100 for surgeon’s fee and $150 for hospital costs). 4. Resistance of individuals due to misunderstanding of the nature of the operation and its effects, including inadequate understanding on the part of the public in general. 5. Lack of understanding of Eugenics Board procedures on the part of staff members of some State institutions and county departments of public welfare. The effects of asexualization are more drastic than those of sterilization. For this reason the Eugenics Board has authorized asexualization only in unusual circumstances. During the past two years only 5 operations of this type have been authorized. In each instance the examining physician specifically requested asexualization and the petitioner sent a detailed explanation of the circumstances justifying such action. Only 16 of the 337 petitions presented to the Eugenics Board involved hearings before the Board. The remaining 321 petitions were accompanied by the written consents of the parent, guardian, or next of kin. In many of these cases the individual or family had taken the initiative in requesting the operation. In several of the cases, hearings were necessary only to assure the legality of the proceedings. For example, a man had taken a |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-08/nchh-08-007.pdf |
Document Sort | all; nchh-08 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-08-007 |
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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