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The Eugenics Board of North Carolina 13 11. Illness in family delayed surgery 2 12. Moved out of state________________________________________________________1 13. Hospital overcrowded, unable to secure bed 1 14. Moved, unable to locate______________________________________1 15. Postponed for observation in boarding home 1 16. Unknown____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1 Total________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________107 Excluding the operations which have not yet been performed because of very valid reasons: lack of time, awaiting termination of pregnancy, physical or mental condition prevented surgery, deceased, moved out of state, and unable to locate, this leaves 37 authorized operations or 6.8% not performed. A few of these will doubtless still be performed. Through skillful case work services, and by help in interpretation from physicians, relatives and others, a few more persons will doubtless eventually seek this protection. No attempts have ever been made to force persons to have the operation against their wishes. Of the 543 operations authorized by the Board, written consents for the operations were filed by the patients and/or the next of kin in 522 cases. In most of the remaining 21 cases, hearings w’ere held before the Eugenics Board in order to clear a legal requirement. For example, consent of the husband is necessary before the operation upon a wife can be authorized without a hearing, even if the couple is separated. When separated, the spouse often hesitates to sign a legal document, even if it is desired by the other party. The Eugenics Board can act in nonconsent cases after notices of hearing have been served by the sheriff and ample opportunity has been provided for everyone concerned to appear in person before the Board or submit written testimony. Operations have been permormed in 17 of the 21 hearing cases. The other 4 may never be performed. The provision for hearings before the Eugenics Board has thus protected the rights of individuals and has enabled 81% of the cases so handled to secure an operation. From Table 14 it will be noted that 199 of the persons sterilized this biennium had no children. Prior to the sterilization of the remaining 269 persons, they had given birth to 873 children. It is not known to what extent mental defects and psychotic conditions are inherited. The case histories of these people, however, show that many of these children are being reared in very un-
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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 | 1948-1950 |
Identifier | NCHH-08-008 |
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 | 8 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-08/nchh-08-008.pdf |
Document Sort | all; nchh-08 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-08-008 |
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 13 (image) |
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 | 1948-1950 |
Identifier | NCHH-08-008-0017 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; all images; chart/table; 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 | biennialreporteug08nort_0017.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 | 8 |
Page Number | 13 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | The Eugenics Board of North Carolina 13 11. Illness in family delayed surgery 2 12. Moved out of state________________________________________________________1 13. Hospital overcrowded, unable to secure bed 1 14. Moved, unable to locate______________________________________1 15. Postponed for observation in boarding home 1 16. Unknown____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1 Total________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________107 Excluding the operations which have not yet been performed because of very valid reasons: lack of time, awaiting termination of pregnancy, physical or mental condition prevented surgery, deceased, moved out of state, and unable to locate, this leaves 37 authorized operations or 6.8% not performed. A few of these will doubtless still be performed. Through skillful case work services, and by help in interpretation from physicians, relatives and others, a few more persons will doubtless eventually seek this protection. No attempts have ever been made to force persons to have the operation against their wishes. Of the 543 operations authorized by the Board, written consents for the operations were filed by the patients and/or the next of kin in 522 cases. In most of the remaining 21 cases, hearings w’ere held before the Eugenics Board in order to clear a legal requirement. For example, consent of the husband is necessary before the operation upon a wife can be authorized without a hearing, even if the couple is separated. When separated, the spouse often hesitates to sign a legal document, even if it is desired by the other party. The Eugenics Board can act in nonconsent cases after notices of hearing have been served by the sheriff and ample opportunity has been provided for everyone concerned to appear in person before the Board or submit written testimony. Operations have been permormed in 17 of the 21 hearing cases. The other 4 may never be performed. The provision for hearings before the Eugenics Board has thus protected the rights of individuals and has enabled 81% of the cases so handled to secure an operation. From Table 14 it will be noted that 199 of the persons sterilized this biennium had no children. Prior to the sterilization of the remaining 269 persons, they had given birth to 873 children. It is not known to what extent mental defects and psychotic conditions are inherited. The case histories of these people, however, show that many of these children are being reared in very un- |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-08/nchh-08-008.pdf |
Document Sort | all; nchh-08 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-08-008 |
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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