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Biennial Report of The Eugenics Board of North Carolina to be equally as beneficial in the cases of men who meet the criteria established by law as among women. However, the institutional operations account for a large proportion of the operations upon men; 65.6 per cent of the operations upon men originated in State institutions, while only 32.9 per cent of the operations performed upon women originated there. Operations for asexualization are rarely ordered by the Eugenics Board. Only three were performed during the biennium —one castration and two ovariectomies. Two hundred twenty-six operations performed were for patients of State institutions: 110 at the State Hospital at Morganton, 90 at Caswell Training School, 18 at the State Hospital at Goldsboro, and 8 at the State Hospital at Raleigh. There were none for patients at the State Hospital at Butner. The remaining 330 persons having the operations were non-institutional; petitions for their operations originated in county departments of public welfare. The 397 non-institutional operations authorized resulted from petitions received from 82 of the 100 counties of the State. The 330 non-institutional operations were performed for 75 different counties. Counties with the highest numbers of non-institutional operations performed during the biennium were Mecklenburg — 29 operations, Moore- 18, Anson—16, Pitt— 11, and Franklin—10. Of the 556 persons having the operations, 357 were white, 198 Negro, and one Indian. This distribution corresponds closely to the distribution of the entire North Carolina population according to race. The majority of the persons sterilized were adolescents or young adults: 72 per cent were under 30 years of age, and 38.5 per cent were under 20. The operations for sterilization were performed because of the following conditions: 427, or 76.8 per cent, because of feeble-mindedness; 125, or 22.5 per cent, because of mental disease; and 4, or 0.7 per cent, because of epilepsy. Nearly two-thirds (65.8 per cent) of the persons sterilized were single. Another 25.2 per cent were married, and 9.0 per cent were widowed, divorced, or separated from their spouses. Nearly one-half of the 556 persons having the operations (272 persons) had already had children prior to the operations. Sixty-four had had five children or more. The 272 persons were the parents of 875 children; 204 of these children were reported to have been born out of wedlock. These data emphasize the need for continuing an increased effort to plan the indicated sterilizations early in the lives of the recipients.
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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 | 1954-1956 |
Identifier | NCHH-08-011 |
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 | 11 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-08/nchh-08-011.pdf |
Document Sort | all; nchh-08 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-08-011 |
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 9 |
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 | 1954-1956 |
Identifier | NCHH-08-011-0013 |
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 | biennialreporteug11nort_0013.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 | 11 |
Page Number | 9 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | Biennial Report of The Eugenics Board of North Carolina to be equally as beneficial in the cases of men who meet the criteria established by law as among women. However, the institutional operations account for a large proportion of the operations upon men; 65.6 per cent of the operations upon men originated in State institutions, while only 32.9 per cent of the operations performed upon women originated there. Operations for asexualization are rarely ordered by the Eugenics Board. Only three were performed during the biennium —one castration and two ovariectomies. Two hundred twenty-six operations performed were for patients of State institutions: 110 at the State Hospital at Morganton, 90 at Caswell Training School, 18 at the State Hospital at Goldsboro, and 8 at the State Hospital at Raleigh. There were none for patients at the State Hospital at Butner. The remaining 330 persons having the operations were non-institutional; petitions for their operations originated in county departments of public welfare. The 397 non-institutional operations authorized resulted from petitions received from 82 of the 100 counties of the State. The 330 non-institutional operations were performed for 75 different counties. Counties with the highest numbers of non-institutional operations performed during the biennium were Mecklenburg — 29 operations, Moore- 18, Anson—16, Pitt— 11, and Franklin—10. Of the 556 persons having the operations, 357 were white, 198 Negro, and one Indian. This distribution corresponds closely to the distribution of the entire North Carolina population according to race. The majority of the persons sterilized were adolescents or young adults: 72 per cent were under 30 years of age, and 38.5 per cent were under 20. The operations for sterilization were performed because of the following conditions: 427, or 76.8 per cent, because of feeble-mindedness; 125, or 22.5 per cent, because of mental disease; and 4, or 0.7 per cent, because of epilepsy. Nearly two-thirds (65.8 per cent) of the persons sterilized were single. Another 25.2 per cent were married, and 9.0 per cent were widowed, divorced, or separated from their spouses. Nearly one-half of the 556 persons having the operations (272 persons) had already had children prior to the operations. Sixty-four had had five children or more. The 272 persons were the parents of 875 children; 204 of these children were reported to have been born out of wedlock. These data emphasize the need for continuing an increased effort to plan the indicated sterilizations early in the lives of the recipients. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-08/nchh-08-011.pdf |
Document Sort | all; nchh-08 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-08-011 |
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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