Youth and the race : the development and education of young citizens for worthy parenthood / being the fourth report of and the chief evidence taken by the National Birth-rate Commission, 1920-1923 ; Sir James Marchant, secretary.

  • Great Britain. National Birth-rate Commission.
Date:
1923
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Credit: Youth and the race : the development and education of young citizens for worthy parenthood / being the fourth report of and the chief evidence taken by the National Birth-rate Commission, 1920-1923 ; Sir James Marchant, secretary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Commission in consultation with the National Council decided, with the exception of hearing the evidence of Mr. Charles E. Pell, author of ‘“‘ The Law of Births and Deaths,’’ to defer the consideration of the Sociological, Religious, Statistical, and International questions ; and they remain over for future inquiry. The present inquiry, with the above exception, is confined to paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of Section I. of the Terms of Reference. The Commission began its labours on Friday, Ist October, 1920, and has held many sittings to hear wit- nesses, in addition to numerous Committee meetings to consider the evidence taken, and to draft the Report. There has been throughout a good average attendance of the members, a number of whom came from long distances to attend the meetings, and all of whom have been unremitting in their labour, notwithstanding other pressing claims upon their time. The Lord Bishop of Birmingham presided over the Commission, and the Rev. Principal A. E. Garvie, D.D., over the deliberations of the Committee, and the latter drafted its report. Mrs. Clay, Miss Michelmore, Dr. Saleeby, and Dr. Bond took an active part in drafting memoranda for discussion. It is by the unreserved desire of the whole Commission that we express warm- est thanks to these members for their very valuable services, and to every member of the Commission, all of whom have taken great pains to discover the facts and to come to sound conclusions on a pressing and difficult problem. As before, we have been fortunate in securing wit- nesses of competence and authority, representing Psycho- logy, Education, and Medicine, most of whom voluntarily offered their services, and all of whom have shown keen anxiety to assist the enquiry in every way. A list of these witnesses appears on page xix and the sub- stance of their evidence, together with relevant questions