Eugenics Society Members List - Ho-Hz.

Source of members names: From 1930 until 1990 members' names were published in the Society journal as they joined or became fellows. These sources are shown as a journal abbreviation followed by the year in which the person entered the Society, e.g., ER 1942. (ER = Eugenics Review; Bulletin of the Eugenics Society; B&S = Biology and Society). The Eugenics Review at times listed all the officers and members of the council. These sources are also shown as a journal abbreviation followed by a date. The Society is a corporation and its directors are listed in its annual reports deposited in Company House (CH). In 1937 the Society published a list of members in its Annual Report (ESAR 1937). In 1957 the Society published a list of members in the Eugenics Review (ER 1957). A list of members compiled in 1977 was deposited in the Welcome Archives (1977 list). Deaths of members were sometimes noted in obituaries in the Society journals (Obit + journal abbreviation and date). Other sources are as specified.

Hobhouse, Mr. John R.

Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ER 1937

Glebe Court, West Monckton, Taunton, Somerset
Eugenics Society Fellow 1957
Source: ER 1957

Oakby Lodge, 9 Upper Cheyne Row, London SW3, 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

20 St. Giles, Oxford 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

Eugenics Society Fellow 1961
Source: ER 1961-62

Ealing, London
Eugenics Society Eugenics Review (Editor) Member 1977
Personal: editor, Eugenics Review 1960
Source: 1977 list

443 Fulham Rd., London SW10, 1937
Eugenics Society General Secretary 1920-31 Council 1933 Life Fellow 1937 Editor, Eugenics Review
Personal: Cora Brookings Sanders; daughter of Mary Louise Day; did research under E.B. Poulton q.v.; married Dr. Fred Hodson 1910 (d. 1918)
Pubns:
Human Sterilisation Today. 1934; "International Federation of Eugenic Organisations; A Survey of the Zurich Conference", ER 1934-35, p. 220
Source: ER 1933, ESAR 1937, ER Vol. 60, ASP's Hist p. 157, Obit, ER 1953 July, p. 79
Background:
Post War Denial of Eugenic Society Support for Nazis: "...the adoption by Adolf Hitler of a programme of 'race purification' based on superficial and perverted derivatives from the naive concepts of the early eugenic enthusiasts..." from "Eugenics" by Robert C. Cooke of the American Eugenic Society in ER 1963; reprinted from Encyclopedia of Social Behaviour. (ed. Albert Ellis)
Pre War Support for Nazis:
1934 "the protagonists of the new eugenic era in Germany appear to hold a middle course..." from "International Federation of Eugenic Organisations; A Survey of the Zurich Conference", article by Mrs. Hodson, ER 1934-35, p. 220
1936 "... much interest focused at this meeting on the eugenic plans of the new Germany. The President of the Federation has been a chief adviser to the government ... Dr. Ruedin (sic. This is Dr. Rudin who trained Mengele, Eliot Slater q.v. and F.J. Kallmann q.v., ed. note) ... Questions sought to establish regimentation as a controlling factor only to be told that in effect individual tastes and popular feeling were given wide scope under the present experiments." (from International Federation of Eugenic Organisations 1936 Conference Report by CBS Hodson, ER Oct 1936, p. 217, 218)
Antisemitism and Racism:
in the German exhibit of 1934: ... "there is comparatively little about the Jews, and the point stressed is that alien races are all right in them selves and provided they keep to themselves, but that they must not be allowed to 'poison good German blood' ... (the exhibit also covered)... "the problem of the 600 black bastards on the Rhine" (ER 1934, p. 164 by CBS Hodson)
Antidemocratic:
" I fear some of us will have to stoop to a good deal that is vulgar if we are really to get Eugenics home to the masses, but very possibly they do not matter" (from a letter to Wing Commander James q.v.)

48 The Ropewalk, Nottingham 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

97 Harley St., London
Eugenics Society Member 1933, 1937 V.P. 1944-45 Hon. Fellow 1957
Pres., Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1944-45
Personal: MD London 1907; FRCOG 1929; 1937 address: 8 Queen Anne St, Cavendish Square, London W1, 1937; Royal Comm. on Population (Biological and Medical Cttee); Pres., 12th British Congress Ob-Gyn 1949; Examiner in Gynecology in many Universities; Chichester, Sussex 1957
Pubns:
British obstetric and gynaecological practice. 1955 (ed.) w/ Aleck Bourne, (2nd. ed. 1959, 3rd 1963); A Manual of Obstetrics. (6th edn. 1925; 9th edn. 1948 by Alan Brews q.v. called Eden and Holland's Manual of Obstetrics, 13th edn. 1969, last edition 1980)
Source: ER 1933, 1944-45, 1957, ESAR 1937, CH, WWW
Quotes:
Corruption of Medicine into Stock Breeding:
"Those who are directly interested in the maternity service of this country should be eugenically minded ... It will be necessary to eliminate the breeding of mental defectives, epileptics, deaf mutes and other undesirable citizens ..." Eardley Holland speaking at the National Conference on Maternity and Child Welfare reported in ER Oct 1943, p. 85
Background:
Eugenic Infiltration:
Obstetrics and Gynecology is "held by Mr. Holland to include all aspects, qualitative and quantitative, of the reproductive processes of the nation ... these subjects (Ob-Gyn) have much ground in common with eugenics and demography. We may feel sure that Mr. Eardley Holland's appointment will open up new fields of activity for the Society." ER Vol. 35-36, p. 59, 1943-45

38 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7, 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1934, 1937
Source: ER 1934, ESAR 1937

Eugenics Society Member 1959
Source: ER 1959

Hatfield, Longdown, Exeter 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

Eugenics Society Member 1947
Source: ER 1947

Eugenics Society Member 1949
Source: ER 1949

Eugenics Society Member 1981
Source: Bulletin of the Eugenic Society 1982

Christchurch, Hants
Eugenics Society Fellow 1966, 1977
Source: ER 1966, 1977 list

The Horticultural College, Swanley, Kent 1937
Eugenics Society Life Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

Eugenics Society Member 1984
Personal: Diploma in Child Health
Pubns:
Child Development: Diagnosis and Assessment. 1991; Basic Concept of Inborn Errors and Defects of Steroid Biosynthesis. (ed.) 1966, Edinburgh
Source: B&S 1985

Eugenics Society Member 1948
Source: ER 1948

Shamley Green, Surrey 1957
Eugenics Society Member 1926 Council 1931 Life Fellow 1937, 1957
Personal: Eton College, Windsor 1937
Source: Articles of Association 1926, ER 1931, 1957, ESAR 1937

Dept. of Economics, Cardiff University, Cardiff
Eugenics Society Member 1943-44 Fellow 1957, 1977
Minister of Overseas Development 1966-67
Personal: b. 7 Dec 1914; Royal Comm. on Population 1945-48; Dir., National Institute of Economic and Social Research 1952-57; Mem., Commonwealth Develt. Corp. 1972-74; Prof. of Economics, Univ. of Cardiff 1972-82
Source: ER 1943-44, 1957, 1977 list, WSW 1990

Psychological Laboratory, University College, University of London 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1932, 1937, 1957, 1977
Personal: American; psychiatrist; studied in London; 1957 address: 1375 Oak Knoll Ave., Pasadena, California, USA
Source: ER 1932, 1957, 1977 list, ESAR 1937, Rebel with a Cause. by H.J. Eysenck

Eugenics Society Member 1959
Source: ER 1959

141 Harley St. London 1937
Eugenics Society Council 1924 V.P. 1932 Fellow 1937 President 1935-44 Hon. Pres. 1944-49
President of the Eugenics Society during World War II ("Hon. Pres" means "unpaid Pres." in England); Extra-Physician to HM the Queen Elizabeth II 1952-55 (Physician to Prince of Wales 1923-36, King Edward VIII 1936, King George VI 1936-49, Extra Physician King George VI 1949-52)
Personal: Chmn., Joint Cttee on Voluntary Sterilization 1934 (Lord Dawson of Penn q.v., a member); President, Family Planning Association (which was then National Birth Control Council); Chmn., Family Relations Group; b. 1871; d. 1955; opposed NHS; Cons. Physician to Ministries of Pensions, Food and Labor
Pubns:
Editorial Cttee, Annals of Eugenics; "Eugenic Policy", Galton Lecture 1940; the Galton Lecture 1941 was replaced by an informal discussion "Eugenics in Wartime" opened by Lord Horder
Source: ER 1932, ESAR 1937, Vol. 60 ASP's Hist p. 159, Annals of Eugenics, CH; see also, The Little Genius. by M. Horder 1966 London, a biography by his son; Debretts 1990

St. Ann's, Sunningdale, Berks 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1933, 1937
Personal: Barrister 1937
Source: ER 1933, ESAR 1937

Eugenics Society Member 1958
Source: ER 1958

Eugenics Society Fellow 1958
Source: ER 1958

10 York House, Church St., Kensington, London W8, 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

Eugenics Society Member 1932
Source: ER 1932

Bletchingley, Surrey
Eugenics Society Member 1952, 1957 V.P. 1966, 1969 Fellow 1977
International Planned Parenthood Federation (Secretary, International Planned Parenthood Committee 1953, First General Secretary, International Planned Parenthood Federation 1953); m. to Lord Houghton, ex Chairman of the Labour Party (1968-74)
Personal: 69 Ecclestone Sq. address 1957; received Cedric Carter Memorial Medal from Eugenics Society 1989; Family Planning Association (National Council 1968, Vice President, 1981-1988); Abortion Law Reform Association, Executive Cttee 1967 (V.P. of the Eugenics Society during period of the passage of the Act); Birth Control Campaign, Vice President; Member: Pro Choice Alliance; Population Concern (Campaign Committee, Representative to FPA 1979 on Pop Con)
m. Lord Houghton
(Lord Houghton; Honorary Associate of the Rationalist Press Association 1986-88; head of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation 1922-60; MP (Lab) for Sowerby in Yorks 1949-1974; Chmn., Parliamentary Labour Party 1967-70, Nov. 1970-74; Chmn., British Parliamentary Group on Population and Development 1978-84; V.P., Family Planning Association, 1981-88; Cttee for Reform of Animal Experimentation 1977-; V.P., RSPCA 1978-82; Member, Brightman Cttee which amended the Embryo Bill to allow abortion up to birth in the case of handicap.)
Source: ER 1952, 1957, 1966; 1977 list; WSW 1990; CH; Around the World News of Population and Birth Control, March 195 X; see George Cadbury q.v. of the Canadian NDP party for another instance of a link between the Eugenic Society, the International Planned Parenthood Federation and a political party.
Quotes:
Attitude toward Catholicism of Lord Houghton:
"Of the 48 members of your Lordships' House who voted to delay the (Embryo) Bill and wreck its progress, 57 percent were claimed by the Catholic Directory as adherents to the Catholic Church. I say that without bias and without recrimination. I am just as impartial as the BBC! It is noteworthy to see where the inspiration on this issue constantly comes from." said by Lord Houghton of the Rationalist Press Association, Hansard. p. 1065-66, Embryo Bill, 18 Oct. 1990 [similarly one might say that it is noteworthy to see where the inspiration on such subjects as abortion and contraception constantly comes from, namely, the eugenics societies.]

Cytogenetics Unit, Dept. of Microbiology, University College, Galway, Ireland
Eugenics Society Fellow 1977
Source: 1977 list

34 Sloane Court West, London
Eugenics Society Fellow 1948, 1957
Source: ER 1948, 1957

Hospital for Sick Children, London
Eugenics Society Life Fellow 1956, 1957
ex- adviser in Parentcraft to Ministry of Health, 1958
Personal: MB 1925; MD 1933; Chmn., Parentcraft Teaching Subcommittee, National Associa tion for Maternal and Child Welfare; Hon. Medical Advisor, Save the Children; Mem., Central Executive Commission, National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; Res. Obstetric Officer, Guys Hosp. 1958; Basingstoke, Hants 1957
Pubns:
The Art of Mothercraft. 3 vol. 1939; The Teaching of Parentcraft. 1951; Prevention of Cruelty to Children. 1955
Source: ER 1956, 1957, Medical Directory 1958
Background:
"...bringing all matters pertaining to parenthood under the influence of Eugenic ideals..." Objects of Eugenic Society, 1926, Memo of Association

Harrow, Middlesex
Eugenics Society Member 1947, 1957
Personal: MB, BS 1927
Source: ER 1947, 1957, Medical Directory 1958

38 Hogarth Hill, London NW11, 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1927, 1937 Life Fellow 1950
Personal: In 1929 she founded the Birth Control Information Center, Parliament Mansions, Westminster (Margaret Sanger q.v., Pres.; E. How Martyn, Hon. Sec. 1930-36); travelled w/ Margaret Sanger; went to Australia in 1940, during WWII; died in Sidney 1953
Source: ER 1932; ESAR 1937; Obit ER 1954-55, p. 15 by Frida Laski q.v.
Background:
Influence: "The International Center was a hive of people from all over the world, particularly the Commonwealth and Far East ... J. Nehru came to one of our weekly lunches." from Obit ER 1954-56 by Frida Laski q.v.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Eugenics Society Member 1977
Source: 1977 list

Nassau, New York, USA
Eugenics Society Member 1965, 1977
Source: ER 1965, 1977 list

Golders Green, London
Eugenics Society Fellow 1957, 1977 Council 1960, 1989
Chairman, Simon Population Trust since 1983 (Dilys Cossey, Brook Advisory Service and Director and former President of the Family Planning Association also on Simon Population Trust); see Simon of Wythenshawe q.v. Personal: b. 2 March 1916; s. Francis William and Eva Hubback (of the Eugenics Society); Under Secretary of the Treasury 1962-68 (when Abortion Act passed)
Pubns:
Population Trends in Great Britain: their policy implications. 1983; Time and the Valley: the past, present and future of the Upper Ogwen Valley. 1987
Source: ER 1957, 1960, WSW 1990, 1977 list, CH

Eugenics Society Member 1929 Council 1937-39, 1946 V.P. 1939, 1948
Holocaust Betrayer - supported immigration exclusion policies after World War II, policies similar to those of Harry Laughlin, see The Population of Great Britain. by E. Hubback
Personal: Population Policies Cttee 1938-39; Family Planning Association; Chmn. Family Endowment Society after Eleanor Rathbone (one of the founders of the Endowment); Principal, Morley College 1939; Member of Society Council during period of IFEO support for Nazi policies and silent about this support during post war period Pubns:
The Population of Britain.; Education in Citizenship. w/ Simon of Wythenshawe q.v.; jt. ed., University Quarterly
Source: ER 1933, 1946, 1937-40, 1942-43, WWW, CH
Quotes:
"I would like to acknowledge my indebtedness to W.A.B. Hopkins, F. Lafitte, Dr. McCleary, R.M. Titmuss, the Reports of ... P.E.P. (Political and Economic Planning) ... Much help was also given in criticising typescripts or proofs by Dr. Douglas, Dr. Isaacs, Dr. McCleary, Miss Neville, Lord Simon of Wythenshawe", from The Population of Britain, Preface, p. 70
Britain's "standards of value ... are of such fundamental importance to the world that it is highly desirable that her present considerable share of influence should at least be maintained, if not increased ... To fall much below the present level of population in this country would inevitably relegate us to the category of small nations and serious ly reduce our influence ... small countries can now exist only if permitted to do so by the larger ones ... A greatly reduced population is a fate that no people of spirit who love their country can contemplate with equanimity ... The ordinary parent must come to realise that the number of children he has is not onlyhis own affair but the affair of the community as well ... Education both for citizenship and family living must play a larger part than at present in our schools and colleges ... [If Britain's birth rate falls and the colonies are supposed to make up the deficit then] It will ... be necessary for the Dominions ... especially Australia, to adopt policies similar to those I have outlined ... India, on the other hand must aim at a decreasing birth rate", from The Population of Britain, p. 217, 276
Background:
Purpose of the book, The Population of Great Britain:
"Of all the questions which face Britain's government and citizens ... none is more fundamental than that of the future of the British people as regards both their numbers and their quality. Population trends are intimately bound up with most of the economic, social and political issues of the day, such as the function of the family ... the preservation of standards of living ... What classes of the population should be encouraged to have larger families ... other countries' population problems, especially those of Europe and the British Dominions, are also discussed, and the problem of migration considered"

19 Wellgarth Rd., Golders Green, London NW11, 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

Curdridge, Southampton
Eugenics Society Member 1948, 1957, 1977
Personal: 1957 address: Sidcup, Kent
Source: ER 1948, 1957, 1977 list

12 Oakley St., Chelsea, London SW3, 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1934, 1937
Source: ER 1934, ESAR 1937

The Rectory, Holmbury, St. Mary, Dorking 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1932, 1937
Source: ER 1932, ESAR 1937

Stokesley, Cleveland
Eugenics Society Member 1977
Source: 1977 list

Eugenics Society Member 1932, 1937
Personal: Imperial Bureau of Plant Genetics, Cambridge, 1937
Source: ER 1932, ESAR 1937

Institute of Child Health, London
Eugenics Society Fellow 1964, 1977
Source: ER 1964, 1977 list

107 Harley St., London
Eugenics Society Fellow 1977
Source: 1977 list

Univ. of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Eugenics Society Fellow 1957
Source: ER 1957

Eugenics Society Fellow 1958
Source: ER 1958

Golders Green, London
Eugenics Society Member 1939 Fellow 1957
Source: ER 1939, 1957

Birmingham
Eugenics Society Council 1916
Source: ER 1916

61 Newhall St., Birmingham 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

Eugenics Society Fellow 1935, 1937
Personal: Justice of the Peace; The Proportional Representation Society, 82 Victoria St., Westminster, London SW1, 1937
Source: ER 1935, ESAR 1937

St. Briavels, Lydney, Gloucestershire
Eugenics Society Member 1977
Personal: MB, BS London 1944; DPH Bristol 1947; ex Div. Medical Officer of Health, Glos. CC (Forest of Dean area); Medical Officer of Health, W. Glos. United Districts 1958; Member, Faculty of Community Medicine
Source: 1977 list, Medical Directory 1958, 78

Eugenics Society Member 1942
Source: ER 1942

c/o Messers. Rawlinson & Hunter, Aldwych House, London WC2, 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ER 1937, ESAR 1937

Eugenics Society Member 1983
Personal: Master in Education
Source: B&S 1984

Dept. of Pathology, Memorial University, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
Eugenics Society Fellow 1967, 1977
Source: ER 1966-67; 1977 list

c/o United Nations Development Program, (UNDP), Mbabane, Swaziland
Eugenics Society Member 1977
Source: 1977 list

London
Eugenics Society Member 1949, 1957
Personal: Fellow, Royal Statistical Society; Fellow, Royal Economic Society
Source: ER 1949, 1957

Farnham, Surrey
Eugenics Society Fellow 1963, 1977
Personal: nee Browne; MB, ChB 1934; former Visiting Consultant, Youth Advisory and Psychosexual Clinics, Health Service, University of Surrey; Senior Gynecological House Surgeon, Edinburgh Hosp. for Women and Children
Source: ER 1963, 1977 list, Medical Directory 1985

Eugenics Society Member 1926
Source: Articles of Association, 1926

50 Knighton Dr., Leicester 1937, 1938
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Personal: Member: Eugenics Research Association 1938
Source: ESAR 1937, ERA list 1938

Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1932, 1937 Council 1933, 1937-38
Source: ER 1932, 1933, 1937-38, ESAR 1937

The Lodge, Pembroke College, Cambridge 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

c/o University of Capetown, South Africa 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

London
Eugenics Society Fellow 1977
Source: 1977 list

Eugenics Society Fellow 1937 Council 1938-39, 1942-43
Personal: The Economist, 8 Bouverie St., London EC4, 1937
Source: ER 1937, 1942-43, ESAR 1937

Tubney, Abingdon, Berks
Eugenics Society Fellow 1957
Source: ER 1957

Hatfield School, Herts
Eugenics Society Fellow 1952, 1957, 1977 Council 1960
Personal: Headmaster, Hatfield School 1964
Pubns: surveyed fertility of Wykehamists for Eugenics Society
Source: ER 1952, 1957, 1977 list; Obit for C. Carter, Biology and Society; ER 1964, p. 4

Public Health Office, Brantford, Ont., Canada 1937, 1957
Eugenics Society Member 1934, 1937 Consultative Council 1957
Personal: Canadian eugenics society; offered homes in Canada during World War II to children of Eugenic Society members in order to preserve their valuable genes; v. important public health officer who made real contributions; d. 1960
Pubns:
A Brief for Sterilization of the Feebleminded. 1936
Source: ER 1934, ESAR 1957, ER 1957

31 Pond St., Hampstead, London NW3 1957
Eugenics Society Council 1931, 1932 V.P. 1937-44 Fellow 1937 President 1959-62
First Secretary General, UNESCO 1946-48; Founder, World Wildlife Fund
Personal: b. June 22, 1887; d. Feb 14, 1975; son of Leonard Huxley; Sec., Zoological Society of London, Zoological Park, Regents Park, London NW8, 1937; Sec., Sociological Society 1940; Euthanasia Society(Executive Cttee); Abortion Law Reform Association, Vice President, 1969-70
son of Leonard Huxley
(Leonard Huxley; son of T.H. Huxley, "Darwin's bulldog"; Executive Officer, Rationalist Press Association, 1906; Charles Darwin. 1921
4 sons of Leonard Huxley
1. Julian Huxley
2. Aldous
(Aldous Huxley; author of Brave New World, a book about the Eugenics Society) 3. Andrew Fielding Huxley
(Andrew Fielding Huxley; Nobel Prize, Physiology 1963; m. Jocelyn, daughter of Michael Pease (Fry Cocoa family) and Helen Wedgewood, daughter of 1st Baron Wedgewood thus allying Darwins and Huxleys by marriage; Master of Trinity College 1984-; Dept. of Physiology, University of Cambridge (1946-69); Jodrell Prof. 1960-69, University College London; Royal Society Research Prof., University of London 1969-83; Pres. of the Royal Society 1980-85; Reflections on Muscle. 1980; The Pursuit of Nature. 1977; see Sherrington)
4. George Leonard Huxley
(George Leonard Huxley; b. 1932; Mem., Exec. Cttee, Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association 1971-72; Prof. of Greek, Trinity College, Dublin)); see also Eckersley q.v.
For more information:
Brave New World. Aldous Huxley; Aldous Huxley: A Biography. Sybil Bedford, London 1987 and Aldous Huxley: a Biography. Guinever Anance 1988
Pubns:
The Individual in the Animal Kingdom. 1911; "Case for Eugenics" Sociol. Review, October, 1926, p. 279-90; "Biology and Human Life" Nature 11 D 844-6, 1926; wrote introduction to 1929 Encyclopedia Britannica article on evolution; Problems of Relative Growth. 1932; "Eugenics and Society", Galton Lecture 1936, ER, 1936, pp 11-31; If I Were a Dictator. 1939; The New Systematics. 1940; Evolution, the Modern Synthesis. 1942; Touchstone for Ethics. 1947; Evolution in Action. 1952; Evolution as a Process. 1954; "World Population", Scientific American, March 1956; "Eugenics in Evolutionary Perspective", Galton Lecture 1962; signer, Humanist Manifesto II 1973
Source: ER 1931-32, 1957, Vol. 60, ASP's Hist.; ESAR 1937, CH, WWW, DNB, Debretts 1988, WSW 1990
Quotes:
Humanists, Contraception and White Trash:
"By social problem group I mean the people, all too familiar to social workers in large cities, who seem to have ceased to care, and just carry on the business of bare existence in the midst of extreme poverty and squalor. All too frequently they have to be supported out of public funds, and become a burden to the community. Unfortunately they are not deterred by the conditions of existence from carrying on with the business of reproduction: and their mean family size is very high, much higher than the average for the whole country.
Intelligence and other tests have revealed that they have a very low average I.Q.; and the indications are that they are genetically subnormal in many other qualities, such as initiative, pertinacity, general exploratory urge and interest, energy, emotional intensity, and will power. In the main, their misery and improvidence is not their fault but their misfortune: our social system provides the soil on which they can grow and multiply, but with no prospects save poverty and squalor.
Here again, voluntary sterilization could be useful. But our best hope, I think, must lie in the perfection of new, simple and acceptable methods of birth control, whether by an oral contraceptive or perhaps preferably by immunological methods involving injections. Compulsory or semicompulsory vaccination, inoculation and isolation are used in respect of many public health risks: I see no reason why similar measures should not be used in respect of this grave problem, grave both for society and for the unfortunate people whose increase has been actually encouraged by our social system." from Essays of a Humanist., quoted in a review by A.E. Mirsky in Scientific American

London
Eugenics Society Member 1967, 1977
Source: ER 1967, 1977 list

117 Harley St., London
Eugenics Society Fellow 1958, 1977 Council 1960
Personal: MD Cambridge Univ. 1938; FCPath 1964; Reader in Medicine, Cambridge Univ.; Clinical Pathologist, Royal Northern Hosp.
Pubns:
Medical Bacteriology. (9th ed. 1968); "Dis. of the Blood" in Chamberlain's Textbook of Medicine. 1952
Source: ER 1958, 1960, 1977 list, Medical Directory 1958