Biological Aspects of Social Problems: A Symposium held by the Eugenics Society in October 1964

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Data Available for the Study of Fertility in Great Britain....Pages 3-12
Patterns and Trends in Recent British Population Developments....Pages 13-30
Recent Trends and Perspectives in World Population Growth....Pages 31-39
The Trend Towards Earlier Physical Maturation....Pages 40-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Social Mobility and Fertility....Pages 69-80
Education and Social Movement....Pages 81-91
Geneticism and Environmentalism....Pages 92-106
Conclusion....Pages 107-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Introduction....Pages 111-113
Medicine and Natural Selection in Man....Pages 114-134
Infectious Diseases as Selective Agents....Pages 135-151
Chromosomal Aberrations in Developmental Disease and Their Familial Transmission....Pages 152-163
Some Practical Applications....Pages 164-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Introduction....Pages 175-175
The Cost of Large Families and of Their Prevention, with Special Reference to Underdeveloped Countries....Pages 176-184
The Relative Acceptability of Contraceptive Methods Among Immigrants....Pages 185-190
Fertility Control for Problem Parents: A Five-Year Experiment in Newcastle Upon Tyne....Pages 191-198
The Acceptance by Problem Parents in Southampton of a Domiciliary Birth Control Service....Pages 199-204
The Future of Fertility Control....Pages 205-212
Conclusion....Pages 213-216
Back Matter....Pages 217-226