Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress: University of London, July, 1912International Eugenics Congress (1st : 1912 : London)
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Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress: University of London, July, 1912
International Eugenics Congress (1st : 1912 : London)
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"The total work of settlement is almost exclusively effected by the
Commission for settlements and the General Commission."
"Counting five members to each family, 130,000 people have been brought
into economically improved conditions. In how far this may benefit
the second generation--the children of the settlers--cannot as yet be
determined."
"These efforts, however, may be looked upon as a regenerative component
among the measures for the improvement of the people."
[Sidenote: C 26 & 27]
Figure C 26 deals with the +fitness for military service in Germany
in relation to the locality of birth+ and the +occupation+
of the individual or the parents. Table C 27 with +fitness for
military service in town and country+ (both after Wellmann).
[Illustration:
Fitness for Military Service according to Place of Birth and Calling.
German Empire, 1902-08.
Percentage of Recruits examined and found fit:
Country born. City born.
Employed in Employed in
Agriculture. Otherwise. Agriculture. Otherwise.
% 60.5 50.5 58.7 59.7 58.3 57.2 59.3 57.9 56.5 53.8 51.3 49.7
Years 1902 1904 1907 1902 1904 1907 1902 1904 1907 1902 1904 1907
-03 -06 -08 -03 -06 -08 -03 -06 -08 -03 -06 -08
Figure C 26.]
[Illustration:
Fitness for Military Service in Town and Country. (After Wellmann.)
Locality of Birth.
Trade. Percentage Of those examined. Of both parents.
of fit.
Large city. Village. Large city. Village.
% % % %
Brewer ... 63.4 3.0 55.3 3.0 55.3
Cab Driver 63.3 3.2 69.0 1.6 69.8
Smith 61.2 1.9 71.0 1.2 75.7
Skilled Mechanic 29.7 44.4 10.9 30.9 30.0
Implement maker or
Tool maker ... 28.5 36.3 15.9 24.8 28.3
Figure C 27.]
[Sidenote: C 28]
+Enlistments into the Army+ in Germany in 1907 and 1908, +according
to size+ (number of inhabitants) +of native place+, are shown by Dr.
Walter Abelsdorff in Figure C 28.
[Sidenote: C 29]
Figure C 29 shows +the percentage of those found fit in the final
examination in Bavaria+ and +occupation of the parents+.
[Sidenote: C 30]
Table C 30 shows the total of all the +non-commissioned officers and
privates in the German Army+ on December 1st, 1906, +classed
according as they came from town or country+ and +according to
the occupation or the parents+.
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