Voluntary Sterilisation Committee

MS5074-5075

1934 - 1947, most entries dates 1934 - 1939

Minutes, papers, reports, correspondence relating to creation of sterilisation programmes. A 1934 parliamentary report (the Brock Report) by the Departmental Committee on Sterilisation had called for the 'voluntary' sterilisation of people with learning disabilities, learning difficulties, and mental health conditions, as well as people considered 'unfit for parenthood.'

2 folders

English

series

11/2ND/ST/R37/B10/sh3

Institutional records closed for 20 years after creation. Open access after 20 years