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| Preface | v |
| GENERAL PART |
| CHAPTER I |
| CERTAIN POPULATION PROBLEMS |
| Child-Protection and the Population Question—Fertility of the Lower Classes—The Tendency of Evolution | 1 |
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| CHAPTER II |
| STATISTICAL PROBLEMS OF POPULATION |
| Miscarriages, Premature Births, and Still-Births—Mortality—The Productive Age and the Unproductive Age—Classification of the Population according to Age—The Excess of Women—Marriage—Illegitimate Sexual Relations | 11 |
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| CHAPTER III |
| CHILD MORTALITY |
| Statistical Data—Certain Contributory Causes—The Chief Causes of Infant Mortality—The Great Number of Children—Child Mortality in the Towns—The Effect of Housing Conditions—The Effect of Age—Time of Birth, Seasons, and Meteorological Conditions | 17 |
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| CHAPTER IV |
| THE QUALITY OF THE POPULATION; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION (EUGENICS) AND EDUCATION |
| Natural Selection and Artificial Selection—The Interests of the Future Generation—Inheritance and Education—Nature of Education—Character of the Child—Limits of Educability—The Aim of Education—Good Example—Confidence and Love—Reward and Punishment—Education by the Parents—Education in different Social Classes—Parents, School, Environment—The Tendency of Evolution | 25 |
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| CHAPTER V |
| PROS AND CONS OF CHILD-PROTECTION |
| Introductory—Objections to Child-Protection—Objections to the Care of Foundlings—Darwinism versus Poor-Relief—Darwinism versus Child-Protection—The Right View—Socialism versus Poor-Relief—Socialism versus Child-Protection—The Right View | 42 |
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| CHAPTER VI |
| THE EXECUTIVE INSTRUMENTS OF CHILD-PROTECTION |
| Introductory—Local Governing Bodies—The Community at large—The Central Government—A Unified System of Laws for Child-Protection—A Centralised Authority for Child-Protection—Private and Official Activities—The Medical Profession—Women | 58 |
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| SPECIAL PART |
| A.—Department of Civil Law and Individual Rights |
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| CHAPTER I |
| MARRIAGE AND PARENTAL AUTHORITY |
| Introductory—Parental Authority and Marriage—History of Marriage—Child-Protection and the Family—Maternal Authority—Fiduciary Character of Parental Authority—The Elementary Principles of State Interference with Parental Authority (the State as “Over-Parent”) | 71 |
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| CHAPTER II |
| MARRIAGE AND HEREDITY |
| Heredity in General—Inheritance of Diseases—Individual Diseases—The Age of the Parents—The Marriage of Near Kin—Disease in the Parents from the Legal Standpoint—Divorce—Marriage-Prohibitions in Past Times—Proposed Reforms—Objections—The Right View—How to Effect Reforms—The Tendency of Evolution | 77 |
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| CHAPTER III |
| THE PROTECTION OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN |
| The Legal Position of the Illegitimate Child—Reasons for these Legal Disabilities—Advantages and Disadvantages of Illegitimate Birth—Abortion, Premature Birth, Still-Birth—Childbirth in Unmarried Mothers—Causes of the Great Mortality of Illegitimate Children—Criminality in the Illegitimate—Illegitimacy and Prostitution—Occupation in Relation to Illegitimacy—The Different Classes of the Illegitimate—Illegitimacy and Child-Protection—The Tendency of Evolution—A Radical Reform | 90 |
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| CHAPTER IV |
| LIMITED POWERS OF MINORS, AND GUARDIANSHIP |
| Limited Powers of Minors—The Tendency of Evolution—Nature of Guardianship—Guardianship of Poor Children—Guardianship of Illegitimate Children—The Defects of Individual Guardianship—Nature of Official and Institutional Guardianship—Advantages of Official and Institutional Guardianship—Objections to Collective and Institutional Guardianship—These Objections Answered—The Tendency of Evolution—Certain Civil Laws which are of Importance in Relation to Child-Protection | 106 |
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| B.—Department of Local Administrative Activity |
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| CHAPTER I |
| CHILD-PROTECTION BEFORE, DURING, AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER BIRTH |
| Introductory—Before Birth—During Birth—After Birth—The Insurance of Motherhood—The Tendency of Evolution | 118 |
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| CHAPTER II |
| INFANT-LIFE PROTECTION |
| Introductory—Advantages of the Natural Feeding of Infants—History of Artificial Feeding—Causes of the Failure to Suckle—Wet-Nurses—Cow’s Milk—Other Methods of Artificial Feeding—Institutional Care of Infants—The CrÈche—Proposed Reforms—Radical Solution of the Problem | 125 |
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| CHAPTER III |
| THE CARE OF FOUNDLINGS, WET-NURSING, AND BABY-FARMING |
Terminology—History of the Care of ERRATUM Page 65, line 6, for “wet-nurses” read “midwives.”
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