on throughout the Dominion concerned
with the welfare of children, upon the harmful effect of moving-picture
shows as at present conducted. The Committee sympathizes with proposals
for reform along the following lines:--

(1.) Stricter censorship, not only of films, but of picture
posters, handbills, and advertisements.

(2.) Regulations as to the age of admission for children when
unaccompanied by a responsible adult, and to such pictures as
are not pronounced by the Censor as suitable for children.

(3.) Proper safeguards for the morals of children and young
persons within picture-theatres, including adequate
supervision of the premises.

The Committee desire it to be clearly understood that in this report
they have not particularly dealt with mental disabilities resulting from
diseases such as syphilis, or toxic influences such as alcohol, drugs,
&c. These questions have already been covered to some extent by the
Report of the Venereal Diseases Committee, and in any case would involve
too wide a field of investigation for the present inquiry.

An authoritative summary taken from this year's report of the Director
of the Division of School Hygiene is quoted in the Appendix as pointing
out most of the faults and mistakes in environment and upbringing to
which reference has been made, and because it draws special and
much-needed attention to the injurious effects of overwork and excessive
competition and the need for more sleep and rest.

We would merely add to this very clear, practical statement that
encouragement of excessive competition, inside or outside the school,
for any purpose whatsoever, is costly and damaging to the whole being,
and that, in the opinion of the Committee, nothing needs to be impressed
more strongly on parents and school-teachers than Froebel's injunction,
"Give space and time and rest."

SECTION 3.--ILLUSTRATIVE CASES OF HEREDITARY DEGENERACY.

_The Juke Family._

To show the close relationship existing between the criminal and the
psychopath the record of the so-called Juke family in America was
compiled by R. L. Dugdale.

The descendants of one morbid couple were traced through five
generations. Whilst a small proportion were honest workers, the great
majority were paupers, criminals, and prostitutes.

Of 540 Jukes practically one-fifth were born out of wedlock, 37 were
known to be syphilitic, 53 had been in poorhouses, 76 had been sentenced
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