Passengers from Overseas, Medical Supervision of; "Prohibited
Immigrants," Definition of 22

Section 14.--=Summary of Findings and Recommendations= 23

PART III.--SEXUAL OFFENDERS.

Section 1.--=Scope and Origin of the Inquiry=: Prisons Board,
Resolution passed; Medical and Surgical Reports; Indeterminate
Sentence; Segregation 24

Section 2.--=Seriousness of the Evil=: Sexual Offenders, Numbers
serving Sentence; Government Statistician's Return of Persons
sentenced 25

Section 3.--=Types of Offences=: Sexual Offences; Various
Classes, with Comments on; Types found in Prisons; Inspector of
Prisons' Opinion; Sexual Perverts, Cure of 25

Section 4.--=Suggested Remedies=: Corporal Punishment;
Inspector-General of Mental Hospitals' Recommendations;
=Sterilization and Desexualization=; Castration; Sterilization;
British Medical Association, N.Z., Motion passed; Vasectomy and
Castration; Committee's Recommendation 26

Section 5.--=Scientific Treatment and Segregation with
Indeterminate Sentence=: Medical Examination; Indeterminate
Sentence; Women and Children, Protection of; Mr. Hawkins's
Evidence on Control of Sexual Perverts 27

Section 6.--=Summary of Recommendations=: Crimes Act; Prisons
Board, Powers of; Psychiatrist, Appointment and Duties; Eugenic
Board, Power to advise Prisons Board; Sterilization;
=Concluding Remarks= 27

APPENDIX.--=Past Mistakes in Immigration=: Extract from Report
on Hospitals and Charitable Institutions of the Colony, 1888,
by the late Dr. Macgregor, Inspector-General. =The Health of
School Children=: Extract from the Report of the Director of
the Division of School Hygiene, 1924. =Return showing Sexual
Offenders= serving Sentence in New Zealand Prisons, 1924.
=Table showing the Number of Sexual Offenders sentenced under
respective Headings in New Zealand Prisons. Some Illustrative
Histories= 29

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The Hon. the Minister of Health, Wellington.

SIR,--

The Committee of Inquiry into