Vermont Sterilization Statistics: a machine readable edition Vermont Department of Institutions and the Vermont Department of Health Creation of machine-readable version: Nancy Gallagher Additional scanning and OCR: Hope Greenberg Conversion to TEI.2-conformant markup: Hope Greenberg Conversion to TEI.2-conformant markup: Hope Greenberg ca. 10 kilobytes University of VermontBurlington, Vermont USA

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Sources: Biennial Report of the Vermont Department of Welfare, 1946 Julius Paul, "State Eugenic Sterilization Laws in American Thought and Practice." 1965 Vermont Department of Health (reported to John Moody after a general search in 1995-6)

* NOTE: Reported numbers of sterilizations vary slightly depending on the source and probably include only those performed in state institutions. The actual number of persons sterilized in Vermont for eugenic purposes is unknown.

Cumulative Sterilizations under Vermont Law

Year: Total: Males: Females: Before 1931 6 1933 30 1935 97 32 65 1938 161 50 111 1941 212 66 146 1944 228 75 153 1946 248 1948 249 1950 250 1960 251‐253* 83 170 1968 257‐259* 85 174