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Appendix. Some Results Of The Special Inquiry Made In The Tenth Census Into The Number And Condition Of The Defective, Dependent, And Delinquent Classes

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Date: 1884
Publication: Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction
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USE OF HANDS.

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NATIVE WHITE. FOREIGN WHITE. COLORED.
Items.Total.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.
Can feed themselves, but cannot dress themselves6,2803,1082,5798160275177
Can dress themselves, but are incapable of labor6,4193,3172,3978057364204
Can do coarse manual labor15,0958,5794,3593351491,179494
Can perform skilled labor of any sort1,25570040323138234
Not stated47,84621,40416,4871,8011,3843,9812,789

42  

USE OF FEET.

43  

NATIVE WHITE. FOREIGN WHITE. COLORED.
Items.Total.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.
Cannot walk4,1062,1061,6234629185117
Can walk, but badly7,6414,0142,67113373515235
Can walk well17,5149,7145,5203411821,205552
Not stated47,63421,27416,4111,8001,3793,9762,794

44  

USE OF LANGUAGE..

45  

NATIVE WHITE. FOREIGN WHITE. COLORED.
Items.Total.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.
Cannot articulate at all7,3963,7942,810 9768 409 218
Articulate imperfectly14,707 8,047 4,716 275 142 1,058 469
Speak intelligibly, if not well 7,673 4,245 2,469 188 89 467 215
Not stated 47,119 21,02216,2301,760 1,364 3,947 2,796

46  

GRADATION OF IDIOTS, IN COMBINATION.

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CANNOT SPEAK. SPEAK IMPERFECTLY.SPEAK WELL.
Use of Head and Use of HandTotalsCannot walk.Walk imperfectly.Walk well. Cannot walk.Walk imperfectly.Walk well. Cannot walk.Walk imperfectly.Walk well.
Head abnormally small7,0307366585232351,2852,155561701,212
Can feed themselves1,670658335107164213134301217
Can dress themselves1,7605826515045645417177588
Can do coarse manual labor3,3431656246254161,518677983
Can do skilled labor25742201118636124
Head abnormally large4,2395774173122367441,10766141639
Can feed themselves1,2215012037315615173351712
Can dress themselves1,033561637758346206166447
Can do coarse manual labor1,82215471451212407771156510
Can do skilled labor163541717514470
Head natural16,3971,1381,0411,2265302,3795,1701214504,342
Can feed themselves3,0511,015503318334434296634345
Can dress themselves3,2949539129511211,0578442147323
Can do coarse manual labor9,28821142548718643,819342423,547
Can do skilled labor7647565424211318427

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GRADATION OF IDIOTS, IN COMBINATION, -- CONCLUDED.

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CANNOT SPEAK. SPEAK IMPERFECTLY.SPEAK WELL.
Use of Head and Use of HandTotalsCannot walk.Walk imperfectly.Walk well. Cannot walk.Walk imperfectly.Walk well. Cannot walk.Walk imperfectly.Walk well.
Size of head not stated6535346503078181622187
Can feed themselves138502211191410615
Can dress themselves1342231083241-612
Can do coarse manual labor349-127332124-15147
Can do skilled labor321-2--6--23
28,3192,5042,1622,1111,0314,4868,6132497836,380

50  

IDIOTS WITH IDIOTIC RELATIVES.

51  

NATIVE WHITE. FOREIGN WHITE. COLORED.
Items.Total.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.
On father's side1,7781,0365942278039
On mother's side1,9861,076661292612767
On both sides71742025952238
No idiotic relatives4,247---- --
Not stated68,167------

52  

MARITAL RELATIONS OF IDIOTS.

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NATIVE WHITE. FOREIGN WHITE. COLORED.
Items.Total.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.
Single70,15734,47224,1151,9951,3545,1733,048
Married2,9251,308729176133338241
Widowed1,1192444614710479184
Not stated68,167------
Widowed1,1192444614710479184
Divorced126445063716
Not stated2,5681,0408709669284209

54  

IDIOTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN TRAINING-SCHOOLS.

55  

NATIVE WHITE. FOREIGN WHITE. COLORED.
Items.Total.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.
Now in training-schools2,4291,3521,012292394
Formerly in training-schools809------
Not stated73,657------

56  

THE BLIND.

57  

THE SEMI-BLIND.

58  

NATIVE WHITE. FOREIGN WHITE. COLORED.
Items.Total.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.
Totally blind.
In institutions 1,339------
Outside of institutions21,378------
Semi-blind
In institutions 754------
Outside of institutions 10,958------
Not stated 14,499------

59  

BLIND WHO HAVE BEEN IN INSTITUTIONS FOR THE BLIND.

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NATIVE WHITE. FOREIGN WHITE. COLORED.
Items.Total.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.
Now in institutions2,158983887160843212
Formerly in institutions2,533------
Not stated44,237------

61  

THE DEAF AND DUMB.

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DEAF MUTES WHO HAVE BEEN IN INSTITUTIONS FOR THE DEAF.

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NATIVE WHITE. FOREIGN WHITE. COLORED.
Items.Total.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.
Now in institutions5,2672,7802,1071631225639
Formerly in institutions6,887------
Not stated21,724------

64  

PAUPERS.

65  

FORM OF DISABILITY OF PAUPERS IN ALMSHOUSES.

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NATIVE WHITE. FOREIGN WHITE. COLORED.
Items.Total.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.
Able-bodied22,896------
Disabled30,130------
Not stated13,113------
Reported as--
Having relatives in almshouses11,242------
Destitute1,021------
Intemperate6,994------
Insane16,078------
Idiotic5,777------
Blind2,731------
Deaf and dumb559------
Epileptic2,600------
Paralytic1,648------
Lame and crippled4,895------
Suffering from wounds64------
Sick7,780------
Lying in424------
Under 16 years of age8,588------
Senile7,959- - ----

67  

PRISONERS.

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PRISONERS, WHERE FOUND.

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NATIVE WHITE. FOREIGN WHITE. COLORED.
Items.Total.Male.Fem.Male.Fem.Male. Fem.
In penitentiaries 30,659 ------
In county jails 12,687 ------
In workhouses 7,869 ------
In city prisons 1,666 ------
On plantations or in gangs 4,879 ------
In insane hospitals 350------
In military prisons 499 ------

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