;33U RURAL MICHIGAN 



institutions for this class had a population ranging 

 from 2,000 to 5,000. The lowest number was from 

 strictly rural populations. Of admissions to the 

 State hospitals, cities of 10,000 or over contributed 

 G8.5 per cent of the cases of insanity due to syphilis, 

 and 66.6 per cent of those resulting from alcoholism 

 or drugs. On the other hand, among the cases of 

 mental disorder arising from personal peculiarities 

 rather than environment, 55.4 per cent of epilepsy 

 and feeble-mindedness, and 58.6 per cent of all cases 

 of manic depressive insanity admitted to Michigan 

 State hospitals come from districts having a popu- 

 lation of less than 10,000, according to the investi- 

 gators ; while 43.5 per cent of the cases of manic de- 

 pressive insanity, and 42.17 per cent of cases of 

 epilepsy and feeble-mindedness come from districts 

 of .2,000 or less. It was found that dementia prgecox 

 was slightly more prevalent from these smaller dis- 

 tricts. Likewi^iC, senile dementia had 41.9 per cent 

 of admissions from districts with less than 2,000 

 population.^ 



Followino- the War, the Eed Cross undertook work 

 in line with its particular objects, a phase of which 

 "is related to rural connnunitics of the State. Thus 

 in Oakland County, work in five departments was 

 planned: public health, social welfare. Junior Red 

 Cross, first aid, and home service. The plan con- 

 templated the division of the county into eight zones 

 composed of groups of school districts. In each zone 

 a health center was designed, with a Red Cross nurse 



'Feeblemindedness, etc., in Mich., Lansing, 1915, p. 21. 



