STATKS CKNSfS. 



785 



* Includes all persons of negro descent. 



negroes, 6.535 ; Chinese. Japanese, and civilized In- 

 dians. 231. The number of insane males was .">:}.- 

 473. and of insane females 53.012. According to 

 general nativity and color, the sexes are divided 

 as follow: Native whites. 32.946 males and L J 1.473 

 females; foreign whites. 17.305 males and 17.995 

 females ; negroes, 3.013 males and 3.522 females ; 

 Chinese, Japanese, and civilized Indians. 209 males 

 and 22 females. The total number of insane re- 

 ported in 1880 was 91.959. 



The number of insane in each 100,000 of popula- 



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tion in 1890 was 387 for the foreign whites, 140'5 

 for the native whites, and 88'6 for the colored. In 

 1880 the corresponding figures were 398'8. 161 -9. 

 91-2. The proportion of insanity is much greater 

 among the whites than among the negroes, and very 

 much greater among the foreign born than among 

 the native born. 



In Ast/linnx and other Institutions. The num- 

 ber of insane in asylums in ist0 was 74.<'2s ; whites, 

 tUi.729 ; negroes. 4.209. The number of insane in 

 asylums in each 1,000 of insane was : Whites, 699 ; 



