788 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



* Public and private. 



t Per cent, of population is represented by the number of communicants in each State. 



idiots or as feeble-minded who should properly be 

 reported among the insane, being cases of terminal 

 or of senile dementia. It should also be noted that 

 in 1880 every case of insanity reported as having 

 begun under the age of twelve was reported as an 

 idiot, while in 1890 the age limit is lowered to ten. 



Deaf and Dumb. The total number of deaf-and- 

 dumb whites, 1890, was 37,447; negroes, 3,115; 

 Chinese, Japanese, and civilized Indians, 30. The 



number of deaf-and-dumb males was 22.429, and of 

 deaf-and-dumb females 18.163. According to gen- 

 eral nativity and color, the sexes are divided as fol- 

 low : Native whites, 18,281 males and 14.997 fe- 

 males ; foreign whites, 2.358 males and 1,811 fe- 

 males ; negroes, 1,772 males and 1,343 females ; Chi- 

 nese, Japanese, and civilized Indians, 18 males and 

 12 females. The total number of deaf and dumb 

 reported in 1880 was 33,878. 



