OCCUrATIOXS. 



569 



Number of defective, dependent, and delinquent jKrsons in each 100,000 of the 

 population of South. Carolina and of the United States, according to iJtc 

 Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth U. S. Census. 



F. 



1850. 



1860. 



U.S. 



So. Ca.!iU. S. So. Ca 



1870. 



1880. 



U. S I So. Ca.l U. S. So. Ca 



Insane .... 



Idiots .... 

 Blind .... 

 Deaf Mutes. . 

 Paupers .. . . 

 Prisoners . , . 



Totals . 



153 



153 

 97 

 67 



176; 



117 



111 



159 



110 



oG 



72 



64 



793 



It will be observed from these totals that the burden of these classes has 

 always been less in South Carolina tlian in the country at large, except 

 for the decade embracing the period of Avar and reconstruction. The hu- 

 mane and cnliohtened treatment of 



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is of modern origin, and takes date from the efforts of Dr. Pinel, in Paris, 

 in 1791, and of William Tuke, of York, England, in 1796. Virginia 

 was the first State in the Union to grant aid to this charity, and South 

 Carolina was the third. In 1828 the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, 

 with accommodations for 120 patients, was opened at Columbia. It was 

 a handsome fire-proof building, with extensive grounds, costing some- 

 thing less than $100,000. Since this date extensive additions and im- 

 I>rovements liave been made. On November 1st, 1877, 310 patients were 

 accommodated. Under the able superintendence of Dr. P. E. Griffin a 

 number of large and commodious buildings have been added, and in the 

 year 1882, 755 patients were under treatment. The Institution is sup- 

 ported by an annual appropriation from the State of §70,000 or §80,000, 

 and during the last few years of $20,000 or $30,000 in addition for build- 

 ings and improvements. There are also accommodations for the insane in 



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