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NOTES ON THE POPULATION OP NEW ENGLAND. 



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403. 



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514. 



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486. 



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449. 



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436. 



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509. 



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511. 



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555. 



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580. 



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583. 



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588. 



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645. 



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659. 



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666. 



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685. 



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738. 



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'784." 



" In all the comparisons made, New England retains a fearful pre-eminence. In 

 comparing her with some other old States, this is not quite so great. Take the 

 following table : — 



RATIO OF INSANE AND IDIOTIC, TO SANE, IN 1850. 



Vermont 



Massachusetts 



Maine 



Connecticut 



Rhode Island 



New Hampshire 



Virginia 



N. Carolina 



Maryland 



S. Carolina 



Delaware 



Kentucky 



New Jersey 



Georgia 



Indiana 



Tennessee.. .. 



Pennsylvania , 



Ohio 



Alabama 



Such are the indications of the Census. It may be supposed, 

 however, that the returns in the New England States were more 

 complete than those of the new settled countries. This is no doubt 

 the case. Still, making every allowance, I cannot doubt but that 

 there is far more cerebral disease in New England than in any other 

 portion of the Union. 



"We shall now leave the Census tables, and turn to a more complete 

 document, to wit " the Eeport on Insanity and Idiocy in Massachu- 

 setts, by the Commission on Lunacy, under the resolve of the Legis- 

 lature in 1854." Eespecting this authority it seems safe to say that, 

 with regard to " accuracy, completeness and pertinence," it has never 

 been surpassed. The means employed for procuring facts were most 

 efficient, and the chances of error were as greatly reduced as it seems 

 possible to have reduced them. The returns in the British Census 

 for 1851 bear a poor comparison with the fullness of those contain- 

 ed in this Eeport. It refers to Massachusetts only ; but as this is 

 a type of all the other New England States, the facts established res- 

 pecting it may be taken as a fair indication of the condition of 

 the rest. These are peculiarly striking. 



. A careful separation of the insane and idiotic is kept up through- 

 out this document. Of the former, Massachusetts contains a total of 

 2,632 ; of the latter, a total of 1,087 : giving 3,719 as the sum of both 



