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for Epileptics; 1 female was so violent that she was placed in 

 Julietta Hospital pending the completion of the buildings for 

 women at the Village; 1 is cared for at home. Of the morons, 

 only 1 male and 1 female are in the School for Feeble-minded 

 Youth, and 1 male is in the Epileptic Village. There are 6 males 

 and 2 females who have formerly been in institutions. Of the 

 unclassified, 4 males and 3 females are in the School for Feeble- 

 minded Youth, 1 male is serving a sentence in Jeffersonville, 

 while 2 males and 2 females were formerly in institutions ; of the 

 6 cretins, 2 are in the School for Feeble-Minded Youth. 



TABLE IV. CLASSIFICATION BY DIAGNOSIS SHOWING THOSE IN 

 THE SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE-MINDED YOUTH 



NUMBER IN INSTITUTION 



Unclassified 48 8 



Morons 19 2 



Imbeciles 20 10 



Idiots 6 0 



Cretins 6 2 



Hydrocephalics 1 0 



Total 100 22 



Olive D. was brought to the hospital when four years old for 

 diagnosis ; her mother was epileptic and her father's brother was 

 described by the family as "not just right". Instruments were 

 used at the patient's birth. Later she was found to be an idiot, 

 but thyroid extract was recommended as an experiment and she 

 was discharged to her home. 



Louise T., an imbecile of nine years, died at the School for 

 Feeble-minded Youth in 1917. Her father and mother were first 

 cousins. Her father is dull mentally ; her mother died of measles 

 and tuberculosis. Her mother's mother's father was insane and 

 an inmate of Central Hospital. His son's daughter is now in the 

 School for Feeble-minded Youth. Louise's mother's brother, who 

 is also her father's mother's brother, is an inmate of the Central 

 Hospital for Insane. Her father's mother died of paralysis, her 

 mind being affected for three years previous to her death. Her 

 mother's sister is of doubtful mentality. 



Alice K. is a colored woman now twenty-eight years old who 

 has been for three years in the Custodial Department of the 

 School for Feeble-minded Youth. She is an imbecile, syphilitic, 

 and partially paralyzed. Her father died of pneumonia ; he used 

 alcohol to excess. Her mother is feeble-minded and is now mak- 



