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According to the survey made in 1916, only thirteen states 

 have separate institutions for the care of epileptics and the 

 capacity of these is very small. The accompanying chart, pre- 

 pared at the Craig Colony for Epileptics at Sonyea, N.Y., for an 

 exhibit made by the Colony at the State Conference of Charities 

 and Correction in 1915, gives an estimate of 200,000 epileptics in 

 the United States. Of this number only 3I/2 per cent are properly 

 cared for. 



NUMBER OF EPILEPTICS 

 PROPERLY CARED FOR IS 



13 STATES HAVE COLONIES 



The Ohio Hospital at Gallipolis is the oldest and largest. 

 It was established in 1893 and has a capacity of 1,980 persons. 

 This number is said to be only one-fifth of the epileptics in the 

 state. Only two other hospitals, the Massachusetts and New York 

 institutions, have a capacity exceeding 1,000. The Iowa and 

 Illinois institutions are the newest, both having been opened in 

 1917. The Indiana Village for Epileptics was opened in 1907 

 with a capacity of 420, accommodations being for males only. 



