Hansford: Mental Defectives in County H., Indiana 19 
fined in the guardhouse. At the present time a movement 
has been started to place him in the Southeastern Hospital 
for the Insane. 
Tables III and IV give the mental defectives of County H. 
according to sex. The most striking differences are (1) the 
larger number of female morons needing care, and (2) the 
preponderance of insane males. This latter can be explained 
by the fact that men are more apt to be alcoholic and syphilitic 
and as a result end their days in the Insane Hospital as 
paretics. 
Table V 
Township 
Feeble- 
Insane 
Epileptic 
Total 
Total 
% 
Minded 
Population' 
1 
25 
8 
7 
40 
1,253 
3.19 
2 
13 
10 
1 
24 
658 
3.63 
3 
12 
5 
1 
18 
284 
6.34 
4 
42 
8 
9 
59 
1,459 
4.07 
5 
27 
7 
1 
35 
1,458 
2.40 
6 
12 
2 
3 
17 
806 
2.10 
7 
27 
7 
4 
38 
1,206 
3.15 
8 
33 
10 
5 
48 
1,867 
3.56 
9 
26 
2 
3 
31 
782 
3.95 
10 
8 
1 
5 
14 
723 
1.92 
11 
47 
13 
10 
70 
1,942 
3.60 
12 
38 
3 
2 
43 
1,071 
4.01 
Total Rural 
310 
76 
51 
437 
13,500 
3.5 
Stonetown 
216 
36 
17 
269 
11,100 
3.42 
Grand Total. . . . 
526 
111 
67 
706 
24,500 
2.99 
^ The figures are approximate. 
It is quickly seen from Table V that some of the townships 
have far more defectives according to their population than 
others. This has been partially explained in the preceding 
section as the result of geographical selection. The family 
group histories which are to follow will bring out this point 
more clearly. 
It is not possible in a study of this kind to present all of 
the material or all of the really interesting family histories. 
Therefore a few of those which are typical have been selected 
and are described in detail, 
