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earth. They go there when there is no other place for them, 
and when they arrive they do everything possible to upset 
the discipline and to oppose those in authority. They growl 
at the tasks given them; they quarrel among themselves; 
they have been known to attack the superintendent; they go 
to town and spread about falsehoods which, if told in the 
right places, cause trouble for the management; they have 
filthy, dirty habits brought from their last homes ; the feeble- 
minded women must be constantly watched, and in spite of 
anything the matron can do, they have the right to leave at 
any time, knowing that it will be an easy matter to get re- 
committed. In the few days spent out of the institution they 
may become pregnant or may return with a venereal infec- 
tion. Both of these things are common happenings in the 
history of all county almshouses. 
' The present population of the County H. Almshouse was 
carefully studied. The majority of the inmates were given 
the Stanford Revised Intelligence Scale, the results of which 
are given in the second, third, and fourth columns of Table 
VIII. However, no diagnosis was made on the results of the 
test alone, for the scale in its present form is inadequate when 
applied to adults. A few were of such a low mental level that 
it was impossible to test them. The others cooperated nicely 
with the psychologists doing the work. 
Table VIII gives the age of each inmate, his mental age, 
diagnosis, the number of admissions, and the total amount 
of time spent in the institution. It shows only 4 to be normal 
mentally and 5 others to be on the borderline. Nothing is 
known of Nickolson as he was too sick to be interviewed, and 
Frank O’Brian is not classified. Almost 52 per cent are feeble- 
minded and another 19 per cent are epileptic and insane. 
Eleven of these inmates have been previously mentioned 
as belonging to degenerate groups already discussed in con^ 
nection with the different townships : Bob Williams with the 
Jones-Smith group; William Shaw with the Cowden family; 
Ethel, Rose,, and James Abbott with the Abbott and O’Brian 
families; Herbert Lucas with the Whites; Rose and Homer 
Alvis as connected with the Lookout Ridge population of 
Township 1 ; Frank O’Brian with the Group of Institutional 
Case,s; and Rose Moore with the Moore family of Township 
12. Of the remaining 17, 7 inmates are known to be re- 
