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condition of the home but in the number of families in the 
house and in the number of homes owned by the occupant. 
Table XV shows that the majority of the defectives of 
County H. live in the worst neighborhoods to be found in the 
county. 
Table XV 
Excellent 
Good 
Poor 
Very poor 
Total 
Urban 
3 
7 
11 
28 
49 
Rural 
11 
18 
19 
48 
Total 
3 
18 
29 
47 
97 
The last column in Table XIII is meant to show which of 
the families are self-supporting. Those who require the help 
of charitable agencies are marked with ‘‘no”. The thing 
which stands out is that there are a large number of the 
feeble-minded in the city who require aid and need it often, 
while in the country there are only 3 persons out of 50 being 
given aid. This may mean that those in town are in greater 
need of help or that those in the country will suffer more 
privation before asking for aid than will those in town. I 
think it is true that those in the country are likely to be more 
apathetic and less aggressive than those in town. They may need 
the help even worse than those in town who make frequent calls 
on the township trustee and yet make no application. It may 
be that this is true because the trustee is not so easily seen in 
the country as he is in town ; it may be that the country man 
may be more timid than his brother in the city ; or, it may be 
a matter of pride, for in the country everyone knows of the 
help given and in town it is possible to receive township aid 
more or less regularly with none of the neighbors knowing it. 
One thing sure is that it is not due to any difference in the 
need of help. 
Table XVI 
Ukban 
Rukal 
High 
Good 
Poor 
Very 
poor 
Total 
High 
Good 
Poor 
Very 
poor 
Total 
No 
1 
7 
31 
39 
No 
1 
2 
3 
Yes. . . . 
3 
1 
5 
2 
11 
Yes 
3 
19 
25 
47 
Total 
3 
2 
12 
33 
50 
Total 
3 
20 
27 
50 
