Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-16
THE RUTLAND HERALD
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1871
The Ninth Census.


The facts embraced in the Ninth Cen-
sis are rapidly being aggregated and
summary furnished the press. The re-
turns, which will soon be officially pub
Hshed. show that there are in the United
States 20,329 blind persons, of whom H.
343 are males, and SOFT females. The
whites are 1906; blacks, 1906; mulat-
toes, 355; Chinese, A; and Indians, go
There are of deaf and dumb, 15,2Oo !;
males. s,916; females, 1880. All except
1898 are white. The whole number OF
insane is 37.4S2; males 1874, females
1920s. Except 1922 all are whites. OF
the idiotio there are IA 4S5 males and TO-
O42 females; total 24,527. The proper
ton of negroes is much larger in this
class of unfortunates than in either OF the
others, and including both blacks and
nulattoes, the number is 3,loS. The
whole number of those who are both
blind and deaf and dumb is % persons
both blind and insane, 10; blind and i'd
otto, 1O5; blind, deaf and dumb, and al
40 insane. 7: blind, deaf and dunn b, and
also idiotic, II. II will be noticed that
in all classes of unfortunates except the
insane the number Of males is much great
err than the number of females. The ag-
eregate number of blind in the
State of New York is 2,213, OF
whom ,464 were born in the United
States and 749 in foreign countries, the
birthplace of 10 only being unknown
449 were born in ireland and 1913 in Ger
many a are over 100 years old, and 81
between 90 and 100, one of the latter be
ing an Indian woman. OF all the blind
ia the Unlimited States, LII were born
in New York; fro this it will be seen
that there are in the State nearly
twice az many blind as are ma
tives OF it. New York has 1,785
deaf and dumb, OF whom 1854 are natives
of the United States and 229 foreign born
of the latter there were born in Ireland 6t
and in Germany 81 ; it would thus appear
that the blind are greater travellers than
the 0Pat ana uuthO. Inc uooi hhu NNAAN
die Younger than the blind, and there are
in New York only twenty-one over sew
enty. OF all the deaf and dumb in the
United States 1870 are natives of New
York. The number of insane persons IL
New York is 6.353 born in the United
States, 3.207; in foreign countries, 3,146
OF these-in Ireland, 1916 in Germany
715. There are. under five years old. {
insane between five and ten years, Ii
and under twenty years, 201 over seventy
years old there are 329. OF the who'll
number of insane in the United State
2.612 are natives of New York, only a lit
tie over one-third of her present insane
population. The number of idiots il
New York il 2, 4S6, or 81 or 35 more thar
one-tenth of the idiotic in the whole coun
try. Idiots do not emigrate very extern
tensively, and 2,179 are native born
against BOT foreign 2,054 are natives OF
New York, 10 of Ireland and IS of Ger
many. The idiotic die young, through
the favor of the gods, and 324 only are
over forty years old. The net number Of
persons in the four classes of unfortuuates
in New York is 2,801, and in the United
States 81 923. There are in the United
States 14l blind persons over 100 years
old: also 2 deaf and dumb, 7 insane anc
= idiots