The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24
THB DEAF AND DUMB

THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.
SYNOPSIS OF II REPoRT-INTEREsTINa
STATEMENTS.
The trustees call the attention of the COW
ernor to the report of the superintendent
which contains q detailed account of the
work of the year. The past year has been
one OF prosperity. There has been a largo
increase in the number of pupils and the
general health has been good. The laborx
OF the officers have been eficiert. During
the year there have been three dred and
thlrty-four pupils, of whom two @ died,
sno t~nirty-nine have graduated, aving
Two hundred and niaety-one in attendance
In proportion to the population this is a larger
NUMBER than In almost any other State,
THE FINANCE
OF the institution lave received the most
careful attention, and the expenditures eco
nomically made, and there is now in the
treasury . balance of s26,162 80 to meet
the expenses until March 81, 1875.
The superintendent, in making his
estimates for the two wears be-
ginning with April 1, 1875, estimate the
number of pupils at go, and the expense
per pupil at S20. We recommend that his
estimates be allowed. The amount required
each year for
r
is as follows for the two years endinp March
81, 1877: $4,000.
SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
The statute provides for the government of
the institution besides requiring a general
statement Of the condition and progress Of
the several departments, and making it the
duty of the superintendent to report TO che
board OF trustees. at each meeting of the
general assembly, the number and residence
OF Pupils, the amount and purpose of the
expenditures, and to make out a statement
OF the probable expenses of the institution
until the ensuing session of the general as
ssmbly.
NUMBER OF PUPILS.
Whole number during the year ga
NumDer q
Number in attendance November 1, lS74u.m. 2l
Application has been made for the admis-
sion of 81 new pupils this session and 50. all
that we can accommodate, have been re-
ceived. Every desk, every bed and everv
seat is filled.
OF AFN
The number of deaf mutes has of late wears
largely increased, and the institute is be-
coming very much crowded. In our
twenty-fifth annual report it was estimated
that in ten years there would not be more
than 40 or 90 applications per year, but the
number is largely in excess of that by one
third. 1t has always been the custom TO
find out, if possible, the causes of deafness
in pupils admitted, and the statistics show
that IL is not by accident, but by disease.
that most ofthe causes come. The number
OF cases caused by spotted fever is on the
increase. The number from this cause has
increased, in seven years, from five to
to twenty-nine. The following table shows
the causes of deafness in all pupils admit
ted during seven years. Congenital, log;
spotted fever, "a; brain fever, 81; typhoid
fever, ii; lung fever, 10; cahahral fever, /;
scarlet fever, 80; fever not specified, g.;
measles, 8; s~orofula, 2; inflammation, 16;
diptheria, 4; hurt by fall or blow, 5; con-
vulsions, 5; chills, 2; humps, 2; whooping
cough, 2; salvation, 1; erysipelas, 2; dropsy,
2; sickness not specified, IL; cause
not given, 4. The greatest trouble of the Of
ficers is in providing for the instruction of
the younger pupils, and to obviate this the
superintendent recommends that they be
taught in the common schools by teachers
familiar with the deaf and dumb alphabet.
There should also be more than one insti-
tute to which the pupils could be removed
after some primary instruction in the COM
mon schools. 1t is also recon-
mended that Kindergarten schools. SINH
lar to those OF Prussia, be established.