Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
Statistics of The "wards of the State.o
lFrom the Detroit Tribune

lfrOm the DstrOlt Ir1oune.l
We have received from the Secretary
of State his first annual abstract of
statistical information relative to the
insane, deaf, dumb and blind persons in
Michigan at the time of the general as
sessment for 1873. The abstract does
not include the inmates of our public
institutions provided for the care of
these classes, and contains information
from but forty-three of the seventy or
ganized counties III the State, and as
the reports from some of these are
doubtless incomplete it is far from
showing the whole number of persons in
the State of the class treated of. Still,
as the Secretary says, :" it is valuableas
a starting point, and will no doubt pro-
mote more careful and prompt collec-
ton and return of the information here
after.
From this abstract we learn that there
are, exclusive of those in asylums, thir-
ty-one insane persons in Michigan
twenty three females and eight males.
OF these one male and fourteen females
are married, two females widowed and
one divorced; fourteen are supported
by individuals, ten by the county and
three by themselves ; twenty-one are
reported to have good habits. two bad
and one average, and twenty possess
good health twelve have never had
any treatment.
Thirty persons are reported deaf
seventeen males and thirteen females.
Their social condition, so far as report
ed, is, single twelve males, and five fe-
males married, five of each sex. Seven
males and ten females are supported by
individuals, and one female and eight
males support themselves. But five OF
this class, three males and two females,
were born deaf. Thirteen have never
had any treatment. All are reported to
be of good habits. Twenty-four per-
sons are reported partially deaf.
In the class of deaf and dumb 122
persons are neutrality-suspicious. males
and fifty-one females. Thirty-five males
and twenty-seven females are single,
eight males and nine females are mar
RED; the social condition of twenty
eight males and fourteen females is un-
known, and one widow is reported. As
bright" and four-two of each sex
are idiotic. OF those whose habits are
known 101 are set down as good, one
bad and three average. Thirty-four of
each sex are supported by individuals
and the county and three by the county,
and twenty-seven males and three fe-
males support themselves. Thirty
seven females and sixty males are known
to have never had any treatment. For
tv-one males and twenty-five females
were born deaf and dumb.
Nine males and seven females are
dumb. OF these eight males and three
females are reported single and one
married couple is noted. Seven males
and three females were born dumb.
Ten have never received any treat
ment. None are known to have bad
habits.
OF the blind We have with us seventy
eight males and forty females, and of
these three males and four females have
been so from birth. Fourteen males
and six females are single, twenty-one
males and and twenty females married,
and three males and four females are
widowed. Twenty-Five males and five
females support themselves, sixty-one
are supported by individuals, three by
individuals and counties, and eleven by
counties. Forty-eight have received
treatment, and forty-eight are known to
have never had any. Twenty-three
males and seventeen females are report
ed partially blind.
The occupations of these unfortu-
mates, so far. as known, show among the
insane one hotel-keeper and three labor
ers, and four farmers wives and five
housewives, OF the deaf nine are
farmers, and of aytists, grocers, gun
smiths, and merchants there are one
each, and one lady teacher, two house
wives, and one farmers wife. Among
the deaf and dumb we find twenty-five
farmers, three cabinet-makers, twelve
laborers, four instructors, two farmers
sons, and an artist, carpenter, filler,
a gunsmith, a shoemaker, a stationer,
a stone-cutter and student. Among
the females of this class are nine house
wives, three farmers wives, one domes-
tic, one farmer, a nurse, a seamstreSs,
and a student. Among the dumb are
two farmers and one housewife. OF the
blind males twenty are farmers,
nine are laborers, six are miners, and
four are peddlers. The bead-makers,
blacksmishs, broom makers, carpenters
and joiners, carriage-makers, and ma
sons each have one representative.
Among the females there are six
farmers wives, seven housewives, two
laborers, bead-maker, and farmer.