The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-07-09

hafna. while among the blind whose
parents we're not cousins. the pro-
portion eongeaitally blind Was only
G.s per cent
The repovt of the deaf gives mot
only The data concerning color. sex
race. nativity. marital condition,
school attendance, and occupations,
but also much Information In regard
To deafness as a defect and To the
ability of the deaf 10 communicate.
In collecting the figures of this re-
port the census cnumera,ors were In
structcd TO return the name. sex, age.
and postof'ics address of every person
shouted conversation. The object OF
this definition OF the deaf was TO
eliminate from the report all who
were simply hard of hearing BY
correspondence with the persons re-
turned by the enumerators and With
the special schools for the deaf. 1t
was discovered that many had been
enormously classified as deaf AL
though some of these cases were eli
minated, IL seemed best To include
those who wrote that, in spite Of the
enumerator's statement to the con
trary, they could hear loudly shouted
conversation, because in such cases
the defect In hearing undoubtedly APP
preached closely total deafness. Such
persons have been classified separate
ly as the partially deaf. class
which includes by no means all the
partially deaf in the United States,
as every effort was made to eliminate
those who were merely hard of hear
ing"
According TO this method of elassi-
fication, the total number of deaf was
finally determined to be 9,2S1, or
one in every $50 of the general popu-
lation. There were 37,426 totally
deaf and 1851 partially deal
Among the total number of deaf. q
l772 were also blind and 24,36s
dumb.
Deafness upon the whole Is NOR
common in the northern part OF N
United States than In the souther'
! lThe North atlantic and North Cen'r
t divisions show a larger ratio per m
t lion than the South Atlantic and |
t South Central, and the largest rat
t of all is found in the New Englai
I states.
Anectfon OF the middle ear cause
deafness In 1916 per cent OF sne Cases
Iwbile the percentages for deafness
caused by affection of the ihtefna
and the external ear were 2o-6 ana
8. respectively.
Of the diseases which resulted III
deafness the most important is ca
| tarrh. Other diseases which were
reported in large numbers OF cases
were as follows. in the order OF az
minishing Importance: Scarlet feNef'
disease of ear, meningitis, COLDS
measles. typhoid fever, brain feVer'
influenza. and malarial fever and
/ quinine.
When the subject of deafness is
considered from the point OF view OF
! consanguinity. it would seem tha'
Ihereditv has played part In produc-
ling eongenital deafness and the deai
ness occurring in adult life; whereas
deafness occurring in early childhood
LATTER birth and under the age OF hVe
lis probably 10 a large extent advent
ltious Where tendency toward ear
trouble exists in a family. II may h'
dormant and unsupported unul some
serinus illness attacks a member o
ltbe family. when the weakness rs re
lyealed and deafness is produced. II
such cases deafness is attributed t'
tho disease and not TO the weakness
lalthough both are probably rontri
lhutiye causes.
Those who had attended schoo
/, formed 7s.G per cent of the deal
ut the totally deaf. 17.5 per cent hat
; attended special schools, as compares
= with 6.> per cent ot the parti1H
lldsaf Ot those who lost hearing hs
II fore Ihy, were fyc years odd. ST.
| paf cent attended special schools.
III or tbc total number of deaf. 81"
.lIsl5. cog I2.5 per- cent were male
III and t4a1.. or tf.5 per crn' wee
| III lfsmaIr- Siucr in tho general pop'
llmtlon ouIy 20 q fer cent were mai'
and ass per osut were females,
II would .e.m chat thcre is somc Greet
i tlu fhr Hypothesis char males are m"