The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
IS
LESS COMMON
IN The NATION
Than in Most Countries De-
ciares Census Bureau OF
the United States.
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4 WASHINGTON, D. G.. July s.
4 The blind population of the United
States in 1910 numbered 57,272, or
62.3 to each 100000 of the total
4 population In that year. Bnnoness
is less common in. America than In
4 most other countries; it has appar-
Il emily decreased among the youngesI
\ classes OF the population in the last
! half century; 1t is more prevalent
\ among men than among women u
is very much more prevalent among
negroes, than among whites. Irsoes
L taught In schools. or workshops LOT
the blind have equipped more tnan
u.s. 900 blind persons for total OF pa
tial self support.
|, These are some of the facts brought
out.in q. bulletin, The Blind Poputa-
4 ton of the United States 1910, re-
1 Gently issued by Director Samuel L..
/ Rogers of the. bureau OF the census,
1 department of commerce, and pre-
i pared under the direction of Dr. OBS
1 eph A. Hill, expert special agent ~
charge of revision and results "a
Blindness I'm Foreign Countries.
The total number of blind PERSONS
4 in the world Is roughly estimated At
2.390,O0O. The total number enum-
1 Grated ratS the most recent censuses
OF Ine uanu bayeSti been. taken is,
4 : -sioA, oxss Tt-srhs.sa countries represent
4 III - a ,,straliag nearly ALI of Europe
and North America, and portions OF
south America, Africa and Asia, to-
4 gether with certain OF the tnsuIar
Il possessions of European and Amer
4 can countries. The only countries
q tl,e. ,eI,,d To the total population are
1 ' .nu .I,an at.fortthe United States
4 Seo q. ,,ar 11O0r0OO) are Canada.
] where the ratio was 44.9 per 1O0 900
lin 1911; Belgium, where It was 43.S
in 1910; Denmark. 52.7 in 1911 !;
Il Germany, 60.9 In 1901 MEMBRANES
i 1913 in 1909. New South wales. is
lin 1911; Western Austrana, oU:3 IN
1911, and New Zealand, AZ g IN ~ :. =.
Where Blindness Is MOST frevsalen u
Il In the United States Dllnoness Is
i most prevalent in New Mexico ana
j Nevada, In which states the ratios OF
j blind to tato1 population IN Islo was Was
1893 to 100000 an d11S.o TO wv
1000 respectively. The h1gn ratios TOT
the states are due 20 the TACT tn L II
4 dians, among whom trachoma lgran-
ulated eyelids, is Of frequent occur
slrence in those sections OF the cou ,1
I try, constitute relatively large eie-
] ments in their population. In Ariz-
j ona, Kentucky, Tennessee and Yer
mont the ratios are also h1gh-95.9,
4 "a, 89.5 and S4.6, respectively. The
relatively large Indian population OF
Arizona Is responsible for the high
ratio In that state; trachoma is prev
alent in certain parts OF KENTUCKY
and Tennessee; and In Vermont Ehere
4 are relatively more people OF ad-
vanced ages than In other parts of
the country, to which fact is doubt
less due the high ratio for that state,
since susceptibility to blindness In
creases with advancing age.
Is Sex, Age and Marital Condition.
IN is sSe n an1 at bind has been
eraater among males than among fe-
males. In 1910 the ratio of males
Il -. tan,sslas amone the blind popula-
Il ts,,,, SrraTs 7-eo , fo 100 whereas in
tha' tata1 oon,ia tim the correspond-
srs rs+io reas f,6 To 100. In the
-n esaa,it-, ~ sorefsn countries a SINH
. Iiat.: canS,t;an arists
Aitponeb bIindness NAV occur at
anv line IF life. ST ia peculiarly a de-
4 lsss ,ms a =, ner cent
OK .t,a SiynS ronniat;on renorted in
! Oh tr ,vara siYtv years az age and
-. ri, naaEe the comnarison in
ose. Tha me1ian are ~
az 80, sg,,1a@fon IN 10Th was 90
.ne .ote M 80 e. onelhalf the nonuIa-
y. ears- LIZ ,n -; that ace and the
s,1n ha,P had nasssd itSwhila the
QUE gnSi.a n Sc ~ the hind nonnIation
mes "a Years. or nearly two and
I was oyso .;.ea rect Among
Gnssnall u. az ,aars on1v Ave i9
Icnilor ann non zee hIinJ. Int amone
eVery-lVv., s.,et x a. r D ~ 90 M
persons s e1su. =. I'm Ss6n Ta-a b,f,,S
over, S.oao IN ; tIO'e eer,,ar csnsmsss
Compasis t,,a+ +hare has baen q de.
anoass e t the nlayalenee Of blindness