Deaf-mutism / by Holger Mygind.

  • Mygind Holger, 1855-1928.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Deaf-mutism / by Holger Mygind. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    while those from Bavaria [120, p. 29], Saxony [161, p. 58], and Hungary [145, p. 796], have shown a comparatively greater frequency amongst Protestants, or other non-catholic Christians (Saxony, loc. cit.) Again, other statistics show no difference in the frequency of deaf-mutism among professors of various faiths, for instance, those of Mecklenburgh- Schwerin, 1874-75 [210, p. 48]. It is, therefore, probable that different creeds, per se, play no part in the distribution of deaf-mutism. SEX.^—Table II. shows a greater frequency of deaf-mutism among males than females, the difference in several countries being considerable. The number of female deaf-mutes per 100 male deaf-mutes varies, according to the table, from 94 in Norway to 65 in Spain, the average rate for Europe and the United States of America being 83 females per 100 males. The numerical superiority of male deaf-mutes is the more remarkable since females are more numerous than males in nearly all European countries, Italy being the only state of those mentioned in Table II. which exhibits a slight inferiority as regards the female population, the United States having also a larger male population. Male deaf-mutes are, how- ever, in all European countries absolutel}' more numerous than female deaf-mutes, and comparatively, this numerical superiority is still more marked, the difference in many places being very considerable. In Spain in 1877, there were, for instance, 34 female deaf-mutes to every 100,000 female inhabitants, and 57 male deaf-mutes to the same number of males ; in Denmark, in 1885, the figures were respectively