Fourth annual report of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Training School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Children, to the corporators.

  • Pennsylvania Training School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Children
Date:
1857
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Credit: Fourth annual report of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Training School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Children, to the corporators. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ^Eecipients of State fund, . . .17 Private cases, . . . . .16 Total, . . . . . .33 There are from Pennsylvania, . . . . .28 New Jersey, ..... 2 Virginia,.1 District of Columbia, .... 1 Louisiana, ...... 1 Total,.33 Of those removed, there were, Improved,.3 Stationary,.2 5 Of those admitted, there are, Epileptics,.5 Scrofulous, ...... 9 Unable to walk, ..... 1 Afflicted with Chorea, .... 1 Paralytic, ...... 1 Healthy, ...... 3 20 Of those admitted, there are. Mutes,.8 Semi-Mutes,.4 With defective articulation, ... 6 With correct articulation, ... 2 Total, .... .20 * Since this Keport was written, the admissions on the State Fund have increased to twenty, being the full number allowed by the State. [See the 6th section of the Act of Incorporation. Approved, April 7th, 1853.]
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