Monday, Jun. 09, 1924
Feebleminded
The U. S. Census Bureau has announced the following figures representing a summary of the number of mentally diseased, feebleminded and epileptic persons in 526 hospitals for mental disease, 84 psychopathic wards of general hospitals, 136 homes for the feebleminded and 32 institutions for epileptics:
Hospitals for mental disease 279,559
Psychopathic wards in hospitals 2,135
Institutions for feebleminded 43,636
Institutions for epileptics 8,823