Excerpt from Insane and Feeble-Minded in Institutions: 1910 Earlier censuses - While the special censuses of the insane in 1904 and 1910 were restricted to institutions, at each general decennial census of the population from 1850 to 1890, inclusive, the attempt was made to secure a complete enumeration of the insane by insert ing on the general population schedule a question as to insanity. The question in the form in which it first appeared specified insanity as one of a number of defects which were to be reported wherever found to exist. In 1850 and in 1860 the question read Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pau per, or convict; and in 1870 it was the same with the omission of pauper or convict. In 1880, how ever, insanity and each of the other defects specified were covered by a separate question; but in 1890 the question again became general and comprehensive; Whether defective in mind, sight, hearing, or speech, or whether crippled, maimed, or deformed, with name of defect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.