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1911 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 11 : " Numbers of Blind, Deaf and Dumb, and Mentally Deranged in the United Kingdom and in its several Divisions, 1911. Males and Females at various Ages".
Enum- erated in | Infirmities. | AGES. | |||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 5. | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 85 and up- wards. | |||
United King- dom | Blind | M. | 17,028 | 276 | 395 | 519 | 607 | 671 | 1,475 | 2,079 | 2,582 | 2,605 | 3,226 | 2,072 | 521 |
F. | 16,937 | 249 | 327 | 418 | 512 | 570 | 1,342 | 1,559 | 1,810 | 2,450 | 3,744 | 3,002 | 954 | ||
Deaf and Dumb | M. | 11,822 | 205 | 1,111 | 1,373 | 1,065 | 1,128 | 2,228 | 1,752 | 1,322 | 919 | 537 | 168 | 14 | |
F. | 9,976 | 211 | 863 | 1,086 | 843 | 893 | 1,722 | 1,527 | 1,206 | 879 | 552 | 159 | 35 | ||
Mentally Deranged | M. | 102,854 | 2,530 | 3,768 | 5,436 | 6,715 | 18,516 | 21,182 | 18,958 | 14,448 | 8,415 | 2,575 | 311 | ||
F. | 111,206 | 2,007 | 2,708 | 4,425 | 5,892 | 16,669 | 20,959 | 22,077 | 18,153 | 12,506 | 4,886 | 924 | |||
Eng- land and Wales | Blind | M. | 13,257 | 251 | 339 | 437 | 490 | 536 | 1,180 | 1,671 | 2,038 | 2,111 | 2,329 | 1,486 | 389 |
F. | 13,079 | 214 | 270 | 338 | 415 | 477 | 1,092 | 1,259 | 1,431 | 1,947 | 2,718 | 2,202 | 716 | ||
Deaf and Dumb (a) | M. | 8,167 | 154 | 772 | 909 | 684 | 782 | 1,630 | 1,232 | 932 | 638 | 323 | 102 | 9 | |
F. | 6,955 | 164 | 568 | 739 | 555 | 623 | 1,217 | 1,130 | 880 | 623 | 341 | 96 | 19 | ||
Mentally Deranged (b) | M. | 76,243 | 327 | 1,787 | 3,119 | 4,364 | 5,154 | 13,414 | 15,143 | 13,831 | 10,699 | 6,181 | 1,979 | 245 | |
F. | 85,750 | 239 | 1,378 | 2,240 | 3,649 | 4,726 | 12,689 | 15,984 | 16,943 | 13,906 | 9,409 | 3,838 | 749 | ||
Scot- land | Blind | M. | 1,638 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 84 | 87 | 166 | 216 | 294 | 248 | 252 | 144 | 31 |
F. | 1,679 | 25 | 47 | 57 | 51 | 56 | 144 | 152 | 200 | 231 | 327 | 305 | 84 | ||
Deaf and Dumb (c) | M. | 1,410 | 24 | 154 | 228 | 157 | 137 | 205 | 198 | 151 | 97 | 43 | 15 | 1 | |
F. | 1,256 | 24 | 161 | 162 | 116 | 118 | 201 | 163 | 130 | 91 | 63 | 21 | 6 | ||
Mentally Deranged (d) | M. | 11,688 | 44 | 242 | 415 | 645 | 796 | 2,133 | 2,425 | 2,194 | 1,636 | 893 | 241 | 24 | |
F. | 11,942 | 37 | 247 | 318 | 462 | 586 | 1,729 | 2,124 | 2,408 | 1,953 | 1,422 | 563 | 93 | ||
Ire- land | Blind | M. | 2,133 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 33 | 48 | 129 | 192 | 250 | 246 | 645 | 442 | 101 |
F. | 2,179 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 46 | 37 | 106 | 148 | 179 | 272 | 699 | 495 | 154 | ||
Deaf and Dumb (e) | M. | 2,245 | 27 | 185 | 236 | 224 | 209 | 393 | 322 | 239 | 184 | 171 | 51 | 4 | |
F. | 1,765 | 23 | 134 | 185 | 172 | 152 | 304 | 234 | 196 | 165 | 148 | 42 | 10 | ||
Mentally Deranged (f) | M. | 14,923 | 130 | 234 | 427 | 765 | 2,969 | 3,614 | 2,933 | 2,113 | 1,341 | 355 | 42 | ||
F. | 13,514 | 106 | 150 | 314 | 580 | 2,251 | 2,851 | 2,726 | 2,294 | 1,675 | 485 | 82 |
N0TES.(a) Including 975 males and 720 females stated to be dumb, but not stated to be deaf.
(b) Including 48,783 males and 57,877 females classed as lunatics, 13,406 males and 11,999 females as imbeciles, and 14,054 males and 15,874 females as feeble-minded.
(c) Including 155 males and 142 females stated to be dumb, but not stated to be deaf.
(d) Including 7,701 males and 8,018 females classified as lunatics, and 3,987 males and 3,924 females as imbeciles or feeble-minded.
(e) Including 494 males and 371 females stated to be dumb, but not stated to be deaf.
(f) Including 12,446 males and 11,548 females classed as lunatics and 2,477 males and 1,966 females as idiots.