. Annual report of the Commissioner of Mental Diseases for the year . 74. 402 273 675 137. Middlesex 1,986 2,163 4,149 417. 761 654 1,415 142. Nantucket 10 7 17 414. - 2 2 48. Barnstable . 61 72 133 387. 18 15 33 96. Norfolk 563 609 1,172 355. 255 211 466 141. Non-resident of State 616 94 710 _ 217 57 274 - Unknown 203 12 215 - 30 8 38 - Total . 11,957 11,239 23,196 526. 4,098 3,124 7,222 163. (See Table 212 for detail on resident population). Estimated population of each county, 1934. 2Exclusive of transfers, but includes first and readmissions under all legal forms. 232 11; but
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Mental Diseases for the year . 74. 402 273 675 137. Middlesex 1,986 2,163 4,149 417. 761 654 1,415 142. Nantucket 10 7 17 414. - 2 2 48. Barnstable . 61 72 133 387. 18 15 33 96. Norfolk 563 609 1,172 355. 255 211 466 141. Non-resident of State 616 94 710 _ 217 57 274 - Unknown 203 12 215 - 30 8 38 - Total . 11,957 11,239 23,196 526. 4,098 3,124 7,222 163. (See Table 212 for detail on resident population). Estimated population of each county, 1934. 2Exclusive of transfers, but includes first and readmissions under all legal forms. 232 11; but one city, and that has a population less than 25,000 (1930,. Again we seethat Nantucket shows a low relative incidence for mental disease. These con-flicting results force us to turn to other factors than population concentration asa solution to the present situation in reference to mental disease in Massachusetts. PEJZ /00,000 POPULAT/ON MORE BB Berkshire Frank/m MASSACHUSETTS Soo 400 j 300 |399 Pt/kes 3 Essex iI WorcesterMidd/eseKNantuc&er \BarnstabJeI Ai>/-/b/.£. Graph 9. Patients in Residence in Mental Hospitals, 1934. Rates per 100,000 Populationof Same County. 117 233 MENTALLY DEFICIENT Section F. General Discussion of all Classes Under Care in State Schools for the Mentally Deficient, 1934 Section F is devoted to the general discussion of all classes of the mentallydeficient under treatment in public and private schools for the year 1934. Patients in Schools for the Mentally Deficient September 30, 1934Table 81 shows that the total number of mentally deficient patients in bothpublic and private institutions at the end of the statistical year was 5,112 actually Table 81.—Number of Patients in Public and Private Schools for the MeniallyDefective September 30, 1934, by School Schools Actually inthe Institutions On the Books State: 1,829 1,3921,962 1,821 2,056 Total Division of Mental Deficiency Private: Elm Hill Clarke 4,933 2195 630 918 5,410192 2195 6 32919 To
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