Feeble-minded

Such enumerations practically always show a preponderance of males.

Kuhlman, footnote, Kuhlman, F., The Part Played by the State Institutions in the Care of the Feeble-Minded, Journal of Psycho-Aesthetics, 1916, end footnote, gives figures, which may serve us as fair samples, collected by him in 1915 as the result of a questionnaire returned from seven states in this country.

In the state schools for feeble-minded were four thousand forty-six males, fifty-three point five percent, and three thousand five hundred eighteen females, forty-six point five percent.

The United States report for 1910 showed in institutions for the feeble-minded eleven thousand fifteen males, fifty-three point eight percent, and nine thousand seven hundred sixteen females, forty-six point two percent.

There seem to be no occupations which support feeble-minded men as well as housework and prostitution support feeble-minded women.

Data showing the social-economic status of feeble-minded women have been gathered and presented elsewhere.

Footnote, Schlop, M.C., and Hollingworth, L.S., An Economic and Social Study of Feeble-Minded Women, Medical Record, 1915, end footnote, and are in harmony with the tabulation here made.

It is a matter of common knowledge that girls, as a group, are not expected continuously to follow competitive careers for a living.

All right, Mrs. P, so tell us all about Pennhurst.

Pennhurst State School and Hospital, originally known as Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic, was a state-run institution for mentally and physically disabled people in Pennsylvania and was founded in 1903.

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Feeble-minded.

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These institutions were not only dealing with overcrowding and funding issues, but the patients themselves were in desperate need of specialized care that they were not receiving at these locations.

In 1903, Pennsylvania authorized the creation of the Eastern State Institution for the Feebleminded and Epileptic, with Wesley White, former president of the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, acting as superintendent of the facility.

Located in Spring City, about 80 miles from the state capital of Harrisburg, the facility was legally required to accommodate up to 500 patients, with room enough to create additions to the building if needed.

Construction was completed in 1929, although admissions began as early as 1908, and at its completion, the 1,400-acre grounds consisted of an upper and lower campus, a gymnasium, separate cottages for the male and female patients, employee housing, a powerhouse auditorium, and a laundry and sewing unit.

Such enumerations practically always show a preponderance of males.

Kuhlman, footnote, Kuhlman, F., The Part Played by the State Institutions in the Care of the Feeble-Minded, Journal of Psychoesthetics, 1916, and footnote, gives figures, which may serve us as fair samples, collected by him in 1915 as the result of a questionnaire returned from seven states in this country.

In the state schools for feeble-minded were four thousand forty-six males, fifty-three point five percent, and three thousand five hundred eighteen females, forty-six point five percent.

The United States report for 1910 showed in institutions for the feeble-minded eleven thousand fifteen males, fifty-three point eight percent, and nine thousand seven hundred sixteen females, forty-six point two percent.

There seem to be no occupations which support feeble-minded men as well as housework and prostitution support feeble-minded women.

Data showing the social-economic status of feeble-minded women have been gathered and presented elsewhere.

Footnote, Schlapp, M.C., and Hollingworth, L.S., An Economic and Social Study of Feeble-Minded Women, Medical Record, 1915.

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