59 | 12.8
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COMPARATIVE NUMBERS OF THE SEXES OF DEAF MUTES.

In all countries where statistics have been compiled, the number of male
deaf mutes exceeds that of the female. In 1871 there were in Prussia
12,736 male and 10,843 female deaf mutes. In England and Wales in 1883
there were 4,408 male and 3,280 female deaf mutes. In Staffordshire 264
males and 217 females. In Leicestershire 64 males and 50 females. In
Lincolnshire 112 males and 93 females. In Nottinghamshire 96 males and
75 females; and in Derbyshire 121 males and 88 females.

PROBABLE NUMBERS OF THE DEAF & DUMB.

There is an increasing desire on the part of the various Governments of
the world to give information likely to be useful to the instructors of
the deaf and dumb, but it has been proved beyond doubt that the Census
returns in many cases are not altogether reliable, the numbers being
considerably understated. The following Table by Hartman, compiled from
the various census returns, shows the per centage to the population:--

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
-----------------------+---------+------------+---------+-------------
| Date of | Total | No. of | Deaf Mutes
| Statis- | Population.| Deaf | among 10,000
| tics. | | Mutes. | Inhabitants.
-----------------------+---------+------------+---------+-------------
1 Germany | 1877 | 39,862,133 | 38,489 | 9.66
2 France | 1872 | 36,102,921 | 22,610 | 6.26
3 Great Britain | | | |
and Ireland | 1871 | 31,631,212 | 18,152 | 5.70
4 Italy | 1871 | 26,413,132 | 19,385 | 7.34
5 Austria | 1869 | 20,394,980 | 19,701 | 9.66
6 Hungary | 1870 | 15,417,327 | 20,699 | 13.43
7 Spain | 1860 | 15,658,531 | 10,905 | 6.96
8 Belgium | 1858 | 4,529,560 | 1,989 | 4.39
9 Netherlands | 1869 | 3,575,080 | 1,119 | 3.35
10 Sweden | 1870 | 4,168,525 | 4,266 | 10.23
11 Norway | 1865 | 1,701,756 | 1,569 | 9.22
12 Switzerland | 1870 | 2,669,147 | 6,544 | 24.52
13 Denmark | 1870 | 1,864,496 | 1,156 | 6.20
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