CHILDREN IN GAINFUL OCCUPATIONS (1920). crease or decrease of those at work 1910 to Table includes boys and girls 10 to 15 years of age inclusive, and shows percentage of in- 1920. Pct. increase (+); decrease (-). Total. Boys. Girls. +15.5 +15.2 +15.7 -46.7 -47.2 -45.6 Total. Boys. Girls. 12,502,582 6,294,985 6,207,597 1,060,858 714,248 346,610 Agriculture, forestry and animal hus bandry, total.. Farm laborers, home farm.. 188,071 Farm laborers, working out.. All other agriculture, etc. Extraction of minerals, total.. 12,990 -54.8 -55.1 -54.1 -50.8 -50.9 -50.4 -75.4 -74.6 -77.9 +17.7 107 -61.5 -62.2 All other extraction of minerals. -54.2 Apprentices $3.399-200-310-26.2 Laborers and semiskilled operatives *Comparable figures for 1910 not available. Except telegraph messengers. Kentucky ..1.640 Louisiana Maine Maryland ataxia, etc..... 252 AGE WHEN VISION WAS LOST. 2.1 .2,478 145 10 to 14 years..1.849 .3.873 15 to 19 years..1,410 131 North Carolina 1.230 5 to 9 years. Pennsylvania ...4,094 Number. 35 to 44 years..3.783 45 to 54 years..4.160 55 to 59 years..2,043 60 to 64 years..2,510 65 to 69 years..2,195 70 to 74 years..2.284 75 to 79 years..1.599 80 years or over.1,619 725 Rhode Island Massachusetts ..2.589 ..1,579 Texas Age. .1.075 At birth.. 552 Under 1 year.. 4,205 1 to 4 years.. Number. Age. 870 354 20 to 24 years..1.543 231 20.432 19.854 13.647 2.422 High school or academy 428 forestry and animal husbandry: 620 in manu328 facturing and mechanical industries; 18 in 1,249 transportation; 34 in trade; 6 in public serv11,934 ice; 240 in professional service; 168 in domestic or personal service; 74 in clerical work and 12 in unclassifiable occupations. OCCUPATIONS OF THE BLIND. Of 23.251 blind males, 10 years of age or more, reporting on the subject 17,344 were not gainfully occupied in 1920. Of the 5,907 employed there were engaged in agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, 864; extraction of minerals, 12; manufacturing and rechanical industries, 2.470; transportation, 92: trade, 1,230; public service. 28; professional service, 751; domestic and personal service, 225; clerical work, 207; not classifiable as to occupation, 28. Of the 16.385 females reporting, only 1,270 were gainfully occupied. Of these 84 were Number* Male More specifically, 660 of the blind boys and men were farmers, 825 broom makers, 447 piano tuners, 381 chair caners, 103 basket workers, 311 peddlers, 113 clerks, 127 news dealers, 387 musicians and teachers of music, 90 clergymen, 71 school teachers, 35 lawyers, 31 authors and librarians and 165 agents and canvassers. Of the blind girls and women, 54 were farmers, 246 seamstresses, 75 chair caners, 95 piano tuners, 54 basket workers, 18 telephone operators, 119 musicians and teachers of music, 82 school teachers and 42 engaged in agriculture, stenographers and typists. DEAF-MUTES IN THE UNITED STATES (1920). 35,026 Male 786 Female 701 Divorced 135 ........ 243 Female 112 Female .13.980 Men 15 yrs. or more. Foreign-born white. 2,622 Female 40 Divorced 113 Returning schedules to census DEAF-MUTES BY STATES Arkansas State. 817 Nevada bureau. The total number reported was 44.885. 92 New Hampshire. 740 New Jersey. 190 4.022 .1,135 New Mexico. California Colorado Connecticut 598 Delaware 46 Dist. of Columbia 351 Ohio Florida 396 Oklahoma MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. Of the 31,230 deaf-mutes, 10 years of age or over, in the United States reporting on their means of communication 16.901 were able to read lips: 7,526 used speech, writing, finger spelling and sign language: 449 used speech, writing and finger spelling: 433 speech, writand sign language; 311 speech, finger spelling and sign language; 1.575 speech and writing: 59 speech and finger spelling: 295 speech and sign language: 62 speech and miscellaneous methods, and 1.576 speech only. OCCUPATION. ing 624 344 124 3,399 2.941 Rhode Island.. 197 1.576 South Carolina... 539 South Dakota.. 283 1,103 .1.672 Of 17.176 deaf-mutes, 10 years of age or over, 236 reporting on the subject in 1920, 10,190 were 143 gainfully occupied. Of these there were in 1,042 agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, 5662,664; extraction of minerals, 64: manufactur632 ing and mechanical industries, 6.180; trans.1.688 portation, 139; trade, 203; public service. 41; 36 professional service. 222; domestic and personal service, 347; clerical, 182; unclassifiable as to occupation, 154 1,802 West Virginia.. 44,885 319 236 Convulsions 230 Typhoid fever.. 642 Malarial fever 636 Disease of mid Accident BLIND DEAF-MUTES. In 1920 there were in the United States 169 persons who were blind as well as deaf and mute. There were 20 in New York state. 16 in Wisconsin, 13 in Illinois, 13 in Ohio and 11 in Missouri. The others were distributed among the remaining states in numbers ranging from 1 to 9. EXECUTION OF WOMEN. Mrs. Surratt was hanged in Washington, 162 D. C., July 7, 1865, for complicity in the 159 assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Mary 151 Mabel Rogers was hanged at Windsor. Vt.. Dec. 8, 1905. Since then eight other women have been executed in the United States for murder. There were four in 1916, one in 1917 and three in 1918. The first woman in Canada to be put legally to death in the last twenty-five years was Mrs. Florence Lassandra, 22 years old, who was hanged at Edmonton, Alb., May 2, 1923, for complicity in the murder of a police officer. Number. Age. 13.513 3 years Number. |