Facts and opinions relating to the deaf from America.

Date:
1888
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Credit: Facts and opinions relating to the deaf from America. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    clearly indicate a deaf person probably lias or will have a deaf relative other than a child. 'The family descent of the 1,886 pupils have been— American . German Irish , Swede English French . . Hebrew Scotch Coloured Polish Portuguese • Canadian Russian Italian Norwegian . Hungarian . Bohemian . French and Indian Mexican ' Very nearly 6 per cent. (110) of the pupils who have been admitted to this institution are reported as children of parents having consanguineous origin, as follows :— Cases Children of first cousins 76 Children of second cousins 17 Children of thii-d cousins 9 Children of foiu-th cousins 9 Grandchild of first cousins 1 Child of uncle and niece 1 ' These came from 88 different families, of which Two families had foiu- deaf children. Five families had three deaf children. Ten families had two deaf cbildi'en. Seventy-two families had one deaf child. ' I have experienced considerable difficulty in ascertaining facts on this point, and I believe there are some cases of this kind upon which we are not correctly informed. If all the cases of the oflFspriug of parents related by blood were reported, I have no doubt the percentage of such would be larger, cer- tainly not less than 8, and probably quite 10 per cent. ' PriiLiP G. (liLLETT, iSHj-ierhitcndeut.' Cases 1,284 271 161 44 29 25 13 l.S 11 10 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1