ORIGINS OF DEAF MUTES AND BLIND 221
DEAF MUTISM AND BLINDNESS
Tables 138 and 139 show the numbers of deaf-mutes and blind in Canada with the
wumber per 100,000 for each important origin. The French, with 87.8 deaf mutes per
.00,000, show the highest rate of all groups in Canada (Table 138). The Germans come
next, with a rate of 71.9 per 100,000. The lowest was the Italians, with only 29.4 deaf
mutes per 100,000, while the Russians rank next to the Italians with 40 per 100,000. The
English speaking stocks show approximately 50 deaf mutes per 100,000 of the population.
Table 139, showing the blind by origin for the year 1921, presents one startling fact: 209
indians out of every 100,000 in Canada are blind, a rate nearly 12 times the size of that
of the Russians ‘and over four times the average for the English speaking stocks. It is
interesting to note that the proportion of blind among the Germans, Italians and Russians
is lower than among the French and English speaking stocks in Canada.
TABLE 138. —ORIGINS OF DEAF MUTES IN CANADA, 1921.
Oricin
Number
of deaf
mites
Population
(000)
omitted
Number
per
100.000
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‘arious........ TT
Vot stated
1,327
£68
dl
2,1
ie
%
1-3
1-3
18-6
37-8
71-9
55-9
20-4
0-0
Total...
¢
(1) Includes English, Welsh and a negligible number from Royal Canadian N ave
TARLE 129 —ORIGINS OF THE BLIND IN CANADA. 1021.
“nglish and Welsh..............
Tisha, ooo
Scotch. ovens
“rench..........
Ferman. ..........
ndian...........
talian.........
lussian.........
Jarious,......
rt atatod
Total |
Nrigin
Number
1,114
583
647
1,387
98
ne
Yi
1¢
360
40
“Of
Population |
(000)
nmitted
7871)
108
173
453
"05
1
Number
per
100.000
3-0
52-6
55-2
56-5
33-2
209-0
25-0
“R-0
(1y Tneludes English. Welsh and a negligible number of the Royal Canadian Navy
