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                1880 Supplemental Schedule 5, for the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes           
                           
            Inhabitants in______________,    in the County of  HARRISON,        State of IOWA   
Supervisor's Dist. No.    3            Enumerated by me June, 1880        J. C. Milliman,     Enumerator.
Enumeration Dist. No.    252                       
                           
                           
                           
BLIND . The object of this Supplemental Schedule is to furnish material not only for a complete enumeration of the blind, but for an account of their condition. It is important that every inquiry respecting each case be                           
answered as fully as possible. Enumerators will, therefore, after making the proper entries upon the Population Schedule (No. 1), transfer the name (with Schedule paper and number) of every blind person found,                           
from Schedule No. 1 to this Special Schedule, and proceed to ask the additional questions indicated in the headings of the several columns.                           
In this enumeration will be included not only the totally blind, but also the semi-blind. No person will be carried on this Schedule, however, who can see sufficiently well to read. For the distinction between the                           
totally blind and the semi-blind see Note E; it is of the greatest importance to note this distinction with care, by making the proper entry in columns 10 or 11.                           

(Note; This is a work in progress, there are 15 pages, 4 columns each, and trying to put all together under the categories:  Deaf-Mute, Insane, Blind & Idiots, Stop back for further updates).

mber taken fromSchedule No. 1 Residence whenat Home (See Note A.)    SeeNote F.Institution Life  SeeNoteF.
  NAMECity or TownCounty (if in same state or State (If in some other StateIs He (or She) self-supporting or partly so? (See Note. B)Age at which Blindness occurred (See Note C.)Form of Blindness (See Note D.)Supposed cause of Blindness, if knownIs the person totally blind? (See Note F.IS the person ?? Blind (See Note F.)Has the person ever been an inmate of an institution for the blind? If yes, give the name of institution.What has been the total length of time spent by him or her in any such institution?Date of his (or her) discharge. (Year Only.)Is this person also insane?Is he ( or she) also idiots?Is he ( or she) also a deaf-mute?
Number of pageNumber of line               
1234567891011121314151617
1113Walker, AlfredCincinnatiHarrisonNoTotallyDon't Know  Don't Know     
1812Matz, Jno. MClay TwpHarrisonno TotallyDon't know  Don't know     
1813Matz, Wm  CClay TwpHarrisonno TotallyDon't know  Don't know     
1814Matz, FrankClay TwpHarrisonno TotallyDon't know  Don't know     
2421Schofield,
Charles G		JeffersonHarrison           

NOTE A – A blind person may be found either at his own home or away from it in some educational institution, asylum, or poor-house. In the latter case, his residence when at home must be stated, in order that he may be accredited to the State or county to which he                                           
properly belongs, and that the county in which the institution is situated may not be charged with more that its due proportion of the blind                                           
                                           
NOTE B – If self-supporting, say “yes;” if partly self-supporting, say “partly;” if not, say “no.” Indicate all inmates of institutions who are maintained or treated at their personal expense (not at the expense of any town, county, or State, nor of the institution) by the word “Pay.”                                           
                                           
NOTE C – If a blind from birth, say “B;” if not, state the age at which blindness occurred. Special pains should be taken to indicate all the blind from birth                                           
                                           
NOTE D – Where practicable, get a statement from attending physician.                                           
                                           
NOTE E – The totally blind are unable to distinguish forms of colors; the partially blind can distinguish forms or colors, but cannot see to read, or at least not without such effort as to make reading practically impossible                                           
                                           
NOTE F – In making entries in columns 10, 11, 15, 16, and 17, an affirmative mark only will be used, thus.                                           
                                           

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