1880 Supplemental Schedule 2, for the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes

Insane
The object of this Supplemental Schedule is to furnish material not only for a complete enumeration of the insane, 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 page and number) of every insane person found, from Schedule No. 1 to this Special Schedule, and proceed to ask the additional questions indicated in the headings of several columns. Enumerators may obtain valuable hints as to the number of the insane, and their residence, from physicians who practice medicine in their respective districts.

Number taken from Schedule No. 1
01 Number of Page
02 Number of Line
03 Name
Residence when at home. -(See note a.)
04 City or Town
05 County (if in same State), or State (if in some other State)
06 If now an inmate of an institution, is this person a pay-patient?
07 Form of Disease (See note B.)
History of attack. (See note C.)
08 Duration of present attack, (not including previous attacks.)
09 Total number of attacks, (including the present one.)
10 Age at which first attack occurred.
Restraint and Seclusion. - (See note D.)
11 Does this person require to be usually or often kept in a cell or other apartment under lock and key, either by day or at night?
12 Does this person require to be usually or often restrained by any mechanical appliance, such as a strap, strait-jacket, etc.? and if yes, state the character of the appliance used.
Hospital or Asylum - (See note E.)
13 Has this person ever been an inmate of any hospital or asylum for the insane? If yes, name the said hospital or asylum.
14 What has been the total length of time spent by him (or her) during life in such asylums?
15 Date of discharge (year only).
See Note F.
16 Is this person also an epileptic?
17 Is this person suicidal?
18 Is this person homicidal?
ONLY ON THE HOSPITAL IMAGES WAS THIS INFO AVAILABLE
19 Color-White, W.; Black, B.; Mulatto, M.; Indian, I.; Chinese, C.
20 Sex-Male, M; Female, F.
21 Ages at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880. If under 1 year, give months in fractions of the year.
22 Single,/.
23 Married,/.
24 Widowed,/. Divorced, D.
25 Attended school within the Census year,/.
26 Cannot read,/.
27 Cannot write,/.
28 Place of Birth of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth.


NOTE A – An insane person may be found either at his own home or away from it in some institution, such as a hospital, 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 insane.
NOTE B – It is not necessary to make minute subdivisions, but to ascertain the number suffering from certain marked forms of insanity – mania, melancholia, paresis (general paralysis), dementia, epilepsy or dipsomania.
NOTE C – An insane person may have more than one attack of insanity: he may recover and afterward become again insane. It is important to know at what age the first attack occurred; how many distinct attacks the patient has had; and the duration of the present attack. If he has not had more than one attack, which still continues, insert the figure “1” in column 9. The duration of the present attack may be stated in years or months, thus: “1 yr.” or “3 mos.”
NOTE D – The object of the inquires in columns 11 and 12 is to ascertain approximately the proportion of the insane who cannot be trusted with their personal freedom. In column 11, if the patient is usually or often locked in a room or other apartment in the day time, say “yes;” if not, say “no;” but if locked at night and not by day, say “night.” In column 12, if usually or often mechanically restrained, state the mode of restraint, thus: strait-jacket, camisole, muff, strap, band
-cuffs, ball and chain, crib-bed, etc. If, instead of mechanical restraint, the patient has a constant personal attendant, say “attendant.”
NOTE E – In column 13 name all the hospitals or asylums for the insane (not jails or poor-houses) in which the patient has been for a longer or shorter time an inmate, and in column 14 state the entire number of months or years spent in such institutions (whether in one institution or more).
NOTE F – In making entries in columns 16, 17, and 18, an affirmative mark only will be used, thus /.

Long Creek Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 55 Enumerated by W.J. Blades
123 456 789 101112 131415 161718 Notes
850Whittecar, Clara ALong Creek TpDecatur 23NoNoMt Pleasant13mos
51Lantz, GeoLong Creek TpDecatur 49NoNoMt Pleasant6mos1875
Franklin Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 56 Enumerated by Merrick Davis
123 456 789 101112 131415 161718 Notes
835Magill, N Charles Decatur Mania2447NoNoMt Pleasant11880
1948Boydston, LoryGarden GroveDecaturyesEpilepsy2 21No Mt Pleasant2 1 1
Decatur Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 57 Enumerated by James H. Gray
123 456 789 101112 131415 161718 Notes
2621Earl, Sarah MDecatur TwpDecatur Dementia21114
Woodland Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 59 Enumerated by R E Dye
123 456 789 101112 131415 161718 Notes
721Daughton, JosephWoodland TpDecatur Epileptic26 16yrsYesNoNo 1
1447Vance, JohnWoodland TpDecatur Epileptic25 35yrsNoNoNo 1
Burrell Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 60 Enumerated by W. H. Albaugh
123 456 789 101112 131415 161718 Notes
132Warford, CatherineBurrellDecatur No7weeks1 NoNoNo
44Stevens, MarthaBurrellDecatur Dementia5yrs Mt Pleasant6mos1875
2232Fetty, Zachariah
Fayette Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 61 Enumerated by J.H. Cunningham
123 456 789 101112 131415 161718 Notes
2425Weiler, John FNew Buda TpDecaturPay 1 1/2 yr252NoNoIowa Insane Asylum1 1/2yrs
Eden Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 62 Enumerated by C.F. Matsler
123 456 789 101112 131415 161718 Notes
74Dorsey, Volney Decatur 1yr 8mo220 Mt Pleasant Ia, Indianapolis, Ind2yr1863 1
740Fenton, Hattie 4yrs139yesStrait jacketMt Pleasant3yr1879
1312Boyer, Sylvester Decatur 3 crossed out
1729Smith, Andrew Decatur Dementia 6NoNo 1
2041Stanton, Jesse Indiana Dementia 50 1
2317Fairall, William Decatur Dementia 24YesNoMt Pleasant2yr 6mo80
409Labross, Martha J Pleasanton Dementia10yrs 35NoNo
Richland Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 255 Enumerated by W.H. Albaugh
123 456 789 101112 131415 161718 Notes
124Millstead, ElizabethRichland TpDecatur

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