This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... cent; Norwood, 5.4 per cent; Winchester, .1 per cent; Montclair, 1.5 per cent; Schenectady (47 cases), .5 per cent; Waterbury, .1 per cent; Trenton, .1 per cent; Cambridge, .1 plus; Providence, .2 per cent, and Newark, 1.4 per cent. The average is for these ten cities, .9. This is practically the number found ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... cent; Norwood, 5.4 per cent; Winchester, .1 per cent; Montclair, 1.5 per cent; Schenectady (47 cases), .5 per cent; Waterbury, .1 per cent; Trenton, .1 per cent; Cambridge, .1 plus; Providence, .2 per cent, and Newark, 1.4 per cent. The average is for these ten cities, .9. This is practically the number found in Cleveland by the psychiatrist with the help of the Binet tests, but according to the 1911-12 report, page 3, "falls far short of the total number in the public schools." A distinction is made between the feeble-minded and the mentally defective children, "the epileptic children should also be included in the group to be eliminated" from the schools. This would raise the percentage for Cleveland (750 cases and 41,514 examined by doctors) up to 1.8 per cent. Dr. Holmes of Newark also urges the elimination of all such children from the schools. Dr. Goddard in his investigation of this problem for the School Inquiry Committee, concluded that there are at least 15,000 feeble-minded children in the public schools of New York City, about 2 per cent. These are children "so mentally defective as to preclude any possibility of their ever being made normal and able to take care of themselves as adults." This is also the percentage found among 2,000 children in the little town of Camden, N. J. Our judgment for these cities is that the actual percentage of mentally defective children in the elementary schools is not far from one per cent. 13. NERVOUS AILMENTS, CHOREA, HABIT SPASM, NERVOUS EXHAUSTION There are a number of ailments of the nervous system which are frequent among children, and important from the educational point of view. These are well treated from the medical point of view by Cornell and Hoag in their books on &quo...
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