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Nebraska Records - Census

For Insane Inhabitants, lists the following:

1.Page number, line number from population schedule

2. Name of insane person

3. City or town of residence, and county

4. Whether an inmate of an institution or day patient

5. Form of disease

6. Duration of current attack

7. Age at last attack

8. Whether person must be kept in a cell

9. Whether person must be restrained

10. Whether person is an inmate in a hospital or asylum

11. Total length of time in institution

12. Date of discharge

13. Whether the person is epileptic

14. Whether the person is suicidal

15. Whether the person is homicidal

For Idiots (mentally retarded) lists the following:

1. Page number, line number from population schedule

2. Name of person

3. City or town of residence, and county

4. Whether person is self-supporting, or partly

5. Age at which idiocy occurred

6. Cause of idiocy

7. Size of person's head (large, small, or normal)

8. Whether ever in a training school, and name of school

9. Time spent in training

10. Year of discharge from training school

11. Whether person is also insane

12. Whether person is also blind

13. Whether the person is epileptic

14. Whether the person is paralyzed. Left or right side?

For Blind inhabitants, lists the following:

1. Page number, line number from population schedule

2. Name of person

3. City or town of residence, and county

4. Whether person is self-supporting, or partly

5. Form of blindness

6. Age at which blindness occurred

7. Whether person is totally blind

8. Whether person is semi-blind

9. Whether person was ever in an institution for the blind

10. Year of discharge from training school

11. Length of time in an institution

12. Whether person is also insane

13. Whether the person is also idiotic

14. Whether the person is also deaf-mute

For Homeless children, lists the following:

1. Page number, line number from population schedule

2. Name of person

3. City or town of residence, and county

4. Whether child's father is deceased

5. Whether child's mother is deceased

6. Whether child was abandoned by parents

7. Whether child was surrendered to an institution by parents

8. Whether the child was born in an institution

9. Year admitted

10. Whether the child is illegitimate

11. Whether the child is separated from his/her mother

12. Whether the child was arrested, and what offense

13. Whether the child was convicted or sentenced

14. Whether the origin of the child was respectable

15. Whether the child was removed from criminal surroundings

16. Whether the child is blind

17. Whether the child is a deaf-mute

18. Whether the child is an idiot