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The Blind And The Deaf, 1900
This report relates to the blind on June 1, 1900. Before discussing the results of the inquiry, the method pursued in the collection of the data should be explained. Heretofore census statistics of this class have been based upon the complete return, by the regular census enumerators, of all the details concerning each individual enumerated, upon special schedules designed for that purpose, and there has been no means of determining the thoroughness of their canvass or the accuracy of the returns made by them....
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Title: The Blind And The Deaf, 1900
Creator: Alexander Graham Bell (author)
Date: 1906
Format: Government Document
Publisher: Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Source: Available at selected libraries
Keywords: African American; Aging; Alexander Graham Bell; Blind; Census; Children; Deaf; Deaf-blind; Education; Educational Institutions; Employment; Government Agencies; Labor & Commerce; Oralism; Policy; Public Health; Schools; Sensory Disability; Social Welfare & Communities; Statistics
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Social Movements & Advocacy