EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. -----------------------+---------+------------+---------+------------- | Date of | Total | No. of | Deaf Mutes | Statis- | Population.| Deaf | among 10,000 | tics. | | Mutes. | Inhabitants. -----------------------+---------+------------+---------+------------- 1 Germany | 1877 | 39,862,133 | 38,489 | 9.66 2 France | 1872 | 36,102,921 | 22,610 | 6.26 3 Great Britain | | | | and Ireland | 1871 | 31,631,212 | 18,152 | 5.70 4 Italy | 1871 | 26,413,132 | 19,385 | 7.34 5 Austria | 1869 | 20,394,980 | 19,701 | 9.66 6 Hungary | 1870 | 15,417,327 | 20,699 | 13.43 7 Spain | 1860 | 15,658,531 | 10,905 | 6.96 8 Belgium | 1858 | 4,529,560 | 1,989 | 4.39 9 Netherlands | 1869 | 3,575,080 | 1,119 | 3.35 10 Sweden | 1870 | 4,168,525 | 4,266 | 10.23 11 Norway | 1865 | 1,701,756 | 1,569 | 9.22 12 Switzerland | 1870 | 2,669,147 | 6,544 | 24.52 13 Denmark | 1870 | 1,864,496 | 1,156 | 6.20 -----------------------+---------+------------+---------+-------------
NON EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. -----------------------+---------+------------+---------+------------- 1 United States of | | | | America | 1870 | 38,558,371 | 16,205 | 4.20 2 Argentine Republic | 1870 | 1,743,199 | 6,626 | 38.07 3 British Colonies | | | | in N. America | 1871 | 583,535 | 470 | 8.05 4 In the West Indies | 1871 | 905,730 | 690 | 7.62 5 In Africa | 1871 | 330,460 | 529 | 16.01 6 In Australia | 1871 | 305,730 | 56 | 1.83 -----------------------+---------+------------+---------+-------------
In Prussia (1875) the Census showed a population of 24,604,351, the number of the deaf and dumb being 24,315, or 9.9 to 10,000 of the population. In India there are, it is said, over 200,000 deaf mutes. The total number in the world is supposed to be over 700,000.
When King George IV. visited Ireland a deaf and dumb boy determined to send a letter to His Majesty. The following extracts taken from this characteristic letter will be interesting:
"My dear George,--I hope I will see you when you come here to see the deaf and dumb boys and girls; I am very sorry that you never did come here to see them.
"I will be very glad to see you, if you will come here often to see me. Did you ever see the deaf and dumb in London? You must write a letter to me soon. Would you like to see me at Claremont? I could not go to London, because there is too much money to pay to the captain of a ship for me.