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This census, is identical to the previous one, except for the
final column. This now lists four, numbered disabilities. They are
deaf-and-dumb, blind, imbecile or idiot, and lunatic. It's not made
certain how the diagnosis was made, and how reliable any figures
gained from this list, could have been. Though the first two could
be said to be fairly safe.
The quality of the census from this time onwards, is very much
better. Though again, at a local level, the films sometimes become
scratched or marked by the readers.
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