1880 Federal Non-Population Census Schedules, Henry County, Iowa

Insane inhabitants

1880 Supplemental Schedule 2, for the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes

The object of this Supplemental Schedule is to furnish material not only for a complete enumeration of the insane, but for
an account of their condition. It is important that every inquiry respecting each case be answered as fully as possible.
Enumerators will, therefore, after making the proper entries upon the Population Schedule (No. 1), transfer the name (with
Schedule page and number) of every insane person found, from Schedule No. 1 to this Special Schedule, and proceed to ask
the additional questions indicated in the headings of several columns. Enumerators may obtain valuable hints as to the
number of the insane, and their residence, from physicians who practice medicine in their respective districts.

Number taken from Schedule No. 1
01 Number of Page
02 Number of Line
03 Name
Residence when at home. -(See note A.)
04 City or Town
05 County (if in same State), or State (if in some other State)
06 If now an inmate of an institution, is this person a pay-patient?
07 Form of Disease (See note B.)
History of attack. (See note C.)
08 Duration of present attack, (not including previous attacks.)
09 Total number of attacks, (including the present one.)
10 Age at which first attack occurred.
Restraint and Seclusion. - (See note D.)
11 Does this person require to be usually or often kept in a cell or other apartment under lock and key, either by day or
at night?
12 Does this person require to be usually or often restrained by any mechanical appliance, such as a strap, strait-jacket,
etc.? and if yes, state the character of the appliance used.
Hospital or Asylum - (See note E.)
13 Has this person ever been an inmate of any hospital or asylum for the insane? If yes, name the said hospital or asylum.
14 What has been the total length of time spent by him (or her) during life in such asylums?
15 Date of discharge (year only).
See Note F.
16 Is this person also an epileptic?
17 Is this person suicidal?
18 Is this person homicidal?
ONLY ON THE HOSPITAL IMAGES WAS THIS INFO AVAILABLE
19 Color-White, W.; Black, B.; Mulatto, M.; Indian, I.; Chinese, C.
20 Sex-Male, M; Female, F.
21 Ages at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880. If under 1 year, give months in fractions of the year.
22 Single,/.
23 Married,/.
24 Widowed,/. Divorced, D.
25 Attended school within the Census year,/.
26 Cannot read,/.
27 Cannot write,/.
28 Place of Birth of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth.

NOTE A – An insane person may be found either at his own home or away from it in some institution, such as a hospital,
asylum, or poor-house. In the latter case, his residence when at home must be stated, in order that he may be accredited
to the State or county to which he properly belongs, and that the county in which the institution is situated may not be
charged with more that its due proportion of insane.
NOTE B – It is not necessary to make minute subdivisions, but to ascertain the number suffering from certain marked forms
of insanity – mania, melancholia, paresis (general paralysis), dementia, epilepsy or dipsomania.
NOTE C – An insane person may have more than one attack of insanity: he may recover and afterward become again insane. It
is important to know at what age the first attack occurred; how many distinct attacks the patient has had; and the
duration of the present attack. If he has not had more than one attack, which still continues, insert the figure “1” in
column 9. The duration of the present attack may be stated in years or months, thus: “1 yr.” or “3 mos.”
NOTE D – The object of the inquires in columns 11 and 12 is to ascertain approximately the proportion of the insane who
cannot be trusted with their personal freedom. In column 11, if the patient is usually or often locked in a room or other
apartment in the day time, say “yes;” if not, say “no;” but if locked at night and not by day, say “night.” In column 12,
if usually or often mechanically restrained, state the mode of restraint, thus: strait-jacket, camisole, muff, strap, band
-cuffs, ball and chain, crib-bed, etc. If, instead of mechanical restraint, the patient has a constant personal
attendant, say “attendant.”
NOTE E – In column 13 name all the hospitals or asylums for the insane (not jails or poor-houses) in which the patient has
been for a longer or shorter time an inmate, and in column 14 state the entire number of months or years spent in such
institutions (whether in one institution or more).
NOTE F – In making entries in columns 16, 17, and 18, an affirmative mark only will be used, thus /.

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