Two clasps will be given with the Ashantee War medal, one bearing the woad " Amoaful," the other " Coomassie." The medal riband will be black and yellow, striped. The total number of idiots or imbeciles in England and Wales is 29,452, the equality of the sexes being remarkable — namely, 14,728 males and 14,724 females. Compared with the emire population, the ratio is 1 idiot or imbecile in 761 persons, or 13 per 10,000 persons living. The number of the insane in England and Wales is 39,567 18,146 males and 21,521 female6 — being in the proportion of 1 in every 574 of the general population.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 62, 4 July 1874, Page 9
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103Untitled New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 62, 4 July 1874, Page 9
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