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SUMMARY
The present work is a census of all the mentally deficient (i. e. ex-
clusive of retarded persons) in the Faroes, both those in homes (in
Denmark) for the mentally deficient and those outside, whether placed
under some form of welfare or not. The census shows that at the end
of 1958 there were in the Faroese population (1958: 34,296 inhabitants)
179 mentally deficient in all, or 0.52 per 100 inhabitants, 94 men, and
85 women. Out of these, 44 were to be characterized as mentally defi-
cient in the mildest degree (morons), 98 mentally deficient in the
medium degree (imbeciles), and 37 mentally deficient in the most exs
treme degree (idiots). None of them were married. The division of the
mentally deficient according to age, degree, and residence appears
from the tables 1, 2, and 4, according to the underlying causes of
mental deficiency from the table 3. 68 were in homes (in Denmark)
for the mentally deficient, but further 35 were in urgent need of being
removed to such homes. Presumably a small number of persons (on
a rough estimate about 20) have been overlooked in this census. —
Therefore, the first time, a home for the mentally deficient in the
Faroes ought to have accomodation for at least about 100 inmates.
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3. Heilbrigðisskýrslur (Public Health in Iceland) 1955. Reykjv. 1958.
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sundhedskollegiums forhandlinger for aaret 1848. Kphvn. 1849,
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