Special types of living quarters
84. Item e-Hotel, large rooming house, institution, military installation, etc.-If you are enumerating the population of a hotel, a large rooming house, an institution, a military installation, etc., enter the full name of the place in the space provided.
In the space provided for "Type," enter the kind of place, such as "Hotel," "YMCA," "Army camp." If it is an institution, indicate the kind of person cared for and the kind of agency which operates the institution. For example: "State mental hospital," "Private home for the aged," "County poor farm," "Private nursing home," "State prison."
For each place, enter also the numbers of the lines which you use on that schedule for persons enumerated at the place.
Paragraph 89 shows a list of the kinds of places for which entries should be made in item e.
89. Special types of living quarters to be described in item e.-Following is a list of the types of places for which entries must be made under "Hotel, large rooming house, institution, military installation, etc.," in the heading of the schedule:
a. Institutions:
1.Correctional and penal institutions:
Federal prisons.-
Include: Penitentiaries, reformatories, correctional institutions, prison farms and camps, and detention headquarters operated by the Federal Government.
State prisons.-
Include: Prisons, penitentiaries, reformatories, prison farms and camps operated by State governments.
Jails.-
Include: Jails, workhouses, penitentiaries, prison farms and camps, and police station detention cells or lockups operated by county and city governments.
Public schools for juvenile delinquents.-
Include: Training, parental, or industrial schools operated by Federal, State, county, or city governments.
Private schools for juvenile delinquents.-
Include: Private schools for delinquents such as, "House of the Good Shepherd," "Boys Town," etc.
Detention homes.-
Include: State, local, and private detention and receiving homes.
2. Mental institutions:
Federal mental hospitals.-
Include: Hospitals for mental diseases (including Veterans' Administration neuropsychiatric hospitals) and hospitals for the treatment of alcoholics and drug addicts operated by the Federal Government.
State and local mental hospitals.-
Include: Hospitals for mental diseases, and hospitals for the treatment of alcoholics and drug addicts operated by State, county, and city governments.
Private mental hospitals.-
Include: Private hospitals and sanatoriums for mental diseases and private hospitals for the treatment of alcoholics and drug addicts.
Public homes and schools for mentally handicapped.-
Include: Homes and training schools for mental defectives, and homes, training schools, colonies, and villages for epileptics, operated by Federal, State, county, and city governments.
Private homes and schools for mentally handicapped.-
Include: Private homes and training schools for mental defectives. Also include homes, training schools, colonies, and villages for epileptics.
3. Homes for the aged and needy:
Federal and State homes for the aged and needy.
Local homes for the aged and needy.-
Include: Homes for the aged and needy, almshouses, poor farms, soldiers' and sailors' homes, etc., operated by county and city governments. Include homes providing care for both adults and children.
Nonprofit private homes for the aged and needy.-
Include: fraternal or religious homes for the aged and needy and those operated by nonprofit associations. Include homes providing care for both adults and children.
Commercial homes f or the aged.-
Include: Commercial boarding homes for the aged and needy. Include homes providing care for both adults and children.
Public homes for neglected and dependent children.-
Include: Orphan homes or asylums and children's homes operated by State, county, and city governments. Exclude foster-family homes.
Private homes for neglected and dependent children.-
Include: Private orphan homes or asylums and children's homes. Exclude foster-family homes.
Maternity homes for unmarried mothers.-
Include: Private maternity homes for unmarried mothers, such as "Florence Crittenton Homes," "Phyllis Wheatley Homes," and Salvation Army Homes. Also include any maternity homes of this type operated by State, county, or city governments.
4.Homes and hospitals for the chronically ill or handicapped:
Federal tuberculosis hospitals.-
Include: Tuberculosis hospitals, including Veterans' Administration tuberculosis hospitals, operated by the Federal Government.
State and local tuberculosis hospitals.-
Include: Tuberculosis hospitals and sanatoriums operated by State, county, and city governments.
Private tuberculosis hospitals.-
Include: Private tuberculosis hospitals and sanatoriums.
Chronic hospitals.-
Include: Chronic hospitals, cancer hospitals, and homes for incurables.
Public homes and schools for physically handicapped.-
Include: Homes and schools for the blind, for the deaf, and for the crippled, operated by Federal, State, county, and city governments.
Private homes and schools for physically handicapped.-
Include: Private homes and schools for the blind, for the deaf, and for the crippled.
Nursing, convalescent, and rest homes.-
Include: All nursing, convalescent, and rest homes. The homes are usually small (frequently fewer than 10 or 15 beds) and provide bed, board, and nursing care. In some cases such places may actually provide convalescent care, in others care is provided for elderly chronic patients.
b. Other special types of living quarters:
1. Nurses' homes.
2. Convents and monasteries.
3. Dormitories for workers.
4. Crew quarters on inland vessels.
5. Military installations.
6. College dormitories fraternity houses, and lodging houses devoted to students.
7. General hospitals.
8. Hotels, missions, "flophouses," etc.
9. Large lodging houses, residential clubs.
10. MCA YWCA, YMHA, YWHA.
11. Summer camps, tent camps, trailer camps, tourist courts, and motels.
12. School dormitories in schools below college level.