There are three types of schools for the deaf included in this bulletin: (1) Those controlled and supported by the State; (2) Those controlled and financed by private organizations; and (3) Those operated as a part of the city public-school systems. This bulletin provides information for the schools for the deaf from 1917 to 1918. Contents include: (1) Types of schools included; (2) Dual schools; (3) Schools not reporting; (4) Number of schools; (5) Instructors; (6) Pupils; (7) Enrollment by grades; (8) Graduates; (9) Pupils taught speech; (10) Volumes in libraries; (11) Valuation of property; (12) Receipts; (13) Expenditures; and (14) Statistical tables. (Contains 17 tables and 4 figures.) [Prepared by the Statistical Division of the Bureau of Education. Best copy available has been provided.]