15

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Table XIII.—Causes of Insanity in the Admissions.

Total. Causes. Auckland. Napier. Wellington. Nelson. Hokitika. Christchurch. Dunedin. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. 4 3 7 M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. 10 13 23 Hereditary predisposition ., 1 3 4 I 0 I 3 1 4 I 2 3 044 2 0 2 ,, and sexual excesses 1 o 1 I 0 I O I I „ and love-disap-pointment Oil 5° 9 59 Intemperance ... 606 606 I O I 224 16 3 19 19 4 23 3 « 4 „ and hereditary predisposition 3 1 4 3 3 6 „ and sexual exOil 325 cesses 6 3 9 Emigration and congenital weakness 6 3 9 5 1 6 Excitement and congenital weakness Self-abuse I O I 4 1 5 808 808 202 Solitude 202 4 7 11 Domestic troubles 1 4 5 112 Oil 2 1 3 3 9 12 Mental distress ... 1 6 7 I 0 I O22 112 4 1 5 Religious excitement 2 1 3 I O I I O I 011 Love-disappointment 011 022 Overwork 022 011 Fright 011 2 1 3 Privation 112 I O I 202 Pecuniary losses 1 o 1 I O I 202 Want of employment 202 I O I Sedentary occupation I O I 7 1 8 Injury to head .. 202 303 Oil 202 426 Senile decay ... ... 202 I O I Oil 112 022 ,, and emigration 02 2 606 Sunstroke ... ... I O I 5 o 5 202 Syphilis 202 1 o 1 Abscess in head, and drink I O I I O I Abscess in ear .. I 0 I 112 Scrofula and exposure 112 2 2 4 Anaemia and hereditary predisposition 224 3 7 10 Epilepsy 044 1 2 3 I O I I O I OI I 033 Hysteria 0 2 2 Oil 044 Amenorrhcea ... 044 o 24 24 Puerperal condition ... O I I o 7 7 Oil 033 O 12 12 ° 5 5 Uterine disease o S 5 1 o 1 Phthisis 1 o 1 Oil Over-lactation and hereditary predisposition o 1 1 12 4 16 Congenital (idiocy and imbecility) 3 1 4 101 3°3 i 3 8 82 40 122 Unknown 41 II 52 59 26 85 Oil 5 2 7 3 6 25 61 1 8 9 8 12 20 022 3S 16 49 S 6 33 89 2 o 2 129 149 378 Totals. 1 3 4 7 6 13 I 62 44 I06 <4!