H.—9.

Table XIII. —Causes of Insanity in the Admissions.

4—II. 9.

25

Total. Causes. Auckland. Napier. Wellington. Nelson. Hokitika. Christchurch. Dunedin. M. F. T.] 8412 M. F. T. 4 1 5 M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. I O I M. 2 F. T. 2 4 M. I F. T. 1 2 Old age 606 Injury to head 1 o 1 I O 1 O I 3 o 3 O I 1 Scarlatina o 1 1 112 Typhoid fever 1 1 2 O I I Erysipelas Oil 0 2 2 Suppression of menses... 022 0 9 9 Puerperal state 0 2 2 O I I O I I O 5 5 3 o 3 Sunstroke 202 I o 1 3 1 4 Epilepsy 2 O 2 1 1 2 7 2 9 Congenital weakness ... 426 3 o 3 29 * 5 44 Hereditary predisposition 426 O I I 4 3 7 4 3 7 4 2 6 '3 4 17 022 Hysteria o 1 i o 1 1 49 '5 6 4 Intemperance 5 2 7 5 i 6 2 13 3 i 4 17 1 18 '7 9 26 9 211 Mental anxiety, business losses, and want of employment 6 _ 7 I I 2 I o I 1 o 1 9 8 17 Domestic troubles 022 I O I 8 6 14 2 r 3 Love-disappointment ... I I 2 1 o 1 1 o 1 Blood-poisoning I O I 1 o 1 Religious mania O I 1 o 1 Over-study ... I O I o 1 1 808 Uterine disease O I I Solitude I O 1 I o I 1 O I 5 o 5 I 0 I Pecuniary losses I O I o 7 7 Climacteric ... O 2 2 o 5 5 O I I Puberty O I I 7 1 8 Masturbation 2 0 2 5 1 6 3 14 Grief 112 2 0 2 202 Syphilis 2 0 2 1 o 1 Cerebral disease I O I I o I Jealousy I O I I o I Malnutrition ... I O I O I I General decay O I I 8 5 13 Mental worry 6 4 10 2 1 3 1 o 1 Excesses 0 1 1 o I Hard life 1 O I 3 o 3 Bodily disease 3 o 3 I O J Treatment by a quack... 1 o 1 I O I General paralysis 1 o 1 I o 1 Measles 1 o 1 088 Parturition ... o 8 8 6 5 11 Idiots and imbeciles 6 5 11 044 Amenorrhoea o 4 4 3 3 (> Emigration and congenital weakness O I I 3 2 5 o 1 1 Childlessness o 1 1 54 25 79 Unknown 22 13 35 5 i 6 2 0 2 i 3 4 22 8 30 2 o 2 132 127 359 Totals 49 29 78 3 i 4 22 12 34 12 4 16 13 10 23 62 1 29 91 7i ■ 42 113