11.—6.

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Table XIII. —Causes of Insanity.

Total. Causos. Auckland. jgW*£ Dunodin (SeaoUfl). Hokitika. Napier. Nelson. Wellington. Ashburn Hall (Privuto Asylum). M. F. T 5 2 ', M. F. T. M. F. T. 3 14 M. F. T. M. F. T. 10 1 M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. 113 M. F. T. Adverse rircumstances 1 0 J Atheroma 10 1 1 0 1 Acute inflammation.. 10 1 1 0 1 Apoplexy 10 1 3 0 f Brain disease 10 1 2 0 2 1 17 If Climacteric Oil 0 2 2 0 8 8 10 1 0 5 5 0 1 1 3 5 ( Congenital 14 5 10 1 10 1 Oil 0 2 i Childbirth .. Oil Oil 34 11 4i Drink 8 2 10 7 18 7 3 10 4 15 2 0 2 4 2 6 2 2 4 1 5 £ Domestic troubles .. 10 1 Oil 0 4 4 6 3 £ EpHefsy 12 3 5 0 5 Oil 0 1 1 Fright Oil 18 12 3! Hereditary 10 1 2 2 4 12 7 19 10 1 112 12 3 1 0 1 Heart-disease 1 0 1 3 0 £ Injury to head 2 0 2 10 1 1 0 ] imbecility 10 1 1 0 1 Injury to spina 10 1 0 1 1 Irregular menstruation Oil 2 3 £ Lovo affairs 112 112 Oil 0 2 i I jactation .. Oil Oil 1 0 1 Loss of sight 10 1 1 0 1 Locomotor ataxy 10 1 11 0 11 Masturbation 1 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 10 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 8 5 IE Mental anxiety 7 2 9 Oil 112 Oil 9 1 1C Organic 9 1 10 1 0 1 Overwork •• i 1 0 1 0 7 7 Puerperal state Oil 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 £ Privation 10 1 10 1 4 0 4 Paralysis 3 0 3 10 1 9 7 1C Previous attack 8 6 14 Oil 10 1 1 1 i. Physical debility 112 2 0 £ Phthisis 2 0 2 6 2 8 Poverty 6 2 8 9 5 14 Religion 12 3 5 16 2 2 4 10 1 3 0 £ Sunstroke .. 10 1 2 0 2 6 4 1C Senile decay Oil 4 2 6 10 1 112 6 1 7 Solitary lifo Oil 2 0 2 3 0 3 10 1 1 0 1 Softening of brain .. 10 1 L32 63 19;. Unknown .. 23 13 36 12 11 23 68 30 98 3 2 5 10 1 4 0 4 L9 7 26 2 0 3 194 160 454 Totals 53 34 87 45 26 71 111 58 16! 16 4 20 9 5 14 13 2 15 3) 20 05 8 S 13