17

H.—7

Table XIII. —Causes of Insanity.

3—H. 7.

Causes. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin (Seacliff). Hokitika. Nelson. Porirua. I Ashburn Wellington. Asylum). Total. Accident Adolescence Adverse circumstances Alcohol Apoplexy Bright's disease Cerebral tumour Child-bearing and puerperal Climacteric Congenital Diabetes Domestic trouble and anxiety Epilepsy Erysipelas General paralysis Grief Heredity Hysteria Ill-health Influenza Isolation and solitude Lactation Love disappointment Malignant disease Masturbation Menstrual Morphia Music mania Organic Overwork Previous attack Privation and poverty Prostitution .. . .. Political excitement Beligioue excitement ■ Senile decay Shock .. .. Surgical operation Sunstroke Syphilis Uterine .. ... Venereal disease Worry Unknown M. F. T. M. P. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. ¥. T. M. F. T. 3 2 5 M. F. T. 6 17 3 14 10 1 19 1 20 M. F. T. oil M. F. T. 9 3 12 3 2 5 2 2 4 57 18 75 10 1 10 1 2 0 2 0 17 17 0 17 17 26 36 62 2 0 2 13 9 22 17 5 22 0 11 1 0 1 0 11 20 17 37 0 2 2 6 3 9 4 5 9 9 1 10 0 2 2 10 1 10 1 34 3 37 0 3 3 2 0 2 10 1 4 15 4 2 6 7 3 10 12 3 0 11 10 1 8 7 15 18 12 30 0 5 5 0 11 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 11 5 0 5 6 6 12 65 75 140 13 5 18 4 i' 5 12 3 15 4 19 112 10 1 2 6 8 10 1 2 0 2 10 1 0 5 5 0 8 8 8 9 17 101 1 6' 1 0 2 2 Oil 2 4 6 0 2 2 0 3 3 7 9 16 ■■ I 101 10 1 0 2 2 0 3 3 5 13 18 0 6 6 0 2 2 2 13 9 1 10 3 2 5 2 02 3 14 Oil 3 1 4 4 4 8 4 15 Oil 0 3 3 4 0 4 10 1 Oil 2 3 5 9 i' 16 2 35 0 22 7 4 11 oil 2 13 101 3 14 3 0 3j 3 0 3! Oil 101 Oil 14 5 2 0 2 10 1 2 13 oil 10 1 10 1 6 17 0 1 1 2 02 Oil 7 29 Oil 2 0 2 7 07 10 0 10 101 10 1 10 1 2 0 2 3 14 Oil 6 2 8 112 10 1 10 1 1 i' 2 Oil 12 3 Oil 3 5 8 2 13 10 1 0 1 1 10 1 0 22 8 3 11 7 18 3 3 6 12 2 4 0 3 3 Oil Oil Oil 2 02 2 0 2 Oil 5 0 5 3 3 6 14 5 19 6 i' 13 2 0 2 15 13 28 4 0 4 123 1 8 4 15 40 55 10 6' 16 0 2 2 Totals 68 51 119 62 52 114 10 2 12 8 3 11 42 81 123 102 31 133 10 10 20 335 263 598 33 33 66