17

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Table XIII.—Principal Assigned Causes of Insanity.

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Causes. Auckland. Christchurch. §25$. Hokitika. Nelson. Porirua. Tokanui. Ashburn Hall. Totals. Heredity Congenital Previous attack Puberty and adolescence Climacteric Senility Pregnancy Puerperal state Lactation Mental stressSudden Prolonged (including war strain) Privation Solitude Sexual excess Masturbation Alcohol Insomnia Drug habit Syphilis Toxaemia Traumatic Post operative Organic brain-diseaso Epilepsy Apoplexy Arterio-sclerosis Sunstroke Tumour of brain Chorea M. F. 15 6 31 18 7 9 M. F. 2 5 12 1 1 20 11 5 0 8 11 7 0 1 M. F. 13 8 20 0 11 13 3 1 0 5 11 7 m. f. 2 3 2 2 I 1 0 M. F. 1 2 ' 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 M. F. 5 3 15 13 10 13 7 1 0 2 16 8 0 I 0 7 M. F. M. P. 2 0 M. F. 40 27 85 43 32 57 21 8 0 29 04 34 0 2 0 22 0 1 0 10 22 12 2" 0 0 3 0 13 0 2 0 1 14 21 6 3 12 4 2 1 13 10 1 0 2 0 1 ' 0 2" 0 50 39 1 0 2 2 o" 2 1 0 13 7 17 2 5 1 4" 0 2 0 10 12 4 0 ' 1 2 1 53 14 12" 0 9 0 0 2 3 0 10 3 1 0 1 17 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 46 1 0 2 4 1 0 3 1 ,0 24 11 1 0 1 1 0" 1 O" 2 1 0 8 3 7 4 6 3 3 0 0 ' 1 1 0 0 ' 3 1 3 l" 0 2" 0 3" 0 CancelCardiac disease Graves' disease Phthisis 111 health Influenza .. .. Cerebral haemorrhage Over-study Spiritualism Blindness Diabetes Locomotor-ataxia Unknown Not insane Transfers 10 2" 5 8 8 1 ' 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 7" 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 4 1 4 0 1 ' 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 9 16 14 9 5 0 1 0 0 I 0 1 1 0 1 0 48 38 0 1 63 17 0 1 1 0 1 0 23 30 11 5 9 2 0 1 4 3 2" 0 3 1 l" 0 2" 4 8 0 2" 1 4" 3 41 ' 6 I 0 Totals 147 123 94 64 96 60 22 7 17 11 147 111 42 7 10 5 575 388