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and the most potent factor is the individual. Hereunder the assigned causations in the table referred to are grouped and shown in their relative proportions :— Males. Females. Total. Heredity .. .. .. .. .. 11-64 7-17 9-54 Congenital .. .. .. .. .. 20-46 10*96 16-00 Predisposed by previous attack .. .. 10-41 13-15 11-70 Critical periods .. .. .. 10-23 20-12 14-88 Child-bearing (puerperal, non-septic, and lactation) .. 3-78 1-78 Mental stress .. .. .. .. 14-81 21-12 17-77 Toxic, including— m. f. Syphilis 3-88 i-oo\ Alcohol .. .. .. 2-82 0-20/ 74:1 17y 477 Traumatic .. . . . . . . . . 0-35 . . 0-18 Disorder of nervous system, including — m. f. Epilepsy .. .. .. 4-94 5-58 7-23 6-57 6-92 Other bodily afiections . .. .. 6-17 2-59 4-49 Senility .. .. .. .. 11-29 12-75 11-97 100-00 100-00 100-00

Voluntary Boarders.

It will be noted that there were 312 voluntary admissions in the year under review, that 267 were discharged, and that 38 boarders, representing 12 -18 per cent, of the admissions, had to be transferred to the register of patients (having shown mental disorder in degree sufficiently pronounced and sustained to render it improper for them to be continued as voluntary boarders), while the proportion of deaths oil average number of resident was 7-63 per cent. The column devoted to " Not First Admissions " records readmissions on a return of illness in those previously treated to recovery as voluntary boarders. The average daily number of voluntary boarders in 1935 was 380.

MENTAL NURSES. In December the usual examination was held for the registration of mental nurses, when the following passed : — Passed top for Dominion : Nurse M. A. McFarlane (CJhristchurch). Auckland : Attendants —K. J. Brown, F. L. Irving, T. J. R. Trotter. Nurses —11. M. Hunter, M. E. Little,* I. K. 0. Lowe, I. P. Milton, D. Thomas, I. P. Tliomasen, C. E. Young. Te Awamutu: Attendant—C. E. Shanaghan. Nurses—A. G. Goddard, J. M. Gray, I. D. Haining, J. R. MacKenzie, H. P. Nicoll. Porirua: Attendants —B. W. Fisk, M. A. Lucas. Nurses —A. M. Brown,* J. B. Doyle, E. M. Harris, J. L. Harris,* M. A. Mcintosh, L. A. Scott,* M. P. Squire,* K. E. Woodcock. Nelson : Nurses —E. T. Lynch, M. T. McCluskey, B. A. McNamara, A. A. Walsh.* Hokitika: Nurses —M. C. Buckland, J. Masterson. Clyistchurch: Attendants —A. K. Asher, L. A. Mahoney, A. R. Rowe. Nurses—S. R. T. Aitcheson,* H. Clark, M. M. Depree, M. A. McFarlane,* B. M. Obery, R. M. Paijl, M. G. Shearer,* A. A. T. Spink, V. M. Stevens, I. M. V. Waters. Seacliff: Nurses —S. R. Allison, K. C. Cornish, E. I. Kay,* R. R. Kelly,* T. Sutherland.*

* Passed with distinction.

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j j I ' ' j ; ( I First, I Not nw. Total Transferred Remaining Year - ! AdmSon. Admission, i AdmWons. J? 5a£S? ' Died ' I Discharged. on I I of Patients, i | j 31st December. 1 I j 1 . . .| J M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. 1912 .. .. 6 17 23 0 0 0 6 17 23 1 3 4 0 0 0 4 3 7 1 11 12 1913 .. .. 18 19 37 0 2 2 18 21 39 2 5 7 0 1 1 12 12 24 5 14 19 1914 .. .. 17 19 36 3 2 5 20 21 41 7 5 12 1 1 2 11 15 26 6 14 20 1915 .. .. 15 17 32 1 2 3 16 19 35 3 4 7 0 1 1 8 14 22 11 14 25 1916 . . . . 13 23 36 5 8 13 18 31 49 4 4 8 1 2 3 14 14 28 10 15 25 1917 . . .. 14 21 35 1 13 14 15 34 49 6 6 12 0 1 1 10 23 33 9 19 28 1918 .. .. 23 38 61 5 11 16 28 49 77 1 4 5 2 2 4 15 30 45 19 32 51 1919 .. .. 31 39 70 5 19 24 36 58 94 3 3 6 0 2 2 26 42 68 26 43 69 1920 .. .. 26 38 64 16 12 28 42 50 92 3 4 7 1 2 3 33 33 66 31 54 85 1921 .. .. 39 39 78 11 15 26 50 54 104 2 3 5 5 1 6 38 41 79 36 63 99 1922 .. .. 47 38 85 10 16 26 57 54 111 6 5 11 4 4 8 40 48 88 43 60 103 1923 .. .. 44 50 94 15 21 36 59 71 130 3 6 9 3 3 6 47 47 94 49 75 124 1924 .. .. 38 44 82 16 20 36 54 64 118 4 8 12 6 3 9 39 48 87 54 80 134 1925 .. .. 64 59 123 15 34 49 79 93 172 10 15 25 6 3 9 60 63 123 57 92 149 1926 .. .. 71 60 131 11 29 40 82 89 171 10 11 21 7 2 9 49 71 120 73 97 170 1927 .. .. 70 70 140 25 32 57 95 102 197 8 6 14 5 12 17 75 58 133 80 123 203 1928 .. .. 120 94 214 ! 37 39 76 157 133 290 8 10 18 10 8 18 102 97 199 117 141 258 1929 .. .. 102 63 165 i 50 43 93 152 106 258 11 3 14 9 9 18 119 110 229 130 125 255 1930 .. .. 152 84 236 j 41 35 76 193 119 312 15 9 24 8 6 14 130 79 209 170 150 320 1931 .. .. 166 98 264 ! 43 36 79 209 134 343 11 14 25 11 7 18 159 102 261 198 161 359 1932 .. .. 1150 85 235 ! 50 40 90 200 125 325 24 32 56 14 5 19 190 108 298 170 141 311 1933 .. .. 112 109 221 53 52 85 165 141 306 11 14 25 5 4 9 121 107 228 198 157 3-55 1934 .. .. 132 90 221 56 33 89 188 123 311 7 11 18 10 6 16 152 99 251 217 164 381 1935 .. .. 1130 87 217 , 40 55 95 170 142 312 18 20 38 19 10 29 151 116 267 199 160 359 I