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1942. NEW ZEALAND.

MENTAL HOSPITALS OF THE DOMINION. (REPORT ON) FOR 1941.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 78 of the Mental Defectives Act, 1911. The Director-General to the Hon. A. H. Nordmeyer, Minister in Charge of the Department of Mental Hospitals. g IB __ Wellington, Ist June, 1942. I have the honour to present the annual report on the mental hospitals for the year ending 31st December, 1941. In view of the wartime need to abbreviate reports, most of the usual features have been excluded, and I have presented only such statistical tables as seem necessary for historical continuity. In spite of the need for brevity, I cannot omit to express my deep sense of obligation to all those officers who have so loyally served the Department in the present difficult times. T. G. Gray, Director-General. Table VIII.— Showing the Admissions, Discharges, and Deaths from Ist January, 1876, to 31st December, 1941 (excluding Transfers). M. F. T. In hospital. 31st December, 1875 .. .. • • • • 482 254 736 Admissions .. .. •• •• •• •• 25,890 20,411 46,301 26,372 20,665 47,037 Discharged— M - r - Tr Recovered 8,897 8,000 16,897 Not recovered .. 2,936 2,623 5,559 Died .. •• ..10,135 6,304 16,439 __ 21,968 16,927 38,895 Remaining on 31st December, 1941 .. .. .. •• 4,404 3,738 8,142

Table IX. Summary of Total Admissions: Percentage of Cases since the Year 1876.

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Males. Females. Both Sexes. Recovered 33 ' 74 38 ' 71 35 ' 92 Not recovered ;; •• l^ 3 ljj ; 09 11-82 Remaining !! l«- 7 <> 18 ' 09 17 31 100'00 100-00 100-00