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1943. NEW ZEALAND.

MENTAL HOSPITALS OF THE DOMINION. (REPORT ON) FOR 1942.

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. Wellington, Ist March, 1943. Sir, — I have the honour to present the annual report on the Mental Hospitals for the year ending 31st December, 1942. As there is a continued wartime need to abbreviate reports, I have presented only those statistical tables which are necessary to maintain continuity of departmental records. I thank all those officers who are so loyally serving the Department under the present most difficult conditions. T. G. Gray, Director-General.

v Table VIII.—Showing the Admissions, Discharges, and Deaths from Ist January, 1876, to 31st December, 1942 (excluding Transfers). M. F. T. In hospital, 31st December, 1875 .. .. .. .. 482 254 736 Admissions .. .. ... .. .. .. 26,453 21,059 47,512 , , 26,935 21,313 48,248 Discharged— m. f. t. Recovered .. .. .. 9,043 8,198 17,241 Not recovered .. .. 3,061 2,775 5,836 Died .. .. .. .. 10,448 6,647 17,095 22,552 17,620 40,172 Remaining on the 31sfc December, 1942 .. .. .. .. 4,383 3,693 8,076

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

Males. | Females. Both Sexes. — — ! 1 Recovered .. .. .. .. .. 33.57 38 . 46 35 . 73 Not recovered .. .. .. .. .. 11-37 j 3 . 0 2 12-10 Died .. .. .. .. .. .. 38.79 31-19 35.43 Remaining .. .. .. .. .. 16-27 17-33 16-74 100-00 100-00 100-00