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Table VII—Principal Assigned Causes of Insanity, 1948

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Causes. Auckland. Kingseat. Raventhorpe. Tokanui. Levin Farm. Porirua. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. * F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. Alcohol 2 2 1 1 3 3 Arterio-sclerosis 6 3 9 i 1 1 . . 1 Congenital 16 10 26 3 5 8 8 14 49 27 76 8 3 11 Constitutional 49 40 89 13 15 28 11 14 25 57 66 123 Drug addiction 1 2 3 Encephalitis i 1 Epilepsy 1 1 1 i 2 i 1 2 15 6 Heredity i 1 2 2 1 .. 1 111 health 5 1 6 10 18 .. 1 1 Involution 1 1 3 3 1 3 4 2 12 14 Mental stress 3 14 17 i 1 1 14 15 Organic brain-disease 1 3 4 3 14 Previous attack 22 32 54 5 7 12 3 io 13 46 71 117 Puerperal 6 6 2 3 3 Senility 46 48 94 , 8 io 18 13 10 23 20 39 59 Spastic paralysis .. 1 1 Syphilis 5 i 6 1 i 2 1 1 Toxic 1 1 1 1 3 i 4 2 13 Trauma 1 1 2 2 Transfers 11 i7 28 10 21 31 28 28 3 17 20 15 2 17 22 17 39 Totals 168 181 349 48 62 110 28 28 54 73 127 64 29 93 169 235 404 1 Ashburn Hall Causes. . Nelson,. Seaview. Sunny side. Seacliff. (Private Totals. Mental Hospital). 31. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. >r. F. T. 31. F. T. M. F. T. Alcohol 2 2 1 1 ■> 2 11 11 Arterio-sclerosis 5 7 12 12 11 23 Congenital 5 10 15 19 ' 24 43 7 i 8 115 86 201 Constitutional 9 5 20 26 46 20 27 47 ! 3 5 ! 17-4 194 368 Drug addiction 1 2 3 Encephalitis ' 1 1 Epilepsy 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 G . 13 19 Heredity 2 3 5 5 4 9 111 health 15 10 25 Involution i 1 2 ii 11 i 1 6 i 31 37 Mental stress i 8 9 16 22 '9 1 7 16 1 . ! 1 1 21 60 81 Organic brain-disease 1 a 4 9 Previous attack 2 : '9 11 2 3 2 28 55 21 12 33 128 170 298 Puerperal 3 3 1 1 15 15 Senility 11 12 23 3 5 13 31 44 14 16 30 i 1 128 169 297 Spastic paralysis 1 1 Syphilis 1 1 2 2 9 3 12 Toxic 2 *2 4 8 5 13 Trauma 3 ; 3 Transfers 47 .. 47 4 i 8 10 8 18 10 *2 12 2 13 134 117 251 Totals 74 45 119 14 14 28 103 154 257 87 71 158 5 1 5 10 786 897 1,683