CAUSES OF INSANITY
Principal assigned causes of insanity ,of- cases reviewed in the New Zealand [Mental Hospitals Report for 1917 in-' | elude' 129 heredity; 56 congenital ;■ .58 prolonged mental strain, of which 39, ■were female patients; 9 solitude, of ,!whom 8 were females; 76 alcoholism, of: whom 64 were females; one due to drug taking; 32 to syphilis,'of -whom 3Q,wer« females; 42 to epilepsy; 22 to ill-health; 108 oaneee unknown. . ■"■■■•'.' _ The occupations,coretrrbuting the highest'number of inale.pitienrts w«re labourers 137, farmers 48, soldiers 32, clerks and accountants 16, no occupation 38. • Domestic duties, 288, and housewives, . 33,- :wefe.the".- occnoations" ■ conttibutirig4 the highest number of female patients.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1918, Page 8
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105CAUSES OF INSANITY Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1918, Page 8
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