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TABLE NO. 9. THE FORMS of DISEASE and Number of Days resident of 13 Female Patients discharged in 1872.

TABLE NO. 10. AGES of 125 Male and Female Inmates remaining on the 31st December, 1872.

TABLE NO. 11. Obituary. FORMS of MENTAL and BODILY DISEASE occurring in 9 Cases, which terminated fatally in 1872.

TABLE NO. 12. PREVIOUS OCCUPATIONS of 51 Cases admitted in 1872.

Form of Disease. 1. Senile dementia 2. Acute mania 3. Acute mania 4. Melancholia, puerperal 5. Melancholia, puerperal G. Delusional mania 7. Delusional mania 8. Melancholia 9. Melancholia .0. Acute mania LI. Puerperal mania .2. Acute mania .3. Delirium e potu Age. 70 32 17 23 35 40 54 45 37 25 27 20 24 Days resident 350 301 58 122 26 40 95 223 170 169 288 143 27 t,

'roin 20 to 30 years „ 30 to 40 „ „ 40 to 50 „ „ 50 to GO „ „ 60 to 70 „ Males. . 26 25 22 10 2 Females. 17 9 10 2 2 85 40 — 12.

Form of Mental Disease. Form of Bodily Disease. Age. Died. Days resident. 1. Dementia ... General paresis * ... 38 10th April 1382 2. Dementia ... Pulmonary tubercle ... 39 29th June 984 3. Chronic mania ... Disease of braint ... 42 lGth Jan. 130 4. Acute mania ... Diarrhoea ... 28 10th Jan. 50 5. Dementia ... Disease of brain f ... 36 17th March 100 C. Dementia ... General paresis * ... 40 4th April 97 7. Melancholia ... Disease of brain f ... 39 11th July 431 8. Dementia ... General paresis * ... 30 16th Nov. 59 Female. 1. Puerperal mania ... Exhaustion ... 25 15th Feb. 5 A Coroner's Inquest was held, and a post-mortem examination made in each case. * The term " general paresis " has been during the last few years employed to denote the gradual loss of muscular power in the insane ; it was formerly termed " general paralysis," which was objected to, as it implied a cessation of all power, i.e. death. t Although disease of the brain is not stated in any case as the immediate cause of death, there were in every caso evidences of old or recent disease in tho brain or membranes, especially in the arachnoid, such as opacity, thinking, and subeffusion.

Bootmaker Brickmaker Carpenter Compositor Constabulary Farmer Hotolkeeper Housemaid Labourers Settlers' wives and widows Sailors ... Ship's cook Settlers' sons Soldiers discharged Storekeeper Tailor ... Males. 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 10 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 Females. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 19 — 5