H.—4,

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TABLE IX., showing CAUSES of INSANITY in the Admissions.

Auckland. Nev Plymoi Napier. Wellington. Nelson. Hokitika. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total. ith. Cause. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. p. jT. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T'i *. F. T. ac F. T. I I—I I I i I I 1 I ! i Hereditary predisposition Congenital (idiocy and imbecility) Intemperance Fpilepsy... Pubescence ... ... ... . ... Uterine affections Solitary vice Heart disease Parturition aud lactation Climacteric Injury to head Sunstroke Fever Old age ... Exposure and want ... Syphilis ... Paralysis repens Domestic troubles, jealousy, disappointment, and worry Religious anxiety or brooding Wrench of emigration and congenital weakness Solitude ... Seduction Fright ... Criminal lunatics (congenital imbecility) Unknown ... 2 11 3 1 1 2 12 3 3 4 ... 1 1 2 2 1 ... | 2 2 1 1 i'i 1 2 2 13 1 2 4 2 ... "2 1 2 6 2 5 "7 2 3 7 i'6 6 1 19 3 5 6 4 24 6 2 24 1 1 5 1 4 1 11 3 28 2 1 1 4 2 5 2 1 1 21 78 7 2 9 4 17 1 2 12 30 11 95 8 4 12 11 2 14 6 7 5 4 7 8 1 1 35 9 8 5 1 2 4 93 2 4 ... '" 1 '" "i i 4 ... ... 6 I ... G 1 1 ... 2 "2 I "i "i 4 2 ii 2 2 2 "2 2 ... "5 4 5 4 5 2 14 6 ... ... . "i 1 "i 1 i i 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 "i 1 1 i 1 2 2 "i 2 2 1 1 7 5 4 5 3 1 1 12 7 4 5 1 ... I 3 2 "5 '" 1 ... 2 ... ... "i 1 2 "2 ... ... ... "i -• 1 2 2 1 6 2 8 4 1 ... ... "3 2 i "9 3 "i i ", "i "a "5 2 "9 1 14 3 3 "3 4 23 2 4 1 4 ... "i ... I i i 1 1 ... ... I '" ... ... ... "i i i ... ... ... ... ... i 1 2 35 1 4 60 14 14 28 i "i 2 "2 8 5 13 3 ... I 5 "8 •2 27 I "8 2 6 2 6 33 41 32 73 — — 5 8 i 1 — — 51 16 7 23 17 — 25 64 : 35 I 1 1 1 1 — 1 I I 93 I j 247 131 378 Total 3 a 33 18 8 99 ! 65 28