H.—3.

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Table XIII.—Causes of Insanity in the Admissions.

Total. Causes. Aucklanr Christchurch, , Dunedin, Hokitika. Napier. Nelson. Wellington. Ashburn Hall (Licensed House). M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. IOI IOI r c Advancing age Oil Accident Oil 606 Adverse circumstances ,,. Brain disease ... 6 o 6 303 IOI 202 O I I Chorea Oil , < 15 6 21 Congenital Change of life 12 5 17 112 I O I IOI 1 9 10 O 5 5 1 4 5 0 2 2 Childbirth 0 2 2 044 Climacteric ... ,,, Drink 0 4 4 65 "3 78 14 3 17 14 3 17 18 4 22 2 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 3 9 3 12 3 0 3 2 0 2 Drink and hereditary ... 2 O 2 2 5 7 Domestic troubles o 3 3 2 2 4 112 Disappointed love I I 2 Oil Dissipation ... O I I 4 1 5 Debility 4 1 5 11 8 19 Epilepsy 3 3d 2 2 4 I 0 I I 2 3 4 i S 1 3 4 Fright I o 1 01 1 0 2 2 3 1 4 General paralysis 202 1 1 2 2 3 5 Grief 0 2 2 112 IOI 022 Hysteria 011 Oil 22 11 33 Hereditary ... ... 1 2 3 10 2 12 7 4 II Oil I I 2 3 I 4 3°3 Injury to head ,,, I o 1 1 o 1 I O I 5 2 7 Impaired bodily health ... 3 2 5 2 O 2 101 Imprisonment ,,, 1 o 1 022 Lactation o 1 1 Oil I O I Locomotor ataxy 101 426 Mental anxiety ... 224 1 o 1 I O I 7 1 8 Masturbation... I 0 I o 1 1 1 o 1 I O I 3 0 3 I 0 I 101 Nostalgia I 0 1 4 5 9 Old age ... ... 3 2 5 Oil I I 2 O I 1 011 Ovarian ... ,,, 0 I I 1 o 1 Opium smoking 101 O 12 12 Puerperal state °33 o 1 1 044 O I 1 O I 1 0 I I Oil I 2 3 Poverty 1 2 3 3 1 4 IOI Religious excitement ... 2 o 2 IOI 0 I I Syphilis 101 5 ° 5 Sunstroke 1 o 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 3 Softening of the brain ,., I O I Oil I O I Oil Spinal disease O I I % 404 Solitude 303 IOI IOI Sexual intemperance I o 1 202 Senile debility 202 O I I Suppression of menses ... 0 1 I O I I Spiritism Oil 022 Typhoid fever.., 022 066 Uterine disease Oil o 4 4 Oil 82 40 122 Unknown 27 II 38 18 7 25 21 8 29 112 6 6 12 7 7 14 202 !67 152 419 Totals ... -%. ... 56 30 86 62 34 96 7° 35 105 IS 9 24 S 4 9 18 14 32 34 23 57 7 3 10