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of admissions over deaths and discharges for the added period, the distribution of the patients at this date is as follows: —
The accommodation for men is sufficient for immediate requirements, but an excess of thirtylive women is spread over the hospitals. This year's building programme provides for the present and the estimated increase, and a little more. On the 31st December the patients on the register stood in the following relation to the estimated general population: — The proportion of the male insane to the male population was, — Exclusive of Maoris 3-90 per 1,000, or 1 in 256 Inclusive of Maoris ... ... ••• ••■ 3-75 „ lin 266 The proportion of the female insane to the female population, — Exclusive of Maoris ... ... ••• ■■• 302 „ lin 330 Inclusive of Maoris ... ... ... ••• 2-91 „ 1 m 344 The proportion of the total insane to the total population,— Exclusive of Maoris ... ... ... ••• 3-49 „ lin 286 Inclusive of Maoris ... ... ... ■■• 3-35 „ 1 m 298 It is interesting to compare our proportions with those of England (and Wales), Scotland. and Ireland, and also, by analysing Table VIII in the Appendix in the light of the new census (not corrected for the added eight months), to arrive at the proportion of insanity among immigrants of each nationality contributing at least a thousand persons to our population. In the following table (to tie referred to hereafter as Table A) only the chief contributing countries are considered. The Maori race is included in the table, but omitted when inferences are drawn. This may be taken as generally applicable, because the number on our register is negligible, which fact,'however, cannot be accepted as actual proof of relative immunity.
Table A.— Showing (for each Sex) according to Birthplace the Number of Persons resident in the Colony (28th April, 1906), the Number of Insane Persons of each Nationality on the 31st December, 1906, the Number in the Population contributing One Insane Person and the Like Proportion in the Country of Origin.
Males. Pe: lales. ti. _ . AocomPatients. mo a a tion. Acccommodation. Patients. Accommodation. Patients. Auckland Christchurch ... Dunedin (Seacliff) Hokitika Nelson Porirua Wellington 411 281 441 150 87 325 141 447 283 451 160 80 317 139 271 250 273 57 58 271 88 259 239 253 65 55 274 88 682 531 714 207 145 596 229 706 522 704 225 135 591 227 Ashburn Hall (private mental hospital) 1,836 23 1,877 30 1,268 21 1,233 36 3,104 44 3,110 66 Totals ... 1,859 1,907 1,289 1,269 3,148 3,176 On probation ... 67 36 103 1,926 1,325 3,251
Persons in Colony. Insane in Colony. Pro P°' •tion of Insane in Population. Proportion in Native Country of Insane in Population. Country ol Birth. Females *«* Males Females B 0 *^ 8 ' Females: _??2l. Males: Females : S "V lin lin lin Yin Males. New ZealandMaoris Exclusive of Maoris .. Australia England (and Wales) Scotland Ireland Austria China Denmark Germany Norway Sweden 25,520 303,976 27,472 69,293 28,078 23,295 2,042 2,556 1,526 2,731 1,032 1,412 22,181 302,271 19,784 49,411 19,689 19,165 170 46 751 1,443 364 206 47,701 21 606,247 540 47,256, 62 118,704: 506 47,767 253 42,460! 348 2,2121 8 2,602 26 2,277 10 4,174: 26 1,396' 11 1,618 19 13 | 34 448 988 38 100 337 843 133 386 273 621 1 9 ..26 3 13 15 41 4 I 15 5 I 24 1,215 563 443 137 111 67 255 98 152 105 94 74 1,706 675 520 146 148 70 1,4030 6136 472-5 140-8 123-7; 68-4 2457 100 0 1750 101-8 930 67-4 297 283 178 272 ' 275 199 283 280 188 96