H.—7.

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Table XIII.—Principal Assigned Causes of Insanity.

Causes. Auckland. Christchurch. (ieTurf). Hokitika. Nelson. Porirua. Tokanui. Ashburn Hall. Totals. Heredity Congenital Previous attack Puberty and adolescence Climacteric Senility Seduction Puerperal Lactation Mental stress — Sudden Prolonged Shell-shock .. Solitude Sexual excess Alcohol Drug habit Syphilis Toxaemia Traumatic Post operative Organic brain-disease . . Epilepsy Arterio-sclerosis Meningitis Graves' disease Diabetes Phthisis III health Typhoid Influenza Cerebral haemorrhage .. Overwork Religion Blindness Unknown Not insane Transfers M. F. 17 9 25 10 11 22 M. F. 3 7 4 15 12 15 4 4 0 9 18 8 0 1 0 2 M. F. 7 14 8 5 13 10 3 3 0 15 13 12 M. F. 1 3 M. F. I 1 3 3 0 1 M. F. 8 8 25 17 12 26 4 2 0 13 11 12 M. F. M. F. 1 4 M. F. 38 46 65 50 48 74 II 9 0 43 71 49 0 1 0 21 0 1 0 4 21 11 8" 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 11 0 3 0" 1 0 4 I) 1 13 .23 2 0 3 0 I 0 19 7 15 2 1 1 16 2 0" 1 0 1 11 4 1 0 2 2 56 32 2 0 5 1 1 0 50 14 0 2 29 0 0 1 10 0 0 6 0 2 9 19 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10 14 1 0 7 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 31 20 0 1 24 72 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 1 0 1 2 0 9" 1 3 0 2 0 7 5 0 1 17 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 7" 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 1 5 1 6 3 5 0 1 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 5 7 0 1 3 5 0 1 1 1 2" 0 0 1 1 0 20 11 9 3 0 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 0" 2 3 0 5 0 0 1 3 1 5 6 5 52 0" 3 Totals 151 121 77 84 81 72 15 11 12 16 132 124 5 52 6 10 479 490