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Table XIII. —Principal Assigned Causes of Insanity, 1931.

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. j Ashburn Causes. Auckland, Dunednj Hokitika . Nelson . rorirua. Tokanui. (p Hj« ( Total. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. ī. M. F. M. F. M. F. Heredity .. .. 8 11 11 12 10 5 3 0 .. 18 6 1 5 1 4 52 43 Congenital 18 12 48 34 22 5 3 1 27 7 6 8 5 5 129 72 Previous attack .. 16 13 12 12 14 17 2 2 4 5 15 22 1 - 0 2 .64 75 Puberty or adolescence .. 63 18 10 22 .. 1 0 69 j* 10 6 Climacteric .. .. 0 8 0 23 .. 0 1 0 2 0 13 0 3 .. 0 o Senility 10 10 15 18 10 11 3 1 3 2 29 12 4 3 0 1 74 58 Involution 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 5 ° 6 n" I n 19 Puemeral .. ..0 2 0 4 0 1 .. • • 04 .. 0 1 0 12 Mental stress. 45 17 15 5 11 1 2 2 0 1 33 32 11 6 0 1 117 65 Alcohol 8 1 7 0 2 0.. 1 ° 4 2 4 0 .. 2o 3 Syphilis 9 1 11 2 1 1 .. 10 2 1 1 .. 32 7 Cerebral haemorrhage .. .. .. 3 0 .. .. 11 •• •• Arterio-sclerosis .. ..8 5 1 0 5 3 1 4 ... 15 12 Organic brain-disease .. .. .. •• 01 •. 10 * * '' " i « Post-operative .. • • • • • • • • • ■ •» 12 .. o ft Traumatic .. .. •• 2 0 .. .. •• •• •• •* Epilepsy 4 4 5 4 3 2.. 1 0 4 3 2 0 .. 19 13 Encephalitis .. .. ..01 •• • • •• •• ? i " 10 Huntingdon's chorea .. .. .. •• •• - • • •• 10 .. *" ' i A Phthisis 10 .. .. •• .. •• 10 111 health .. .. ..01 .. 03 1003 1343 | 6 13 Goitre 0 10 1 .. .. 0 2 Toxic 110 2 .. 13 £ ra g, habit 01 i" o :: 1 o Privation .. . • • • * • • • • • • • * * x r ■EST :: :: :: i! i »" i »2 :: «r o . »'2 r. w S Totals .. .. 145 93 150 125 83 56 14 9 99 22 143 126 40 45 3 9 ,677 485