H.—22.

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Table XIII.—Causes of Insanity.

Total. Causes. I i i i a Christ- Dunedin Auckland. ohnroh , | (Seaclifi). j Hokitika. Nelson. Wellington. Ashburn Hall (Private Asylum). M. V. T. 5 0 5 M. F. T. M. F. T. ! M. F. T. 12 0 2 II. F. T. 10 1 M. P. T. M. F. T. 2 0 2 M. F. T. Accident 4 0 4 Adverse circumstances 3 0 3 10 1 2 0 2 Atheroma 2 0 2 10 0 10 Brain disease 4 0 4 6 0 6 0 16 16 Child-bearing Oil 0 5 5^044 0 4 4 0 £ 2 0 7 7 Climacteric Oil 0 2 2! Oil Oil 0 2 2 10 5 15 Congenital 112 5 2 7 0 11 2 13 10 1 10 1 2 2 4 DebilityOil 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 Diabetes 10 1 2 13 Disappointment 0 2 2 10 1 5 20 25 Domestic troubles 0 2 2 2 4 6 18 9 2 13 0 5 5 35 6 41 Drink 4 2 6 7 1 8 12 0 12 "3 0' 3 9 3 12 $ Oil 10 1 10 1 2 3 5 .8 8 16 Epilepsy 2 3 5 2 13 I 0 2 2 0 2 2 Excitement 5 16 Financial difficulties .. 3 0 3 | 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 4 Fright i 1 1 2 112 10 1 Gastric irritation 10 1 Oil Grief Oil 10 9 19 Hereditary 3 14 0 2 2 7 3 10 Oil 0 2 2 Oil Hysteria Oil 2 0 2 Love 10 1 10 1 2 0 2 Malnutrition 10 1 10 1 6 2 8 Masturbation 10 1 I 10 1 10 1 10 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 13 4 Mental anxiety o i i ! i o i 0 2 2 2 0 2 Moral depravity 2 0 2 Oil Ovarian disease Oil 4 15 Overwork 10 110 1 Oil 2 0 2 112 Paralysis Oil .. 10 1 0 3 3 Physical causes 0 3 3 ! 6 6 12 Recurrent mania 6 3 9 0 3 3! 15 5 20 Religion 4 0 4 1 1 2 I 3 1 4 10 1 6 3 9 Oil Seduction Oil 6 3 9 Senile decay 2 13 3 2 5 | 10 1 10 1 Softening of brain 10 1 5 3 8 Solitude 10 1 2 2 4 10 1 Oil 10 1 0 2 2 Sunstroke Oil Oil 3 14 Syphilis 10 1 10 1 112 0 3 3 Uterine disorders 0 3 3 68 32 90 Unknown 2 13 14 13 27 ill 4 15 5 2 7 2 0 2 24 12 86 "5 14 5 19 10 2 12 215 11G 3C1 Totals 38 21 59 48 40 88 49 29 78 ;50 39 89 5 10 1,