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Table XIII. —Causes of Insanity.

Causes. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin (Seacliff). Hokitika. j Nelson. Wellington. Ashburn Hall (Private Asylum). Total. 31. P. T. 5 0 5 101 31. P. T. M. P. T. 4 0 4 M. P. T. 31. P. T. 31. P. T. 10 1 3 1 4 sr. F. T. 31. F. T. 10 0 1C 4 1 5 1 1 2 10 1 11 4 15 0 11 11 Oil 5 11 16 2 13 3 13 16 37 10 53 10 1 10 3 13 112 13 4 6 0 6 2 3 5 10 1 13 23 36 0 2 2 2 13 Oil 13 4 19 0 19 7 2 9 10 1 10 1 Oil Oil 0 2 2 10 1 3 14 10 1 0 2 2 5 5 10 6 4 10 0 3 3 10 1 0 1 1 5 16 4 0 4 3 1 4 2 0 2 2 1 3 56 36 92 1 0 1 iccident adverse circumstances idolesoence .. Cancer Cerebral lesions )hild-bearing Climacteric Congenital Disappointment Domestic trouble Drink Dyspepsia and constipation Epilepsy Excitement .. bright financial difficulties .. jrief Heart disease Hereditary Tysteria Ill-health Joss of sight.. 363 0 3 3 12 3 112 16 7 6 3 9 1 l' 2 3 14 0 2 2 3 36 1 2" 3 10 2 12 8 l' 4 112 10 1 4 3 7 Oil Oil Oil 13 4 9 3 12, 1 0 1 10 1 101 oil l 6' i oil 022 0 2' 2 1 6' 1 0 4 4 1 2" 3 0 22 8 4 12 4 15 112 Oil oil 4 15 0 i' 1 Oil 10 1 5 0 5 oil Oil 2 13 10 1 6 5 11 1 6' 1 2 2 4 0 55 0 2 2 2 13 i 3' 4 2 7 9 oil 2 6 2 Jove Masturbation Mental anxiety Moral depravity ilyxcedema Dvaritis Dverstudy Dverwork Daralysis Physical causes Poverty Prostitution and drink Religion Senile decay .. Sequelae of acute disease Sexual excitement Softening of brain Solitude Sunstroke Syphilis traumatic Use of chloroform and opiates .. Jnknown Slot insane 5 6 5 Oil 112 6 0 6 3 14 10 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 6' 1 2 0' 2 011 3 6' 3 3 0 3 10 1 10 1 oil 0 1 1 0 i' 1 0 i' 1 oil 1 0 1 1 6' 1 1 a 1 202 3 14 2 0 2 0 1' 1 12 3 022 112 1 2' 3 1 2' 3 0 3 3 1 6' 1 101 1 0 1 5 0 5 2 0 2 oil 0 i' 1 2 0 2 Oil 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 6' 1 7 6' 7 15 li'26 0 l' 1 11 12 23 1 i' 2 202 2 2 4 20 16'30 101 Totals 46 21 6 1 52 41 13 85 8 6 14 18