17

H.—7

3—H. 7.

Table XIII. —Causes of Insanity.

Causes. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin (Seacliff). Hokitika. Nelson. Porirua. Ashburn Wellington. (p ™ te Asylum). Total. M. F. T. 1 0 1 M. F. T. M. F. T. 0 11 0 11 17 3 20 0 2 2 1 0 1 M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. 2 2 4 M. F. T. M. F. T. 3 3 6 0 1 1 49 14 63 0 2 2 1 0 1 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 13 13 6 16 22 67 36 103 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 12 3 11 10 21 10 1 4 0 4 10 1 4 5 9 4 15 112 23 1 24 1 0 1 0 5 5 0 1 1 10 1 4 0 4 2 0 2 1 1 2. 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 28 15 43 5 3 8 1 0 1 4 3 7 0 1 t 36 12 48 2 0 2 9 1 10 1 0 1 5 0 5 7 2 '.> 0 1 1 11 15 26 49 24 73 Adolescence Adverse circumstances Alcohol Amenorrhoea Apoplexy Blindness Brain fever Carcinoma Cerebral tumour Child-bearing and puerperal Climacteric Congenital and hereditary .. Constipation Cruelty of husband Debility .. Dissolute life Domestic trouble Epilepsy Excessive sexual intercourse Financial worry Horse-racing Ill-health Influenza Injury to head Masturbation Melancholia Neurotic inheritance Nymphomania Opium Organic Overstudy Overwork Phthisis Plumbism Poverty Previous attack Privation Railway accident Religious exoitement Scarlatina Senility Shock .. Solitary life Suicide of brother Sunstroke Syphilis Uterine trouble Worry Unknown 9 2' 11 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 4 4 23 7 30 101 3 14 2 02 3 6' 3 6 06 a i' 12 0 2 2 Oil 9 1 10 1 6' 1 3 36 101 1 5* 6 2 6' 2 0 5 5 0 2 2 15 14 29 1 0 1 0 33 2 0 2 112 4 0 4 2 l' 3 0 22 12 3 101 101 10 1 3 03 0 i' 1 0 i' 1 1 6' 1 1 6' 1 2 i' 6 161 0 3 3 5 3 8 12 3 1 6' 1 0 2* 2 2 2 4 1 6' 1 8 3 11 1 '6 1 Oil Oil 14 5 12 4 16 1 'i 2 10 1 10 1 8 19 6 511 101 0 i' 1 0 5' 5 oil 10 1 4 04 2 0 2 1 i' 2 10 1 161 10 1 4 i' 5 15 2 17 0 2 2 3 25 10 1 10 ii 21 161 2 2" 4 1 i 2 101 0 11 8 0 8 2 0 2 3 14 5 o' 11 8 2* 10 2 6' 2 9 2' 11 3 2 5 101 5 6' 5 10 1 161 3 0 3 101 7 0 7 oil 101 0 11 4 6 10 10 3 13 2 i' 3 18 10 28 Oil 10 1 6 17 0 3' 3 2 5 7 3 0 3 2 6' 2 10 9 19 2 i' 3 Totals .. 84 33 117 66 29 95 79 47 126 20 9 29 5 3 8 26 23 49 62 37 99 10 11 21 352 192 544