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Table XIII. —Principal Assigned Causes of Insanity.

Causes. Causes. Auckland. Christchurch. (SeaolUl) 1 H °kitika. Nelson. Porirua. Tokanui. Ashburn Hall Totals. (P.M.H.). Causes. Heredity Congenital Previous attack Puberty and adolescence Climacteric Senility Puerperal Mental stress-— Sudden Prolonged Shell-shock Solitude Alcohol Syphilis Toxaemia Traumatic Post-operative Epilepsy Arterio-sclerosis Chorea Heart-disease Graves' disease Blight's disease Phthisis 111 health Pernicious anajmia Influenza Cerebral haemorrhage .. Cerebral tumour Overwork Religion Unknown Not insane 'Transfers M. F. 21 7 21 17 15 27 0 2 0 7 21 7 0 7 I 0 15 16 1 2 15 1 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 8 M. F. 9 3 4 8 13 16 2 0 0 4 10 16 0 1 1 1. 6 3 10 2 6 0 0 1 4 5 M. F. 11 9 11 6 11 16 3 4 0 12 ■8 7 0 4 s 8 3 5 1 6 1 3 0 2 1 M. F. 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 M. F. 2 0 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 I 5 0 1 0 3 0 M. F. 7 15 21 13 16 7 8 23 0 23 11 17 0 11 6 ' 0 8 7 9 1 3 0 7 3 8 0 1 0 1 0 M. F. 1 0 M. F. 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 M. F. 55 34 69 45 56 67 13 29 0 49 56 48 0 20 10 5 33 23 1 0 1 2 46 11 31 1 1 0 4 1 0 7 22 17 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11 15 1 0 9 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 4 I 41 13 1 0 25 17 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 9 5 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 10 1 1 0 2 0 I 0 3 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 8 (i 2" 1 21 4 o"i 5 1 4." 2 2" 0 0 2 2 2 10 10 Totals 153 120 83 76 76 67 18 5 26 11 135 126 11 10 2 4 504 419