H.-7,

17

Table XIII. —Principal Assigned Causes of Insanity.

3—H. 7.

Causes. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin (Seacliff). Hokitika. Nelson. Porirua. Tokanui. Ashburn Hall (P.M.H.). Totals. Heredity Congenital Previous attack Puberty or adolescence Climacteric Menstrual Senility Lactation Puerperal Mental stress — Sudden Prolonged Solitude Alcohol Syphilis Drug habit Post-operative Traumatic Epilepsy Arterio-sclerosis Debility Lobar pneumonia Phthisis 111 health Influenza Neurasthenia Meningitis Cerebral haemorrhage .. Organic brain-disease .. Anaemia (pernicious) .. Overwork Emotional excitement.. Thyroid insufficiency .. Unknown Transfers M. F. 20 15 28 8 5 23 0 1 0 8 M. F. 7 9 5 0 8 12 M. F. 10 9 10 5 16 21 6 3 0 7 M. F. 1 0 M. F. I 4 12 3 M. F. 14 15 9 10 13 17 4 5 M. F. 1 0 3 1 I II I 0 M. F. M. F. 53 52 68 33 43 73 15 II 0 28 0 5 03 29 0 2 0 17 o' 1 4 1 0 I 0 1 0 11 0 5 20 9 0 2 0 4 14 8 9" 5 11 5 1 I 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 6 0 2 0 1 8 8 1 1 1 0 7 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 5 (i I 0 5 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 0 1 6 0 7" 1 3 1 5 ' 5 0 1 6 0 0 1 4 2 I 0 I 0 17 0 6 2 17 0 I 0 4 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 7 8 0 3 1 II I 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 25 15 17 8 2 0 34 (i 26 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 19 21 0 1 0 1 0 I 1 0 II 21 3 4 0 I. 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 1 43 21 41 24 2 1 2 0 1 7 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 I 0 1 4 0 1 1 ' 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 I 17 3 I 2 8 6 2 3 5 3 2 2 2" 1 1 1 28 12 11 8 4 2 0 1 Totals 117 92 60 76 83 68 12 7 57 28 134 104 14 9 6 6 483 390