3—H. 7.

H.-7.

Table VII.— Principal assigned Causes of Insanity, 1938.

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~ r i 4 • j . 1 a M causea - l 1 ! ill I ! Ml i 1 , j g s s 1 Ml !_ -!"• '• M 4 '6 U 4 M 1 0 10 F 1 M a F i M '.. F ' 42 *6 Alcohol •• 9 0 0 18 5 •• 4 3 0 9 .. 21 26 Arterio-sclerosis 7 8 o 2 0 5 •• •• " 07 Climacteric .. .. •• 8 4 9 g 15" 4 2" 2 39 23 10 12 104 69 Congenital .. .. 21 15 .. 8 ■>« ,.» .. .. .. 39 79 Constitutional .. 13 31 • • • • *' 10 10 Deprivation of senses.. • • • • i n 0 1 . • • • 3 1 Encephalitis 2 0 - •• " 2 3 11 .. 16 8 El>*W •• •• 2 0 0 2 ° 4 4 3 2 1 .. 0 3 .. 1 2 21 17 Heredity .. y * , o 10 . . • • • • 2 3 Ill-health .. ■ • •• •• 0 O 3 i" 1 1 1 1 12 2 3 .. 20 31 Involution .. . . 12 11 .. n 12 9 12 1 1 1 2 13 26 12 19 .. 59 100 Mental stress .. 12 28 .. U 0 12 1.. .. 88 Organic brain disease A 0 •• 10 •• ■ " 1° Post operative .. •• 01 • •• • ■ 01 Post poliomyelitis . ,, 9d q" 1 1" 1 2 2 9 19 .. 79 73 Previous attack 22 22 0 • " 2 2 3 0 15 19 1 4 0 1 22 28 Puberty or adolescence .. •• n 7 0 2 .. 05 .. •• 0 21 Puerperal .. • • 0 7 .. ■"7 q 2 14 21 14 10 1 0 69 84 Senility .. •• 14 22 .. 4 9 2 S 3 .. 2 0 5 0 .. .. 15 7 Syphilis •• ..64.. •• 05 .. 10.. 35 Toxic ' • 2 I ■■ 2 1 Transfers° i 9 0 7" 2 2" 5 6 6 6"l3 5 6 12 8 5 3 0 1 52_M Totals •• 142 152 10 2 45 51 152 155 31 31 16 15 119 128 61 81 3 4 579 619