AETIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS.

PRE-DISPOSING CAUSE.

Males.

Females.

Total.

A. Heredity—

1. Insane .. .. .. ..

7

1

8

2. Epileptic .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

3. Neurotic .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

4. Marked eccentricity .. .. ..

1

..

1

6. Alcoholism .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

B. Mental instability, as revealed by—

1. Moral deficiency .. .. ..

..

..

..

2. Congenital mental defect .. ..

46

4

52

3. Eccentricity .. ..

2

..

2

4. Previous attack .. .. ..

35

4

39

C. Deprivation of special senses— .. ..

1. Smell or taste .. .. ..

..

..

..

2. Hearing .. .. .. ..

1

..

1

3. Sight .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

D. Critical periods—

1. Puberty and adolescence .. ..

..

..

..

2. Climacteric .. .. ..

..

..

..

3. Senility .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

E. Child bearing—

1. Pregnancy .. .. ..

..

..

..

2. Parturition Puerperal .. ..

..

..

..

3. Lactation.. .. .. ..

..

..

..

F. Mental stress—

1. Sudden .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

2. Prolonged.. .. .. ..

..

..

..

G. Diseases due to disorders of nutrition or metabolism—

1. Malnutrition (in early life) .. ..

2. Privation and starvation .. ..

..

..

..

3. Over-exertion (physical) .. ..

..

..

..

4. Sexual excess .. .. ..

..

..

..

Carried over ..

92

9

101