AETIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND ASSOCIATED
CONDITION.

PREDISPOSING
CAUSE.

EXCITING
CAUSE.

TOTAL.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Males.

Females.

Total.

A.—Heredity—

1. Insane .. .. .. ..

7

..

7

..

..

..

7

..

7

2. Epileptic .. .. ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

3. Neurotic .. .. .. ..

1

..

1

..

..

..

1

..

1

4. Marked eccentricity .. .. ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

5. Alcoholism .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

B.—Mental instability, as revealed by—

1. Moral deficiency .. .. ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

2. Congenital mental defect .. ..

61

5

66

..

..

..

61

5

66

3. Eccentricity .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

4. Previous attack .. .. .. ..

32

13

45

..

..

..

32

13

45

C.—Deprivation of special senses—

1. Smell or taste .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

2. Hearing .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

3. Sight .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

D.—Critical periods—

1. Puberty and adolescence .. ..

..

..

..

1

..

1

1

..

1

2. Climacteric .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

1

..

1

1

..

1

3. Senility .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

2

..

2

2

..

2

E.—Child bearing—

1. Pregnancy .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

2. Parturition .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

3. Lactation .. .. .. ..

..

3

3

..

..

..

..

3

3

F.—Mental stress—

1. Sudden .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

6

4

10

6

4

10

2. Prolonged .. .. .. ..

..

..

..

23

23

46

23

23

46

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 ..

101

21

122

32

27

59

133

48

181