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                                                  STATEMENT No. VII

Showing the probable cause of insanity in the patients admitted into the Mental
          Hospital, Nagpur, in the Central Provinces and Berar, during the year
          ending the 31st December 1938.

Predisposing causes

Exciting causes

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Mental Stress.

Moral ..

..

..

..

1

..

1

1

..

1

Business worry ..

..

..

..

2

..

2

2

..

2

Domestic worry ..

..

..

..

6

3

9

6

3

9

Stress of military service ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Toxins.

Canabia indica ..

2

..

2

2

..

2

4

..

4

Alcohol ..

..

..

..

1

..

1

1

..

1

Other toxins ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Physical ..

1

..

1

6

1

7

7

1

8

Opium ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Bodily illness ..

2

1

3

1

..

1

3

1

4

Pregnancy ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Child-birth ..

..

..

..

..

5

5

..

5

5

Climateric ..

..

..

..

..

1

1

..

1

1

Epilepsy ..

3

..

3

4

..

4

7

..

7

Head injuries ..

1

..

1

..

..

..

1

..

1

Infections.

Encephaliten lethargica ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Influenza ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Syphilis ..

1

1

2

2

1

3

3

2

5

Other infections ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Old age ..

..

..

..

1

1

2

1

1

2

Hereditary predisposition ..

23

2

25

5

..

5

28

2

30

Previous attacks ..

17

4

21

..

..

..

17

4

21

Unascertained ..

50

10

60

68

8

76

118

18

136

Total ..

100

18

118

99

20

119

199

38

237

                                   *There were more than one predisposing and exciting causes.