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STATEMENT No. VII.— Showing the probable cause of insanity in the patients
admitted into the Mental Hospital, Nagpur, during the year ending the
31st December 1939.
|
Cause or insanity |
Predisposing causes |
Exciting causes |
Total |
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|
Male |
Fem. |
Total |
Male |
Fem. |
Total |
Male |
Fem. |
Total |
|
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
|
Mental Stress. |
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|
Moral .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
Business worry .. |
1 |
.. |
1 |
7 |
.. |
7 |
8 |
.. |
8 |
|
Domestic worry .. |
.. |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
11 |
|
Stress of military service .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
Toxins. |
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|
Canabia indica .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
7 |
.. |
7 |
7 |
.. |
7 |
|
Alcohol .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1 |
.. |
1 |
1 |
.. |
1 |
|
Other toxins .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
Physical .. |
10 |
3 |
13 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
15 |
4 |
19 |
|
Opium .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1 |
.. |
1 |
1 |
.. |
1 |
|
Bodily illness .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Pregnancy .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
Child-birth .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
3 |
3 |
.. |
3 |
3 |
|
Climateric .. |
.. |
1 |
1 |
.. |
1 |
1 |
.. |
2 |
2 |
|
Epilepsy .. |
3 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
3 |
12 |
|
Head injuries .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2 |
.. |
2 |
2 |
.. |
2 |
|
Infections. |
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|
Encephalitis lethargica .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
Influenza .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
Syphilis .. |
1 |
.. |
1 |
3 |
.. |
3 |
4 |
.. |
4 |
|
Other infections .. |
.. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Old age .. |
2 |
.. |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
Hereditary predisposition .. |
15 |
1 |
16 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
2 |
19 |
|
Previous attacks .. |
23 |
5 |
28 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
23 |
5 |
28 |
|
Unascertained .. |
51 |
4 |
55 |
63 |
2 |
65 |
114 |
6 |
120 |
|
Total .. |
*106 |
17 |
123 |
108* |
17 |
125 |
214 |
34 |
248 |
*There were more than one pre-disposing cause.