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STATEMENT No. VII
SHOWING THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF INSANITY IN THE PATIENTS ADMITTED INTO THE MENTAL HOSPITAL, NAGPUR, IN MADHYA PRADESH , DURING THE YEAR ENDING THE 31st DECEMBER 1951
•
Predisposing causes
Exciting cai
:ses
*-> o
H
Total
Cause of insanity
CO
| Females
CO *->
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i
CO
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s
CO
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CO
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CO
a
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Mental Stress
•
Moral
3
••
3
i
1
4
4
Business worry
••■
••
•
ii
11
11
..
11
Domestic worry
••
• •
14
14
28
14
14
28
Stress of military service ^ ..
• •
2
2
2
..
2
Toxins
-
Canabia indica
1
1
1
, t
1
Alcohol
••
1
1
1
..
1
Other toxins
• •
••
7
2
9
7
2
9
Physical
2
1
3
••
••
..
2
1
3
Opium.
••
••
• •
• •
..
Bodily illness
1
••
1
3
1
4
4
1
5
Pregnancy
••
••
• •
..
..
. • •
Child-birth......
••
7
7
..
7
7
Climateric
1
••
1
5
1
6
6
1
7
Epilepsy
6
2
8
1
1
7
2
9
Head injuries
••
••
• •
..
..
Infections
i
i
Encephalitis lethargica
••
..
Influenza
••
..
..
..
Syphilis
1
1
2
2
3
..
3
Other infections
• .
.•
..
Old age
2
1
3
2
1
3
4
2
6
Hereditary predisposition
72
38
110
72
38
110
Previous attacks
20
3
23
20
3
23
Unascertained
35
r 10
r 45
57
17
74
92
27
119
Total*
143
55
198
107
• 43 i
150
250
98
348
o
H
H 03
^There was more than one predisposing cause.