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                                                                          STATEMENT VII.

                                          Showing Ætiological factors and associated conditions in the patients
                                          admitted in the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital during the year 1931.

Ætiological factors and assciated
conditions.

Predisposing
Cause.

Exciting Cause.

Total.

Percentage
of patients
to total
admissions.

Male.

Female.

Total.

Male.

Female.

Total.

Male.

Female.

Total.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

10(a)

A. HEREDITY—

1. Insane ... ...

23

4

27

...

...

...

23

4

27

2. Epileptic ... ...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

3. Neurotic ... ...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

4. Marked eccentricity ...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

5. Alcoholism ... ...

2

...

2

1

...

1

3

...

3

Total ...

25

4

29

1

...

1

26

4

30

B. MENTAL INSTABILITY, AS REVEALED
BY—

1. Moral deficiency ... ...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

2. Congenital mental defect ...

2

2

4

...

...

...

2

2

4

3. Eccentricity ... ...

1

1

2

...

...

...

1

1

2

4. Previous attack ... ...

5

5

10

...

...

...

5

5

10

Total ...

8

8

16

...

...

...

8

8

16

C. DEPRIVATION OF SPECIAL SENSES —

1. Smell or taste ... ...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

2. Hearing ... ...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

3. Sight ... ... ...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

Total ...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

D. CRITICAL PERIODS—

1. Puberty and adolescance ...

...

1

1

1

3

4

1

4

5

2, Climaceric ... ...

...

...

...

...

1

1

...

1

1

3. Senility ... ...

1

...

1

...

...

...

1

...

1

Total ...

1

1

2

1

4

5

2

5

7

Carried over ...

34

13

47

2

4

6

36

17

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