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The Afflicted Classes

From: Eighth Annual Report Of The Bureau Of Statistics Of Labor
Creator: n/a
Date: March 1877
Publisher: Albert J. Wright, State Printer, Boston
Source: Available at selected libraries

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The supposed causes of the mental alienation are described in a minority -- 37 per cent -- of the cases. The subjoined table presents these causes in their numerical summary, as they were returned from five large hospitals and from the friends of those who were not under hospital treatment: (6) --


(6) Returns of the presumed causes of lunacy wore not made with reference to the Inmates of the Boston Lunatic Hospital; this will account for the omission of that institution from the table.

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CAUSES. Worcester Taunton Northampton Tewksbury McLean Out of Hospitals Total
Hereditary, 29 20 - 4 5 94 152
Epilepsy, 25 26 33 9 1 84 128
Intemperance, 29 81 24 16 1 27 127
Masturbation, 34 33 - 10 2 12 91
Prolonged illness, 24 23 - - 5 10 68
Uterine disease, 21 14 1 6 - 15 57
Overwork, 11 10 - 4 23 16 64
Injury to the head, 11 11 5 4 1 47 79
Domestic trouble, 12 3 - 3 2 31 51
Grief, 12 10 - 2 - 25 49
Puerperal, 12 14 - - 8 15 49
Religious excitement, 9 9 - 2 2 18 40
Disappointed affection, 7 1 - 2 1 29 40
Business trouble, 5 11 - 2 1 24 43
Paralysis, 7 6 1 - 1 22 37
Sunstroke, 5 4 4 2 1 21 37
Overstudy, 4 3 1 - 4 20 32
Old age, 6 11 - - - 11 28
Fever (typhoid, scarlet, brain), 6 5 1 1 - 31 44
Anxiety, 2 11 - - 1 7 21
Fcenter, 3 2 - - - 15 20
Spiritualism, 4 3 - - 1 4 12
Excesses, 4 - - - 8 - 12
Softening of brain - - - - - 8 8
Measles, 1 3 - - - 6 10
Disease of brain and spine, 6 - - - - 10 16
Overuse of narcotics, - - - - - 6 6
Congenital, 3 - - - 2 2 7
Syphilis, - 1 - - 3 - 4
Small-pox, - - - - - 2 2
Lightning, - - - - - 3 3

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