‘PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTIONS. 
state in their report for 1879 that the number of insane has 
ee report by M. Lunier, Inspector-General ‘o of the Service 
des Aliénés, published in 1870, it appears that from 1835 to 1870 
the number of insane under official knowledge in France in 
De 
By Uien. every year since 1870, but the rate of increase is now very 
inishing. 
cs Ihave not at hand statistics from other Wiudeiets countries, but 
_ from German, Belgian, Dutch, and other publications, the same 
perro n increase in the proportion of insane to population—can 
pas be: gathered. In 1875 Professor Livi, at Reggio, informed me 
_ that the increase had been most marked in T 
T have prepared.a return showing the proportion of insane. 
‘South Wales, and Victoria, in each ae since 1861, and in Sout 
‘Australia i in each year since 1871 
Number or Insane To 1,000 oF THE Popuation. 
England, | Scotland. New South Victecta. |g SE 
2:05 2°34 1°29 ak avs 
2°04 “40 . 1-49 eee eeee 
2-04 “5O 1°65 veoe 
2-05 +52 1°68 aes 
2-08 58 1°84 - eens 
211 "SS Saeed nce 
2°14 63 + 44 ee . 
2°18 53 2°40 wie 
2-23 Ae igs a Reeder as 
2-27 4 - a @ 1°74 
2-28 > f 4 cB 
2°30 2°06 . 
2-31 ) 3°10 1°90 
2:38 r 3°14 1°89 
2°45 76 319 icdk a Oe 
2°50 76 £21 oe 
2:55 - 74. 4 Se 
) goat 
Sons to every 1,000 of the population in England, Scotland, New | 
