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some corrections necessary, o the somewhat different 
, it will be seen that though some causes 
thers 
there is a singular agreement in the percentages. Taking the 
main divisions moral and physical, it appears that in New South 
Wales 16-9 per cent. of the insanity was due to moral, and 57-6 
ditions which results in insanity. The causes lie too deep to be 
g by mere surface investigation, and can seldom be packed 
mto a word or a sentence. A patient accumulation of an 
mereasing knowledge the number classified under these headings 
bi hi Domestic trouble” is no uncommon experience, 
_, mental anxiety” falls to the lot of most men and women, and 
iad circumstances” to not a few. The strain falls on almost 
— the weak give way, and it is this weakness which, in reality, 
‘ the chief cause of the insanity. j 
Je first causes to which I would direct your attention appear 
in the Gladesville but not in the English table. are iso. 
= NWP NEE aS 
thing * I mention the two together because they have some- 
__,o © common. 
