Mental Disease and Defect 



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65 children. Of these 4 are known to be feeble-iBhiaed ; 1 U epi- 

 leptic; 2 have nervous disorders. 



TABLE XXII. MISCELLANEOUS MENTAL AND NERv^OUS 

 DISORDERS— CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING 

 TO CIVIL STATE 



MAB lED SINGLE TOTAL 



. J 24 34 



; iS 27 55 



Total , . . . 38 51 89 



Only 2 patients in this gro p Jvre had institutional care and 

 these are at present in insane ho ,>itals. One is a drug addict 

 and the other has Huntiiigton's chorea. Of the others, 64 are 

 city residents and 23 ar- towD n country residents. 



The diagnoses of th « 2 ■ ;re as follows: chorea, thyroid 

 disturbances, drug adtdctiof^. i 1 aJi other nervous disturbances 

 having mental manifestations, but neither true insanity nor psy- 

 choses. Table XXIil sh ws a classification of this group by 

 diagnosis. 



TABLE XXIIL MISCELLANEOUS MENTAL AND NERVOUS 

 DISORDERS—CLASSIFICATION BY DIAGNOSIS 



OTHER 



CHOREA THYROID DRUGS DISORDERS TOTAL 



MaleF 8 .. 6 20 34 



Fem : . s . . 14 5 16 20 55 



Tota^ 22 5 22 40 89 



Hazel F. was bio .ght to the dispensary when eleven years old 

 with typi al symptoms of Sydenham's chorea in a severe form. 

 Her father had ]i\d chorea when a child and her sister had the 

 bame d'^ease a year ago. Hazel was put to bed at home^ but was 

 so dif^cult to n.anage that her parents were soon persuaded to 

 send her to the hospital. After two months she was greatly 

 improve d and was discharged. However, in five months she was 

 aga.n sent to the hospital in almost as bad a condition as at 

 firft. She again improved and was discharged after two and a 

 h?if mo chs. This time, with more careful supervision of her 

 i Jme lile, her improvement was progressive and she returned to 

 isilhool and has regained her normal health. 



'ate B., age thirty-four years, has Huntington's chorea. One 



.her is in an insane hospital with dementia praecox; a sister 

 ^lo had the same disease died there. Kate's father is said to 



Males . 

 Females 



