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2nd, preventive or hygienic treatment ; and 3rd, if any 
inoculations are practised ? Any superstitions, regarding 
syphilis or venereal disease in general, will be of interest. 
F. C. 
No. XV.™INSANITY. 
1. What is the population of the place ? Do any trustworthy 
statistics bearing on the proportion of insane persons per 
1,000 exist? If so, state the proportion. 
2. In what form (mania, melancholia, dementia) does 
insanity most frequently show itself? If possible, state 
figures bearing on the question. 
3. Is general paralysis of the insane known to occur? 
4. Is intemperance in alcohol, opium, or any other drug, 
common? If so, is it followed by any well marked series of 
symptoms ? 
5. Is syphilis common ? 
6. Is polygamy a common custom ? If so, are there any 
means of ascertaining whether women of the harem are, or 
are not, specially subject to insanity. 
7. Is suicide a common sequence to insanity ? 
8. Is any specially well marked type of insanity prevalent 
in the district : e.g., any condition corresponding to the 
rapidly fatal melancholia of the South Sea Islanders, or 
the amuk of the Malay. 
9. Is idiocy common ? 
10. What are the statutory provisions for the treatment 
and protection of the insane ? State the general outlines of 
the Lunacy Laws, or send printed copies. Say how many 
public asylums exist ; how they are managed, and how sup¬ 
ported. Do you consider them to be in a satisfactory con¬ 
dition ? If not, what are the chief shortcomings ? If you 
consider them well managed, state any special features you 
