Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1913 — Increase of Lunacy. [ARTICLE]

Increase of Lunacy.

A famous British physician. Dr. Forbes Winslow, collected figures that In all civilized countries lunacy was largely on the increase. “In 1859 there was one lunatic in every 536 of the population. Today there is one in every 275. In France 60 years ago there was one Insane person In every 750 of the population. Today thsre is one in every 300.” This increase he attributed to alcohol, social competition and strain, heredity,* and Injudicious marriages, adding that if the present rate of the growth of lunacy continued we should have more insane than sane In the world 300 years he&ca.