Appendix A
Statistics relating to Nervous Disorders, 2 NZEF, MEF and CMF
Admissions to Medical Units for Disease, July 19411–December 1945
Anxiety neurosis |
1696, or 2.11 per cent of all admissions |
Nervous and physical exhaustion |
1013, or 1.26 per cent of all admissions |
Comparative Table of Admissions
|
1943
|
1944
|
1945
|
Anxiety neurosis |
471 |
658 |
176 |
Mental cases |
188 |
275 |
146 |
Nervous and physical exhaustion |
329 |
558 |
114 |
Nervous |
314 |
344 |
278 |
Cases of Physical Exhaustion Admitted to 2 NZ Division Medical Units in Italy
18 November 1943–17 November 1944 |
603 |
18 November 1944–30 September 1945 |
160 |
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Invalids Evacuated to New Zealand, 1940–45
Anxiety neurosis |
692 |
Nervous exhaustion |
163 |
Schizophrenia |
84 |
Psychopathic personality |
72 |
Depression |
94 |
Other nervous disease |
822 |
|
— |
Total |
1927
|
Total sickness cases were |
6076 |
Comparative figures of 1 NZEF, May 1916–Dec 1918, were:
Nervous system and shell shock |
1370 |
Mental |
175 |
|
— |
Total |
1545 |
Total sickness cases |
13,587 |