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An Investigation Concerning Mental Disorder in the Nyasaland Natives

With Special Reference to Primary Ætiological and Other Contributory Factors.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Horace M. Shelley  and
W. H. Watson
Horace M. Shelley
Affiliation:
Nyasaland
W. H. Watson
Affiliation:
Nyasaland
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Extract

Nyasaland is a narrow strip of land 40,000 square miles in extent. It lies approximately between latitude S. 9’ 45” and 17’ 15”, and longitude E. 33’ and 36’. It is bounded on the North by Tanganyika Territory, on the East by Lake Nyasa and Portuguese East Africa, and on the West by Northern Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa.

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Part I.—Introduction
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 82 , Issue 341 , November 1936 , pp. 701 - 730
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1936 

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References

(1) Annual Report of the Commissioner for Mental Hygiene, Union of South Africa, 1934.Google Scholar
(2) Gordon, H. L., East African Med. Journ., February, 1936, and March, 1936.Google Scholar
(3) The Nyasaland Census Returns, 1931.Google Scholar
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