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Data from an 1854 survey by the Massachusetts Commission on Lunacy.
lunatics
14 obs. of 6 variables:
Name of county.
Number of lunatics by county.
Distance to nearest mental health center.
County population 1950 (thousands).
County population density per square mile.
Percent of lunatics cared for at home.
J.M. Hunter, "Need and Demand for Mental Health Care: Massachusetts 1854," The Geographic Review, 77:2 (April 1987), pp 139-156.