Datafile Name: Massachusetts Lunatics
Story Names: Massachusetts Lunatics
Reference: J.M. Hunter, "Need and Demand for Mental Health Care: Massachusetts 1854," The Geographic Review, 77:2 (April 1987), pp 139-156.
Description: 
These data are from an 1854 survey conducted by the Massachusetts Commission
on Lunacy under the leadership of Edward Jarvis. Dr. Jarvis was President of the 
American Statistical Association from 1852 to 1882.
Number of cases: 14
Variable Names:
  1. NBR = Number of lunatics, by county
  2. DIST = Distance to nearest mental health center
  3. POP = County population , 1950 (thousands)
  4. PDEN = County population density per square mile
  5. PHOME = Percent of lunatics cared for at home
The Data: 
  COUNTY          NBR   DIST        POP           PDEN   PHOME

BERKSHIRE	119	97	26.656   	56	77
FRANKLIN	84	62	22.260	            45	81
HAMPSHIRE	94	54	23.312	            72	75
HAMPDEN	105	52	18.900	            94	69
WORCESTER	351	20	82.836	            98	64
MIDDLESEX	357	14	66.759	          231	47
ESSEX	            377	10	95.004	         3252	47
SUFFOLK	458	  4 	123.202        3042	6
NORFOLK	241	14	62.901	           235	49
BRISTOL	158	14	29.704	           151	60
PLYMOUTH	139	16	32.526	             91	68
BARNSTABLE	78	44	16.692              93       76           
NANTUCKET	12	77	1.740	           179	25
DUKES	19	52	7.524             	46	79