Among the many duties of life which have had to be thrown overboard in consequence of war strain is that of recording and tabulating facts connected with asylum experiences. It certainly would be undesirable that a process, which at the best of times is but a burden to many, should be continued when the asylum, more than any other class of institution, is heavily stressed by an increase in function accompanied by a notable decrease in the means of performing function. Nevertheless it cannot be denied that a breach in a long continued series of medical observations is in itself somewhat of a misfortune.