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Though this find- ing is contrary to expectations when com- pared with general population surveys, it may be due to: (a) the process of selection of inmates to the facility which includes only one segment of society, and (b) the al- ready considered high morbidity rates. 308 NEUROPSYCHIATRY MORBIDITY IN A BEGGARS* COLONY The highly significant (p<.001) differ- ence noted with regard to marital status and education (the ill being more often single and less educated) is likely to be a function of the high rates of mental retardation, epi- lepsy and schizophrenia in them.