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No. 626, dated Delhi, 22nd March 1880.
From—Lieutenant-Colonel F. M. BIRCH, Officiating Commissioner and Superintendent, Delhi Division,
To—The Secretary to Government, Punjab.
I HAVE the honor to submit in original the report by the Superin-
tendent on the Delhi Lunatic Asylum on the management of that institution
during the year 1879, together with a copy of the Deputy Commissioner's
transmitting letter No. 60, dated 8th current.
2. The most notable and satisfactory feature of the year has been the
comparative immunity of the inmates from the fever which had such fatal
effects in the jail, which is situated in close proximity to the Asylum, and
among the population at large. This and the absence of the fatal type of
ulcer, which were a peculiarity of the year, are supposed to be due mainly to
the more generous diet of the patients compared to that given in jails.
2. The average cost per head increased from Rs. 89-2-10 in 1878, to
Rs. 104 in 1879, but is accounted for by the fact of there having been
a smaller average of inmates, while the establishment was kept the same,
though some reductions were made at the end of the year.
3. The profit from labor was more by Rs. 138-10-6 than in the previous
year, and this is irrespective of the value that should be placed on the work
done in reclaiming the waste land near the Asylum on which Dr. Fairweather
has expended much pains, and which will be a source of profit to the institu-
tion from the sale proceeds of the produce.
4. The Superintendent (Dr. Fairweather) continued to evince more
than usual interest in this institution with the happy results detailed in his
report. The Deputy Superintendent also deserves commendation.
No. 60, dated 8th March 1880.
From—GEORGE SMITH, Esquire, Officiating Deputy Commissioner, Delhi,
To—The Commissioner and Superintendent, Delhi Division.
I HAVE the honor to submit the Annual Report on the Delhi Lunatic Asylum, fur-
nished by the Superintendent, Dr. J. Fairweather.
2. At the beginning of the year under report there were 90 patients in the Asylum ; there
were 28 admissions during the year, making a total of 118. Of these 27 were discharged, 16
died and 2 escaped, leaving 73 patients at the close of the year. The number of criminal
lunatics has become reduced from 15 to 10, no admissions having taken place during the year,
and of those in the Asylum, 3 died, 1 escaped, and 1 having recovered was sent to take
his trial.
3. The general health of the inmates, taking into consideration the health of the pri-
soners in the adjoining jail, and of the general population, has been extremely good, and this no
doubt is to some extent due to the lunatics being sufficiently fed and being regularly employed
on light labor.
4. The increase of cost per head appears due to the diminished number of lunatics, the
cost of establishment remaining the same.
5. Rs. 69-13-0 has been realized from the relatives of lunatics able to assist in their
maintenance, the sum realized in the previous year being Rs. 36-1-6.
( 5 )
No. 2.
Return of criminal lunatics in the Delhi Lunatic Asylum for the Year 1879 and eight previous years.
1
YEARS.
1871 ...
1872 ...
1873 ...
1874 ...
1875 ...
1876 ...
1877 ...
1878
...
1879 ...
2
Remaining on 1st.
January 1879.
Males.
...
2
4
6
6
5
5
13
14
Females.
...
...
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Total.
...
2
4
7
7
6
6
14
15
3
Admitted.
Males.
2
2
2
2
1
1
14
6
Females.
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
Total.
2
2
3
3
2
1
14
6
...
4
Re-admitted.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Total.
Males.
2
4
6
8
7
6
19
19
14
Females.
...
...
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
Total.
2
4
7
10
9
7
20
20
15
6
Discharged, trans-
ferred, &c.
Males.
...
...
...
2
...
1
4
5
2
Females.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
3
...
1
4
5
2
7
Died.
Males.
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
...
3
Females.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
3
...
2
...
3
8
Remaining on 31st
December 1879.
Males.
2
4
6
6
5
5
13
14
19
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
2
4
7
7
6
6
14
15
10
9
Daily average
strength.
Males.
...
...
4.96
5.94
6.16
4.90
10.11
14.84
11.38
Females.
...
...
036
0.84
1.46
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
Total.
...
...
5.32
6.78
7.62
5.90
11.11
15.84
12.38
J. FAIRWEATHER, Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum.
( 6 )
No. 3.
Return showing the religion, sex and residence of patients admitted into the Delhi Lunatic
Asylum during the Year 1879.
1
DISTRICT.
Ajmere
Umballa
Bulandshaha
Delhi
Faizabad
Gonda
Gurgaon
Jind
Meerut
Pesháwar
Rohtak
Unknown
TOTAL
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
HINDU.
Males.
2
1
1
...
1
1
3
1
2
...
3
...
15
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
Total.
2
1
1
...
1
1
...
1
3
...
3
...
16
3
MUHAMMA-
DAN.
Males.
...
...
...
3
...
...
3
..
..
...
3
...
5
Females.
1
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
4
Total.
1
....
...
5
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
9
4
CHRISTIAN.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
OTHER CASTES.
Males.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
8
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
3
6
TOTAL.
Males.
2
1
1
4
1
1
3
1
2
1
5
1
23
Females.
1
...
...
2
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
5
Total.
3
1
1
6
1
1
4
1
3
1
5
1
28
J, FAIRWEATHER, Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum.
( 7 )
No. 4.
Return showing the occupation of Patients admitted into the Delhi Lunatic Asylum
during the Year 1879.
1
OCCUPATION.
Barber
Beggars
Constable
Dyer
Farmer
Labourers
Potter
Bailor
Service
Shop-keepers
Unknown
TOTAL
...
...
...
....
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Males.
...
2
1
...
6
4
...
1
3
4
2
23
3
Females.
1
1
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
5
4
TOTAL.
1
3
1
1
6
9
1
1
3
4
2
28
J. FAIRWEATHER, Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum.
( 8 )
No. 5.
Returns showing the ages of Patients admitted into the Delhi Lunatic Asylum during the Tear 1879.
1
SEX.
Male.
Females
...
...
...
...
...
...
TOTAL.
...
...
...
2
Under 20.
4
...
4
3
20 to 40.
16
3
19
4
40 to 60.
2
1
3
5
Upward of 60.
1
1
2
6
TOTAL.
23
5
28
J. FAIRWEATHER, Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum.
( 9 )
No. 6.
Return showing the types of insanity of the Lunatics in the Delhi Asylum during the Tear 1879.
1
Remaining
Admitted
Total treated
Recovered
Improved
Died
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
105 a
ACUTE MANIA.
Males.
9
3
12
1
2
...
Females.
6
2
8
2
...
2
Total.
15
5
20
3
2
2
3
105 b
CHRONIC MANIA.
Males.
26
1
27
2
...
5
Females.
7
...
7
3
...
...
Total
33
1
34
5
...
5
4
106
MELANCHOLIA.
Males.
2
...
7
...
1
1
Females.
1
1
...
2
...
...
1
Total.
3
6
9
1
1
2
5
107 a
ACUTE DEMENTIA.
Males.
5
2
7
...
...
2
Females.
4
...
4
...
...
1
Total.
9
2
11
1
...
3
6
107 b
CHRONIC DEMEN-
TIA.
Males.
20
3
23
2
3
2
Females.
1
2
3
...
...
...
Total.
21
5
26
2
3
2
7
109
IDIOTCY.
Males.
5
...
6
...
...
1
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
5
...
5
...
...
1
8
MONOMANIA.
Males.
4
4
8
4
...
1
Females.
...
...
5
...
...
...
Total.
4
4
8
4
...
1
9
NOT INSANE.
Males.
...
5
5
4
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
5
5
4
...
...
10
TOTAL.
Males.
71
23
94
15
6
12
Females.
19
5
24
5
...
4
Total.
90
28
118
20
6
16
J. FAIRWEATHER, Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum.
( 10 )
No. 7.
Return showing the alleged causes of insanity among the Lunatics in the Delhi Asylum during the Year 1879.
1
Remaining ...
Admitted
Criminal ...
Non-Criminal...
Total treated ...
Recovered
...
Improved
...
Died ...
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
PHYSICAL CAUSES.
Ganja.
Males.
16
...
1
20
3
1
4
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
16
...
4
20
3
1
4
Spirit.
Males.
3
...
1
4
1
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
3
...
1
4
1
...
...
Opium.
Males.
6
...
1
7
...
2
2
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
6
...
1
7
...
2
2
Fever.
Males.
7
...
3
10
1
1
1
Females.
1
...
1
2
...
...
...
Total.
8
...
4
12
1
1
1
Heat
Males.
8
...
1
9
...
...
1
Females.
3
...
...
4
2
...
1
Total.
11
...
2
13
2
...
1
Epilepsy.
Males.
3
...
1
4
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
3
...
1
4
...
...
...
Total
Physical.
Males.
43
...
11
54
5
4
8
Females.
4
...
2
6
2
...
1
Total.
47
...
13
60
7
4
9
9
10
11
12 13
MORAL CAUSES.
Grief
Males.
6
...
4
10
3
1
2
Females.
6
...
2
8
1
...
1
Total.
12
...
6
18
4
1
3
Anger.
Males.
5
...
5
...
1
...
Females.
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
Total.
6
...
...
6
...
1
...
Fear.
Males.
2
...
2
4
2
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total,
2
...
2
4
2
...
...
Loss of
property.
Males.
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
Females.
6
...
...
1
...
...
...
Total,
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
Total Moral.
Males.
14
6
20
5
2
2
Females.
8
...
2
10
1
...
1
Total.
22
...
8
30
6
2
3
14
Total known.
Males.
57
...
17
74
10
6
10
Females.
12
...
4
16
3
...
2
Total.
69
...
21
90
13
6
12
15
Total
unknown.
Males.
14
...
6
20
5
...
2
Females.
7
...
1
8
2
...
2
Total.
21
...
7
28
7
...
4
16
GRAND
TOTAL.
Males.
71
...
33
94
15
6
12
Females.
19
...
5
24
5
...
4
Total.
90
...
28
118
20
6
16
J. FAIRWEATHER, Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum.
( 11 )
No. 8.
Return of Sick in the Hospital of the Delhi Lunatic Asylum during the Year 1879.
1
DISEASES.
15a
16
30b
38
55
60
65
85
93
105a
111
190a
213
219
306b
314
315
331
460
466
484
486
491b
432
693
819
859
905
192
1915
Intermittent fever
Remittent fever
Erysipelas Phlegmonous
Chronic rheumatism
Anaemia
Meningitis
Apoplexy
Hemiplegia
Epilepsy
Mania acute
Conjunctivitis
Inflammation of the ear
Epistaxis
Pericarditis
Bronchitis, chronic
Asthma
Pnenmonia
Pleurisy
Dyspepsia
Dysentery
Diarrhoea
Colic
Hæmorrhoids
Ascites
Dysmenorrhœa
Abscess
Ulcer
Debility
Burn
Contusion, lower extremity
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Remaining in Hospital
from previous year.
Males.
1
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
1
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
3
Admitted during the
year.
Males.
13
1
1
2
3
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
...
4
1
8
2
1
2
4
2
2
1
...
2
4
1
...
1
Females.
...
...
1
...
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
Total.
13
1
2
2
5
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
4
1
8
2
1
2
7
2
2
1
1
2
4
2
...
1
4
Total.
Males.
14
1
1
2
6
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
...
4
1
8
2
2
5 2
2
1
...
2
4
1
1
1
Females.
...
...
1
...
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
Total.
14
1
2
2
8
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
4
1
8
2
1
2
8
2
2
1
1
2
4
2
1
1
5
6
7
8
RESULTS.
Discharged
cured.
Males.
14
1
1
2
6
...
...
1
1
1
2
1
1
...
3
1
3
...
...
2
5
2
2
...
...
2
4
...
1
1
Females
...
...
1
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...1
...
...
Total.
14 1
2 2
8
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
...
3
1
3
...
1
2
6
2
2
1
2
4
...
1
1
Discharged
otherwise.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Died.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
5
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
5
2
...
...
2
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remaining.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
J. FAIRWEATHERR, Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum.
( 12 )
No. 9.
Cash Account of the Delhi Lunatic Asylum for the Year 1879.
RECEIPTS.
Received from Treasury ...
Received from paying patients ...
Value of articles received from Manufacture
Department ...
Value of garden produce consumed in the
Asylum ...
Cash received for manufactured articles and garden
produce sold ...
TOTAL ...
Amounts.
Rs.
8,005
69
247
305
335
8,964
As.
15
13
14
10
6
11
P.
0
0
0
3
11
2
EXPENDITURE.
ITEMS.
Establishment
Diet
Clothing
Bazar Medicines
Contingencies
Remitted to Treasury on account of
paying patients
...
Paid for raw materials for manufactures
Cash in hand on 31st December 1879 ...
TOTAL
...
Cash expended.
Rs.
4,435
2,979
263
7
320
...
237
...
8,243
As.
4
10
2
13
0
...
1
...
0
P.
8
5
9
2
0
...
1
...
1
Value of articles
received from
Manufacture
Department.
Rs.
...
234
247
0
70
...
...
...
553
As.
...
14
14
8
3
...
...
...
8
P.
...
4
0
0
11
...
...
...
3
Total.
Rs.
4435
3,214
511
8
390
69
237
98
8,964
As.
4
8
0
5
3
13
1
5
11
P.
8
9
9
2
11
0
1
10
2
Annual cost per
head.
Rs.
53
39
6
0
4
...
...
...
103
As.
14
0
3
1
11
...
...
...
15
P.
3
11
4
7
10
...
...
...
11
J. FAIRWEATHER, Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum.
( 13 )
No. 10.
Return showing the sanctioned Establishment of the Delhi Lunatic Asylum as it stood on the
31st December 1879.
1
ESTABLISHMENT.
Superintendent
Deputy Superintendent
Native Doctor
Head Warder
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Class Warders,
Ditto,
Ditto,
Ditto,
at Rs. 8 each
at Rs. 7 each
at Rs. 6 each
at Rs. 5 each
Cook
Assistant Cook
Gardener
Bhisti
Dhobi
Sweepers, at Rs. 4 each
Barber
Matron
Assistant Matrons, at Rs. 6 each
Daily average number of males
Ditto
females
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
2
Number.
1
1
1
1
2
3
8
3
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
66.31
15.90
3
Monthly wages.
Rs.
150
60
20
15
30
21
18
15
5
2
7
5
6
8
2
20
10
Total
A.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
82.30
Production of
...
Jemadar to males
Matron to females
Warder to males
Assistant Matron to females
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
1
to
to
to
to
66.31
15.99
6.02
7.90
J. FAIRWEATHER, Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum.
( 14 )
No. 11.
Receipts and Expenditure on account of Manufactures in the Delhi Lunatic Asylum during the Year 1879.
1
MEAN POPULATION.
Males.
65.31
Females.
15.99
Total.
82.30
2
Average
number em-
ployed.
Males.
52
Females
12
Total.
64
3
4
5
6
7
CREDITS.
Cash
received
during the
year for
articles
sold.
Rs.
335
As
6
P.
11
Value of
manufac-
tured goods
made over
to the Asy-
lum for
Asylum
purposes.
Rs.
553
As.
8
P.
3
Value of
manufac-
tured goods
and raw
materials
in store
on 31st
December ,
1879.
Rs.
124
As
3
P.
10
Value of
plant and
machinery
in store
on 31st
December
1879.
Rs.
82
As.
11
P.
6
Total
Credits.
Rs.
1,095
As.
14
P.
6
8
9
10
11
12
DEBITS.
Value of
manufactur-
ed goods in
store on 1 st
January 1879
Rs.
151
As.
12
P.
1
Value of raw
materials in
store on 1st
January 1879.
Rs.
63
As.
11
P.
5
Value of plant
and machinery
in store on 1 st
January 1879.
Rs.
82
As.
11
P.
6
Raw materi-
als purchased
and all other
charges.
Rs.
237
As.
1
P.
1
Total Debits.
Rs.
535
As.
4
P.
1
13
Excess of
Credits or
Profit.
Rs.
560
As.
10
P.
5
14
Excess of
Debits or
Loss.
Rs. As. P.
...
15
Amount of
outstanding
bills due to
Asylum.
Rs. As. P.
...
J. FAIRWEATHER, Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum.
Printed at the Punjab Government Civil Secretariat Press, Lahore.—23-8-80.—254,
Proceedings of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab in the Home Department, No. 2964, dated
11th September 1880.
READ—
Report received through the Commissioner, Lahore division, on the Lunatic Asylum at Lahore
for the year 1879.
Report received through the Commissioner of the Delhi division on the Lunatic Asylum at
Delhi.
REMARKS.—In both asylums the lunatics were profitably employed
so far as circumstances permitted. The profits of labour by the lunatics in
the Lahore Asylum amounted to Rs. 1,004 in the Delhi Asylum to Rs. 560;
the earnings of each lunatic on the average of the whole number of inmates,
according to the above sums, was in the Lahore Asylum nearly Rs. 4, in
the Delhi Asylum nearly Rs. 7. The average cost of each lunatic for diet
and clothing was in the Lahore Asylum Rs. 56-1-10, in the Delhi Asylum
Rs. 45-4-3.
The Lahore Asylum was visited by cholera which carried off six of the
inmates, and pneumonia also was prevalent; the mortality from all causes was
equal to 21.6 per cent. The inmates of the Delhi Asylum appear to have been
remarkably free from fever and other diseases from which the outside popula-
tion suffered; but nevertheless the mortality was but little short of that of
Lahore Asylum, being equal to 19.4 per cent.
The remark by the Superintendent of the Lahore Asylum, that an additional
hospital assistant was entertained and paid for out of the asylum funds, is not
understood, as the maintenance of any separate fund by a Government estab-
lishment or institution is opposed to rule. The matter should be explained.
His Honor concurs in the opinions expressed by both Commissioners in
regard to the favourable results reported, and he desires that his acknowledg-
ments of the careful management of both institutions by the Superintendents,
Doctors Scriven and Taylor, may be conveyed to these officers.
By order of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab,
W. M. YOUNG,
Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Printed at the Punjab Government Civil Secretariat Press, Lahore,—16-9-80.—200.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
IN THE PUNJAB
For the Year 1879.
Published
by Authority.
Lahore:
PRINTED AT THE PUNJAB GOVERNMENT CIVIL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1880.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
IN THE PUNJAB
For the Year 1880.
Published by Authority.
Lahore:
PRINTED AT THE PUNJAB GOVERNMENT CIVIL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1881.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
IN THE PUNJAB
For the Year 1880.
Published by Authority.
Lahore :
PRINTED AT THE PUNJAB GOVERNMENT CIVIL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1881.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LAHORE LUNATIC ASYLUM FOR THE YEAR 1880, BY SURGEON-
MAJOR J. B. SCRIVEN, SUPERINTENDENT.
THE year 1880 has been a prosperous one as regards the Lunatic Asylum, and hence
its annals are few. But, in recording them, I shall follow as nearly as possible the order of
previous years.
Buildings.
2. The verandah of the matron's house has been rebuilt, and also a shed used for the
bullock ghary, in front of the asylum. The roofs of
these were formerly of thatch, which had become very old,
and as they were considered somewhat dangerous on account of fire, the new roofs have been
constructed of tiling. A lattice-work has also been constructed around the asylum well, as,
on more than one occasion, a lunatic has stealthily descended by the ladder into the well.
Sanitary arrangements.
3. Nothing new to record.
Forms and causes of insanity.
4. Nothing new.
Class of persons admitted.
5. The admissions during the year were, males 55, females 10, total 65; of these 10
were criminal lunatics, 9 males and 1 female. Four of
the sixty-five were re-admissions.
Money credited to Government.
6. The following table shows the sums paid into the treasury, and the way in which
they have been realized:—
By sale of garden produce—
Vegetables ... ... ...
Green wheat ...
...
...
Green charri ... ... ...
By grinding corn ... ... ...
By skilled labour ... ... ...
By paying-patients ... ... ...
By sale of old clothing ... ...
By sale of an old clock ... ...
By sale of two old bullocks ... ...
Rs.
366
26
18
338
300
594
22
5
12
A.
4
0
0
7
0
7
11
0
0
p.
4
0
0
7
0
2
0
0
0
TOTAL ...
Rs.
1048
594
39
1,682
A.
11
7
11
14
P.
11
2
0
1
The first total, Rs. 1,048-11-11, is included in column 7 of Statement XI.
The second total, Rs. 594-7-2, is shown in Statement IX.
The third total, Rs. 39-11-0, is not shown in any of the prescribed Statements.
Paying-patients.
7. The sum of Rs. 594-7-2, given under this head, is much larger than the corresponding
sum Rs. 60-2-0 in 1879. This is mainly due to the order
authorizing payment for insane sepoys at the rate of Rs. 7
( 2 )
per mensem. Considerable arrears thus became due and have since been realized. The whole
amount is made up as follows:—
NAMES OF PATIENTS.
Mahtab Singh, Sepoy (Queen's Own)
Corps of Guides
...
Khobie, Sepoy, 38th Native Infantry ...
Amir Khan, Recruit, 1st Bengal Infantry
Sitaram Sowamy, Private, 30th Madras
Native Infantry
..
Ishar Singh, Recruit, 22nd Native Infantry
Ganga Ram, Sowar, XI. Bengal Lancers ...
Mouj Ali Shah, Sowar, 15th Bengal Cavalry
Miran Baksh, Sepoy, 1st Bengal Infantry
Rajgool, Sepoy, 2nd Punjab Infantry ...
Narain Sookh, pensioned Sepoy ...
Musamat Hemi
...
District whence
received.
Peshawar ...
Meerut ...
Peshawar ...
Dera Ghazi Khan
Peshawar
...
Ditto ...
Dera Ghazi Khan
Peshawar ...
Abbott-abad ...
Dharmsala
...
Mooltan ...
TOTAL ...
Amount
received.
Rs.
168
102
96
60
54
12
15
38
28
12
4
594
A.
0
10
13
4
13
2
15
4
7
0
15
7
P.
0
8
11
8
4
1
4
3
2
0
9
2
REMARKS.
Still in asylum.
Ditto.
Discharged.
Still in asylum.
Ditto.
Discharged.
Ditto.
Still in asylum.
Ditto.
Discharged.
Ditto.
Employment of lunatics in ordinary
labour.
8. The number of persons employed has been 87.5., The value of lunatics' labour has
been Rs. 2,001-6-0, which represents the estimated saving
to Government from employing the lunatics instead of
hired servants. The reason of fewer people being employed
in 1880 than in 1879 is, first, that the number of inmates has been smaller, and secondly,
that a larger proportion of these have been too insane to work.
Skilled labour.
9. During 1880, 18 men and 13 women, on an average, have been employed daily in
skilled labour. In 1879 the numbers were 21.2 men and
14 women. The reasons of the diminution are the same as,
stated in the last paragraph.
The women have spun 3 maunds 33 seers 1 chittack of cotton, and 8 maunds 24 seers of
thread has been the result. The men have been employed in making the things mentioned in
the following table, which also shows the quantities of these articles manufactured, and the
accoun to which they have been turned:—
ARTICLES.
These things are from
the cotton spun by
the women.
Blankets ...
Garha cloth
...
Dosuti cloth ...
Broken charcoal
for filters ...
Twine ...
Pilchee baskets ...
Reed chicks ...
Manufactured.
282 ...
394½ yards ...
891 yards
...
2 mds. 12 srs. ...
2 mds. 9 srs. 2 chs.
164 ...
85
...
Used in Asylum.
282
...
304½ yards ...
782½ yards ...
1 md. 20 srs.
...
1 md. 38 srs. 3 chs.
111 ...
85 ...
Sold.
70 yards.
108½ yards.
32 seers.
It is worthy of note that all the blanketting required in the asylum during the year, even
for the warm clothing worn during the day, has been made by the lunatics themselves.
None has boon purchased elsewhere. The whole amount realized by sale of the manufactured
articles, i. e., by skilled labour, has been Rs. 941-12-11 (this is included in columns 3 and 4
of Statement XI.), the net profit being Rs. 227-8-6, the whole of which has been paid into the
treasury plus Rs. 72-7-6, total Rs. 300 (see table in paragraph 6), which represents the
profit on goods that remained in store on December 31st 1879. There remains in hand