No. 464, dated 14th March 1879.
From—Colonel C. H. HALL, Commissioner and Superintendent, Lahore Division,
To—The Secretary to Government, Punjab.
I HAVE the honor to submit in original the Annual Report of the
Lahore Lunatic Asylum for the year 1878.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LAHORE LUNATIC ASYLUM FOR 1878, BY J. B. SCRIVEN, ESQUIRE,
SUPERINTENDENT, LAHORE LUNATIC ASYLUM, —DATED 1ST JANUARY 1879.
So many annual reports have been written upon this Asylum that but little new
matter can now be found for them. The same heads generally answer each time, and for
obvious reasons it is convenient to alter them as little as possible. The following points deserve
notice :—
Buildings.
2. A wall with a number of doors has been built to enclose the long ward used as a
workshop, where also the wheat is ground. This was neces-
sary, partly to shelter the lunatics when at work from the
extremes of heat and cold, partly to protect the wheat from the wind, which used to scatter it
inconveniently. A verandah has also been built to the contractor's godown, where the wheat
is kept; this was necessary as there was not room in the godown for weighing out and issu-
ing the corn.
A wall, which was damaged in the rains, has been re-built. Special arrangements were
necessary, during the time this was being done, to keep the inmates safely, as both the
dangerous ward and the female ward were thrown open when the old wall was pulled down.
Six extra warders were entertained for this purpose, and a temporary wall was erected to
shut off the gap from the dangerous lunatics. The new wall was completed, without accident
of any kind, in about a month.
Sanitary arrangements.
3. Nothing new to relate.
Forms and causes of insanity.
4. Nothing new.
Class of persons admitted.
5. Adult males 79, adult females 19, in all 98, of whom 8 males were criminals. Also
two idiot children, one from Ráwalpindi, the other from
Amritsar, a nurse having been supplied on Rs. 5 from
each district.
Money credited to Government.
6. The following table shows the sums paid into the treasury, and the way in which
they have been realised.
By sale of garden produce
Vegetables
...
...
...
...
Bed pepper pods ...
... ... ...
Green wheat
...
...
...
...
Green charri ...
...
...
...
Green grass
...
...
...
...
Tobacco
...
...
...
...
Pomegranates
...
...
...
...
By grinding corn
...
...
...
By skilled labour ... ... ... ...
By sale of old clothing
...
...
...
By sale of an old bullook
... ... ...
By money received for paying patients
...
...
Total ...
R.
323
10
35
24
17
7
2
281
260
19
15
154
1,150
A.
10
3
12
0
4
15
0
9
0
3
0
3
13
P.
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
10
0
This is more than in any previous year, and Rs. 910-4-7 in excess of the amount credited
in 1877. The increase has been principally in the following items ; skilled labour, garden
produce, corn-grinding, and money on account of paying patients, as mentioned in next
paragraph.
Paying patients.
7. After a good deal of trouble Rs. 70 was realised from the husband of the Eurasian
woman alluded to in paragraph 7 of Report of 1877, but
eventually he was thrown out of employ, since which no
more has been paid, and shortly afterwards his wife died. The money due for the native
patient, mentioned in the same paragraph of last Report, has all been recovered.
Employment of lunatics in ordinary
work.
8. This has been much the same as in 1877 ; the daily average number of persons
employed is 125.6 males, and 12.6 females, total 138.2.
The modes of employment have been as follows ; leeping,
sweeping, water carryings, cooking, mending clothes, carry-