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(a) From the above abstract it will appear that, excepting under the sub-heads
"Clothing and bedding " and "Miscellaneous," the cost per patient of average
strength on all heads is more during the year under report than during the previous
year, a full explanation of which has already been furnished in this report under the
head "Finance," paragraph 21.
(b) A comparative abstract statement of cash account for the year 1896, as com-
pared with the asylums in Bengal, is given below, vide Principal Medical Officer's letter
No. 2665C, dated the 13th September 1892 :
Name of Asylum.
Establishment.
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Diet.
Clothing" and bedding.
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S.S.
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c
u
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s 8.
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Te^pur
Du lunda
Dacca
Patna
Cuttack
Berhampur
Rs. a. p.
Rs.
a
pJ
Rs. a. p.j
Rs. a. p
4,096 12 4
9,267 13 o
7,547 5 3
8,333 2 9
2,112 o o
7,441 12 8
35 3 3
3,563 7 9
57 6 7, 11,693 12 o
33 14 8 12,411 S 7!
3S o 8
8,904 o 7
00 10
953 14 3
36 12 3:
7,243 13 o
30 9 11
47 3 4
55 13 5
40 10 4
40 io 10
Rs. a.
1
1,686 11 6
599 ^4 0
478 2 0
1,039 10 9
83 2 0
35 12 8
502 it o
Rs. a. p.
14 7 10
269
224
4 n 3
3 8 8
2 11 S
N ame of Asy lum.
Medicines.
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Contingencies.
Miscellaneous.
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1/1 y
c3 5
Grand total.
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8
10
11
Tezpur
Dullunda
...
Dacca
...
Patna
...
Cuttack
...
Berhampur
...
Rs. a. p.
101 8 6
75i 4 6
100 10 4
118 13 9
23 8 o
So 6 9
Rs a p
0 13 11
3 0 6
0 7 2
0 8 S
1
0 0
0 6 4
Rs. a. p
477 11 o
2,387 12 6
1,890 3 8
i,35S 14 <J
33S 10 S
753 4 9
1 2
13
14
15
Rs. a. p
4 I 8
9 10 3
5 8 o
6 3 a
14 7 1
3 11 7
Rs. a. p.
233 1 2 o
o 1
/
Rs. a . p. j
10,159 i5
1
24,700 S 0
22,427 13 10
•9,744 10 4
3,5u 2 11
16,072 O 2
Rs. a. p.
S 7 4 8
99 II 5
100 12 7
90 2 2
149 11 7
79 6 6
53. Weighments,—The inmates are weighed every month. Of those treated during
the whole year, the aggregate weight was—
1st January 1897
31st December 1897
Gained weight
Lost weight
Remained the same
Greatest gain
Greatest loss
... 10,094
lbs.
... 9,989
„
40 inmates,
46
,,
12
,,
24
lbs.
17
J»
Of those admitted during the year the aggregate weight was—
On admission
...
...
•••
...
•
On 31st December 1897
...
...
...
,
Gained weight
...
...
...
...
.
Lost weight
...
...
...
...
,
Remained the same
Greatest gain
...
...
...
Greatest loss
...
...
..
Of those discharged, the weight on admission and discharge was—
On admission
On discharge
...
...
...
...
.
Gained weight
...
...
...
Lost weight
Remained the same
...
...
...
...
,
Greatest gain
Greatest loss
...
...
...
...
1,799 lbs.
W 6 „
17 inmates.
1 inmate.
20 lbs.
16 >i
2,361 lbs.
2 > 6 5* ,,
21 inmates.
3
„
Nil.
35 lbs.
...
...
...
...
., a
27
1,
24. Sanctioned Establishment.—Statement No. X. Only a male keeper, a female
keeper, and a sweeper have been entertained during the year, in addition to those
already entertained during the previous year. This was due to the increase of inmates
during the year under report.
25. Manufactures*— Statement No. XI. The net profit from the manufactur-
ing department was Rs. 1,090-6-7, against Rs. 1,063-10-5 during the previous year.
The value of asylum produce utilized by the inmates was-—
Vegetables
...
...
...
...
-..
yjHY
..«
...
...
...
...
Jrlantains
•*•
...
...
...
...
1
Turmeric
••«
•••
...
...
...
L.1C111S
...
•••
•••
...
...
Jack fruit
...
•••
•••
•••
...
Pine-apples ...
...
...
...
...
1 otai
...
•••
■••
...
...
Cows' milk
...
■•
...
...
...
Lunatics' dosuti-dhutis, saris, and kurtas
Grand total
...
...
...
...
...
Rs. a. P-
461 0 9
90 14 0
33 6 9
12 8 6
0 12 6
2 14 0
1 4 0
602 12 6
30 12 3
158 6 0
791 14 9
The value of asylum produce sold to the public and sums remitted into the
treasury on this account were—
•••
Vegetables
Mats and baskets
Sweet potatoes...
Plantains
Cur
...
Sugarcane
Indian corn
Jack fruit
•••
Pine-apples
Asu dhan
...
Jute
Mustard seeds ...
1 otai
■■•
...
...
...
LunaticsMabour supplied to the Public Works'Department
Maintenance received from paying-patients
Grand total
...
aw>
...
...
...
.*•
...
...
a.
...
Rs. a.
179 5
31 I
2 6
62 15
98 2
2 I
I 12
7 7
4 »5
61 7
1 4
11 8
P-
3
9
9
6
o
9
o
6
o
o
o
o
464 6 6
64 0 0
318 11 0
847 1 6
to
There was only one regular paying-patient, viz., a Khasi referred to in last yeir's
report, for whom Rs. 60 was received from the Deputy Commissioner of the Khasi
and Jaintia Hills. Of the balance of the maintenance receipts, Rs. 116 was received
from the manager of a tea garden for one agreement coolie who had been an inmate of
the Asylum for a long time and was discharged during the year under report. The
remaining, Rs. 142-11, was partly cash found on the persons of patients on admission,
and partly diet expenses realised from the relatives of persons put under observation.
26. Visits.—During the year under report the Asylum was visited twice by the
Chief Commissioner, three times by the Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary
Commissioner, and once by the Judge and Commissioner, Assam Valley Districts.
Nine meetings of the committee of visitors were held during the year under report, and
the copies of their proceedings were sent, as usual, to the Principal Medical Officer and
Sanitary Commissioner for transmission to the Local Government.
27. General re?narks.—The proposal to increase our live-stock this year was
held in abeyance, as there was an epidemic of cattle-disease which somewhat upset
our plans. Besides our land is limited in area. The Commissioner has, however, just
seen our boundaries and has suggested changes which may facilitate the proposed
scheme. The confinement of all the female patients in one enclosure without means
of separation by clay when they quarrel, is a drawback. A solitary cell for females is
a desideratum. The Commissioner of the Assam Valley Districts, when he last visited
the Asylum, suggested certain additions to the Asylum lands, partly with a view to the
increase of agricultural pursuits and partly to prevent villages from rising up close
to the. Asylum. As the land in front of the Asylum is being given up by the Jail
Department, this is considered a suitable time to take it up for the purposes of the
Asylum. The criminal ward is not quite large enough to accommodate all the
criminal lunatics at present confined. The asylum now contains two more criminal
lunatics than the criminal ward was intended to accommodate. The excess find room
with the non-criminals. The rules put in force during the year limit the releases of
criminal lunatics, and it is probable this clais will increase so as in time to give the
proportion of the criminal to the non-criminal class now existing in Bengal Asylums.
The separation of criminal lunatics in separate apartments at night will soon need
consideration.
The Asylum servants, on the whole, worked well and gave little trouble. This is
mainly owing to the good temper of Hospital Assistant Giris Chandra Das and the
interest taken by him in his work.
Tespitr,
The 22nd : January 1898.
J. W. U. MACNAMARA, M.D , Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent, Tczpur Lunatic Asylum.
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Statement No. III.-Showing the Religion, Sex, and Residence of Patients admitted into the
Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1897.
1
3
3
4
5
6
Hindus,
Muhammadans.
Christians.
Other caste's.
Tota i.
'
Distticts,
European* and
Eurasians.
Natives.
.
M.
2
I
I
I
I
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M. F.
T.
M. F.
T.
Kamrup
...
Chapra
...
...
Dacca
...
...
Nowgong
...
...
Khasi and Jainiia Hills ...
Ranchi
Lakhimpur •*•
Midnapur
Suri
...
Palamo
...
...
Nagpur
...
Hazaribagh ...
Garo Hills
...
...
Ganjam
...
Darrang
...
...
Unknown
...
...
I
I
2
3
1
1
2
1
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
...
I
...
...
...
...
...
...
I
I
...
I
I
2
1
2
I
I
I
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
I
I
2
3
I
2
2
I
I
5
a
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
Total
4 24
I
-
I
...
...
...
...
...
...
2 —
2
23
4 27
Statement No. IV,—Showing the previous Occupation of Patients admitted into the Lunatic
Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1897.
Occupation of patients.
Cultivator ...
...
...
...
...
8
1
9
Cartman
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
Shop-keeper
...
...
...
...
1
...
Weaver
...
<•■
...
...
...
1
...
Tea coolie ...
...
...
.*•
...
9
2
11
Carpenter ...
...
...
...
...
1
...
Apprentice ...
...
...
...
...
1
...
Baker
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
Midwife
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Total
23
4 1
ay
Statement No. V.—Showing the Ages of Patients admitted into the Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur
during the year 1897.
Under 20.
20 to 40.
40 to 60
Upwards of 60.
Total.
Name of Asylum:
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•a
1
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3 0
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0
5 "o
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0
1
2
3
4
s It f, 8 9 10 11 12 13 «4 15 \6
Tezpur Lunatic Asylum
... ...
...
...
so
3
33
3
...
3
...
1
1
33
4
a?
Cases.
Remaining on 31st December
Adnitted
Total treated
Recovered
Imarored
Di.d ...
Remaining on 31st December
Statement No. VI.—Showing the Types of Insanity of the Lunatics in the Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1897.
I3«
Idiocy.
«37
Mania, acute or chronic.
Epileptic.
Other forma.
i3»
Melancholia,acute or chronic.
139
Dementia, including acquired.
Epileptic.
Other forms.
Epileptic.
Other forms.
140
Mental stupor.
M.
T.
M
4
J
5
4
4
15
4
4
15
3
T.
M.
F.
4
5^
20
• 4
3
4
73
23
9
2
...
3
I
1
1
3
60
19
T.
M.
F.
M.
F.
T.
M.
79
I
17
...
...
96
I
11
3
...
...
2
I
79
...
...
30
7
37
6
4
26
35
7
42
6
5
30
F.
T.
M. 1
-
...
t
1
1
M.
141
General para-
lysis of the
insane.
M.
F.
142
Delusional
insanity.
M.
F.
...
1
...
1
Declared to have
recovered or
not yet
diagno->ed.
T. ; M.
M.
10
Tota;.
F.
90
27
23
4
122
31
17
2
3
7
3
94
24
125
2-
153
ig
3
10
MS
Statement No. VII.—Showing the alleged Causes of Insanity among the Lunatics in the Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1897.
Oa
Remaining
• J -..A <" Criminal...
Admitted ' (Non . crimilial
Total treated
Heonercd ...
Improved •■•
Died
"3
14
15
16
Physical causes.
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53
k.
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Moral
causes.
17
Total known.' To,nl » n "
known.
iS
Granu total.
M. F. T. ! M. I F. : T. I M. F. I T. I M. F. T. I M. f
T- M. F T. M. I F. I T. I M. F. T. M.
!
T. M F. T. M.
T. M
M. V
15
15
t
3
3
18
iS
1
..
2
...
4
1
2
6
I
5
2
1
7
1
••
1
1
M. F. T. M
2
2
...
2
1
2
2
...
2
1
1
...
t
I ..
7
I
8
7
I
8
2
:::
2
I
3
2
3V
4
44
4
I F ' T. M. F. |T.
7
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1
4
e
6
12
2
'4
7 53 76 24 IOJ
1
5
'J
3
;
",
1
4
4
2
6
M. F.
99
11
5
2
18
A
22
3'
17
2
3 ...
/ 3
116
:o
153
10
3
10
Statement No. VIII.-— Return of Sick in the Hospital of the Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur for the year 1897.
I
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Diseases.
Remaining from
previous year.
Admitted during
the year.
Total
Results.
No.
Discharged cured.
Discharged
otherwise.
Died.
Remaining sick.
M. ['• Total, M. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. P.
1
Total.
M. f F.
Total.
M.
F.
Total.
M.
F.
Total.
322 Asthma
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
••
...
...
...
...
24(a) Ague
...
...
1
•••.
1
30
7
37
31
7
3S
30
7
37
...
1*
••
1
...
...
...
—Wl Fever, remittent
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
...
...
••
...
...
...
21
Dysentery ...
...
...
...
...
...
S
4
12
8
4
12
5
3
8
...
2
••
2
1
1
2
6S Anaemia
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
1
...
...
••
...
...
...
...
3»5(«) Acute bronchitis
...
...
...
...
...
3
3
3
...
3
3
...
3
...
...
••
...
...
...
...
462 Diarrhoea ...
...
...
...
...
...
9
5
14
9
5
U
8
5
13
...
1
1
...
...
316 Ulcer
...
...
...
••
...
3
...
3
3
...
3
3
...
3
...
••
...
...
...
...
923 Scalp wound (contused)
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
816 Psoriasis
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
1
1
1
...
...
••
...
...
...
...
79 Debility
...
...
...
...
I
1
2
t
1
2
1
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
4S6 laundice
...
...
1
...
I
1
...
1
2
...
2
2
2
...
...
••
...
...
...
...
3 Chicken-pox
...
...
...
...
...
S
...
8
S
...
8
S
8
...
...
••
...
...
...
334 Phthisis
...
...
...
...
!
1
2
2
2
1
3
...
...
...
2
i
3
...
...
...
26 Erysipelas ...
...
...
...
...
I
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
t
1
...
...
6S7 Leucorrhcea
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
1
...
:
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
u Cancer of the Uterus class (Tumours IV) ...
...
...
...
1
I
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
Total
...
= 1 I 3 71 21 -
92
73
22
95
66
i3
84
...
...
6
3
9
1
1
2
* Died of kald-dsdr.
Statement No. IX.—Showing the Cash Account of the Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur for the year 1897.
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Contingencies proper.
Repairs and mainten-
ance.
Rates and taxes.
9
era
n
a
n
Remitted to treasury on
account of paying-patients, etc
Miscellaneous items (keepers'
uniform;.
Total of columns 8—17.
Charges on account of
work dene by the Pub-
lic Works Department.
Cost of printed
and stationery.
forms
Cost of English stores,
medicines, etc.
a o o
7T
S*
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Total of columns i3—ai.
era
N
n
a
r a
a
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c
3
u.
P
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V
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0
00
m
p
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c
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Received from treasury.
Received from paying-patients.
Value of stores received from the
manufacturing department.
Book receipts, i.t„ the total of
expenditure entered in columns
19, 20, and 21.
Miscellaneous receipts.
Total.
S3
•a
S3
f)
•a
CD
T3
Establishment proper.
Superintendence.
ET
3
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□
Diet.
Clothing and bedding.
0,
S3
to
0
II
Bazar med icin.es.
u
u
V
S3
n
Si
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to
s
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8
to
00
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Statement No. X.-Showing the sane
„W &*UM«* *f ,ke Luna* Asylu* at Te,pur as it ** .. * 3"< »««*<' «•»■
Establishment,
Superintendent ...
Subordinate Medical Officer and Overseer
Compounder
Jemadar
Male-keepers
Female4:eepers ...
Chaukidars
Sweepers
Barber
Gardener
3
Number.
Monthly wages.
io, at Rs. 10 each
12
io each
9
8
12 each
I
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3<
I 2 „
r * »
...
2^
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...
2
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Remarks.
Rs. a. p.
100 o o
68 12 o
12 O O
15 o o
100 o o
32 o o
17 00
24 o o
500
10 o o
Daily average number of males ...
Ditto
ditto
females...
Jemadars to males
Jemadarins to females
Proportion of-{ Male-keepers to males
Female-keepers to females
. 26*14
. 9 6 '4i
•
•••
..
9' 6 4
.
871
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Statement JVo. X/.—Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of manufactures in the Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1897.
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Cas.li paid into treasury for articles sold.
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Value of manufactured goods made over to
z
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Asylum for Asylum purposes.
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IO
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Value of raw material in store at the end
of the year.
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Value of manufactured goods in store at
•
:
the end of the year.
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patients, used in the Asylum, and Rs. 528-6-6 cash receipts. The proposal to increase
the live-stock was held in abeyance on account of an epidemic of cattle-disease.
5. The Chief Commissioner visited the Asylum twice, the Commissioner once,
while the Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary Commissioner paid three visits during
the year. The inspection remarks of the Principal Medical Officer are appended to the
Report. The Chief Commissioner's acknowledgments are due to Surgeon-Major
Macnamara for his careful report and his efficient management of the x^sylum.
It is proposed to take up the land in front of the Asylum, which is being given
up by the jail, in order to extend the dairy. This wi!l k be a step in the right direction,
as dairying is a suitable occupation for the inmates of the Asylum, as well as
profitable to the Institution. Mr. Cotton is aware that some attempt has been made
to provide suitable amusements for the lunatics, as has been done successfully in other
provinces, and is glad that this matter has Dr. Macnamara's attention.
By order of the Chief Commissioner of Assam,
F. J. MONAHAN,
Offg, Secretary to the Chief Commissioner 0/ Assam.
A. S. P. O. (Judl) No. 33-l52~5-5-98.
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ANNUAL REPORT
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TEZPUR LUNATIC ASYLUM
FOR THE YEAR
1898.
SHILLONG:
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM SECRETARIAT PRINTING OFFICE.
1899.
Price One Rupee (Is, 4^)
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
TEZPUR LUNATIC ASYLUM
FOR THE YEAR
1898.
SHILLONG:
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM SECRETARIAT PRINTING OFFICE.
1899.
Price One Rupee (|*. 4<*0
SHILLONG :
PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OP THE ASSAM
SECRETARIAT PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
FROM
No. 527C.
COLONEL C. W. CARR-CALTHROP, M.D., CH. D.,
Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary Commissioner, Assam,
TO
THE SECRETARY TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF ASSAM.
Dated Camp Silchar, the 6th March 1S99.
SIR,
I HAVE .the honour to submit the Annual Report and Returns of the
Lunatic Asylum, Tezpur, for the year 1898. This report reached me with a rough
print proof yesterday. I also beg to forward a copy of remarks which I recorded on
my visits to the Asylum in October and December 1898.
2. Both the death-rate and the constantly sick rate have fallen considerably, not
only as compared with the last year, but also with the average of the ten preceding
ones ; this is very satisfactory, and is the result partly of the general salubrity of the
year and partly of the more liberal use of iron and quinine as prophylactics.
3. The garden finds occupation for the majority of the inmates, and sufficient
vegetables are produced not only for consumption by themselves, but also for sale
outside, and the sums thus realised tend materially to decrease the cost of the
institution.
4. I should like to see more lime trees, especially of the good " Khagazi " variety,
grown, so that lime juice and lime pickle might be prepared for issue to our jails and
dispensaries. Castor oil plants might also be planted and a simple form of oil-mill
procured ; so that a part, at all events, of the castor oil required for medicinal purposes
might be home grown and home produced, to the advantage of all concerned.
5. It is much to be regretted that the scheme for starting a dairy farm in con-
nection with this Asylum could not be gone on with ; the initial cost of purchasing
milch cattle and the poor yield of milk likely to be got from them, rendered it financially
impossible.
6. Other points of interest are referred to in my inspection remarks.
I have the honor to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient Servant.
C. W. CARR-CALTHROP, M.D., CH. D.,
Colonel, I.M.S.,
Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary Commissioner, Assam.
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Copy of INSPECTION REMARKS made by COLONEL C. W. CARR-CALTHROP,
I.M.S., Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary Commissioner, Assam, on th e
Tezpur Lunatic Asylum, under date the §th October 1898.
I visited and inspected the Asylum this morning in company with Major
Macnamara, Superintendent.
The most noticeable fact concerning the housing of the inmates is the very excel-
lent ward under construction for the accommodation of the non-criminal lunatics ; but
arrangements should be made, if possible, for subdivision of the criminals into classes,
viz., those who are filthy in their habits and those who are not. It is almost enough
to make a sane man mad to lock him up all night with such filthy brutes as many of
these unfortunates have become.
Further accommodation for separate confinement of females is also to be greatly
desired.
The staff of sweepers does not seem to be sufficient to get the wards and latrines
cleaned up by a sufficiently early hour : this is a matter which always gives trouble
in Asylums, and the establishment should be kept as strong as passible.
At present the lunatic population consists of—
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and to meet their sanitary requirements, there are only two sweepers. I think one more
should be provided at once.
There were only three males in hospital, one a case of compound fracture of the
ulna, done by another inmate; and one female with a contused wound on the scalp, also
the result of a quarrel.
The general appearance of the whole institution, its buildings and gardens, the
cooking arrangement and clothing were all very satisfactory, and show the untiring
industry of Major Macnamara in looking after every small detail, and also reflect great
credit on Hospital Assistant Giris Chandra Das, who is in subordinate medical
charge and also the executive overseer.
Copy of INSPECTION REMARKS made by COLONEL C. W. CARR-CALTHROP,
I.M.S., Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary Commissioner, Assam, on the
Tezpur Lunatic Asylum, under date the 10th December 1898.
I visited the Asylum this morning in company with Major J. W. Macnamara, I.M.S.
the Superintendent, for the purpose of making my annual inspection.
1. The grounds are neatly laid out and the boundaries have been defined by
pillars erected during the current year, and the area of the garden has been increased
by the cultivation of more ground. An experimental sowing of castor plants will
be made shortly to see whether it would not be more economical to grow and manu-
facture our own castor oil for medicinal use throughout the province.
2. The buildings are not altogether satisfactory ; the new female ward, for which
* sum of Rs. 8,091 was sanctioned, has been constructed under the superintendence of
Major Macnamara and the overseer in charge, and is now nearly complete. It will be
a great addition and will afford much wanted accommodation. At present there is only
°ne shed for use in the female enclosure, and when this is full, the remainder of the