The clothing and bedding were sufficient, and were in good order. One hundred
and fifty blankets were received from Bhagaipur on the ist of November.
The raw materials of food were of good quality. The damage done to the cook-
house by the earthquake has been repaired, and the cook-house was in very good order.
The floor has been cemented, and a small masonry tank for holding water has been
provided during the year. The ground in front of the cook-house was somewhat
untidy. A masonry drain should be provided for conveying water from the cook-house
outside the enclosure.
The well from which drinking water is obtained was in good order. It is properly
protected, and an efficient platform and a masonry drain have been provided.
The garden attached to the Asylum was in very good order, and a large quantity
of cabbages and cauliflowers have been planted out. There was also a considerable
quantity of sugarcane under cultivation, and 4 maunds of potatoes were planted a
few days ago. A considerable number of fruit trees have been planted during the
last twelve months. About 50 of the male inmates are at present employed in the
garden. These men seemed to be very happy, and the occupation is a very healthy
one. Rupees 436 have been obtained from the sale of vegetables, sugarcane, and other
produce of the garden during the present year.
There were 93 male and 25 female inmates of the Asylum on the date of my
inspection. Excluding those sick in hospital, most of the lunatics seemed to be in
a fairly good state of general health. Twenty of the males were employed on in-door
work, and 3 of the females were weaving, and other 3 were spinning thread.
The hospital building is not quite suitable. A new building should be constructed,
capable of holding 8 male and 4 female lunatics. The building might consist of
corrugated iron walls lined with ckra } and the roof should be made of corrugated iron
with a cloth ceiling. The floor should be well raised, and it should be cemented.
The building should be so placed that the male ward should be in the male and the
female ward in the female enclosure. There were 8 male and 3 female inmates in
hospital. Seven of the males were suffering from malarial fever and one from asthma.
Two of the females were under treatment for ague and one for cancer of the womb.
There have been 85 admissions into hospital this year up to date. Eight of the
inmates have died this year : 3 from phthisis pulmonalis, 1 from erysipelas, 1 from
kald-dedr, 1 from dysentery, and 1 from diarrhoea, and one man was drowned in the
Brahmaputra at the time of the earthquake on the 12th of June.
The following is the establishment of the institution :
1 Hospital Assistant and Overseer.
1 compounded
1 jemadar.
io male warders.
1 barber.
3 female warders.
2 gate-keepers.
2 sweepers.
1 gardener.
Up to date this year 4 criminal and 14 non-criminal male and 2 non-criminal female
lunatics have been admitted into the Asylum, a total of 20 persons. Of the male?, U
were found to be suffering from mania and 5 from melancholia, and 2 were found
not to be insane. Of the females, one was suffering from mania, and one was
still under observation. Of the 18 males admitted, the cause of insanity was stated
in two cases to have been ^wz/Vz-smoking, and in two other cases separation from their
wives.
In 14 cases the alleged cause of insanity was not given. The cause of
insanity of one of the women admitted was stated to be separation from her husband,
and in the other case the cause was not given. The Superintendent informed me that
much difficulty is experienced in getting proper medical history sheets and descriptive
rolls of persons admitted into the Asylum from the Deputy Commissioners.
The registers were up to date and were in proper order.
Much credit is due to the Superintendent. Surgeon-Major Macnamara, and to the
subordinate medical officer and overseer, Giris Chandra Das, for the satisfactory
manner in which they have performed their duties in connection with the Asylum during
the present year.