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Of the 658 inmates admitted since the Asylum was opened, 294 were natives of
Assam, 348 were foreigners, and of 16 the birth place was unknown.
At the end of the year under review there remained—■
Male.
Female.
Total.
Natives of Assam
( Imported coolies
Other provinces <
( Free immigrants
4*
34
14
I I
9
2
52
43
16
XOLcll
t * •
• • •
•••
•••
•*•
89
22
111
Of the 39 admissions for 1S95, 12 were garden coolies, 9 males and 3 females.
14. (a) The following statement shews the crimes committed by the criminal
lunatics who remained under treatment at the close of the veir:
Male.
Female.
Total.
Grievous hurt
Arson
Murder
Culpable homicide
Theft
Attempt to commit suicide
Criminal trespass
Breaking house-doors
Total
4
4
5
2
4
1
1
1
22
• • •
4
4
...
5
I
3
...
4
t ••
1
• ••
1
...
1
I
23
(b) The 23 criminal lunatics classified are distributed as follows, vide paragraphs 2
and 4 of Government of India, Home Department Resolution No. 8Medl.—398, dated
the 13th July 1893 :
Male.
Female. Total.
(1) Those tried and acquitted on the
grounds of insanity.
(2) Those insane on admission and found
to be incapable of making a defence.
(3) Those who became insane during
imprisonment.
1 otai
...
...
...
11
12
22
23
15. Statement No. Ill shows the religion, sex and distribution according to
nationality of the patients admitted during the year.
16. Statement No. IV gives the previous occupation of the patients admitted
during the year. The figures, since the opening of the Asylum, were—
Agriculturists
...
...
...
•••
...
217
Coolies
...
...
...
...
...
244
Beggars
...
...
...
...
...
28
Sepoys
...
...
...
...
...
26
Servants
...
...
...
...
...
21
Other occupation
...
...
...
...
122
Total ...
•••
...
658
i
(5) Anamia.—Hahiram, aged 18 years. Received in indifferent health on 3rd
August 1894, suffering from acute mania. His health in the Asylum was never
good. He went naked, refused food, and died, on 14th of September 1895, of
anaemia with the usual post mortem appearances.
(6) Ancumia.—Badal, aged 36 years, was an idiot ; received in indifferent health on
8th July 1894. He made no progress towards recovery either mentally or
bodily, and died, on 20th September 1895, of anaemia with the usual appear-
ances.
(7) Tetanus.—Kashinath Nepali, aged 50 years. Admitted into the Asylum on
9th September 1894. Died of tetanus (believed to be traumatic, as he had a
slight wound on his head) on 9th December 1895. Health good on
admission.
I think it may fairly be said that the Asylum was healthy during the year, for only
two of the patients who died were received in good health, and one of these died of
tetanus and the other of pneumonia. The year was a very unhealthy one in the Darrang
district. The Asylum mortality was only one-fourth of what it had been in the preceding
year. I have compared the percentage of mortality on the total population (4*86) and
the percentage of mortality on the daily average strength (6" 59) with the results obtained
in the former years in other asylums, and find the results in favour of Tezpur as far as
the year 1895 is concerned.
Two noteworthy events took place during the year :
The first, a proposal to amalgamate asylums made by the late Surgeon-General
with the Government of India, with a view to more skilful treatment of the
insane with diminution of expenditure, was made in February. As the scheme,
if carried out, involved the abolition of this Aslyum, it was considered
unwise to make any recommendations involving either substantial changes to
buildings or outlay of any kind in connection with them.
The second was the appointment of a qualified Hospital Assistant, chosen
from the Subordinate Medical Department, as overseer and subordinate medical
officer to the Asylum, instead of the former non-qualified overseer. The
change took place on 4th October, and is likely to result in much advan-
tage to the Asylum as regards the care of the sick.
The Asylum garden supplies an abundance of vegetables.
21. Cash accounts.—(See Statement No. IX.) For average cost per head of aver-
age daily population, refer to abstract of cash account annexed.
22. Weighments.—The inmates are weighed every month. Of those treated
during the whole year, the aggregate weight was—
1 st January 1895
31st December 1895
Gained weight
L<OSt
,,
...
...
,,.
...
...
Remained the same
...
...
...
Greatest gain
M
loss
Of those admitted during the year, the aggregate weight was—
On admission
„ 31st December 1895
Gained weight
>)
Lost
Remained the same
Greatest gain
„
loss
7,818 IB
7)793 a
35 inmates.
39
n
3
»
49 lb
18 i)
3*248 ID
3.542 >)
25 in mates.
3
ii
6
)>
33 lb
4 ty
<5
2,852 lb
3>o32 »
22 inmates.
2
JJ
2
»j
25 lb
3 »
Of those discharged, the weight on admission and discharge was—
On admission
...
...
...
...
...
,, ciiscnargc
...
...
...
...
...
Gained weight
ljOSt
,,
...
...
.••
...
...
Remained the same
Greatest gain
...
,,
loss
...
...
**■
...
•••
23. Sanctioned establishment.—(See Statement No. X), The same as last year.
24. Garden and manufacture.—(Refer to Statement No. XI).
Value of garden produce.
Vegetables
Cur
Plantains
Onions ...
Matikalai
Tamarind
Mangoes
Jam
Lichis
Pine-apples
Corn
Guavas
Total
Rs. [a- P.
...
552 6 0
...
42 8 0
...
120
0 0
...
l
8 6
...
2 12 0
...
I 10 0
...
20
4 0
...
I
6 0
...
I
2 0
...
6 8 0
...
4 10 0
...
2
2 0
,., 756 12 6
The above supplies were made over to the Asylum for the use of the inmates.
Cash remitted to Treasury.
Vegetables sold
Plantains
Pine-apples
Jack fruit
Mangoes
Gur
...
Mustard seeds
Corn
Mats and baskets
Ashu dhan
Cow's milk
Thatching-grass
Total
Maintenance ...
to
Rs. a.
P
no 9 0
19 5 6
6 4 6
13 6 6
0 H 3
12
5 9
20
2
0
3 12 6
5 H 6
7 8 0
4 13 0
13 1 6
218 1 0
*5 1 0
Use*
Ren:
Tots
25. («)
No. IX atta
the Treasurj
(*) Ac
other asylurr
the 13th Se]
Estab
Name of
Asylum,
0
a
0
H
Rs. a.
Tczpur ...
Dacca ...
Pstna ...
Cattack...
4,oS9 10
7.537 12
8,145 7
2,127 0
Bcrhain- 6,740 9
pur.
Dullunda 9.352 10
(c) Th,
Asylum for
Name of
Asylum.
Estal:
c
0
Q,
N
|
H
H
Rs. a.
1895
4,096 11
N
I894
4,oSg 10
There i
need some
rice in stock
maunds of r
We ow
Jail in Nov
got the blan
(d) He
overseer anc
Three \
had to be cl
dismissed fc
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Statement No. III.—Return showing the Religion^ Sex, and Residence of Patients admitted
into the Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1895.
District.
Hindus.
Muhammadans.
Christians.
Europeans and
Eurasians.
Natives.
Other castes.
Total.
M.
F.
T.
M.
T.
M.
T.
M.
T.
M,
F.
M.
F.
in
00
H
V.
«3
*>
-to
s
a
•e
v
*j
h.
•v»
s
•v.
-<1
Ranchi
Gorakhpur
Kamrup
...
Sibsagar
Lakhimpur
Goalpara
Santhal Pargana
Gyah
Doomka
Purulia
Lohardaga
Hazaribag
Rewah
Lucknow (Sultanpur)
Bankura
Chota Nagpur
Unknown
Total
8
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
3
I
3
1
1
1
2
32
9
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
1
3
2
I
1
1
1
I
I
37
8
2
3
2
3
1
1
1
2
3
1
3
1
1
1
34
1
9
2
3
2
3
3
1
1
2
3
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
39
Statement No. IV.—Return showing the previous Occupation of Patients admitted into the
Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1895.
I
2
3
4
Occupation of patients.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Tea garden coolie
Cultivator
...
...
irnuor
...
...
...
...
...
Washerman ...
Sepoy
Khidmatgar ...
Shopkeeper
Unknown
...
...
...
...
19
9
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
22
IO
I
I
I
I
2
I
1 otai
...
...
...
...
...
34
5
39
Statement No. V.— Return showing the Ages of Patients admitted into the Lunatic Asylum
at Tezpur during the year 1895.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Under 20.
20 to 40.
I
40 to 60.
Upwards of 60.
Total.
Name of Asylum.
E
J2
0
a
E
<u
to
5
"0
r-
0
"a
E
0
3
0
E
0
to
3
0
H
0)
IS
JO
E
0
to
3
0
T»>xpur
3
...
2
24
4
28
8
1
9
...
...
...
34
5
39
V
K
!
8
IS
Total.
5
VO
M()M<MMMOt)
•t.
o
MMMtHMOiMMMlHMMMNOttOVO
! - H /
I
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Statement ATo. VI.—Showing the Types of Insanity of the Lunatics in the Lunatic Asylum, at Tezpur during the year T895.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Mania, 129.
Melancholia, 130.
Dementia, in-
cluding acquired
imbecility, 131.
Idiocy, 132.
Epileptic insanity,
135-
Consecutive in-
sanity from fevers,
visceral inflam-
mation, &c, 142.
Not yet diagnosed.
Received as insane,
but showing no
signs of insanity.
Total.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
Remaining on 31st December 1894
Admitted
Total treated
Recovered
Improved
Not improved
Died
Otherwise
Remaining on 31st December 1S95
37
23
60
10
2
1
47
15
3
18
2
1
15
52
26
78
12
2
2
62
35
y
44
7
3
1
33
6
2
8
1
1
"<5
41
11
52
8
3
2
39
2
2
I
1
1
1
1
3
3
1
2
4
4
1
3
••
4
4
1
3
4
2
6
I
5
...
4
2
6
1
5
••
••
1
1
1
••
1
1
1
...
••
83
34
117
18
5
5
89
22
5
27
3
2
22
105
39
144
21
5
7
111
Statement No. VII.—Showing the alleged Causes of Insanity among the Lunatics in the Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1895.
I
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
'4
15
16
Physical causes.
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to
c
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]
M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T.
Remaining
9
1
10
2
2
4
.
6
1
1
1
3
1
4
1
1
4
4 24
4 28
5
4
9 29" 8 37 54 14 68 83 32 105
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(Criminal ...
Adm.tted | Non<riminal
...
4
...
4
...
...
...
1
1
1
1
1
...
I
...
...
...
2
...
2
1
8
1
8
1
...
1
1
9
...
1
9
4
20
5
4
25
5
29 "i
5
34
Total treated
13
1
•4
2
2
4
2
6
3
3
4
1
5
1
...
1
6 ...
6 33
4 37
6
4 10 39
i 47 78' 19 97 117 27 144
Recovered
I
1
1
1
1
1
...
...
I
...
I
4 ...
4
1
3
4
5
3
S 13
>3
18
3
21
Improved ...
,.
...
...
...
...
... ... ... ... ...
... ... ...
5
5
5 ...
5
Not improved
,.
,.
... ...
... ...
... ... ... ...
... ...
... ...
...
...
... ...
...
Died
1
1
1
1
... ... ...
...
...
...
...
2
2
... ... ... ...
2
2
5 ...
5
5
2
7
Otherwise ...
...
..
... ...
...
...
... ... ... ... ...
... ...
Remaining on the 31st
December 1895
... ... ... 13 ... 13
I
...
1
... ... ...
3
2
5
3
...
3 ... ... ...
3 ...
3
1
...
1
5
5 29
2
31
5
1
6 34
3 37 55 19 74 89 22 111
Statement No. VIIL—Return of Sick in the Hospital of the Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur for the year 1895,
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Diseases.
Remaining from
previous year.
Admitted during
the year.
Total.
Results.
u
u
E
Discharged
cured.
Discharged
otherwise.
Died.
Remaining
sick.
Debility ...
Anaemia ...
...
...
Dysentery
Asthma ...
...
Scurvy ...
Diarrhoea
A^ue
Tetanus ...
Large abscess
Pneumonia
l otai
...
...
...
M. F.
T.
M. F.
T.
M. F.
T.
M. F.
T.
M. F.
T.
M. F.
T.
M. F.
T.
55
73
22
345
5i
473
23
120
786
349
I
I
I
2
3
5
4
1
2
2
3
1
1
1
23
I
I
I
2
3
4
6
5
1
2
4
6
1
1
1
4
6
4
1
2
2
3
1
1
1
I
2
I
2
3
5
8
5
1
2
4
6
1
i
1
4
2
3
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
7
4
3
4
1
2
4
5
1
••
...
2
1
1
1
I*
I
I
3
I
I
I
2
I
...
2
I
2
I
3
8
3i 2 5
9
34 17
24 ... ...
...
5
2
7
3 ...
3
* Was admitted to hospital for debility, but died of anaemia.
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Statement No. IX.—Showing the Cash Account of the Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur for the year 1895.
10
11
12
r
e
P
c
3
H
N
c
S3
P
3
8.
>
c
3
P
•a
00
o
Contingencies proper.
Repairs and maintenance
2
s o
o
I
B
.3
B
a
P
P
p
a
a
Rates and taxes.
P
pi
o
7
S3
o
VO
P
"
*■
7
Remitted to treasury on account
of paying patients.
Miscellaneous items.
Total of columns 8-i7.
Charges on account of
works done by the
Public Works Depart-
ment.
Cost of printed forms and
stationery.
o
o
o
P
o>
M
TJ
Cost of English stores,
medicines, &c.
a
Total of columns 18-21.
Received from treasury.
Received from paying'patients.
Value of stores received from the
manufacturing department less
cost of raw materials.
P
c
O
5?
P
Book receipts, i.e., the total of
expenditure entered in columns
19, 20, and 21.
SB
Miscellaneous receipts.
Total.
P
N
"
y
M
71
O
O
p
O
O
V
p
Establishment proper.
Superintendence.
m
p
c
Diet.
o
p
Clothing and bedding.
O
3-
p
Bazar medicines.
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s
<3
R
St
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M
CO
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*
p
p
B
p
a
o
p
3
8
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Statement No. X.—Showing the sanctioned Establishment of the Lunatic Asylum at Tespur as it stood on the 31st December 1895.
Establishment.
Superintendent
Subordinate Medical Officer and Overseer
Jemadar
Compounder
Male keepers
Female „
Chaukidar
»
Sweeper
Barber
Gardener ...
Number.
1
1
1
1
9
2
Monthly wages.
Rs. a. p.
100 00
56 4 0
15 0 o
1200
90 o o
20 o 0
900
800
12 o o
400
10 o o
Daily average number of males
Ditto
ditto of females
r Jemadar to males
Proportion of •{
»
to females ...
Male keepers to males
Female keepers to females
,. 85-41
20*69
85*41
.. 20*69
9'49
10-34
1^^f f?d^^^^^^^^^-^^?ze^^^A^^ece^?san^^^^enai?ur^ona^oun^ of A/anu/acturestnthe^^unatic Asylum at Tespur during the year 1895
10
11
13
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n
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Cash paid into treasury for articles sold.
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Ol
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Value of manufactured goods made over to
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Asylum for Asylum purposes.*
*
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•o
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Value of raw materials in store at the end of
the year.
&.
Cn
.
Value of manufactured goods in store at the
end of the year.
Ol
Value of plant and machinery in store at the
end of the year.
>o
50
a
+■
U
B»
Total credits.
CO
Ol
■O
Value of manufactured goods in store on ist
January.
<o
Value of raw materials in store on ist Janu-
ary.
o
Value of plant aud machinery in store on
ist January.
D
CO
¥
e
W
Raw materials purchaied.
cr
c
M
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£
=
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Contingencies of manufacture.
Id
o
53
CO
o
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All other charges,
*
o
7
M
50
*- o
(n
f
Total debits.
Ol
u
7
CO
50
Ca
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P
Excess of credits or profits.
50
Ol
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c
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Excess of debits or loss.
-
_
la
5
Male.
CO
50
i
Average number of inmates em-
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ANNUAL REPORT
OX THE
TEZPUR LUNATIC ASYLUM
FOR '1 HE YEAR
i89s
SHILLONG:
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM SECRETARIAT PRINTING OFFICE.
1896.
Price One Rupee.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
TEZPUR LUNATIC ASYLUM
FOR THE YEAR
I896.
SHILLONG:
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM SECRETARIAT PRINTING OFFICE.
<
1897.
Price One Rupee.
TEZ
PRINT
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
TEZPUR LUNATIC ASYLUM
FOR THE YEAR
1896,
SHILLONG:
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM SECRETARIAT PRINTING OFFICE.
1897.
Price One Rupee.
SHILLONG:
PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ASSAM SECRETARIAT
PRINTIN* DEPARTMENT.
No. 370C.
FROM
SURGEON-COLONEL A. STEPHEN, M.B.,
Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary Commissioner, Assam,
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF ASSAM.
Dated the 4th February 1897
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to forward the Annual Report and Returns of the Tezpur
Lunatic Asylum for the year 1896. I also beg to enclose a copy of the remarks entered
by me in the Asylum Visitor's Book, when I inspected the institution on the 3rd of
March 1896. The different points on which, in my opinion, action is required are noted
in these remarks.
2. Seven of the inmates died during the year, the death-rate having been 6*oi
per cent, of the average strength. In 1895, the death-rate was 6'$g per cent, and in
1894 ^ was 26*44 per cent., and the average death-rate for the ten years 1884—93 was
ji 1*63 per cent.
3. I do not approve of the proposal of the Superintendent to return to the method
of leeping the floors of the barracks. The floors are damp during the rainy months,
and the method of leeping would render them damper than they would otherwise be.
!When discharges are voided on the floor, the sand should at once be removed from
that portion of the floor, and fresh dry sand should be laid down.
4. The Superintendent states in his report that he did not make use of the
prophylactic method of treatment recommended by the Surgeon-General with the
Government of India in his Note on the Annual Reports on Lunatic Asylums for the
year 1894. The Superintendent ought to have carried out this treatment during the
^unhealthy months of 1896, as a copy of the Note above referred to was sent to him for
information and guidance, under cover of this office memorandum No. 2449C, dated
|the 12th December 1895.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient Servant,
A. STEPHEN, M.B. t Surgeon-Colonel,
Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary Commissioner, Assam.
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There were 2 sick in hospital, 1 suffering from an abscess and the other from
dysentery. There were 31 admissions into hospital in 1895, and 12 have been admitted
into hospital this year up to date.
There were 7 deaths among the inmates in 1895, 4 from anaemia, 1 from dysentery,
1 from pneumonia and 1 from tetanus. The average population of the Asylum in 1895
was 106*1, so that the death-rate was only 6*59 per cent., a smaller rate of mortality than
has been recorded for many years. There have been no deaths among the inmates this
year up to date.
The Asylum registers were up to date, were in proper order, and appeared to be j
correctly kept.
The establishment consists of a Hospital Assistant, who carries on the duties oil
overseer in addition to those of Subordinate Medical Officer, a jemadar, 9 male and|
3 female warders. There is also a compounder attached to the Hospital.
Much credit is due to the Superintendent, Surgeon-Major Macnamara, and tol
Hospital Assistant Giris Chandra Das, who is in subordinate charge, for the present|
very satisfactory condition of the Asylum.
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No. 7, dated Tezpur, the 20th January 1897.
From—Surgeon-Major J. W. MACNAMARA, M.D., Superintendent,
Lunatic Asylum, Tezpur,
To—The Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary Commissioner, Assam.
I have the honour to forward herewith the Annual Report and Returns of the
Tezpur Lunatic Asylum for the year 1896.
The report has been delayed, because the certificate of sums drawn from, and
remitted to, the Tezpur Treasury during the year was not only received late, but had to
be returned for correction.
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ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
TEZPUR LUNATIC ASYLUM
FOR THE YEAR
1896.
1. Asylum charge.—I was in charge of the Asylum uninterruptedly during the
year as Superintendent.
Hospital Assistant Giris Chandra Das was in subordinate
charge.
2. Buildings, etc.—(a) The Asylum buildings were kept in good repair. There
were no additions, nor were any alterations made in their general plan.
(b) The office and godown building was rethatched and the walls of the solitary
cells were cemented and the floors pointed with cement by the Public Works
Department, all other repairs were done by the lunatics. These comprised such works
as making pucca approaches to the wards, putting down a masonry culvert at the
entrance to the Asylum, the renewal of the main gate, and the renewal of the palisade,
where required.
{c) The use of dry earth in the criminal ward has been continued with advantage,
although it has a tendency to cake in the rains.
Fine dry sand was tried in some of the male sleeping wards, but it is not as cleanly
as leeping, and on sanitary grounds it is not as good, because sanded floors cannot be
swept and discharges run through. Unless concrete floors are sanctioned, we shall
have to return to leeping. The objection to leeping is that it takes so long to dry, a
difficulty that in the case of the female wards is got over by having one newly-leeped
barrack unoccupied.
3. Accommodation .--I have had the wards measured during the year, and reproduce
the details here :
Name of Ward.
Air space in
cubic feet.
Average
number of
occupants,
including
Air space per
head.
Greatest
number of
occupants on
any one night,
Remarks.
keepers.
including
keepers.
Male A Criminal
16,973
3«
547
35
„ B Ward
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...
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9,8:7
18
545
19
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9,712
18
539
19
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...
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9.712
18
539
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Hospital ...
...
...
...
S.075
9
564
9
female A Ward
...
...
...
8,636
«3
664
14
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B „
...
...
...
8.6S8
14
620
15
...
...
...
6,300
...
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Unoccupied.
Solitary cells
...
...
...
4XS46
3
846
4
B
io. Escapes.—Of the two escapes which occurred, one took place from inside the
stockade at night. The lunatic broke open the window of his ward and was missed in
the morning. The second escape occurred in the case of a goatherd, who left his
charge. Neither of these patients has been traced, although careful search was made
and information given to the police and the Deputy Commissioner of their respective
districts. They were both non-criminal lunatics in good health.
II. Duration of diseases.—The following statement shows the duration, prior to
admission, of the diseases of the patients admitted during the past two years, with the
average of those admitted during the past ten years:
Under six months.
Over six months.
Unknown.
Total.
Male.
Female. Total.
Male. Female. Total.
Male. Female. Total.
Male.
Female. Total.
I89G
22
4
26
6
2
8
6
2
8
34
8
42
189s
12
2
14
'5
1
16
7
2
9
34
5
39
Average of previous ten
1570
5*30
21*00
14*20
3" 10
I7'30
070
0*20
o'go
30*60
8*6o
39"20
years.
12. Total admissions.—Since the opening of the Asylum in 1876, there have been
700 admissions, including read missions. The following statement shows how the
persons admitted were disposed of:
1896.
1895.
Average of previous en years.
——
Male.
Female.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Cured total
...
11
3
14
18
3
21
9-90
2*30
I2'20
Cured percentage of total popu-
lation.
12*02
12*05
12*03
15-38
Xl'il
14-58
13*68
9*S8
12*84
Cured percentage of admissions
32*35
37*50
33'33
52*94
6o*oo
53-85
32*83
30*13
31*31
Made over C Improved
to
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friends. (.Not improved
2
...
2
5
...
5
4-40
1*70
6*io
I
...
1
...
...
...
2*30
0*30
2'6o
Died
...
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7
...
7
5
2
7
8*40
3'3o
1170
„ percentage of average popu-
lation.
7*65
...
6*oi
5"85
9*66
6-59
11*22
15-71
12*12
II percentage of admission ...
20*58
...
1&66
1470
40*00
17-95
n*39
13-92
12'00
13. Nationality of inmates.—The following statement compares the nationality of
the inmates for the past two years, with the average of each class for the previous ten
years :
1896.
1895.
Average of previous ten years.
——
Male.
Female.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Natives of Asbam ...
15
4
'9
9
2
11
12*80
2*80
i5'6o
Imported coolies
12
4
16
9
3
12
10*50
4*80
'5-30
free immigrants
7
...
7
•5
...
15
6*90
o*6o
7-5o
Unknown
...
...
...
1
...
1
0*40
0*40
o*8o
Total
34
S
42
34
5
39
30*60
8* 60
39'2o
Of the 42 admissions for 1896, 16 were garden coolies : 12 males, 4 females,