7
STATEMENT No. I.
Showing the Admissions, Discharges, etc., etc., of Lunatics in the Lunatic Asylums of the Bombay
Presidency during the year 1917 and provincial totals for two previous years.
1
Asylums.
Naupáda,
Thána (Na¬
rotamdas Madhavdas).
Ratnágiri
...
...
Central Lunatic Asy-
lum, Yerávda.
Dhárwár ... ...
Ahmedabad ... ...
Hyderabad (Sir Cowasji
Jehangir).
Total
...
1917 ...
1916
...
1915 ...
2
Remained
on 1st
January.
M.
238
137
22
259
92
137
136
1,021
966
905
F.
56
35
19
107
27
33
16
293
266
248
T.
294
172
41
366
119
170
152
1,314
1,232
1,153
3
Admitted.
M.
124
50
77
73
57
107
29
517
549
403
F.
20
12
7
16
15
15
2
87
95
78
T.
144
62
84
89
72
122
31
604
644
481
4
Re-admitted.
M.
10
6
1
1
1
2
3
24
20
17
F.
3
1
...
...
...
1
...
5
4
1
T.
13
7
1
1
1
3
3
29
24
18
5
Total
Population.
M.
372
193
F.
79
48
T.
451
241
EUROPEANS.
100
26 126
INDIANS.
333
150
246
168
1,562
1,535
1,325
123
42
49
18
385
365
327
456
192
295
186
1,947
1,900
1,652
6
DISCHARGED.
A.
Cured.
M.
55
23
24
35
53
52
21
263
303
205
F.
5
5
1
5
7
6
1
30
27
26
T.
60
28
25
40
60
58
22
293
330
231
B.
Transferred to Friends.
Improved.
M.
20
5
43
17
...
21
7
113
76
50
F.
3
...
1
7
...
...
...
11
14
12
T.
23
5
44
24
...
21
7
124
90
62
Not
Improved.
M.
6
2
1
...
2
1
1
13
42
23
F.
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
8
5
T.
10
2
1
...
2
1
1
17
50
28
C.
Otherwise.
M.
28
4
...
...
...
1
2
35
9
13
F.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
1
T.
28*
4†
...
1‡
...
1||
2‡
36
10
14
D.
Total.
M.
109
34
68
52
55
75
31
424
430
291
F.
12
5
2
13
7
6
1
46
50
44
T.
121
39
70
65
62
81
32
470
480
335
1
Asylums.
Naupáda, Thána (Na-
rotamdas Madhavdas).
Ratnágiri ... ...
Central Lunatic Asy¬
lum, Yerávda.
Dhárwár ... ...
Ahmedabad ... ...
Hyderabad (Sir Cowasji
Jehangir).
Total ...
1917
...
1916
...
1915
...
7
Died.
M.
32
16
1
10
8
27
18
112
84
68
F.
6
...
3
7
3
1
3
23
22
17
T.
38
16
4
17
11
28
21
135
106
85
8
Remaining
on 31st
December.
M.
231
143
31
271
87
144
119
1,026
1,021
966
F.
61
43
21
103
32
42
14
316
293
266
T.
292
186
52
37
119
186
133
1,342
1,314
1,232
9
Daily Average
Strength.
M.
234.7
139.3
28.6
267.5
91.6
139.9
121.5
1,023.1
1,014.8
936.9
F.
57.2
40.6
19.1
110.3
32.5
37.1
15.3
312.1
279.8
257.1
T.
291.9
179.9
47.7
377.8
124.1
177.0
136.8
1,335.2
1,294.6
1,194.0
10
Daily Average
Sick.
M.
6.6
4.5
2.2
19.8
...
5.8
0.9
39.8
30.8
33.6
F.
1.3
0.9
T.
7.9
5.4
11
PERCENTAGE TO
Daily Average
Strength.
A.
Cured.
M.
23.4
16.5
EUROPEANS
0.2
2.4
83.9
INDIANS.
1.6
0.8
0.2
0.7
5.7
4.5
5.9
21.4
0.8
6.0
1.6
45.5
35.3
39.5
13.1
57.9
37.2
17.3
25.8
29.9
21.9
F.
8.7
12.3
5.2
4.5
21.6
16.2
6.5
9.6
9.6
10.1
T.
20.6
15.6
52.4
10.6
48.3
32.8
16.1
21.9
25.5
19.3
B.
Died.
M.
13.6
11.5
3.5
3.7
8.7
19.3
14.8
10.9
8.3
7.3
F..
10.5
...
15.7
6.3
9.2
2.7
19.6
7.4
7.9
6.6
T.
13.0
8.9
8.4
4.5
8.9
15.8
15.4
10.1
8.2
7.1
Admissions.
C.
Cured.
M.
41.0
41.1
30.8
47.3
91.4
47.7
65.6
48.6
53.3
48.8
F.
21.7
38.5
14.3
31.3
46.7
37.5
50.0
32.6
27.3
32.9
T.
38.2
40.6
29.4
44.4
82.2
46.4
64.7
46.3
49.4
46.3
D.
Died.
M.
23.9
28.6
1.3
13.5
13.8
24.8
56.3
20.7
14.8
16.2
F.
26.1
...
42.9
43.8
20.8
6.3
150.0
25.0
22.2
21.5
T.
24.2
23.2
4.7
18.9
15.1
22.4
61.8
21.3
15.3
17.0
The capacity of the Narotomdas Madhavdas Lunatic Asylum, Naupáda, is, at 140 superficial feet per paying patient, and at 80 superficial feet per pauper patient, for
198 males and 42 females; the maximum number of lunatics confined on any one night was 249 males and 60 females.
The capacity of the Ratnágiri Lunatic Asylum is, at 50 superficial feet per patient, for 125 males and 33 females; the maximum number of lunatics confined on any
one night was 144 males and 43 females.
The capacity of the Central Lunatic Asylum, Yerávda, is, at 110 superficial feet per patient for 112 Europeans—77 males and 35 females and for 274 Indians—199 males
and 75 females; the maximum number of European lunatics confined on any one night was 38 males and 20 females and that of Indian lunatics was 273 males and 114
females.
The capacity of the Dhárwár Lunatic Asylum is, at 80 superficial feet per patient, for 78 males and 30 females ; the maximum number of lunatics confined on any
one night was 98 males and 39 females.
The capacity of the Ahmedabad Lunatic Asylum is, at 64 superficial feet per patient, for 125 males and 31 females, the maximum number of lunatics confined on any
one night was 157 males and 41 females.
The capacity of the Hyderabad Lunatic Asylum is, at 74 and 70 superficial feet per patient, for 159 males and 17 females respectively the maximum number of
lunatics confined on any one night was 136 males and 16 females.
* 27 transferred to other Asylums and one escaped.
† 3 transferred from the criminal to non-criminal list and one transferred to another Asylum.
‡ Escaped.
|| Transferred to another Asylum.
NOTE.— The figures shown in the statement include 2 cases under observation at the Central Lunatic Asylum, Yeravda.