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STATEMENT NO. VIII.
Showing the cash accounts of the lunatic asylums in the United Provinces for the year 1919,
and Provincial totals for two previous years.
Name of Asylum.
1
Bareilly ...
Benares ...
Agra
...
Total ...
Provincial total
for 1917.
Ditto 1918
Receipts.
Received
from
treasury.
2
Rs.
46,913
46,182
92,515
1,85,610
1,42,942
1,74,749
Received
from
paying
patients.
3
Rs.
10,844
319
7,645
18,808
6,756
5,990
Value of
stores re-
ceived from
the manu-
facturing
depart-
ments less
cost of raw
materials.
4
Rs.
2,775
2,203
7,001
11,979
8,054
7,990
Book
receipts,i.e.
the total
expendi-
ture
entered in
columns 19,
20 and 21.
5
Rs.
1,299
3,926
7,389
12,614
13,203
17,995
Miscel-
laneous
receipts.
6
Rs.
215
8,598
6,346
*15,159
18,199
15,850
Total.
7
Rs.
62,046
61,228
1,20,896
2,44,170
1,89,154
2,22,574
Charges
Establishment.
Establish-
ment
proper.
8
Rs.
9,468
7,495
14,120
31,083
28,450
31,042
Superin-
tendence.
9
Rs.
3,000
3,000
14,677
20,677
8,815
14,155
Diet.
10
Rs.
28,770
33,948
53,935
1,16,653
85,731
1,03,850
Clothing
and
bedding.
11
Rs.
3,008
8,256
8,056
19,320
22,867
22,101
Name of Asylum.
1
Bareilly ...
Benares
...
Agra ...
Total ...
Provincial total
for 1917.
Ditto 1918
Charges—(concluded).
Bazar
medi¬
cines.
12
Rs.
83
327
329
739
577
789
Contingencies.
Contin-
gencies
proper.
13
Rs.
1,772
2,173
2 984
6,929
7,255
8,242
Repairs
and
mainte-
nance.
14
Rs.
...
...
5,259
5,259
4,347
9,234
Rates
and
taxes.
15
Rs.
...
252
3,725
3,977
5,945
1,945
Remitted
to treasury
on account
of paying
patients,
etc.
16
Rs.
11,059
836
8,660
20,555
8,678
6,988
Miscel-
laneous
items.
17
Rs.
3,587
1,015
1,762
6,364
3,286
6,233
Total of
columns
8—17.
18
Rs.
60,747
57,302
1,13,507
2,31,556
1,75,951
2,04,579
Book charges.
Charges on
account of
work done
by the
Public
Works de-
partment.
19
Rs.
1,239
3,676
6,409
11,324
12,248
16,903
Cost of
printed
forms
and sta-
tionery.
20
Rs.
60
...
158
218
106
126
Cost of
English
stores
and
medi-
cines,
etc.
21
Rs.
...
250
822
1,072
849
966
Total of
columns
18—21.
22
Rs.
62,046
61,228
1 20 896
2,44,170
1,89,154
2,22,574
* Includes Rs. 18,412 on account of cost of goods obtained from Jail departments.
N.B.—Excludes observation cases.
( xvi )
STATEMENT NO. IX.
Return showing the sanctioned Establishment of the Bareilly; Benares and Agra Asylums as it
stood on the 31st December, 1919.
1
Establishment.
Superintendent ... ... ...
Deputy Superintendent ...
...
Assistant Superintendent... ...
Matron
...
...
...
Sub-Assistant Surgeon ... ...
Compounder ... ... ...
Clerk
...
...
...
Head-keeper (male)
...
...
Ditto
(female) ... ...
Warders @ Rs. 12 each ... ...
Ditto @ „ 10 „ ... ...
Ditto @ „ 9 „ ... ...
Ditto @ „ 8 „ ... ...
Female Warders @ Rs. 10 each ...
Ditto
@ „ 9 „ ...
Ditto
@ „ 8 „ ...
Ditto
@ „ 7 „ ...
Gardener
... ... ...
Total ...
2
Bareilly.
Number.
...
1
...
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
4
8
14
...
2
3
4
2
46
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
250
180
...
70
70
12
25
15
12
24
40
72
112
...
18
24
28
13
965
3
Benares.
Number
...
1
...
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
8
14
...
2
2
3
1
42
Monthly¬
wages.
Rs.
250
100
...
60
60
15
25
15
12
12
40
72
112
...
18
16
21
7
835
4
Agra.
Number.
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
4
8
17
31
1
2
6
6
1
88
Monthly wages.
Rs.
1,350
240 (Includes Rs. 75
for allowance).
130
60
120 (1 at Rs. 60 and
1 at Rs. 50 and
includes Rs. 10
allowance).
27 (1 at Rs. 15 and 1
at Rs. 12).
40
85(1 at Rs. 20 and
1 at Rs. 15).
12
48
80
158
248
10
18
48
42
10
2,671
Proportion of daily average number of males
..
..
..
..
..
Ditto.
ditto
ditto
females
..
..
...
..
..
Ditto
Jamadars to males
..
..
..
..
..
..
Ditto
ditto
females
..
..
..
.. .. ..
Ditto
male-keepers to males
..
..
..
..
..
..
Ditto
female-keepers to females
..
..
..
..
..
..
1150.47
254.88
287.68
84.79
10.00
8.20
N.B.—Includes observation cases.
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STATEMENT NO. X.
Return showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of manufactures in the Lunatic Asylums in the
United Provinces for the year 1919, and Provincial totals for two previous years.
1
Name of Asylum.
Bareilly ...
Benares ...
Agra
...
Total ...
Provincial total
for 1917.
Ditto 1918.
2
Mean population.
Male.
284.73
285.97
571.36
1,142.06
1,173.81
1,218.78
Female.
77.86
59.32
116.05
253.23
312.39
306.57
Total.
362.59
345.29
687.41
1,395.29
1,486.20
1,525.30
3
4
5
6
7
8
Credits.
Cash paid
into trea¬
sury for
articles
sold.
Rs.
215
517
1,015
(a)l,747
1,672
998
Value of
manu-
factured
goods made
over to
Asylum
for
Asylum
purposes.
Rs.
4,115
2,203
8,763
15,081
8,565
9,539
Value of
manu-
factured
goods in
store at the
end of the
year.
Rs.
...
...
...
...
67
...
Value of
raw mate¬
rials in
store at the
end of the
year.
Rs.
133
...
...
133
3
549
Value of
plant and
machinery
in store at
the end of
the year.
Rs.
279
120
977
1,376
1,316
1,301
Total
credits.
Rs.
4,742
2,840
10,755
18,337
11,623
12,387
1
Name of
Asylum.
Bareilly...
Benares...
Agra ...
Total ...
Provincial
total for
1917.
Ditto 1918
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Debits.
Value of
manufac-
tured goods
in store on
1st Jan-
uary.
Rs.
...
...
...
...
70
67
Value of
raw mater-
ials in store
on 1st
January.
Rs.
549
...
...
549
161
3
Value of plant
and machinery
in store on
1st January.
Rs.
199
120
982
1,301
1,340
1,316
Raw
materials
purchased.
Rs.
1,804
...
650
2,454
898
2,564
Contingen-
cies of
manufac¬
tures.
Rs.
1,783
1,015
1,112
3,910
2,388
3,634
All other
charges.
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
35
Total
debits.
Rs.
4,335
1,135
2,744
8,214
4,857
7,619
Excess of
credits or
profits.
Rs.
407
1,705
8,011
10,123
6,766
Excess of
debits or
loss.
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
5,351—583
4,768
Average
number of
lunatics
employed in
manufactory.
120
100
155
375
378
319
(a) Differs from the the figures in column 6 of statement no. VIII which include Rs. l3,412 on account of cost of goods
obtained from the Jail Department.
N.B—Excludes observation cases.
TRIENNIAL REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS
IN THE
UNITED PROVINCES OF AGRA AND OUDH
FOR THE YEARS, 1918, 1919 AND 1920.
A L L A H A B A D .
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1921.
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Agents for the sale of United Provinces Government
publications.
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Pall Mall, London.
Constable & Co , 10, Orange Street, Leicester
Square, London, W. C.
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Street, Westminister, London, S. W
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 68—74
Carter Lane, E. C, and 25, Museum
Street, London, W. C.
Grindlay & Co., 54, Parliament Street,
London, S. W.
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Bond Street, London, W.
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Thacker & Co., Limited, Bombay.
Messrs. Butterworth & Co., Ld. Booksellers,
6, Hastings Street, Calcutta.
Messrs. Wheeler & Co., 15, Elgin Road,
Allahabad.
A. J. Combridge & Co., Bombay.
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Superintendent, American Baptist Mission
Press, Rangoon.
A. M. and J. Ferguson, Ceylon.
N. B. Mathur, Superintendent, Nazair
Kanun Hind Press, Allahabad.
Proprietor, Newal Kishore Press, Lucknow.
Messrs Students & Co., Cooch Bihar.
Ram Dayal Agarwala, Bookseller, 184, Katra
Road, Allahabad.
Messrs Ram Krishna & Sons, Booksellers,
Anarkali Street, Lahore.
The Secretary, North India Christian Tract
and Book Society, 18, Cliva Street, Allah¬
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Kitab Khana,
Budhawar
Chauka,
Poona (city).
TRIENNIAL REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS
IN THE
UNITED PROVINCES OF AGRA AND OUDH
FOR THE YEARS, 1918, 1919 AND 1920.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Admissions, discharges, etc.
...
...
...
...
Transfer of European lunatics to the Ranchi Asylum ... ...
Mortality ... ... ... ... ...
Sickness and cure ... ... ... ...
Criminal lunatics ... ... ... ...
Overseas Military insanes ... ... ... ...
Religion, sex and residence ... ... ... ...
Previous occupation ... ... ... ...
Age of patients ... ... ... ...
Types of insanity
...
...
...
...
Causes of insanity
...
...
...
...
...
Casualties—suicides ...
...
...
Expenditure
...
...
...
...
...
Establishment
...
...
...
...
...
Manufactures
...
...
...
...
...
Inspections ...
...
...
...
...
Buildings and works
...
...
...
...
General
...
...
...
...
...
Conclusion ...
...
...
...
...
Paragraph.
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Triennial Report and Returns of the Lunatic Asylums in the United
Provinces of Agra and Oudh for the years 1918,1919 and 1920.
FROM
To
No. 1675/2-E.
COLONEL J. K. CLOSE, M.D., I.M.S., M.L.C.,
INSPECTOR-GENEUAL OF CIVIL HOSPITALS,
UNITED PROVINCES,
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
UNITED PROVINCES, JUDICIAL (CRIMINAL) DEPARTMENT.
Dated Lucknow, the 19th February, 1921.
Correction slip to the Triennial Report on the Lunatic Asylums in the United
Provinces of Agra and Oudh for the years 1018, 191!) and 1920.
Pago 6, paragraph 12, column 1 of table, under it, hue 3, read " acute ' for
" actue."
Page viii, column 2, (a) Idiooy, lino 2 from bottom, read " 7 " for «< ...' in
Total.
Page xiii, column 1, line 8, read " deficiency " for " dofi iency."
ho again roliovod Lieutenant-Uolonel U'Meara ana continued to hold oharge till
the close of the trionniuin.
Benares.—With tho exception of six weeks in 1918, whon Major N. S.
Harvey, l.M.l), Superintendent of tho Central Jail, held oharge, Lieutenant-
Colonel Crawford held charge of this Asylum from tho 1st January, 1918, to tho
39th Juno, 1919, when he proceeded on leave preparatory to retirement. He was
succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, who is still in oharge of the institution.
Bareilly.—With tho exception of two short periods, when Assistant Surge eon
Bai Har Prasad Bahadur held oharge, Lieutenant-Oolonel Woodwright was in
charge of tho Asylum from January, 1918, to April, 1920, when he handed over his
duties to Lieutenant-Oolonel Milne and proceeded on leave preparatory to retire-
ment! Lieutenant-Oolonel Milne held oharge till the 10th December, 1920,
when he reverted to military duty and was reliovod by Lieutenant-Colonel
Hunter.
3. At the commencement of tho year 1918 thero wore 1,518 Lunatics in tho
throe asylums, the number falling to 1,486 in 1919 and 1,862 in 1920. The admis-
sions which numbered 521 in 1918 foil in 1919 and 1920 to 430 and 131 respect-
ively. The number of admissions (419) during the year 1917 was higher than any
recorded during tho previous nine years, hut tho admissions during the first year of
the triennium under report exceeded this number by 72. This large inorease is
accounted for by tho numbor of overseas military insanos admitted (luring tin;
year 1918. In 1917 the number of admissions of this class amounted to 76, but
during the following year 1918 no less than 1-13 such patients were admitted"
Admissions,
discharges, etc
Statement I
Triennial Report and Returns of the Lunatic Asylums in the United
Provinces of Agra and Oudh for the years 1918, 1919 and 1920.
No. 1675/2-R.
FROM
COLONEL J. K. CLOSE, M.D., I.M.S., M.L.C.,
INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF CIVIL HOSPITALS,
UNITED PROVINCES,
TO
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
UNITED PROVINCES, JUDICIAL (CRIMINAL) DEPARTMENT.
Dated Lucknow, the 19th February, 1921.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit the triennial report of the Lunatic Asylums
in the United Provinces for the years 1918, 1919 and 1920.
In accordance with the orders contained in G. O. no. 4912/VI, dated the
18th December, 1917, only a triennial report is required by Government, and in
intermediate years no notes are to accompany the annual returns.
2. The following officers were in charge of the Asylums during the
triennium :—
Agra.—Lieutenant-Colonel
O'Meara, who assumed charge of the Asylum
as an additional charge in February, 1916, continued to hold charge (with the
exception of three months in 1918) till March, 1919, when he was relieved by
Major Overbeck-Wright. Major Overbeck-Wright, on his reversion to military
duty for a month, handed over charge to Lieutenant-Colonel O'Meara on the
19th May, 1919, and when he returned to civil employ on the 10th June, 1919,
he again relieved Lieutenant-Colonel O'Meara and continued to hold charge till
the close of the triennium.
Benares.—With the exception of six weeks in 1918, when Major N. S.
Harvey, I.M.D, Superintendent of the Central Jail, held charge, Lieutenant-
Colonel Crawford held charge of this Asylum from the 1st January, 1918, to the
30th June, 1919, when he proceeded on leave preparatory to retirement. He was
succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, who is still in charge of the institution.
Bareilly.—With. the exception of two short periods, when Assistant Surgeon
Rai Har Prasad Bahadur held charge, Lieutenant-Colonel Woodwright was in
charge of the Asylum from January, 1918, to April, 1920, when he handed over his
duties to Lieutenant-Colonel Milne and proceeded on leave preparatory to retire-
ment. Lieutenant-Colonel Milne held charge till the 10th December, 1920,
when he reverted to military duty and was relieved by Lieutenant-Colonel
Hunter.
Admissions,
discharges, etc.
Statement I.
3. At the commencement of the year 1918 there were 1,516 lunatics in the
three asylums, the number falling to 1,436 in 1919 and 1,362 in 1920. The admis-
sions which numbered 521 in 1918 fell in 1919 and 1920 to 430 and 431 respect-
ively. The number of admissions (449) during the year 1917 was higher than any
recorded during the previous nine years, but the admissions during the first year of
the triennium under report exceeded this number by 72. This large increase is
accounted for by the number of overseas military insanes admitted during the
year 1918. In 1917 the number of admissions of this class amounted to 76, but
during the following year 1918 no less than 143 such patients were admitted.
( 2 )
The following table shows the population in each asylum during the last ten
years :—
Agra ... ...
Bareilly... ...
Benares... ...
Total ...
1911.
684
392
391
1,467
1912.
766
426
399
1,591
1913.
754
440
419
1,613
1914.
820
419
435
1,674
1915.
881
422
454
1,757
1916.
915
437
481
1,833
1917.
1,008
451
441
1,900
1918.
1,021
488
528
2,037
1919.
893
450
523
1,866
1920.
861
432
500
1,793
The total population steadily rose from 1911 to 1918 when it commenced to
decline. If the number of admissions of military overseas insanes are deducted
the total asylum population during the last nine years will stand as follows :—
Total population ...
Deduct military
over-
seas insanes.
Remaining population ...
1912-14.
4,878
Nil
4,878
1915-17.
5,490
89
5,401
1918-20.
5,696
242
5,454
It will be seen that whereas the total population during the triennium 1915-17
increased by 523 (5,401 as compared with 4,878) the increase during the trien-
nium under report was only 53. The increase is no doubt, as my predecessor
remarked in the previous report, largely due to a better understanding of the real
nature of an asylum and to the issue of the Lunacy Act in 1912. It indicates not
so much an increased incidence of insanity as a closer touch between the asylum,
and the general population.
The number of discharges and deaths which were 601 in 1918 fell to 504 in
1919 and 405 in 1920, and the number remaining on the 31st December, 1920, was
1,388 as compared with 1,362 in 1919 and 1,436 in 1918. The daily average
strength in the three asylums fell from 1532.30 in 1918 to 1404.85 in 1919 and
1383.88 in 1920. The three years' figures as compared with the previous trien-
nium are : —--
Remaining at the commencement of the trien-
nium ... ... ... ...
Total admission during the triennium ...
Total ...
Total discharges and deaths during the trien-
nium
...
...
...
...
Remaining at the close of the trienneum ...
1915—17.
1,326
1,311
2,637
1,121
1,326
1918—20
1,516
1,382
2,898
1,510
1,516
The number on the opening day of the triennium was 190 more than the
number on the corresponding day of the previous triennium, the admissions
increased by 71 and the discharges and deaths by 389.
Transfer of
European
lunatics to the
Ranchi
Asylum.
4. There was no overcrowding in any of the Asylums during the triennium.
On one occasion in 1918 when the Superintendent of the Benares Asylum inti-
mated that the accommodation on the male criminal side was full he was told to
arrange for the accommodation of new admissions by placing them in factories,
etc., and if necessary, making temporary arrangements by the erection of huts.
In April, 1918, the Government of India authorised the removal of the
European lunatics confined in the asylums of those Provinces to the European
Lunatic Asylum at Ranchi and Magistrates or Courts exercising jurisdiction
in these Provinces were empowered to send European lunatics to that asylum.
In all 30 men and 22 women European and Eurasian lunatics were transferred in
1918 to Ranchi, namely :—
Men ... ...
Women ... ...
Total
Agra.
28
17
45
Bareilly.
2
2
4
Benares.
...
3
3
( 3 )
The Government of India in October, 1919, intimated that the European
Lunatic Asylum at Ranchi is intended for Europeans and Americans, and that both
these terms should be interpreted as including persons of mixed blood whose habits
are those of Europeans. It was further declared that the term " Europeans "
should be held to include persons born in the British colonies and dominions and
their descendants, being either purely white or of mixed blood, subject to the
same proviso as to European habits. Negroes and all persons of purely asiatic
race, whatever their habits may be, should not be considered eligible for admis-
sion.
Mortality
5. The number of deaths during the years 1918—20 was 534 against 370
during the previous triennium 1915—17.
The following table shows the death-rate for each Asylum during each year
of the two periods:—
Bareilly ...
Benares ...
Agra ...
Average percent-
age for each year.
1915-1917.
1915.
9.15
17.59
6.89
11.21
1916.
6.57
10.41
4.71
7.23
1917.
11.21
8.31
7.78
9.43
Rate for
three
asylums.
8.66
...
1918—1920.
1918.
11.24
27.06
14.98
17.76
1919.
8.26
9.59
8.58
8.81
1920.
9.65
16.35
8.94
11.65
Rate for
three
asylums.
12.21
The death-rate which fell from 9.43 in 1912—14 to 8.66 in 1915—17 rose to
12.21 during the period dealt with in this report.
The following table shows the mortality in each institution during the last
six years :—
1920 ...
1919 ...
1918 ...
Total ...
1917 ...
1916 ...
1915 ...
Total ...
Bareilly.
34
30
42
106
41
23
32
96
Benares.
59
34
95
188
27
34
62
123
Agra.
60
59
121
240
70
35
46
151
Total.
153
123
258
534
138
92
140
370
In all three asylums the number of deaths increased during the triennium
under report.
Bareilly.— The death-rate for this asylum during 1918 was somewhat high
but not higher than that in the previous year. Of the 42 deaths nine were due to
influenza. During the influenza epidemic in 1918 there were 164 cases of this dis-
ease in the Asylum. Of the remaining 33 deaths five were on account of dysentery,
five from debility, five from tubercle of lungs. There were three deaths from
epilepsy and four each from worms and diseases of the urinary system. Of the
42 patients who died no less than 12 were in bad and three in very bad health when
admitted to the Asylum. Two patients were over 60 years of age and 15 between
40 and 60 years. Eight had been in the asylum under two years, six under live
years, five under ten years, three under 15 years, five under 20 years, two under
25 years, one under 30 years and one under and three over 40 years.
( 5 )
A comparison of the present triennium with that ending with the year 1917
gives the following figures :—
In confinement at commencement of triennium
Admissions
...
...
...
Total
Discharged or died ... ...
In confinement at close of triennium ...
1915—17.
... 265
... 267
... 532
... 234
... 298
1918—20.
298
208
506
240
266
The number of deaths during 1918—20 aggregated 81 against 67 during the
previous three years.
Overseas
Military Insanes.
8. The following table gives the details of the overseas military insanes
admitted into the asylums during the last three years :—
Agra ...
Benares
Bareilly
Total ...
At the commence¬
ment of the
year.
1918.
22
16
19
57
1919.
41
37
51
129
1920.
28
31
41
100
Admitted.
1918.
41
52
50
143
1919.
18
17
20
55
1920.
24
13
7
44
Discharged.
1918.
18
26
15
59
1919.
26
22
26
74
1920.
24
13
12
49
Transferred.
1918.
3
2
...
5
1919.
2
...
...
2
1920.
...
...
...
...
Died.
1918.
1
3
3
7
1919.
3
1
4
8
1920.
4
5
3
12
Remaining at
the close of
the year.
1918.
41
37
51
129
1919.
28
31
41
100
1920
24
26
33
83
Still under
treatment
at the
close of
triennium.
24
26
33
83
In 1918 (Army Instructions, India, no. 348, dated the 16th April, 1918) it
was ruled that the cost of the maintenance of military lunatics who have been
sent from Overseas Expeditionary Forces for treatment in a lunatic asylum in
India, shall be assessed under the orders of the Local Government concerned,
with due regard to the local conditions obtaining, and the expenditure will be
debited to His Majesty's Government through the Controller of War Accounts. In
accordance with these orders the Local Government in G. O. no. 2483/VI—1062
of the 19th May, 1919, sanctioned with retrospective effect, a charge of Rs. 9 per
mensem per head for the maintenance of such lunatics in the asylums in these pro-
vinces. The Government of India in their letter no. 433, dated the 10th May, 1920,
sanctioned the extension of the orders regarding the transfer of overseas military
lunatics to asylums to the cases of lunatics from the Frontier Field Forces.
Religious sex
and residence.
Statement III.
9. Of the 1,330 admissions during the triennium 1,059 were Hindus, 238
were Muhammadans, 4 were European and Eurasian Christians, 18 were Indian
Christians and 11 were of other castes. Of this number 1,165 were men and 165
were women. The districts which supplied the highest number of patients during
the triennium were Agra, Benares, Bareilly, Meerut, Saharanpur, Aligarh, Allah-
abad, Etawah and Lucknow. The number of Hindus, Indian Christians and other
castes increased during the three years under report, while the number of
Muhammadans and Europeans and Eurasians decreased.
Previous
occupation.
Statement IV.
10. The previous occupation of the admissions during the last six years
was:—
1915—17
1918—20
Artisans.
49
34
Beggars.
146
147
Cultivators.
233
230
Domestic
servants.
72
58
Landlords.
11
6
Labourers.
132
105
Priests.
14
12
Professionals.
57
105
Public
ser-
vants.
150
320
Prostitutes.
2
3
Shop-keepers.
75
44
Students.
18
23
Unknown.
311
243
Total.
1,270
1,330