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STATEMENT No. V.
Return showing the Ages of Patients admitted into the Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur
during the year 1914 and the two previous years.
1
2
|
3
4
5
6
Under 20.
20 to 40.
40 to CO.
Upwards of 60.
Total.
M. F. T.
M. F. T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
1914 ...
IN
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2 5
7
66 10
76
9
3
12
...
77
X8
98
1913 ...
3 1
4
4G 10
56
10
4
14
...
...
...
59
15
74
191!? ...
.„
...
...
39 13
52
12
2
14
...
...
...
51
15
CG
The tigures in this statement exclude pbaervation caaci.
m at Tezpur
6
Total.
M.
F.
T.
77
?8
95
™ i
^—— "' »
59
15
74
51
15
C6
STATEMENT YI.
Till
STATEMENT I the Provi
Showing the types of insanity of the Lunatics
II—Disorders of
Class.
I —Errors of development.
1*4.
U5.
Muni i (acnte, recurrent or chronic).
(a)
Idiocy.
(i)
(a)
Mornl (con- I
gen.tal) imbe- I Puerperal,
cility.
w
Epileptic.
(«)
Alcol olic.
Sebile.
M. P.
II. F.
M. i F.
T.
M. P.
M. P.
T.
Remaining on the 31st December of the ] receding
year.
Admitted during the year
,,,
Total treated
3
1
S
1
DieoliRrgod
... <j
fBecover^d
Improved
Not imiroTed
v Otherwii« ...
Beoajel
...
Mud
Remaining on .SI t 1 >o ember 11)11
15
19
15
21
1
IS
M. P.
10
IX
TATEMENT
the Lunatics
No. VI.
:- the Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1914.
Function.
II—Disorders of
146.
Melancholia (acute, rocurrent or chronic).
117
148.
Mental stupor.
149.
151 and 182.
M
Other forms.
(a)
Hypo-
chondriaoal.
(6)
Puerperal.
Senile.
(d)
Other forms.
Circular
Insanity.
(a)
Anurgic.
(b)
Delusional.
Delusional
insanity (.acute
or chronic).
Impulsive and
absoes.-ive
iusani'y.
i
M.
80
&
113
12
5
1
e
89
P.
T.
M F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. P.
T.
M. F.
T.
M.
I
F. 1 T.
1
M. F.
T.
M. F.
T.
M. F.
T.
38
13
61
3
1
2
45
128
3ti
164
15
6
1
8
184
2
2
a
...
2
2
2
■■
... ...
...
83
18
Z;
16
1
84
9
1
10
2
8
02
19
...
...
...
...
—
1
8
...
7
1
'"
1 ...
( "
i
111
...
...
...
...
8
|
18
1
92
...
...
2
1
5
...
2
1
5
...
...
-
STATEMENT I
Ko. VI-
S ho wing the ty/es of insanity of the Lunatic I fa ike Pre
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
1
III.—Resalt of infoction, toxic and other general condition.
Clan.
1C3.
Post febrile
insanity •
154.
Acute
delirium.
155.
Confessional
intanity.
156.
Alcoholic
insanity
(iieute <>r
chronic).
157.
Insanily of
Myxcedema.
1G2.
Insanity
caused by
taiinabis
Indiu or
it.s prepa-
tions or
derivatives.
158-161 and 163,
Insanity from
other causes.
M. F. T. 11. F. T. M. F. T. M.
I
F T. M. F.
7 M. ,.| T. I M. F. T.
Stmaiaing on 31st December of the preceding
Y3*r.
Admitted daring the year
...
... ...
...
...
...
... ...
9
22
...
9
22
...
m. »
Total treated
31
31
...
...
Discltargad ...
... .
£*eapi>d
Died
E«niainiiig on Slat Deem
r Becovered
Improved
Not improved
..Otherwise
ber 19U ...
4
1
2
24
...
4
1
2
24
...
...
XI
STATE MEKT I
Ko. Vl—concld.
f the X«M<j^'cj| in ihe Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1914.
15
158—161 and 163
IJ
8
r
i-
r
res.
Insanity from
other causes.
T.
22
3]
1
2
24
16
17
18
IV.—Degeneration.
164.
General
paralysis of •
tho insane.
1C5.
Dementia (Primary or Secondary).
(o)
Senile.
(6)
Epileptic.
Syphilitic.
id)
Other forms.
M, F.
M. F.
M. P. T. M.
M.
F.
T.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Declared to have
recovered, not
yet diagnosed or
under observa-
tion.
19
20
Total.
M.
P.
14
15
10
T.
M.
T.
Remarks.
1* 212
15t
16
11
294
48
18
260
100
66
34
6
5
1
5
...
a ...
is
4
235
50
300
39
6
6
2
17
291
* Alternating iusanity
t Of thepe 2 am ca=es of
alternating insanity. The
remaining 8 have been
found sane since admis-
sion to the Asylum.
I •
Xll
STATEMENT No. VII
Showing the /Etiological Factors and Associated Conditions in the patients admitted in'o the
Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1911.
/Etiok gical Factors and Associated Conditions.
A.—Heredity—
1. Insane ...
2 Epileptic
3. Neurotic
4. Marked eccentricity
6. Alcoholism
■B-—Mental instability, as rovca'od by—
1. Moral deficiency ...
2. Congenital mental defect
3. Eccentricity
4. Previous attack
C.—Deprivation of special senses-
1. Smell or taste
2. Hearing
3. Sight ...
D,—Critical periods —
1. Pubeitj' and ad lescence
2. Ciinnicteiic
3. Senility
E.— Child bearing—
1. Pregnancy
2. Pueri eral
3. Lactation
F.—Mental stress—
1. Sudden
2. Piolomjcd
G.—Physiological defects and errors—
1. Malnutrition (in early life)
2. Privation and starvation
,
3. Over-exertion (physical)
.
4. Sexual excess
11.—Toxic—
1. Alcohol
2. Opium and morphia
3. Cocaine
4. Ganja, charas or bl ang
5. FeveL'...
...
6. '1 nberculosis
7. Syphilis, ucquired ...
,,
congenital
8. riagne ...
...
9. Other toxins
/.— Traumatic—
1. Injuries
2. Operations
3. Sunstroke
Predisposing cause.
M.
F.
13
2
T.
10
Exciting cause.
Total.
M.
13
3
F.
22
3
M.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
12
22
•t
F.
10
7
8
5
35
5
"l
10
12
13
35
7
l- Diseases <
1.
2.
3.
4.
Les-i
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K- -Oth er bo
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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M- -No caut>
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STATEMENT No. VII—concld.
Showing JEtiological Factors and Associated Conditions in the patients admitted at th« Provincial
Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur during the year 19 L4.
7TCtioloerioal Factors and Associated Conditions.
Prodisposing causo.
Exciting causo.
Total.
-
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
1
2
3
4
1 5
6
7
8
9 1 10
j t —Diseases of the nervous system,'—
1. Letions of brain ...
...
.
2.
,,
of spinal cord and nerve3
3. Epilepsy
4. Other defined neuroses
...
,
jr.—Other bodily afflictions—
1. Hannopoietic system
2. Cardio-vaseular degeneration ...
3. Valvular heart disease
4. 0astro-intestinal system
5. Konal and vesical system
6. Generative system (excluding syphilis)
7. Other general affections {e.g., diabetes)
L.—No cause assignable—
M-—No came ascertained—History defective
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1
•
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9
1
6
/
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15
•
'7
9
"2
6
*9
15
Total
•■
47
5
52
52
15
67
99
20
119
In 27 casea. 2-5 males and 2 females, there were both an exci iug and predisposing cause.?, thus accounting for a
total number of 119 against 92 new admissions.
The figures in tliia statement exclude observation cases.
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10
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3 3 3
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No. viir.
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XVI
STATEMENT No. IX.
Showing the sanctioned establishment of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur as it stood on th e
3Isl December 1914.
Establishment.
Monthly wages.
Superintendent
Deputy Superintendent
Sub-Assistant Surgeon
Compounder
Jamadar
Male keepers
Fema 1^ keepers
• ->
Male Ga*e keeper
Female Gate keeper .
Gardener
Barber ...
Sweepers
.
Total
C Males
Daily average number of <
(^ Females
C Jamadar to males
Proportion of \ Jamadaiins to females
J Male keepers to males
(.Female keepers to females
1
1
1
1
f 2 at Rs.
|
15
33 -j 1 at Rs.
14
80 at Rs.
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;
15
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14
6 at Rs.
,12.
& at Rs. 10
each.
2 at Rs. 10
each.
1
12 at Rs. 12
each.
Rs. a. p.
250 0 0
175 0 0
special allow-
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and personal
allo w a n c e
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special aUow-
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16 0 0
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64
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20 0 0
12 0 0
7 0 0
144 0 0
1,249 0 0
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KEAD-
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OF
Gaadti
Resolution on the Report on the working of the Provincial
Lunatic Asylum in Assam for the triennium 1912-1914.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Chief Commissioner of Assam in the Municipal
\Depart?nent, No. 2386^/., dated the ISth May 1915.
READ—
The Triennial Report on the Provincial Lunatic Asylum in Assam for the years 191£, 1913
and 1914.
KBAD ALSO—
The Annual Returns oE the Asylum for the years 1912 and 1913.
•
RESOLUTION.
THE number of lunatics in confinement at the Tezpur Lunatic Asylum
during the three years dealt with in this Report was 298, 303 and 355, respectively.
Admissions and re-admissions numbered 66 in 1912, 74 in 1913, and 95 in 1914. The
increase in the two later years was mainly due to the fact that lunatics from Sylhet
and Cachar, who had previously been admitted to the Dacca Asylum, were received at
Tezpur from the later part of 1913.
2. At his visit to the Asylum in 1912 Sir Arohdale Earle found the accommoda-
tion entirely insufficient. There was serious overcrowding, and the health of the
inmates suffered particularly from the inadequacy of the arrangements for segregating
tuberculous cases. A project for re-constructing the building at a cost of over three
and a half lakhs has been prepared and the work on it has commenced. Meanwhile
adequate temporary accommodation has been provided, and it is satisfactory that the
result has j>roved so successful. In spite of the increase in the number of inmates,
the number of deaths decreased from 47 in 1912 to 17 in 1914, fatal cases of tubercu-
losis falling from 23 to 7. In 1914, the rate of mortality amongst the inmates of the
Asylum was lower than in any other province of India. The marked improvement
effected in the health of the Asylum is most creditable to the Superintendent,
Lieutenant-Colone] MacLeod, I. M. S., and the Deputy Superintendent, Rai Sahib
Girish Chandra Das.
3. There were eight escapes from the Asylum during the triennium. The number
is large, and a special report on the subject will be called for.
4. The Chief Commissioner regards it as most unsatisfactory that, in spite of
repeated orders, the medical history sheets of lunatics have not been properly prepared
by the responsible officers. A full report on this question will also be called for.
5. The Chief Commissioner is indebted to the Hon'ble Colonel Banatvala for a
careful and interesting report.
ORDER.—Ordered that the Resolution and the Report be published in the Asiam
Gazette.
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A. W. BOTHAM,
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Introductory
GENERAL.
Admissions, re-admissions, discharges, escapes, and daily average
strength ...
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Admissions classified according to :—
{a) Criminal lunatics .„.
(b) Nationality, religion, sex and residence
(c) Previous occupation...
...
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...
{d) Types and alleged causes of insanity
VITAL.
Sickness and mortality
Injuries and accidents
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FINANCE.
Expenditure and cost per inmate
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Accommodation ...
Inspections
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REPORT
ON THE
STATISTICAL RETURNS
OP THE
PROVINCIAL LUNATIC ASYLUM
IN
ASSAM
.FOR THE YEAR
1915
WITH BRIEF EXPLANATORY NOTES.
During the year 1915 the following officers held charge of the Provincial Lunatic
Introductory.
.
.
. _
Asylum at Tezpur :—
Lieutenant-Colonel E. 0. MacLeod, I.M.S., from the 1st January to the 15th
March.
Major J. W. McCoy, I.M.S., from the 16th March to the 31st December.
Senior grade, class I, Sub-Assistant Surgeon Rai Sahib Girish Chandra Das was
the Deputy Superintendent throughout the year.
GENERAL.
The number of lunatics confined in the asylum at the end of 1914 was 291, of
g , t
tI
whom 235 were males and 56 females. During the year
under review 129 (including 6 re-admissions)—105 males
and 24 females—were admitted, against 100 in the previous year. The districts of
Sylhet, Sibsagar and Kamrup furnished the largest numbers. It is worthy of notice
that the number of admissions to the asylum is steadily increasing.
There were 6 re-admissions—5 males and 1 female—agiinst 3 in 1914. Of these,
- , . .
2 males were criminal and the rest non-criminal The
Jie-admisBions.
.
.
, .
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. .
criminal lunatics were re-admitted alter trial and the
non-criminals after an interval of 1 year to 8 years and 6 months.
The total number of discharges, excluding 1 escape and 2 observation cases found
D> .
sane, was 36 against 45 in the previous year. Thirty-two
were discharged cured and 4 were made over to their
fiends as " mentally improved," against 39 and 6 respectively in 1914.
There were 20 escapes during the year under report, 15 from inside the bamboo
Eac
palisading and 5 from the garden outside. Of theso, 16
were recaptured within 21 hours, 2 within a week, and 1
&iter a month, leaving 1 criminal lunatic still at large. All cases of escapes were duly
sported to the Magistrate and the police. The responsible keepers were duly punished
Tfco daily a.orago BtrengU,
The daily average strength rose from 281-15 in 1914
o24'94.
On the 1st January 1915 there were 87 crirniml lunatics in the asylum, and 3g
Statement II
(including 2 re-adniissions) were admitted during the year
making a total of 123. Of these, 4 were discharge!
(one cured, one escaped and 2 transferred to 1he list of non-criminals), 4 died and i]5
remained at the end of the year. The daily average strength was 98*93 against 84*28
during the previous year.
Out of the total of 127 admissions (including 6 re-admissions and excluding 9
Statement III
observation cases discharged as sane), 102 were Hindus'
16 Muhammadans, 1 Native Christian, and 8 oth^r ca-W
Eighty-three were natives of the province andbl came from other pioviuces. The
residences of the remaining 13 were not known.
Of the total number, 103 were males an 1 21 females.
As usual, the largest number of lunatics admitted during the year were culti.
statements iv and v.
vators and tea-garden coolies, and were betwoen 20 and
40 years of age.
The following list shows the types of insanity of the persons admitted and re-ad-
StatementsVlaud vii. fitted during the year. This excludes 2 observation
cases discharged as sane.
1. Mania
2. Melancholia
3. Insanity caused by gatija, etc.
4. Delusional insanity
5. Idiocy
6. Post febrile insanity
7. Sane since admission
77
'24
17
3
1
1
4
Total
127
Predisposing causes were known in 63 cases and exciting causes in 4-7. In 12
cases both the predisposing and exciting causes were known. No cause was assigna-
ble in 33 case
VITAL.
The total number of admissions to hospital was 123 against 122 in the previous
,
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vear and the daily average sick 60*46 against 51*56. The
Sickness and mortality.
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special feature in connection with the health of the inmates
is the steadily decreasing number of admissions and deaths from diseases due to tuber-
cle, as will be seen from the table below :—
1913.
1914.
1915.
Number of admissions to hospital
...
...
86
19
10
Number of deaths
...
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...
14
7
6
The increase in the daily average number of sick is due to the following
reasons :—
(1) Tuberculosis—45 cases remained over from 1914 against 37 remaining
at the end of 1913.
(2) Skin diseases—in 1915 these are shown as admissions, whereas in 19H
cases of itch, ring-worm and other skin diseases were treated without
being shown as admissions.
(3) Increase in admissions from malaria.
The bulk of the admissions to hospital were for malaria (11 against 3), tubercle
of lung and other tubercular diseases (10 against 19), dysentery (39 against 37) » n(1
•abscess, ulcer, boils, etc. (11 against 12). Of the 29 deaths, 6 were tubercular i D
[their oiigin, against 7 and 14* in the years 1914 and 1913, respectively ; the rest were
klue to pneumonia, Bright's disease, dysentery, exhaustion after mania and other
•diseases.
There were several accidents, self-inflicted wounds and assaults, but none of the se
were of a serious nature except the following 3 cases :—■
Injuries and accidents.
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1. A criminal lunatic suddenly became violent and killed another lunatic \
throwing a stone at his head causing fiacture of the sk'.ill. The injured man d ltl
in l\ hours.
an averai