10. There is nothing special to note about the types of insanity. Predisposing
causes were known in 33 cases and exciting causes in,
30. In 5 casss, both the predisposing and exciting causes
Statements VI and VII.
were known. No cause was assignable in 41 cases.
VITAL.
11. The total number of admissions to hospital was 105 against 122 in the
previous year with a daily average sick of 8936 against 78-40. The increase is due
to an outbreak of influenza in August 1918. Ninety-seven cases were admitted for
influenza. During the year under review, the number of admissions from Tuber-
culosis was 11 against 8 in 1917 : of these, 4 cases were admitted into the Asylum
with Tuberculosis. Nineteen were admitted for Dysentery against 12 in the pre-
vious year. There were 22 deaths against ±9 in 1917. The percentage of new
admissions with bad health was higher—27"88 against 19'38 in 1917. Amongst
these, as many as 9 died within the year—5 having died within a period varying
from 10 days to 1 month from the date of admission to the Asylum. There were
8 deaths, viz., 3636 per cent, of the total, from Tuberculosis during the year,
of whom 4 cases were admitted—who would have died in any case, as they were
very ill on admission. One non-criminal lunatic was found dead on unlocking a ward
one morning. It was found on departmental enquiry that a fairly rational non-
criminal lunatis shook the deceased as a consequence of which he fell over a cot
and died in the latter part of the night.
The ratios of deaths per cent, of average strength amongst the inmates of the
Lunatic Asylums in the different provinces of India in 1917 and 1918 were as fol-
lows :—
14 Di
Aceoi
The r
females, o:
into a barr
15. N:
Sanitary
menti.
an
16. Tl
In,
.
1917.
1918 .
1
2
3
Assam
• ••
5-56
5-84
Burma
...
...
...
...
6-78
7-84
Central Provinces
...
...
10-08
8-50
Benga.l
• •.
...
...
...
.7-91
9-63
Bih:ir and Orissa
...
. •.
...
11-68
10-63
Madras
•..
9-04
13-57
Bombay
. •.
...
10-1
H-4
Pan jib
...
•..
...
.,
1231
14-88
United Provinces
...
...
...
...
9-27
16-83
FINANCE.
12. Excluding receipts from paying patients and miscellaneous receipts which
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are credited to Government, the total expenditure for
statements VIII, IX and x.
the up . keep of the Asvlum amounted to Rs. 74,068-8-9
in 1918 against Rs. 73,121-4-6 in 1917 with an average cost per head of
Rs. 196-9-11 against Us. 214-2-6 in 1917. The increase was due to a large
increase in the number of inmates, as also to an increase in the price of dietary
articles. Excluding the Public "Works Department charges, repair and maintenance
charges, rates and taxes, receipts from paying patients, and profits on manufac-
tures, the average cost per inmate works out to Rs. 139-3-10 against Rs. 141-6-10
in the previous year. The profits in the Manufactory Department were Rs. 5,975-12-5
against Rs. 5,189-5-8 in 1917, or an average of Rs. 45-11-11 per head of inmates
employed on manufactures. The cost of diet amounted to Rs. 30,034-4-9 against
Rs. 30,011-6-7 in 1917, or an average cost of Rs. 79-11-8 against Rs. 87-14-6 per
bend of inmates.
MISCELLANEOUS.
13. The male inmates are mainly employed on cultivation of vegetables and
e t of iumates
sugarcane, repair of buildings and palisading, tailoring
mpoymen o luma es.
ft^ manufacture of molasses (gur). The females a* 0
employed on paddy husking and sundry petty works within the female enclosure.