Statement
Lunatics.
No. II. Criminal
On the 1st January 1913 there were 80 criminal lunatics in the Asylum ; 20
(including 2 re-admissions) were admitted during the year,
4 were di^char^ed cured, 8 died, 3 escaped, 1 was trans-
ferred from the criminal to the non-criminal list, and 81
remained at the end of the year. Tlie daily average strength was 81*89, against 77 13
in the previous year.
Out of a total of 74 admissions (including 7 re-admissions), HO were Hindus,
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12 Muhammadans and 2 were of other castes; 47 were
Statement iSo.
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ty, religion, and residence.
natives or the province, 2J were i roui other provinces,
and the residences of the remaining 7 were not kno»vn.
As usual, the largest number of insanes admitted were cultivators and tea
, „ garden coolies. The largest number of admissions were
Statements Nos. IV and V.
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Preview occupation and age.
between 20 and 40 years of age.
Statements No< VI and VII.
Types aid causes of insanity.
Of the 74 admissions anl re-ndmissions, 42 were for mania, 20 for melancholia, 2
for idiocy, 2 for delusional insanity, 6 for insanity of
haschisch, 1 for moral (congenital) imbecility and
1 for alternating insanity.
There is little, if any, improvement in the quality of the information supplied in
the part of the medical history sheet tilled iu by the police. The predisposing and
exciting causes could not be ascertained in 65 and 57 cases, respectively, out of a total
of 74 cases admitted. Heredity was the predisposing cause in 2 cases, previous
attack in 5, and prolonged mental stress in 2. Qanj'a, char as and bhang are reported
to have been the exciting cause in G cases, and epilepsy in 11 cases.
VITAL.
The speciil features in connection with the health of the inmates are the slightly
lower number of admissions to hospital, the considerable
increase in the daily average number of sick, and the fall
They
Sickness and mortality
ment I.
in death-rate.
are
below :—
brought out in
1912.
1913.
202
189
2476
89-06
2023
9-47
the table
Numbor of admissions to hospital ..
Daily average number of sick
...
...
Ratio of deaths per cent, to daily average btrength
The bulk of the admissions were for malaria (55 against 5.2), tubercle of lung
and other tubercular diseases (30 against 24), and dysentery (27 against 40). Of the 23
deaths, 14 were tubercular in their origin against 23 in the previous year ; the rest were
due to pneumonia, acute nephritis, epilepsy and other diseases. The provision of
ample air space and the building of three temporary segregation sheds have helped
to olieck the mortality from diseases due to tubercle. The Superintendent has had
an anxious time in connection with the increasing number of his '•tubercle" cases,
and may be congratulated on the result of the year's work.
The ratios of deaths per cent, of average strength amongst the inmates of the
lunatic asylums in thi dilferent provinces of India in 1U13 were as follows ;—
Exc
Statemen
inmate.
varietv
Rs. 7,981
allowa
dent un<
second S
suhordini
account «
average i
rear. T
Rs. 42 p
The
number
increased
females.
accomrnc
transferr
The
Darrang.
The
1. Bengal
I. United Provinces
3. Central Provinces
4. Punjab
5. Bihar and Oribsa
6. Madras
7. Bombay
8. AsKiim
9. Burma
8'57
8'15
667
11-42
149
1435
7-7
9-47
165