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IV
STATEMENT No. III.
Return showing the religion, sex and residence of patients admitted into the Provincial Lunatic Asylum
at Tezpur during the year 1919 and the Provincial totals for the two previous years.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Htndut .
Muhammadans.
Christians.
Other castes.
Total.
District.
Europeans and
Eurasians.
Natives.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T. |H.
F
T.
M.
■
F.
T.
M.
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Angnl ...
...
1
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1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
ttakarganj
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Burdwan
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
• •
...
...
...
...
Caehar .,.
4
1
6
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
..
...
1
1
3
Comilla
...
...
1
...
1
...
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Chitt-gong
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M
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1
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1
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Cuttuck
1
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1
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Dacca .,,
.,,
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1
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1
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D&i-jeeling
,.?
1
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1
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Darning
...
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8
1
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1
Dumka
...
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a ...
2
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Garo«Hills
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4
4
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2
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2
4
2
fj '.liimpur
...
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1
...
1
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Hanipur
1
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1
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Muniihyr
1
1
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N«>pal
8
...
6
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Ncwgong
1
1
2
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2
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2
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1
North-East Frontier
...
...
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1
...
1
...
Ranohi
3
...
3
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ttaiuur
...
1
...
1
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Blbaujrar
7
1
8
1
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1
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10
1
FikiT ...
1
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4
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8
"~~75~
4
13
'iotal for 1919
67
8
65 ■
9
I
10
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...
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s
6
Tqtal for 1918
64
64
10 1 64 ' M
1
24
16
...
...
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15
1
16
Q-J
12
Total for 1017
16
80
14
2
...
...
...
...
,
10
2
12
88
20
T.
12
"ST
108
Tbo figures in the statement exclude cases under obseiY&tioa.
STATEMENT No. IV.
Return showing the previous occupation of patients admitted imo the Provincial Lunatic Asylum at
Tezpur during the year 1919 and the two previous years.
...
I
...
1
...
1
s
7
...
1
...
1
...
1
...
1
...
1
1
9
...
8
...
1
...
4
8
4
...
1
...
1
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1
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1
4
•
1
a
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l
1
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1
is
4
12
13 ~88
12
104
20 ~10I
Occupation of pationts.
1919.
M.
F.
T.
1918.
M.
1917.
Barber
Beggar
Bearer
••■
•
Blacksmith
Buglor
Carpenter
Carter
Chowkidar
Clerk
Cooly (Toa Garden)
Cooly (others) ...
Compoundor
Cook_
Cooyist
Cowherd
Cultivator
Daily labourer ...
i
Dependent on others
,
Doctor
Domestic sorvant
Domestic life
Engine drivor ...
Elephant driver
Fisherman
Goldsmith
Jail .varder
Keeper (Asylum)
Mason
Military (Overseas) Bearer
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Cooly
Fireman
Havildar
Labourer
Lascar...
Lauce Naik
Sepoy ...
Carpenter
Porter...
Military Police Sandman
„
Policeman
...
Milkman
Muharrir
Potter
Priest
Preacher (EomanCatholic—Indian)
School master ...
Student
Syco ...
Sweeper
Tailor
Zninindari Naib...
Unknown
Military (Overseas) Postal Packer
PisliBoller
Potty trader
Boatman
Total ...
■•>
14
1
"l
1
25
3
1
1
2
75
13
'"4
1
1
...
"1
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1
1
1
15
'"8
1
1
1
2
1
...
27
"33
3
3
4
2
1
2
2
2
1
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2
1
1
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1
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1
1
2
1
1
io
2
88
92
12
1
1
1
12
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2
33
5
3
""2
3
10
2
1
1
1
1
104
M.
The figures in the statement exclude cases under observation.
STATEMENT No. V.
1
1
"2
2
15
2
1
35
2
1
F.
88
20
T.
1
1
"2
2
21
2
1
35
5
2
"'4
3
"l
1
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1
3
1
icT
■ Return showing the ages of patients admitted into the Provincial Luna'ic Asylum at Tezpur during
the year 1919 and the Provincial totals for the two previous years.
1919 ...
1918 ...
»w...
1
2
3
4
5
6
Under 20.
20 to 40.
40 to 60.
Upwards of 00.
Total.
M. F.
T.
M. F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
■It
...
2
2
58
9
07
88
14
4
18
1
1
75
13
88
...
1 ...
1
77 11
13
1
14
1
...
1
92
12
104
••'
...
8 4
12
72 I 15
1
87
8
1
9
...
...
...
88
20
108
The figures iu ihc etutoweut exclude cuues under obkerraliou.
vi
STATEMENT
Shotoivg the types of insanity of the Lunatics in the
Cases.
I. —Error of development.
144.
II.—Disorder of
(a)
Idiocy.
M.
T.
(6)
Moral (eon-
genital) imbe-
cility.
145.
Mania (acute, recurrent or chronic).
(a)
Puerperal.
(5)
Epileptic.
(c)
Alcoliolic.
Senile.
to
Other forms
M. F.
T.
M. F.
I
T.
M. F.
M.
T. M. F.
M. F. T.
Remaining on 31st December of the
preceding year.
Admitted during the year
Total Troated
("Recovered
Improved
Discharged
... .
Not impro-
ved
^Otherwise
Escaped
Died
Remaining on the 31st December 1919
Cases.
10
1 15
18
14
18
21
17
09
30
129
68
U
64
162
41
193
38
9
1
13
149
11
12
13
14
15
III.—Result of infective, toxic and other general conditions.
153.
Post febrile
insanity.
154.
Acute
delirium.
155.
Confessional
insanity.
M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T.
156.
Alcoholic
insanity
(acute or
chronic).
157.
Insanity of
Myxcederna.
162.
Insanity
caused by
cannabis
Indica
or
its prepara-
tion
or
derivatives
158-161 and 163.
Insanity from
other causes.
M. F T. M. F.
M.
remaining on 31s* December of the preceding
year.
Admitted during the year
...
Total
Discharged].
("Recovered
I Improved
...4 Ho*, improved
1 Otherwise
Kooapod
Died
&
■ •I
.<■■
Bemam u|<, on 31st December 1910
T.
48
20
08
14
F.
Gli
63
The figures in the Statement
vii
No. VI.
Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur during the year 1919.
I ■ I
8(a)
function.
146.
Melancholia (acute, recurrent or chronic).
(a)
Hypo-
ohbndrloal.
(«)
Puerperal.
(«)
Senile.
M. P.
M. F. T. M.
T.
(d)
Other forms.
117.
Circular
insanity.
148.
Mental stupor.
Ancrgic.
(b)
Delusional.
149.
Delusional
insanity (acyte
or chronic),
151 and 162.
Impulsive and
abcessive
insanity.
Total of Colu«
mns 2 to 8.
M. F.
M. P.
M. P.
T. M. F.
M. P.
T.
M. F.
M.
T.
133
27
18
169 £0
1G
1
4
139
151
29
180
IS
18
1
5
157
7 ...
258
00
318
76
18
89
88
3
2
16
259
334
78
407
8
46
1C
17
18
19
1
4
...
2
3
19
77
336
20
IV.—Degencrat ions.
Declared to have
recovered, or not
yet diagnosed or
under observa-
tion.
Total of ColumnB
8 (a) to 18.
1
164.
Gcnoral
paralysis of
tha insane.
166.
Dementia (Primary or Secondary).
(a)
(6)
(c)
Id)
Remarks.
Senile.
Epileptic.
Syphilitic.
Other forms.
M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
"1
6
2
8
312
79
391 (1) Observation casos.
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86
15
101
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3
15 | 398
91
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3
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1
60
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9
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1
18
3
21
5
5
317
79
396
welUo cases under observation,
A'111
STATEMENT No. VII.
Showing AEtiological Factors and Associated Conditions in the patients admitted into the Provincial
Lunatic Asylum at lezpur during the year 1919.
^tiological Factors and Associated Conditions.
Prodisposing cause.
Exciting cause.
Total.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
A.—Heredity-
1. Insane ...
2 Epileptic
3. .Neurotic
4. Marked eccentricity
5. Alcoholism
■#•—Mental instability, as revealed 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. Puberty and adolescence
2. Climacteric
3. Senility
JE,— Child bearing—
1. Pregnancy
2. Puerperal
3. Lactation
F.—Mental stress—
1. Sudden
2. Prolonged
G.—Physiological defects and errors-
1. Malnutrition (in early life)
2. Privation and starvation
3. Over-exevtion (physical)
4. Sexual excess
c ..
If.—Toxic—
1. Alcohol
2. Opium and morphia
8. Cocaine
4. Ganju,, charas or bl ang
6. Fever...
...
6. Tuberculosis
7. Syphilis, acquired ...
,,
congenital
8. Plague ...
9. Other toxins
J.~ Traumatic—
1. Injuries
...
2. Operations
3. Sunstroke
J.—Diseases of nervous system-*
1. Lesions of brain ...
..7
2.
„
of spinal cord and nerves
3. Epilepsy
4. Other defined neuroses
...
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|X.—iVb cause ass
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The figures :
In two cases
[fresh admissions.
Wzpur Lunati c
Asylum, 1919
_M
STATEMENT No. IX.
Shoving the sanctioned establishment of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Tezpnr ac It stood on
the ?>\sl December 1910.
Establishment.
Numlier.
Monthly wages.
Remarks.
Superintendent
Deputy Superintendent
Second Sub-Assislant Surgeon...
Clerk and Store keeper (combined)
Matron.
Compounder
Jamadars
Male keepers
Female keepers
Male Gate-keepers
Female Gate-keepers
Barber
Sweepers
Total
•••
Daily average number of <
C Males
Females
Proportion of
C Jamadars to males
) Jamadarins to females
...
1 Male keepers to males
(..Female keepers to females ...
1
2
45
11
2
2
1
12
81
Us. a. P
250 0 0
110 0 0
85 0 0
46 0 0
30 0 0
20 0 0
35 0 0
564 0 0
141 0 0
20 0 0
20 0 0
15 0 0
Imludts fixed special
allowance of Rs. 50.
Includes special allowance
of Rs. 25—f—50.
Sanctioned already by
Government j but not
entertained
yet for
financial stringency.
1 at Rs. 20, and 1 at
Rs. 15.
3 at Rs. 15, 4 at Rs. It,
7 at Rs. 13 and 31 at
Rs. 12.
1 at Rs. 15, 1 at Rs. 14,
4 at Rs. 13 and 5 at
Rs. 12.
2 at Rs. 10 each.
Ditto.
158 0 0
1,494 0 0
323-99
78--6G
161-99
(There is no jamadarin.)
720
7*15
2 at Rs. 15, 3 at Rs. 14,
2 at Rs. 13 and 5 at
Rs. 12.
XI
STATEMENT No. X.
Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of Manufactures in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur
during the year 1919 and the two previous years.
Mean population.
Males. Females.
Tczpnr Lunatic
Asylum, 1919
1918
1917
323-99
300-93
7866
75-78
271-46
6998
Total.
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330 9 7
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238 2 7
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437 6 1
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1,468 14 5
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18,546 5 2
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Asylum, 1919 ...
1918 ...
1917 ...
Es. a. p.
9 9 9
483 9 6
1,425 0 0
Es. a. p.
1,440 15 2
906 1 4
Bs. a. p
7,245 11 0
6,994 8 6
659 5 0 7,225 3 10
Es. a. p
229 13 0
220 0 0
68 15 0
Es. a. p
72 0 9
34 6 8
Es. a. p.
Es. a. p.
9,435 7 9, 9,110 13 5
9,140 7 3, 5,975 12 5
110,015 11 5 5,189 5 8
Es. a. p.
78-34
96-53
99-11
33-72
34-08
11206
13001
33-97 133-08
Pi.wi $$ Includes Ra. 423-11-6 for yarn sold to Tezpur Jail in September 1918 adjuited by Book Transfer in 1919 and I!«. 160 for Lunatics' labour supplied to
™wie Works Department adjusted by Book Transfer in 1919.
A - B. P. 0. (M. & E.) No. 4-202-1.5-1920-D. C. K,
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FK(
TRIENNIAL REPORT
ON THE
PROVINCIAL LUNATIC ASYLUM IN ASSAM
TOR THE
Years I9IS, I9I9 and i920<
BY
LIEUT.-COLONEL BEN. H. DEARE, I.M.S.,
OITG. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF CIVIL HOSPITALS, ASSAM.
SIIILLONG :
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(11) Messrs. Students & Co., Cooch Bihar,
(12) Messrs. Vas & Co., Madras.
(13) The Standard Literature Co. limited, 13-1. Old Court
House Street, Calcutta,
(li) Ihe Standard Book Stall, Karachi.
15. Mr. Mangaldas Harkisandas, Surafc.
(16) Messrs. Karsandas. Narandas & Sons of Surat.
(17) Munshi Seeta Ram Managing Proprietor, Indian
Army Book Depot Juhi, Cownpore.
(18) Proprietor, New Kitabkhana, Poona.
(19) The Association Press, Calcutta.
Agents in Great Britain.
(1) Messrs. Constable k Co., 10, Orange Street, Leicester
Square, W. C.
(i) Messrs. Regan Paul, Trerich, Trubner k Co.,
68—74, Carter Lane, E. C„ London. Oriental Depart-
ment, 25, Musueiu Street, London, W. C.
(3) Mr. B. yuantch, u, Grafton Street, New Bond
Street, \V„
(4) Messrs. P. S. King A Son, 9, Bridge Street, West-
minster, S. W., London.
(5) Mr. B. H. Blackwell, 50 and 51, Broad Street,
Oxford. _
(6) Messrs. Deighton Bell k Co., Limited, Cambridge.
(7) Messrs. Henry S. King St Co., 65, Cornhill, E. C„
London.
(8) Messrs. Grindlay & Co., 54, Parliament Street
S.'W., London.
(9) Messrs. W. Thacker & Co., 2, Creed Lane, London,
E. C.
(10) Messrs. Luzac k Co., 4 6 i Great Russell Street,
London, W. C.
(11) Mr. J. Fisher Unwin, 1, Adelphi Terrace, London,
VV. C.
(12) Messrs. Welldon and Wesley Limited, 28, Essex
Street, London, W. C
(.'3) Messrs. Oliver and Boyed, Tweeddale Courf,
Edinburgh.
(14) Messrs. E. Ponsonby, Ltd., 116, Grafton Street,
Dublin.
Agents on the Continent of Europe.
1) M. Earnest Leroux, 28, Rue Bonaparte, Paris,
(2) Marfcinus Nijhoff, The Hague.
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PRINTED SY H. II, KING, OPFG. SUFERIKTEMDENTj ASBiMlSECRSTARUT, PRESS,
TRIENNIAL REPORT
ON THE
PROVINCIAL LUNATIC ASYLUM IN ASSAM
TOR TEE
Years I9I8, I9I9 and i92C.
Introductory.
Major J. W. McCoy, I.M s., held charge of the Pro-
vincial Lunatic Asylum at Tezpur during the trienniurn.
Third-grade Sub-Assistant Surgeon Mukhtar Hu?sain was Deputy Superinten-
dent throughout the triennium.
GENERAL.
Statement No. 1.
The total number of lunatics under confinement was 167 in 1918, 492 in 1919 .
and 492 in 1920 against 420 in 1915, 477 in 1916 and
459 in 1917.
The main features regarding admissions during the two triennia were that the
daily average strength increased from 341*44 in 1917 to 393 58 in 1920. The dis-
tricts of Sylhet, Sibsagar, Kamrup, Oachar and Darrang furnished the largost
numbers.
The number of re-admis?ions has fallen from 32 in the previous trienuium to
18 in the present. All were non-criminals, there being
Re-admissions.
nQ or i mma ]_ re-admissions during the triennium. The
intervals since discharge were 1 month to 7 years.
The number of discharges excluding observation cases and escapes wa3 46 in
1918, 64 in 1919 and 52 in 1920 or an average of 54
Disc arges.
against 59'33 in the previous trienuium. There were
39 recoveries in 1920, and an average of 45*33 against aD average of 51*33 during
the previous three years. The number made over to their friends and relatives
as mentally improved was 13 in 1920 or an average of S*G6 against 800 in the
preceding triennium. The percentage of recoveries on the daily average strength
was 982 in 1918, 1190 in 1919 and 9*78 in 1920.
Escapes number 69 against 63 in the previous triennium. Of these, 59 were
recaptured and 10 are still at large. As many as 49
ftpes '
occurred from inside the palisading.
It is satisfactory to note the decline in the triennium under review in admis-
sions from important diseases such as Tuberculosis, Dysentery and Malaria. This
points to efficient administration.
The total number of criminal lunatics admitted were 35 in 1920 or an average
of 32 against 31*66 in the triennium ending 1917. Of
the total number of admissions in the triennium, 19 were
discharged, 2 escaped and 15 died.
Out of a total number of 272 admissions, 179 or 05"81 per cent, were natives of
the province and 63 or 23*16 per cent, were natives of other
^S^iSS^^
provinces including tea-garden ooolies. The residences
. of the remaining 30 were unknown. Classified by reli-
gion, 183 or 67'28 per cent, were Hindus, 53 or 19*19 per cent, were Mahomedans,
3 or 1*10 per cent, were Christians and 83 or 12*13 per cent, belonged to other
Statement II—Criminal lunatics.
2
castes. The percentage figures for the previous triennium were 76*13, 15* 16, '2g
and 8*43, respectively. The proportion of males to females was 616 to 1 against
500 to 1 in the previous triennium.
statements Nos. iv 'and V - . Th e ] argest number of insanes were among cultivators,
Previous occupation and age.
tea-garden coolies and military men mostly from overseas
and between 20 and 40 years of age.
Mania, which was the chief form of insanity, accounted for 42 admissions in
«5ff
» w *T ,™
1918,44 in 1919 and 45 in 1920. The admissions for
^ffST&^S,^^ Melancholia were 42 in 1918, 29 in 1019 and 29 in 1920.
nit J-
The number of recoveries from Mania was 14 in 1918
28 in 1919 and 19 in 1920 and from Melancholia 17, is
and 12, respectively.
t
The principal predisposing and exciting causes of those admitted during the
triennium were :—
Heredity
Mental instability
Critical periods...
Mental stress ...
...
Toxic
...
Diseases of Nervous system...
•i*
No cause assignable—unknown
Total
Grand total
Vital.
iposing.
Exciting
27
0
20
0
1
0
11
S3
8
54
9
2
76
89
0
110
76
199
The total number of admissions to the hospital was 195 in 1918, 138 in 1919
ro«"w A * !•*
and 119 in 192() witn a dail y average sick of 89*36, 95*32,
Sickness and mortahty.
and ^ resp ectively, against 123 in 1915, 222 in 1916
and 122 in 1917 with a daily average sick of 60*46, 85*63 and 78*40, respectively.
The statement below compares the total admissions and those for the more pre"
valent diseases for the triennium under report with the figures of the preceding three
years.
—
1918.
1819,
1920.
Total.
Previous trien-
nium.
1
-
2
s
4
6
«
Tuber oulosis
...
...
»••
11
5
7
23
40
Dysentery
• • ■
• ■.
...
19
13
16
48
103
Malaria ...
...
• a.
•«•
1
8
S
12
27
Pyrexia of uncertain origin
...
• ••
...
1
0
8
9
18
Diarrhoea ..
• >.
...
...
0
7
12
19
18
Abscess, Ulcers
...
...
...
7
10
10
27
33
Exhaustion after mania
...
...
...
8
12
6
26
81
Epilepsy...
...
• a .
...
7
6
...
12
23
Influenza,..
...
...
...
97
89
...
136
...
All other diseases ...
•••
...
...
44
39
67
140
168
Total
...
195
138
119
452
467
The gradual fall in admissions to hospital during the triennium was due to less
number of admission from influenza in 1919 and no admission from the same source in
1920. There was no death amongst influenza patients. It is noteworthy that no cases
of influenza occurred among the Tuberculosis patients.
There were 22 deaths in 1918, 21 in 1919 and 14 in 1920, the percentage of
deaths to daily average strength being 5*84, 5*21 and 3'51 respectively against 8*92 in
1915, 1444 in 1916 and 556 in 1917.
During the triennium Tuberculosis was responsible for 26*31 per cent, of the
mortality against 25 per cent, in the preceding triennium.
The statement below shows the causes of deaths during the triennium under
review : —
Tuberculosis of lungs
...
.
„
of Intestines
Dysentery
...
...
.
Pneumonia
...
...
•
Status epilepticus
...
...
,
Exhaustion after mania
Senility
...
Bright's Disease
Homicide
Suicide
Cerebral Haemorrhage
Exhaustion following chronic colitis
Impaction of foreign body in the Oesophagus
Septicaemia
...
Injury
Ankylostomiasis
Structure of urethra
1918.
1919.
1920.
3
2
3
1
2
1
22
Remarks.
21
14
The ratios of deaths per cent, of average strength amongst the inmates of the
Lunatic Asylums in the different provinces of India in 1920 were as follows : —
Assam
Central Provinces
Bihar and Orissa
Burma
Bengal
United Provinces
Bombay
Punjab
Madras
8-51
8-28
8-65
929
10-55
11-05
12-3
12 63
13 52
Finance.
Excluding receipts from paying patients and miscellaneous receipts which were
Statements Nos VIII IX and X credited to Government, the total expenditure for the
ments Nos. VIII, IX, and X. upteep Q{ ^ Asylumg wag Rg 7-4,068-8-9 in 1918,
Us. 79,286-4-3 in 1919 and Es. 1,12,138-12-10 in 1920, i.e., an average of Rs. 88,497-
13-11 against Es. 66,984-0-8 in the previous triennium. The cost per head was
Us. 196-9-11 in 1918, Es. 196-14-7 in 1919 and Rs. 281-5-6 in 1920 against Es. 174-
J-H Rs. 197-3-9 and Es. 214-2-6 in 1915, 1916 and 1917, respectively. Excluding
tue Public Works Department charges, repairs and maintenance, rates and taxes
re ceipts from paying patients and profit on manufactures, the average cost per inmate
*orks out to Es. 139-3-10 in 1918, Es. 147-12-10 in 1919 and Es. 161-15-5 in 1920
a ganist Es. 104-5-11, Es. 115-0-2 and Es, 141-6-10 in 1915, 1916 and 1917, res-
pectively.