NationalLibraryOfScotland/medical-history-of-british-india huggingface dataset:
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Showing the alleged causes of Insanity among the Lunatics in the Asylums in the Punjab during the year 1897.
Remained ... ... ...
Admit-
ted
Criminal
...
...
Non-criminal ...
Total treated ...
Recovered
...
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...
Improved ... ... ...
Otherwise
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Died
...
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...
Remaining
...
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...
Admit-
ted.
Criminal ... ...
Non-criminal ... ...
Total treated ...
Recovered
...
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...
Improved ... ... ...
Died
...
...
...
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
PHYSICAL CAUSES—concluded.
On acconnt
of never hav-
ing menstru-
ation.
Males.
41
Females.
42
Total.
43
Hereditary.
Males.
44
Females.
45
Total.
46
Excessive
heat.
Males.
47
Females.
48
Total.
49
Masturbation.
Males.
50
Females.
51
Total.
52
Operation
on piles.
Males.
53
Females.
54
Total.
55
Excessive
sexual desire.
Males.
56
Females.
57
Total.
58
Total
Physical.
Males.
59
Females.
60
Total.
61
22
23
24
MORAL CAUSES.
Grief.
Males.
62
Females.
63
Total.
64
Other causes.
Males.
65
Females.
66
Total.
67
Total Moral
Males.
68
Females.
69
Total.
70
25
Total known.
Males.
71
Females.
72
Total.
73
26
Total
unknown.
Males.
74
Females.
75
Total.
76
27
Grand Total.
Males.
77
Females.
78
Total.
79
LAHORE.
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51
3
6
60
2
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3
16
1
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17
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67
4
6
77
2
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3
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1
1
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1
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1
1
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1
4
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1
5
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7
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7
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11
...
1
12
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4
...
1
5
...
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7
...
1
8
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1
11
...
2
13
...
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...
1
55
3
7
65
2
...
...
3
23
1
1
25
...
...
1
78
4
8
90
2
...
...
4
130
22
55
207
24
8
13
15
30
1
19
50
4
1
5
2
160
23
74
257
28
9
18
17
185
25
62
272
26
8
13
18
53
2
20
75
4
1
5
3
238
27
82
347
30
9
18
21
DELHI.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
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1
...
...
1
...
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...
1
...
1
2
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1
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1
1
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1
...
2
3
...
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1
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...
1
...
1
2
2
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1
...
1
2
2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
1
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1
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1
1
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33
1
9
43
5
5
4
6
1
2
9
3
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39
2
11
52
8
5
4
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3
3
5
11
3
2
...
2
...
1
3
...
2
5
3
6
14
3
4
...
36
4
14
54
8
7
4
8
1
3
12
3
2
...
44
5
17
66
11
9
4
56
6
18
80
8
3
4
26
1
6
33
3
1
3
82
7
24
113
11
4
7
92
10
32
134
16
10
8
34
2
9
45
6
3
3
126
12
41
179
22
13
11
19
STATEMENT No. IX.
Showing the Cash Account of the Lunatic Asylums in the Punjab for the year 1897.
NAME OF ASYLUM.
1
Lahore ... ...
Delhi
...
...
Total for the Pro-
vince.
RECEIPTS.
Received
from Treasury.
2
Rs.
32,631
10,637
43,469
a.
13
12
9
p.
1
10
11
Received
from paying patients.
3
Rs.
710
125
836
a.
12
14
11
p.
9
6
3
Value of stores received
from the
Manufacturing Department
less cost
of raw materials.
4
Rs.
2,869
1,440
4,304
a.
6
11
1
p.
8
2
10
Book reeeipts, i.c., the total of expondi-
ture entered In columns 19, 20 and
21.
5
Rs.
2,440
264
2,705
a.
6
11
2
p.
9
5
2
Miscellaneous receipts.
6
Rs.
131
14
145
a.
8
4
12
p.
0
9
9
Total.
7
Rs.
38,777
12,683
51,461
a.
15
6
5
p.
3
8
11
CHARGES.
Establishment.
Establishment proper.
8
Rs.
6,750
2,478
9,226
a.
3
3
7
p.
8
4
0
Superintendence.
9
Rs.
3,000
1,200
4,200
a.
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
Diet.
10
Rs.
17,457
7,130
24,588
a.
5
12
1
p.
4
1
5
Clothing and bedding.
11
Rs.
5,633
748
6,381
a.
5
7
13
p.
5
8
1
Bazár medicines.
12
Rs.
29
15
44
a.
13
1
15
p.
10
10
8
Contingencies.
Contingencies proper.
13
Rs.
1,334
203
1,538
a.
12
10
6
p.
1
0
1
Repairs and maintenance.
14
Rs.
1,077
1,077
a.
14
14
p.
5
5
Rates
and taxes.
15
Rs.
211
211
a.
13
13
p.
0
0
Remitted to Treasury on account of
paying patients.
16
Rs.
842
396
1,238
a.
4
5
9
p.
9
1
10
Miscellaneous items.
17
Rs. a. p.
246
246
3
3
3
3
Total of columns 8—17.
18
Rs.
36,337
12,418
48,756
a.
8
11
3
p.
6
3
9
Book Charges,
Charges
on account of work
done
by the Public Works
Department.
19
Rs.
2,255
55
2,311
a.
12
11
8
p.
3
10
1
Cost of printed
forms and sta-
tionery.
20
Rs.
31
23
55
a.
11
15
10
p.
4
5
9
Cost of English stores, medi-
cines, &c.
21
Rs.
152
185
337
a.
15
0
15
p.
2
2
4
Total of columns 18—21.
22
Rs.
38,777
12,683
51,461
a.
15
6
5
p.
3
8
11
REMARKS.
23
NOTE.—In the figures of the Delhi Lunatic Asylum for 1896. on account of establishment, a sum of Rs. 76 was shown in excess in connection with a revision of establishment.
20
STATEMENT No. X.
Showing the Sanctioned Establishment of the Lunatic Asylums in the Punjab as it stood on the 31st December 1897.
1
Establishment.
LAHORE.
Superintendent
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Hospital Assistant and Deputy Superintendent ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Clerk.
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Moharrir
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Head Warder
...
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...
... ... ... ... ... ...
1st Class Warders, 2 at Rs. 12 and 1 at Rs. 10 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2nd
do.,
1 at Rs. 9 and 6 at Rs. 8 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
3rd
do.,
at Rs. 7 each
...
...
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Compounder
...
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... ...
Cook
...
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...
Gardener
...
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...
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...
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...
Sweepers, 1 at Rs. 6 and 3 at Rs. 5 each ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mattron
...
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...
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...
female warder
...
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Female Warders, at Rs. 5 each
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...
Female Sweeper
...
...
...
...
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...
Daily average number of males
Do.
do.
females
Proportion of
Jemadárs to males
Jemadárnfs to females
...
Male keepers to males
...
Female keepers to females...
201.12
56.48
1 to 201.12
1 to 56.48
1 to 6.70
1 to 28.24
DELHI.
Superitendent
...
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...
Hospital Assistant and Deputy Superintendent ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Compounder and Head Warder
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1st Class Warder
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2nd
do.,
at Rs. 8 each
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3rd
do.,
atRs. 7 each
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Gardener
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Sweepers, at Rs. 4 each
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Barber
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Matron
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Assistant
Matron
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Female Sweeper
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...
Paid to Delhi Jail for cooking bread for the lunatics ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Daily average number of males
Do,
do.
females
Proportion of
Jemadárs to males ...
Jemadárnís to females
Male keepers to males
Female keepers to females
93.31
34.84
1 to93.31
1 to34.84
1 to9.30
1 to17.42
2
Number.
1
1
1
1
1
3
7
20
1
1
1
4
1
2
1
3
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
115
25
15
18
34
67
140
8
10
10
21
40
8
10
4
a.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
7
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
100
80
20
9
16
49
8
12
2
10
5
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
STATEMENT No. XI.
Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of Manufactures in the Lunatic Asylums in the Punjab during the year 1897.
1
NAME OF
ASYLUM.
1
Lahore ...
Delhi ...
Total for Pro-
vince.
2
NAME POPULATION.
Males.
2
201.12
93.31
294.43
Females.
3
56.48
34.84
91.32
Total.
4
257.60
128.15
385.75
3 4
5 6
7
8
CREDITS.
Cash paid into Treasury for
articles sold.
5
Rs.
131
270
401
a. 8
6
14
p. 0
3
3
Value of manufactured goods
made over to asylum for
asylum purposes.
6
Rs.
5,372
1,375
6,747
a. 8
3
11
p. 4
6
10
Value of raw material in store
at the end of the year.
7
Rs.
176
37
214
a. 13
7
4
p. 6
4
10
Value
of manufactured goods
in store at the end of the
year.
8
Rs.
11
193
204
a. 12
0
12
p. 0
4
4
Value of plant and machinery
in store at the end of the
year.
9
Rs.
382
130
513
a. 15
14
13
p. 9
0
9
Total Credits.
10
Rs.
6,075
2,006
8,082
a. 9
15
9
p. 7
5
0
9
10
11
12 13 14 15
DEBITS.
Value of manufactured goods
in store on 1st January.
11
Rs.
17
117
135
a. 12
13
9
p. 6
0
6
Value of raw material in store
on 1st January.
12
Rs.
355
12
367
a. 1
2
4
p. 10
10
8
Value of plant and machinery
in store on 1st January.
13
Rs. 382
135
518
a. 15
14
13
p. 9
0
9
Raw material purchased.
14
Rs. 2,381
190
2,572
a. 6
10
0
p. 8
2
10
Contingencies of manufacture.
15
Rs.
127
246
373
a. 11
3
14
p. ...
3
3
All other charges.
16
...
...
...
Total Debits.
17
Rs.
3,264
702
3,967
a. 15
11
11
p. 9
3
0
16 17
RESULT.
Excess of credits or profits.
18
Rs. 2,810
1,304
4,114
a. 9
4
14
p. 10
2
0
Excess of debits or loss.
19
...
...
...
18
REMARKS.
20
Average number of
lunatics employed
on manufacture—
M. 166.59
31.87
198.46
F. 26.44
4.00
30.44
Total. 193.03
35.87
228.90
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE LUNATIC ASYLUM
IN THE
PUNJAB
FOR THE YEAR 1898
Published
by
Authority.
Price-Re. 0-9-0.
Lahore :
THE "CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE " PRESS,
Contractors to the Punjab Government.
1899
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS
IN THE
PUNJAB
FOR THE YEAR 1898.
Published
by
Authority.
Lahore:
THE " CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE " PRESS,
Sole Contractors for Printing to the Punjab Government.
1899
Proceedings of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, in the Home (Medical and Sanitary)
Department, No. 130 S., dated 31st May 1899.
READ—
The Report of the Lahore and Delhi Lunatic Asylums for the year 1898, received with the
letter from the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Punjab, No. 1378, dated the 1st of
April 1899.
REMARKS—
Lahore Asylum.
The number of patients remaining in this Asylum on the 31st of
December 1898, viz. 291, was the largest yet recorded since the existence
of the institution. The largest number previously returned as being in the
Asylum at the end of the year was 285 in 1885. It will also be seen
from the following table that of late years the population of the Asylum, as
well as the number remaining at the end of the year, has shown a decided
tendency to increase:—
YEAR.
1895
...
...
...
...
1896
...
...
...
...
1897
...
...
...
...
1898
...
...
...
...
POPULATION.
Males.
253
262
272
297
Females.
62
72
75
81
Total.
315
334
347
378
REMAINING ON 31ST DECEMBER.
Males.
172
185
207
230
Females.
49
53
62
61
Total.
221
238
269
291
The total population 378 (297 males, 81 females) and the average daily
strength 286.19 (222.80 males, 63.39 females) were also the largest on record.
It is probable that the increase both here and at the Delhi Asylum is due to greater
readiness on the part of Magistrates to pass orders for the admission of lunatics
to Asylums and to greater willingness on the part of friends to place patients under
treatment, rather than to any general increase of insanity in the Province. The
number of criminal lunatics admitted to both Asylums fell off greatly in 1898,
but there has been a steady rise at Lahore in the daily average strength under
this head.
2. Allowing 50 superficial feet per patient the present Lahore Asylum
p rovides accommodation for 296 persons (248 males, 48 females). It would there-
fore appear that, apart from the considerations of unhealthiness and unsuitability
that have condemned the present Asylum, the provision of a new building
would have become a necessity in the near future, unless serious overcrowding
were to be permitted, the maximum number confined on any one night during the
year 1898 having been 298 (235 males, 63 females). It may be here mentioned
that the new Asylum now under construction at Lahore to accommodate the
patients of both the Lahore and Delhi Asylums is gradually approaching comple-
tion, and may be expected to be ready for occupation towards the end of this
year, or soon after.
3. The re-admissions to the Lahore Asylum numbered 15 against 10 in
1897 and 10 in 1896. This was also the largest number of re-admissions on
record. Four of them were re-captured. There seems no reason to suppose
that the unusually large number of re-admissions was due to patients being
3
Delhi Asylum.
Cures.
1897
...
...
...
1898 ... ... ...
Average of past 10 years ...
17.16
14.55
18.36
Deaths.
1897 ... ... ...
1898
...
...
...
Average of past 10 years ...
8.58
10.71
10.63
10. In this Asylum also the numbers remaining on the 31st December
1898 (133), total population (180),the daily average strength(130.61), and the
daily average sick (7.59), were in each instance the highest on record. The
percentage of cures and deaths to daily average strength is compared in the state-
ment given on the margin, from which it would
appear that the percentage of cures decreased,
while that of deaths increased, both in respect to
the percentages of the year 1897 and the average
percentages of the past 10 years. With regard to
the death-rate, and to the daily average sick-rate,
7.59 compared with 6.92 in 1897, it does not
appear that the year was a particularly unhealthy
one. Indeed pneumonia cases fell off from 10 in
1897 to 4 in 1898, but of these 4, no less than 3
succumbed to the disease.
11. In the Delhi Asylum there was no escape during the year 1898—a
fact that reflects credit on the watch and ward. Notwithstanding the necessity
of an outlay on clothing, bedding, jerseys, blankets and new uniforms for warders,
the cost per head consequent on the cheapening of food stuffs fell from Rs. 93-5-5
to Rs. 88-10-4, and there was a satisfactory increase of Rs. 266-10-9 in profits
on manufactures and labour. The Lieutenant-Governor is particularly glad to
notice that the garden was worked satisfactorily: this, as has frequently been
observed, is a work on which the patients may be employed with advantage to
both mind and body. It is not, however, said that any attempt was made this
year to provide the patients with any recreation in the shape of amusements.
12. Finally, the Lieutenant-Governor is very glad to notice the report
that the establishments of both Asylums worked well.
ORDER—Ordered, that a copy of the Report and of the foregoing remarks
be forwarded to the Government of India, in the Home Department, for inform-
ation : also that the review be published in the Punjab Gazette.
Ordered also, that a copy of the foregoing remarks be forwarded to the
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Punjab, for information.
By order of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab,
H. J. MAYNARD,
Judicial and General Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Punjab Government Press, Lahore—10.6.99—10
No. 1378.
FROM
COLONEL A. DEANE, M.D., I.M.S.,
Offg. Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Punjab,
TO
H. J. MAYNARD, ESQUIRE,
Judicial and General Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Dated LAHORE, the 1st April 1899.
SIR,
I have the honor to submit the Annual Returns of the Lahore and Delhi
Lunatic Asylums for the year 1898.
STATEMENT
NO. I.—POPULATION.
2. Lahore.—On the 1st January 1898, there were 269 lunatics remain-
ing in the Lahore Asylum; of these 207 were males and 62 females. During
the year, 94 persons were admitted, namely, 79 males and 15 females. There
were also 15 re-admissions; 11 of these were men and 4 women.
3. The history of many of the re-admissions is interesting. Four were
men who had escaped and were re-captured; one was the case of a man sent
twice to be kept under observation and neither time found insane; and another
was a woman who had been in the Asylum for one month in the year 1895, and
who was sent back in May 1898 to be kept under observation. She was not
insane. One lunatic had been discharged as improved and made over to her
relations, but she was brought back within two months by them as unmanage-
able. Three others were absent for two years or more. One, a non-criminal,
who had been absent for sixteen months, was brought back as a criminal One
woman was sent to her friends, remained with them for seventeen days, but
finding her home uncongenial, came back of her own accord; she was found to be
insane and detained. A charas-smoker had been under treatment for four
months. On release, he relapsed into his former habits, and after an absence of
twenty-two days was brought back insane.
4. The total population in 1898 was 378, of whom 297 were males and
81 females. , In the previous year 347 lunatics were confined, 272 being males
and 75 females.
5. There were 61 persons discharged during the year under the follow-
ing heads:—
Cured
...
...
...
...
...
Improved
...
...
...
...
...
Otherwise (including one escape) ... ...
Total ....
Males.
31
9
10
50
Female.
5
4
2
11
Total.
36
13
12
61
6. The varieties of insanity under which cures were reported were:—
Mania ... ... ... ... ...
Melancholla
...
...
...
...
Total ...
33
3
36
7. The deaths during the year were 26 in number, 17 males and 9
females.
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8. The figures, therefore, for 1898 give the following results :—
Remained on 1st January ... ... ... ...
Admitted or re-admitted during the year ...
Total ...
Discharged, escaped or died ... ... ... ...
Remaining on 3lst December 1898
...
...
Males.
207
90
297
67
230
Females.
62
19
81
20
61
Total.
269
109
378
87
291
9. The population at the close of the year was thus 22 in excess of the
year 1897, 53 in excess of the year 1896 and 70 in excess of 1895. This steady
rise in the population of the Lahore Asylum is serious; and it is impossible to
explain it with any degree of accuracy.
10. The daily average strength was 222.80 males and 63.39 females ;
total 286.19. For the previous year the average strength was 201.12 males,
56.48 females; total 257.60.
11. The percentage of cures to the daily average strength was 12.57 in
1898, compared with 11.64 in 1897 and 16.17 in 1896. The average of cures
for the past ten years was 14.25 per cent. In 1896 it was unusually high.
12. The percentage of deaths to the daily average strength was 9.08,
compared with 8.15 in 1897. This may be considered fairly low, with an
average for the past ten years of 11.33 per cent.
13. Delhi.—At the commencement of the year 119 lunatics remained;
viz., 87 males and 32 females. There were 49 admissions, 41 being males and
8 females. The re-admissions were 12, or 9 males and 3 females. The total
population thus came to 180, of whom 1.37 were males and 43 females. The
total population of the previous year was 179, of whom 134 were males and
45 females.
14. The persons discharged were of the following classes :—
Cured
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Improved ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Not improved ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Otherwise ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Males.
16
5
4
4
29
Females.
3
...
1
...
4
Total.
19
5
5
4
33
15. The cures took place in the following varieties of insanity:—
Mania
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Melancholia
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Delusional insanity
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
16
2
1
16. Nine males and 5 females died during the year.
17. Thus for 1898 there were:—
Remaining on 1st January
...
...
...
Admitted or re-admitted during the year ...
Total ...
Discharged and died
...
...
...
Remaining on 3st December 1898
...
...
Males.
87
50
137
38
99
Females.
32
11
43
9
34
Total.
119
61
180
47
133
18. As was the case in the Lahore Asylum, the population at the close
of the year at Delhi was in excess (14) of the population in 1897. The increase
is very considerable.
19. The daily average strength was, males 96.58, females 34.03; total
130.61. During the previous year it was 128.15. It was remarked in the
report for 1897 that the daily average for that year was the highest on record,
and the tendency seems to be to rise higher.
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20. The percentage of cures to the daily average strength was 14.55,
compared with 17.16 in 1897. The average percentage is 18.36.
21. The death percentage in 1898 was 10.71, compared with 8.58 in
1897. The average percentage is 10.63.
STATEMENT NO. II.—CRIMINAL LUNATICS.
22. Lahore.—At the close of 1897 there were 72 criminal lunatics con-
fined, 66 males and 6 females. Twelve males were admitted and 4 re-admitted
during the year 1898. The total criminal population, therefore, amounted to
88, of whom 82 were males and 6 were females.
23. These were classified as follows :—
Tried and acquitted on the ground of insanity
...
...
...
Admitted insane and incapable of making a defence ... ...
Became insane while undergoing imprisonment ... ... ...
Total ...
25
37
26
88
24. Five lunatics were transferred to the non-criminal class, 3 were
sent back to jail, 4 were sent back to their districts to make their defence,
1 escaped and 4 died. At the close of the year 71 remained in the Asylum,
67 males and 4 females.
25. The daily average strength in 1898 was 73.51, compared with
68.37 in 1897. The criminal class of lunatic thus continues to steadily increase
in number, until it is now about one-fourth of the number of inmates in the
Lahore Asylum.
26. Delhi.—On the 31st December 1897 there were 12 criminal lunatics
in confinement, 9 males and 3 females. In 1898 there were 4 admissions, 3 men
and 1 woman, making a total of 16, or 12 men and 4 women. During the year
2 were transferred to the non-criminal class, 2 transferred to jail, and 1 was
made over in a dying condition to her friends, leaving a total of 11 at the close
of the year.
27. These were classed as follows : —
Tried and acquitted on the ground of insanity ... ... ...
Found incapable of milking a defence ... ... ... ...
Became insane while undergoing imprisonment ... ... ...
Total ... ...
2
13
1
16
28. The daily average strength of criminal lunatics in the Delhi Asylum
was 11.90, compared with 13.74 in 1897.
ESCAPES.
29. Lahore.—There were only three escapes from the Lahore Asylum
during 1898, 1 criminal and 2 non-criminals.
The criminal has not
been re-captured. One of the non-criminals was brought back after an absence
of ten days, and the other was re-captured the day on which he escaped. This
is an improvement in last year's record. Delhi.—No escape.
STATEMENT III.—RELIGION OF THOSE ADMITTED.
30. The following abstract shows the religion of lunatics admitted:—
Lahore Asylum
...
...
Delhi
„
...
...
Total
...
...
Christians.
7
1
8
Hindús.
50
30
80
Muham-
madans.
46
27
73
Others.
6
3
9
Total.
109
61
170