4
32. The ages of those admitted in Lahore, were—
Under 20 years ...
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Between 20 and 40 years
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Do. 40 and 60 years
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4
86
23,
and in Delhi—
Under 20 years ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Between 20 and 40 years ... ... ... ... ...
Do. 40 and 60 years
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13
27
13
STATEMENTS
Nos. VI AND VII.—TYPES, AND ALLEGED CAUSES OT INSANITY.
33. Lahore.—The admissions were for—
Idiocy
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Mania ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Melancholia
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Found to be sane on observation
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1
82
15
15
34. In 97 cases the causes were unknown, moral causes accounted for 5
and physical for 11. Only 2 cases are returned as due to the use of hemp
as compared with 8, 15, 14, 12 and 8, respectively, from 1895 to 1891, a result
which can only be due to the closer enquiry now made by the Magistrate and
Police into the alleged causes.
35. Delhi.—The admissions into this asylum were—
Idiocy
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Mania
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...
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Melancholia
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Dementia ...
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Not yet diagnosed, &c. ...
8
29
2
. 5
9
36. The causes in 35 of the admissions were not known. Physical
causes accounted for 16 admissions and moral for 2. Delhi shows a large
number of admissions, 7, as due to charas smoking. In explanation of this, the
Superintendent states that the habit is a very common vice in those parts.
STATEMENT No. VIII.—SICKNESS AND MORTALITY.
37. Lahore.—The admissions into hospital were 311 males and 56
females; total 367. In 1895 the admissions numbered 417 males and 75 females;
total 492. While the small number of admissions to hospital was, no doubt,
largely due to the healthiness of the year and the freedom from epidemics, some
portion of the good health enjoyed by the lunatics must be attributed to an
alteration in the hours for food, and the introduction of a small meal of wheaten
porridge given in the early morning, thus breaking the long fast of 16 hours
previously in force between supper and regular breakfast. This collation was
suggested by Dr. Dennys in Delhi, and adopted also in Lahore. The compara-
tive absence of lung affections was probably, in a considerable degree, due
to the wearing of warm jerseys in the winter and to the use of stoves in the
wards. As, however, these measures have only recently been in force, it would be
premature to draw conclusions from this year's figures.
38. The only class of disease in which there has been no marked dimi-
nution is in the affections of the bowel. The Superintendent, in remarking on
this in 1895, drew attention to the number of earth-eaters who suffer from bowel
ailments. The Lieutenant-Governor, in his review of that year's report, noticed
this fact, and asked whether some special arrangements could not be made for
preventing those affected with this propensity from indulging it. I fear this is
impossible. The tendency is extremely common among lunatics; so common,
that it would not be practicable to keep earth-eaters segregated so that they
could not have access to clay.
39. Delhi.—There were 41 admissions to hospital, 32 men and 9 women,
as compared with 51 in 1895, when 35 men and 16 women were treated.