2
4. The total number of insanes admitted and re-admitted into the asylums
during the year 1908 was 302 males and 65 females as compared with 286 males
and 65 females in 1907 and 326 males and 66 females in 1906, the average
admissions and re-admissions during the three years under review being 305
males and 60 females against 299 males and 62 females in the previous trien-
nium (1903—1905).
The total population of the asylums during the year 1908 was 1,326, as
compared with 1,307 in 1907 and 1,287 in 1906. The mean population for
the triennium 1906—1908 averaged 1,031 males and 276 females, showing an
increase of 98 males and 42 females over the previous triennium (1903—1905).
The average increase in the number of lunatics at the Narotamdas Madhav-
das Lunatic Asylum at Naupáda (Thána) during the three years 1906—1908,
as compared with the preceding three years was 61, at the Sir Cowasji Jehangir
Asylum, Hyderabad (Sind), 44, at Poona 21, Ratnágiri 13, Dhárwár 12 and
Ahmedabad 9, whilst at Colába there was a decrease of 38 in the mean European
population and an increase of 18 in the mean Native population of the asylum.
The daily average strength was 971.4, as compared with 955.5 in 1907 and
927.6 in 1906. The mean strength for the triennium 1906—1908 was 951.5
against 829.6 for the previous triennium 1903—1905.
Of the total confined, 133 males and 20 females were discharged cured,
against 117 males and 23 females in 1907 and 90 males and 24 females in 1906,
the mean number for the triennia 1906—1908 and 1903—1905 averaging 114
males and 22 females and 96 males and 19 females respectively. The per-
centage of cures to the daily average strength in 1908 was 17.6 males and 9.3
females as compared with 15.8 males and 10.8 females in 1907 and 12.6 males
and 11.3 females in 1906, and the mean ratio for the three years 1906—1908
was 15.4 males and 10.4 females against 14.7 males and 10.7 females for the
preceding three years (1903—1905). Those transferred to friends in an
improved condition during 1908 numbered 62, as compared with 86 in 1907 and
62 in 1906. The average number for the three years (1906—1908) was 70
against 108 for the previous three years (1903—1905). Twenty-five insanes
similarly disposed of are returned as " not improved " against 45 in 1907 and 78
in 1906, the mean number for the triennium under review being 50 as compared
with 40 for the previous triennium (1903—1905).
The number of deaths rose from 61 in 1906 to 67 in 1907 and 86 in 1908,
the average mortality for these three years being 71 against 59 for the preceding
three years. The ratio per cent. of deaths to the daily average strength was 8.9
as compared with 7.0 in 1907 and 6.6 in 1906. The mean death-rate to the
daily average strength during the triennium 1906—1908 was 7.5 against 7.1 for
the previous triennium 1903—1905.
The subjoined table shows the ratio per cent. of mortality to the daily
average strength at the several asylums during the two triennial periods, 1903—
1905 and 1906—1908 :—
Colába
...
E. ...
N.
...
Naupáda, Thána (Naro-
tamdas Madhavdas).
Ratnágiri ... ... ...
Poona
...
...
...
Dhárwár
...
...
...
Ahmedabad
...
...
Hyderabad (Sir Cowasji
Jehangir)
1908.
Males.
4.2
10.1
6.3
4.0
10.4
6.2
5.8
15.8
Fe-
males.
15.5
7.5
6.6
7.8
...
14.3
10.8
57.1
Total.
8.2
9.2
6.3
5.0
8.2
8.2
6.7
18.0
1907.
Males.
...
3.9
6.4
2.9
13.9
4.6
7.1
5.5
Fe-
males.
...
2.7
8.1
18.0
17.2
5.0
5.1
23.1
Total.
...
3.5
6.8
7.3
14.6
4.7
6.8
7.1
1906.
Males.
...
3.9
8.8
2.8
8.2
3.1
8.0
10.6
Fe-
males.
7.4
6.0
1.7
3.5
16.8
4.8
...
...
Total.
3.1
4.6
7.2
3.0
10.3
3.5
6.5
9.7
Mean of
Triennium
1906—08.
Males.
...
6.4
7.0
2.8
11.4
4.6
7.0
10.9
Fe-
males.
7.8
5.5
4.9
11.0
8.3
9.7
5.2
25.0
Total.
2.9
6.1
6.9
5.1
10.7
5.9
6.7
12.1
Mean of
Triennium
1903-05.
Males.
5.4
4.3
11.0
2.8
16.5
3.1
2.3
4.8
Fe-
males.
...
5.9
8.7
...
21.9
7.2
5.6
13.3
Total.
3.3
4.8
10.5
2.1
17.8
3.8
2.9
5.4
The health of the insanes was, on the whole, satisfactory, the daily average
sick being 28.9 in 1908, as compared with 24.2 in 1907 and 26.1 in 1906, the