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STATEMENT No. IV.
Return showing the previous occupations of Patients admitted into the Lunatic Asylums in the Punjab
during the year 1898.
1
Occupation of patients.
1
Agriculturist
...
...
...
...
...
...
Barber
...
...
...
...
...
...
Beggar
...
...
...
...
...
...
Broker
...
...
...
...
...
...
Carpenter
...
...
...
...
...
...
Clerk
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cloth merchant
...
...
...
...
...
...
Confectioner ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cultivator
...
...
...
...
...
...
Domestic
...
...
...
...
...
...
Engineer ... ... ... ... ... ...
Fakir
...
...
...
...
...
...
Goldsmith
...
...
...
...
...
...
Kahár
...
...
...
...
...
...
Kalaigar
...
...
...
...
...
...
Kárchobi
...
...
...
...
...
...
Labourer
...
...
...
...
...
...
Menial service
...
...
...
...
...
...
Midwife
...
...
...
...
...
...
Military sepoy
...
...
...
...
...
...
Nurse
...
...
...
...
...
...
Oilpresser
...
...
...
...
...
...
Patwári
...
...
...
...
...
...
Police constable
...
...
...
...
...
...
Preacher
...
...
...
...
...
...
Printer
...
...
...
...
...
...
Shoemaker
...
...
...
...
...
...
Shopkeeper
...
...
...
...
...
...
Silver beater
...
...
...
...
...
...
Skin dyer
...
...
...
...
...
...
Student
...
...
...
...
...
...
Sweeper
...
...
...
...
...
...
Syce ... ... ... ... ... ...
Tailor
...
...
...
...
...
...
Transaction in money
...
...
...
...
...
...
Unknown
...
...
...
...
...
...
Weaver
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total
...
...
2
Lahore.
M.
2
19
2
9
1
1
2
...
2
...
...
1
...
...
3
...
...
3
4
...
10
...
1
...
1
2
1
1
4
...
...
1
2
3
1
...
15
1
90
F.
3
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
6
...
19
Total.
4
23
2
9
1
1
2
...
2
...
2
1
...
...
3
...
...
4
4
1
10
1
2
...
1
2
1
2
5
...
...
1
3
3
1
...
21
1
109
3
Delhi.
M.
5
...
1
7
...
...
...
1
...
5
...
...
5
1
1
2
1
4
3
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
...
4
1
...
...
1
...
...
2
8
...
50
F.
6
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
3
...
11
Total.
7
...
1
10
...
...
...
1
...
6
...
...
5
1
1
2
1
6
3
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
...
4
1
1
...
2
...
...
2
11
...
61
4
Total Province.
M.
8
19
3
16
1
1
2
1
2
5
...
1
5
1
4
2
1
7
7
...
10
...
1
1
3
2
1
1
8
1
...
1
3
3
1
2
23
1
140
F.
9
4
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
...
2
...
...
...
9
...
30
Total.
10
23
3
19
1
1
2
1
2
6
2
1
5
1
4
2
1
10
7
1
10
1
2
1
3
2
1
2
9
1
1
1
5
3
1
2
33
1
170
STATEMENT No. V.
Return showing the ages of Patients admitted into the Lunatic Asylums in the Punjab
during the year 1898.
1
NAME OF ASYLUM.
1
Lahore
...
...
...
Delhi
...
...
...
Total for Province ...
2
Under 20.
M.
2
7
8
15
F.
3
...
2
2
Total.
4
7
10
17
3
20 to 40.
M.
5
64
36
100
F.
6
13
7
20
Total.
7
77
43
120
4
40 to 60.
M.
8
16
6
22
F.
9
6
2
8
Total.
10
22
8
30
5
Upwards of 60.
M.
11
3
...
3
F.
12
...
...
...
Total
13
3
...
3
6
Total.
M.
14
90
50
140
F.
15
19
11
30
Total
16
109
61
170
13
STATEMENT No. VI.
Showing the types of insanity of the Lunatics in the Asylums in the Punjab during the year 1898.
1
CASES.
1
Remaining on 31st December 1897 ...
Admitted ... ... ... ... ...
Total treated ... ... ... ... ...
Recovered
...
...
...
...
...
Improved
...
...
...
...
...
Died
...
...
...
...
...
Otherwise
...
...
...
...
...
Remaining on 31st December
...
...
2
136
Idiocy
Males.
2
22
4
26
...
1
2
...
23
Females.
3
8
...
8
...
...
...
...
8
Total.
4
30
4
34
...
1
2
...
32
3
137
MANIA, ACUTE OR
CHRONIC.
Epileptic.
Males.
5
20
6
26
...
1
...
...
25
Females.
6
6
1
7
...
...
1
...
6
Total.
7
26
7
33
...
1
1
...
31
Other forms.
Males.
8
183
95
278
42
9
14
7
206
Females.
9
58
19
77
7
3
10
1
56
Total.
10
241
114
355
49
12
24
8
262
4
138
MELANCHOLIA, ACUTE OR
CHRONIC
Epileptic.
Males.
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other forms
Males.
11
49
18
67
4
1
7
2
53
Females.
15
11
4
15
1
1
1
...
12
Total.
16
60
22
82
5
2
8
2
65
5
139
DEMENTIA, INCLUDING
ACQUIRED
Epileptic.
Males.
17
2
...
2
...
...
1
...
1
Females.
18
...
2
2
...
...
...
...
2
Total.
19
2
2
4
...
...
1
...
3
Other forms.
Males.
20
12
4
16
...
...
2
1
13
Females.
21
7
1
8
...
...
...
...
8
Total.
22
19
5
24
...
...
2
1
21
6
140
Mental
stupor
Males.
23
2
2
4
...
1
...
...
3
Females.
24
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
25
3
2
5
...
1
...
...
4
7
141
General
paralysis of
the insane
Males.
26
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
27
1
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
Total.
28
1
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
8
142
Delusional
insanity.
Males.
29
2
2
4
1
...
...
...
3
Females.
30
2
1
3
...
...
1
...
2
Toal.
31
4
3
7
1
...
1
...
5
9
Declared to
have recov-
ered, or not
yet
diagnosed.
Males.
32
2
9
11
...
1
...
8
2
Females.
33
...
2
2
...
...
...
2
...
Total.
34
2
11
13
...
1
...
10
2
10
Total.
Males.
35
294
140
434
47
14
26
18
329
Females.
36
94
30
124
8
4
14
3
95
Total.
37
388
170
558
55
18
40
21
424
14
STATEMENT No. VII.
Showing the alleged causes of Insanity among the Lunatics in the Asylums in the Punjab during the year 1898.
1
1
Remaining
... ... ...
ADMIT-
TED
Criminal ...
Non-criminal ...
Total treated ...
Recovered ... ... ...
Improved ... ... ...
Otherwise ... ... ...
Died
...
...
...
...
Remaining ... ... ...
ADMIT-
TED.
Criminal ... ...
Non-criminal ...
Total treated ...
Recovered ... ... ...
Improved ... ... ...
Died
...
...
...
...
2 3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
PHYSICAL CAUSES.
Charas
smoking.
Males.
2
Females.
3
Total.
4
Gánja
smoking.
Males.
5
Females.
6
Total.
7
Use of
bhang.
Males.
8
Females.
9
Total.
10
Opium smok-
ing (madak
and chandu).
Males.
11
Females.
12
Total.
13
Opium
eating.
Males.
14
Females.
15
Total.
16
Spirit drink-
ing.
Males.
17
Females.
18
Total.
19
Opium
charas, &c.
Males.
20
Females.
21
Total.
22
Fever.
Males.
23
Females.
24
Total.
25
Exposure
to heat.
Males.
26
Females.
27
Total.
28
Congenital.
Males.
29
Females.
30
Total.
31
Epilepsy.
Males.
32
Females.
33
Total.
34
Over study.
Males.
35
Females.
36
Total.
37
After child-
birth.
Males.
38
Females.
39
Total.
40
LAHORE.
15
...
11
26
3
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
15
...
11
26
3
1
...
1
4
...
...
4
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
5
...
...
5
1
...
...
2
7
2
2
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
2
2
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
7
9
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
2
1
7
10
1
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
4
1
...
...
1
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
4
...
2
6
1
...
...
1
4
...
1
5
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
6
...
1
7
...
...
...
...
5
...
1
6
...
...
...
....
5
...
...
5
...
...
...
...
10
...
1
11
...
...
...
...
14
...
5
19
1
...
...
1
3
...
1
4
...
...
...
...
17
...
6
23
1
...
...
1
1
...
2
3
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
3
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
1
3
...
...
...
...
2
...
1
3
...
...
...
...
DELHI.
9
...
9
18
4
1
1
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
10
...
9
19
4
1
1
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. ..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
7
...
3
10
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
...
3
10
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
1
5
...
1
...
1
...
1
2
...
...
...
5
...
2
7
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
17
STATEMENT No. IX.
Showing the cash account of the Lunatic Asylums in the Punjab for the year 1898.
NAME OF ASYLUM.
1
Lahore ... ...
Delhi
...
...
Total for the Pro-
vince.
RECEIPTS.
Received
from Treasury.
2
Rs.
27,977
10,418
38,395
a.
0
7
7
p.
5
2
7
Received
from paying patients.
3
Rs.
1,535
209
1,744
a.
2
0
2
p.
4
0
4
Value
of stores received
from the Manu-
facturing Department, loss cost of raw
materials.
4
Rs.
2,453
1,779
4,232
a.
6
7
13
p.
1
2
3
Book receipts.
i.e., the total of expendi-
ture entered in columns 10, 20 and 21.
5
Rs.
837
862
1,690
a.
2
10
12
p.
0
2
2
Miscellaneous Receipts.
6
Rs.
306
0
306
a.
2
4
6
p.
6
0
6
Total.
7
Rs.
33,108
13,269
46,378
a.
13
12
9
p.
4
6
10
CHARGES.
Establishment.
Establishment proper.
8
Rs.
6,694
2,452
9,146
a.
10
3
13
p.
6
2
8
Superintendence.
9
Rs.
3,000
1,200
4,200
a.
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
Diet.
10
Rs.
14,969
6,410
21,379
a.
1
4
6
p.
8
11
7
Clothing and bedding.
11
Rs.
3,290
1,161
4,452
a.
0
15
0
p.
1
11
0
Bazár medicines.
12
Rs.
15
4
20
a.
10
6
0
p.
11
0
11
Contingencies.
Contingencies proper.
13
Rs.
1,197
184
1,381
a.
1
1
2
p.
2
7
9
Repairs and maintenance
14
Rs.
992
a.
1
p.
2
...
992 1 2
Rates and taxes.
15
Rs.
271
a.
13
p.
0
...
271 13 0
Remitted
to Treasury on account of
paying patients, &c.
16
Rs.
1,841
804
2,645
a.
4
8
13
p.
10
10
8
Miscellaneous items.
17
Rs. a. p.
...
189
189
9
9
11
11
Total of columns 8 to 17.
18
Rs.
32,271
12,407
44,678
a.
11
2
13
p.
4
4
8
Book Charges.
Charges on account of work done
by the Public Works Department.
19
Rs.
671
671
1,342
a.
0
5
5
p.
0
4
4
Cost of printed forms and station-
ery.
20
Rs.
53
26
79
a.
1
0
1
p.
9
2
11
Cost of English stores, medicines,
&c.
21
Rs.
113
165
278
a.
0
4
4
p.
3
8
11
Total of columns 18 to 21.
22
Rs.
33,108
13,269
46,378
a.
13
12
9
p.
4
6
10
REMARKS.
23
18
STATEMENT No. X.
Showing the sanctioned establishment of the Lunatic Asylums in the Punjab as it stood on the 31st December 1898.
1
Establishment.
2
Number.
3
Monthly- wages.
LAHORE.
Superintendent
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Hospital Assistant and Deputy Superintendent ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Clerk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Moharrir
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Head Warder
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1st Class Warders, 2 at Rs. 12 each and 1 at Rs. 10 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2nd
do.,
1 at Rs. 9 and 6 at Rs. 8 each ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
3rd
do.,
at Rs. 7 each ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Compounder
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cook
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Gardener
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Sweepers, 1 at Rs. 6 and 3 at Rs. 5 each ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Matron
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Female Head Warder
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Female Warders, at Rs. 5 each
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Female sweeper
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Daily average number of males ...
...
Do.
do.
females
...
...
Proportion of
Jemadárs to males
...
Jemadárnis to females ...
Male keepers to males
Female keepers to females
222.80
63.39
222.80
63.39
6.19
31.69
1
1
1
1
1
3
7
26
1
1
1
4
1
1
2
1
Rs.
250
115
25
15
18
34
57
182
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
DELHI.
Superintendent
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Hospital Assistant and Deputy Superintendent ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Compounder and Head Warder ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1st Class Warder
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2nd Class Warder, at Rs. 8 each
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3rd
do.,
at Rs. 7 each
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Gardener
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Sweepers, at Rs. 4 each
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Barber
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Matron
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Assistant Matron
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Female sweeper
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Paid to Delhi Jail for cooking bread for the lunatics ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Daily average number of males ...
Do,
do.
females
...
...
Proportion of
Jemadárs to males ...
Jemadárnis to females ...
Male keepers to males ...
Female keepers to females
96.58
34.03
96.58
34.03
9.65
17.02
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
19
STATEMENT No. XI.
Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of manufactures in the Lunatic Asylums in the Punjab during the year 1898.
1
NAME OF
ASYLUM.
1
Lahore
...
Delhi ...
Total ...
2
MEAN POPULATION.
Males.
2
222.80
96.58
319.38
Females.
3
63.39
34.03
97.42
Total.
4
286.19
130.61
416.80
3
4
5
6
7
8
CREDITS.
Cash paid into Treasury for
articles sold.
5
Rs.
306
598
904
a.
2
8
11
p.
6
10
4
Value
of manufactured goods
made
over
to Asylum for
Asylum purposes.
6
Rs.
4,361
1,468
5,829
a.
3
11
14
p.
1
7
8
Value
of raw material in store
at the end of the year.
7
Rs.
157
43
201
a.
13
11
8
p.
0
6
6
Value
of manufactured goods
in store at the end of the
year.
8
Rs.
11
168
180
a.
12
7
3
p.
0
10
10
Value
of plant and machinery
in store at the end of the
year.
9
Rs.
382
130
512
a.
15
0
15
p.
9
0
9
Total Credits.
10
Rs.
5.219
2,406
7,626
a.
14
7
6
p.
4
9
1
9
10
11
12
13
14 15
DEBITS.
Value
of manufactured goods
in store on 1st January.
11
Rs.
11
193
204
a.
12
0
12
p.
0
4
4
Value of raw material in store
on 1st January.
12
Rs.
176
37
214
a.
13
7
4
p.
6
4
10
Value
of plant and machinery
in
store on 1st January.
13
Rs.
382
130
513
a.
15
14
13
p.
9
0
9
Raw material purchased.
14
Rs.
1,857
284
2,141
a.
2
9
11
p.
6
3
9
Contingencies of manufacture.
15
Rs.
50
189
240
a.
10
9
4
p.
6
11
5
All other charges.
16
...
...
...
Total Debits.
17
Rs.
2,479
835
3,314
a.
6
8
15
p.
3
10
1
16
17
RESULT.
Excess
of Credits or Profits.
18
Rs.
2,740
1,570
4,311
a.
8
14
7
p.
1
11
0
Excess of Debits or Loss.
19
...
...
...
18
REMARKS.
20
Average number of
lunatics employed
on manufacture—
M.
111.21,
30.93,
142.14,
F.
20.46,
3.61,
24.07,
Total.
131.67
34.54
166.21
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS
IN THE
PUNJAB
FOR THE YEAR 1899.
Published
by
Authority.
Price—Re. 0-8-0 or 9d.
Lahore:
THE "CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE" PRESS.
Sole Contractors for Printing to the Punjab Government.
1909.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS
IN THE
PUNJAB
FOR THE YEAR 1899.
Published
by
Authority.
Lahore:
THE " CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE" PRESS,
Sole Contractors for Printing to the Punjab Government.
1900.
Proceedings of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab in the Home (Medical and Sanitary)
Department, No. 27 S., dated 25th May 1900.
READ—
The Report of the Lahore and Delhi Lunatic Asylums for the year 1899, received with
the letter from the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Punjab, No. 1648, dated the
18th of April 1900.
REMARKS.—The Report was due in the Civil Secretariat on the 15th of
April. It was received on the 19th.
LAHORE ASYLUM.
2. In paragraph 1 of the review on the report for the year 1898 it was
remarked that the population of the Lahore Asylum for that year had been the
largest on record. It will be seen from the present report that the growth of the
Asylum population which has been so evident since the year 1895 showed no
falling off in the year 1899, the total population together with the number
remaining on the 31st of December in each year and the daily average strength
having been as follows : —
YEAR.
1895
...
...
1896
...
...
1897
...
...
1898
...
...
1899
...
...
POPULATION.
Males.
253
262
279
297
333
Females.
62
72
75
81
78
Total.
315
334
347
378
411
REMAINING ON 31ST DE-
CEMBER.
Males.
172
185
207
230
256
Females.
49
53
62
61
63
Total.
221
238
269
291
319
AVERAGE DAILY STRENGTH.
Males.
188.39
183.71
201.12
222.80
238.26
Females.
49.70
51.25
56.48
63.39
60.61
Total.
238.09
234.96
257.60
286.19
298.87
The increase was chiefly in the male population. As the Asylum had
accommodation for 296 persons only (248 males, 48 females) and the largest
number in confinement on any one night was 319 (males 256, females 63), it
follows that the overcrowding noticed in connection with the reports of previous
years continued. This overcrowding is, however, fortunately of no moment now
as the new Central Lunatic Asylum for the Punjab at Lahore has been com-
pleted and the patients have been removed from the old Asylum to their new
quarters.
3. During the year under review 37 patients were discharged cured, 14
were sufficiently improved to be transferred to friends, and 14 left the Asylum
for other causes. The re-admissions numbered 17. The discharges and re-
admissions were the highest yet recorded.
4. On the whole the year was a healthy one for the Lahore Asylum as
compared with the year 1898. With a larger population in 1899 the number of
admissions into hospital were 96 less than in 1898: the daily average sick was
also less by 2.27. There was further a decrease in malarial fever, dysentery
and pneumonia. An unaccountable outbreak of erysipelas which caused, deaths
took place. Two deaths (not 5 as stated in paragraph 43 of the report)
occurred from mania and 4 from epilepsy, these being the natural result of
the causes which led to the confinement of the patients in the Asylum
Other noticeable causes of death were 2 from clay-eating which induced
dysentery, and 1 (a European) from leprosy. The percentage of deaths
to daily strength was almost the same as in 1898, via 9.03 in 1899 as against
9.08 in 1898. The percentage of cures to daily strength was also nearly the
same, vis., 12.38 in 1899 as against 12.57 in 1898.
3
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 informa-
tion ; 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, Civil Hospitals, Punjab, for information.
By order of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor,
H. A. CASSON,
Judicial and General Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Punjab Government Press, Lahore—19-5-1900-181.
No. 1406.
FROM
COLONEL B. FRANKLIN, C. I. R., I.M.S.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Punjab,
To
H. A. CASSON, ESQUIRE,
Judicial and General Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Dated LAHORE, 2nd April 1900.
SIR,
I have the honor to submit the annual statements for the Lahore and
Delhi Lunatic Asylums for the year 1899.
2. The following summary gives, for comparison, the number and dis-
posal of the inmates of both Asylums for the last two years:—
Remained on 1st January
...
...
...
...
Admitted
...
...
...
...
Re-admitted
...
...
...
...
Total
...
...
Discharged, cured ... ... ... ...
„
improved
...
...
...
...
„
not improved
...
...
...
...
„
otherwise
...
...
...
...
Escaped and not recaptured
...
...
...
...
Died
...
...
...
...
Remaining on 31st December ... ... ... ...
Daily average strength
...
...
...
...
1898.
388
143
27
558
55
18
6
14
1
40
424
416.8
1899.
424
148
35
607
65
26
1
22
1
35
457
438.83
Both Asylums were overcrowded throughout the year, and the number
remaining on the last day of the year is the highest yet recorded.
STATEMENT No. I.
3. Lahore.—On the 1st January 1899 there were 291 lunatics remaining
in the Asylum, 230 of whom were males and 61 females. During the year 108
patients were admitted, viz., 88 males and 15 females. There were 17 re-ad-
missions, 15 men and 2 women.
4. The total population in 1899 was 411, of whom 333 were males and
78 females. The population in the previous year was 378, of whom 297 were
males and 81 females.
5. There were 65 persons discharged during the year under the follow-
ing heads:—
Cured
...
...
...
...
...
...
Improved
...
...
...
...
...
...
Otherwise
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Males.
34
12
13
59
Females.
3
2
1
6
Tolal.
37
14
14
65
6. The varieties of insanity under which cures were reported were—
mania 34, melancholia 3.
7. The deaths during the year were 27 in number, 18 males and 9
females.
2
8. The figures, therefore, for 1899 give the following results :—
Remained on 1st January
...
...
...
Admitted or re-admitted during the year ...
Total ...
Discharged, escaped or died
...
...
...
Remaining on 31st December 1899
...
...
Males.
230
103
333
77
256
Females.
61
17
78
15
63
Total.
291
120
411
92
319
9. The population at the close of the year was 28 more than in 1898,
showing that the steady rise in the number of lunatics sent to this Asylum,
which was referred to in last year's report, still continues.
10. The daily average strength was 238.26 males and 60.61 females,
making a total of 298.87. In 1898 the figures were 222.80, 63.39 and 286.19,
respectively.
11. The percentage of cures to daily average strength was 12.38, com-
pared with 12.57 in 1898 ; the average cures for the past ten years being 14.26.
12. The percentage of deaths to daily average strength was 9.03,
compared with 9.08 in the preceding year.
13. Delhi.—On the 1st January, 133 lunatics remained under treat-
ment, 99 males and 34 females. During the year there were 45 admissions,
33 being males and 12 females. The re-admissions numbered 18, or 16 males
and 2 females. The total population was thus 196 lunatics, of whom 148 were
males and 48 females. The total population in 1898 was 137 males and 43
females, or 180 in all.
14. The persons discharged were of the following classes :—
Cured ... ... ... ... ... ...
Improved
...
...
...
...
...
...
Not improved
...
...
...
...
...
...
Otherwise
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Males.
23
10
1
8
42
Females.
5
2
...
1
8
Total.
28
12
1
9
50
15. The cures took place in the following varieties of insanity—mania 27,
dementia 1.
16. Eight deaths were recorded, 6 males and 2 females.
17. Tabulated briefly the results were—
Remaining on 1st January 1899
...
...
Admitted or re-admitted during the year ...
Total ...
Discharged and died
...
...
...
...
Remaining on 31st December 1899
...
...
Males.
99
49
148
48
100
Females.
34
14
48
10
38
Total.
133
63
l96
58
138
18. The total population at the end of 1898 was 133, so the figure for
1899 is 5 in excess.
19. The daily average strength also continues to rise. For the year
under review it was 139.96(103.13 males and 36.83 females), compared with
130.61 in 1898.
20. The percentage of cures to daily average strength was 20, compared
with 14.55 in 1898, the average percentage being 18.42.
21. The percentage of deaths to daily average strength was 5.71, com-
pared with 10.71 in 1898. The average death percentage is 10.19.
STATEMENT No. II.—CRIMINAL LUNATICS.
22. Lahore.—At the close of 1898 there were 71 criminal lunatics in
confinement, 67 males and 4 females. During 1899 there were 22 admissions
(20 males and 2 females) and 6 re-admissions, making the population 93 males
and 6 females, or a total of 99.