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STATEMENT No. VIII.
39. Gives details of the sickness and mortality amongst the lunatics
for the past year. The following table shows the comparative results in the
two Asylums:—
Remained in hospital on 31st December 1898
...
...
...
Admitted during 1899
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Percentage of average strength discharged cured
...
...
Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Remaining in hospital on 31st December 1899
...
...
Daily average number of sick
...
...
...
...
...
Daily average
strength
...
...
...
...
...
...
Lahore.
43
327
370
269
27
42
39.03
298.87
Delhi.
8
89
97
77
8
10
8.71
139.96
40. Lahore.— There were 327 admissions into hospital, compared with
423 in 1898, which must be considered very satisfactory, especially as the
population during the year under review was considerably higher. The daily
average sick was 39.03, on a daily average strength of 298.87; the figures for the
previous year being 41.30 and 286.19. There was a marked diminution
in the numbers treated for malarial fever, viz., 84 compared with 153 in the
year before. Dysentery and pneumonia also gave fewer admissions. There
was one case of cholera which proved fatal. An outbreak of erysipelas occurred,
with 17 cases and 3 deaths; it chiefly affected the women's ward, and was most
difficult to get rid of. Its origin could not be traced.
41. Delhi.— There Were 89 admissions into hospital, compared with 47
in 1898. The daily average sick was 8.71, with a daily average strength of
139.96, compared with 7.59 and 130.61 in 1898. The average number of days
in hospital was less than in the previous year, being 30.95 against 52.45.
DEATHS.
42. Lahore.—There were five deaths from mania and four from
epilepsy, seven from pneumonia and two from phthisis. There were only two
from dysentery, both induced by, or kept up by, eating clay. There was one
death from cholera and one from leprosy, the latter being in a European,
whose home was in Dehra Dún. One death was attributed to debility and
another to heat-stroke. The total number of deaths was 27, and the percentage
of deaths to daily average strength 9.03, practically the same as in 1898, when
the deaths were 26 and percentage to strength was 9.08.
43. Delhi.—There were eight deaths from the following causes, viz.,
continued fever, anœmia, congestion of the brain, abscess of brain, debility,
and bronchitis, one each, and pneumonia two. The percentage of deaths to
daily average strength was 5.71, compared with 10.71 in 1898.
STATEMENT No. IX.
44. Shows the details of income and expenditure for the year.
45. Lahore.—The expenditure during the year amounted to
Rs. 35,647-11-11, compared with Rs. 33,108-13-4 in 1898, being an increase of
Rs. 2,538-14-7. This is almost entirely due to an unusual expenditure on cloth-
ing, the greater portion of which had to be renewed during the year. The amount
spent under this heading was Rs. 5,626-15-5, or an increase of Rs. 2,336-15-4.
The other items do not call for remark.
46. Delhi.—The total expenditure was Rs. 12,796-12-2, compared with
Rs. 13,269-12-6 in 1898, or a decrease of Rs. 473-0-4. There were slight in-
creases under the heads of diet, bedding and clothing, and a falling off under
establishment, medicines, and buildings.
47. The following cash abstract shows that the cost per head was :—
Lahore ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Delhi ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1898.
Rs.
107
89
1899.
Rs.
110
83
The rise in the cost at Lahore and the fall at Delhi are owing to the
causes already indicated above.