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STATEMENT IV.
Occupation.
5. Agriculturists , as might be expected from their numerical preponde-
rance in the population, furnished the
largest number of admissions, viz., 26,
labourers coming next with 13; in 28
cases the previous occupation was not reported.
STATEMENT V.
Age.
6. As to age, 21 of the number admitted were under 20 years, 118 between
20 and 40, 33 between 40 and 60 and 2
above 60 years.
STATEMENT VI.
Types of insanity.
7. Taking the admissions according to the various types of insanity,
mania gave 103, melancholia 52, idiocy 8,
dementia 4, mental stupor 2 and de-
lusional insanity 1.
STATEMENT VII.
Causes.
8. As regards causation, 84 of the cases admitted are attributed to physi-
cal and 22 to moral causes; in 68 cases
no cause could be assigned. Of the physi-
cal causes, the abuse of intoxicating
drugs and spirits accounted for 36, epilepsy 18, fever and congenital disease
7 each, hereditary predisposition 5, overstudy and syphilis 3 each, excessive
heat 2, and exposure to heat, child-birth and injury to brain, one each. I am
told by the Superintendent that the information supplied in the police report,
now forwarded with the other papers accompanying patients on admission,
affords material aid in determining the previous history of cases.
STATEMENT VIII.
Cash account.
9. From the summary of the accounts in statement VIII, it will be seen
that the total charges for 1906 do not
materially differ from those of the
preceding year, nor do the figures in the
different columns call for any lengthy explanation, except in regard to the
increase of Rs. 516-13-5 in the case of establishment, which was mainly
due to the pay sanctioned in Punjab Government letter No. 1226-S., dated
30th July, 1906, for the assistant matrons, who previously gave their services
free, and to the entertainment of extra keepers, rendered necessary by
the larger population. Expenditure on diet also rose from Rs. 30,684-8-2 to
Rs. 32,118-4-3 ; this was due to the larger number fed, to higher prices paid for
certain articles of diet and to special or extra diet having been given more freely
on account of excessive sickness. Under the head of contingencies proper there
was an increase of Rs. 1,935-14-10, mainly ascribable to the purchase of
laboratory apparatus, at a cost of Rs. 1,000, and gymnastic appliances, for
which a sum of Rs. 250 was paid. The steady growth of the population since
the asylum was opened has caused an increasing outlay under the head of
" contingencies proper," which last year amounted to Rs. 5,766-3-1
10. The decrease of Rs. 4,436 in expenditure by the Public Works De-
partment is explained by the fact that fewer works were carried out than in the
preceding year, when a new engine-shed was built, the water supply extended
to the female section, the floors of the hospital wards laid in conglomerate and
certain special repairs to the buildings carried out. It is satisfactory to note
that the receipts from paying patients increased from Rs. 4,424-13-7 in the
previous year to Rs. 5,558-3-5.
STATEMENT X.
Manufactures.
11. As regards the manufactory transactions, there was a decrease of
Rs 825-2-6 in the profits, as compared
with the previous year, due to the smal-
ler demand for supplies for the mainte-
nance purposes of the asylum, and to the larger quantity of raw material in stock
at the end, as compared with the beginning of the year. The requirements of
the asylum are met, as far as practicable, by the inmates who are employed
on gardening, dairying and different industries.
12. The officers who hold charge of the asylum during the year performed
their duties satisfactorily. Captain J. C. Robertson Milne, who acted as Superin-
tendent from the 1st January until the 30th June, when he was transferred to
Bengal, took a very keen interest in the institution and he made some useful
suggestions for improving its management. His place was taken by Captain
W. S. J. Shaw, who came with a good deal of experience of asylum management
in England. And on the 10th October Major G. F. W. Ewens resumed office,
on his return from furlough.
The 1st April, 1907.
T. E L. BATE, COLONEL, I.M.S.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Punjab.