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The same conditions, as stated in the previous year's note, apply to the
separation of the two classes of lunatics—criminal and non-criminal— and the
necessary extensive classification of the patients is, therefore, not possible.
Statement III—Religion, sex and residence.
4. Of the 181 admissions during the year, Hindus contributed 84 males
and 19 females ; Muhammadans 60
males and 6 females ; and Europeans
and Eurasians and Native Christians 4 and 2 each, respectively.
As compared with 1909, Hindus and Native Christians show increases
of 9 and 3, respectively ; while there is a falling-off in the numbers of Muham-
madans of 20, and no patients of other castes were admitted.
Statement IV—Occupations.
5. Agriculturists and labourers each furnished 23 of the number of
admissions ; shop-keepers 12 ; beggars
and house-wives 10 each ; students 8, and
in 51 cases the previous occupation was not known.
Statement V—Ages.
6. As regards age, the total of 181 is made up of admissions of 15
patients under 20 years of age, 138
betweeen the ages of 20 and 40, and
28 between 40 and 60 years. There were no admissions of above 60.
Statement VI—Types of insanity.
7. Mania again heads the list with 103 admissions, the remainder
being made up by melancholia 35 ; de-
mentia 23 ; idiocy 10 ; delusional in-
sanity 4, and 6 are declared to have recovered or the type has not yet been
diagnosed.
Statement VII—Causation.
8. Of the total admissions, 82 are attributed to physical and 5 to
moral causes; to the balance of 94
admissions no cause could be assigned.
The abuse of intoxicating drugs and spirits accounts for 46 of the admissions
from physical causes ; fever for 9 ; hereditary predisposition for 6 ; epilepsy 4 ;
over-study and child-birth 2 each and congenital affections, masturbation,
syphilis and starvation for 1 each.
Statement VIII—Cash Account.
9. The total receipts from all sources aggregated Rs. 1,03,208 as against
Rs. 1,14,094 in 1909 and Rs. 1,33,063
in 1908. Compared with the figures for
1909, there is an increase of Rs. 1,659 in the receipts from paying patients ;
there is, however, a falling-off in the receipts from stores manufactured of
Rs. 351, which is due to the large amount of sickness during the year.
The charges for establishment and contingencies amounted, during the
year, to Rs. 30,617 and Rs. 8,690 against Rs. 34,610 and Rs. 8,959, respectively,
in 1909. There is also a decrease under all other heads of expenditure ; charges
on account of work done by the Public Works Department being responsible
for Rs. 3,620 ; clothing and bedding for Rs. 2,177 and diet for Rs. 2,071.
Statement X—Manufactures.
10. As compared with the previous year, the account of manufactures
shows that, while the total credits have
amounted to practically the same sum,
the debits have increased by Rs. 310, resulting in a net profit to the asylum
during the year of Rs. 6,725 or a falling-off from the previous year's figure
of Rs. 334. The increase in the debits and the decrease in the profits is
nominal and due to the value of raw material in hand at the end of the year
being Rs. 675 as against Rs. 237 only at the end of 1909.
General.
11. Schemes for the general improvement of the asylum buildings
have from time to time been submitted
by the Superintendent, and considerable
additions and alterations have been carried out during the year, but a great
deal still remains to be done, and several projects have had to be postponed for
want of funds.