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but the fits could not be reduced below one an hour. On the 6th October he
had a very severe attack at 1-30 P. M. which continued till 7-30 P. M., when he
died. He was admitted into the Asylum in October 1889 from amentia, and
had had no fit until September 1895.
Ascarislumbricoides.—This case was admitted into the Asylum on the 24th
April 1893. She could give no coherent account of herself or relatives, in fact
no information could be obtained about her. She was very emaciated and a
great mud eater.
In January 1895 she was admitted into hospital suffering from diarrhœa
and passed a large number of round worms, up to the 30th January she
passed large quantities daily. On February 10th she complained of pain in the
abdomen and she gradually sank. At the post mortem a perforation of the
large intestines was found and round worms in the peritonal cavity.
STATEMENT X.
There has been an increase in the establishment—a compounder on Rs, 5
a month has been entertained. His pay formerly was drawn from the
reformatory, but as he does the work for both establishments, it was considered
that each should share in the payment.
STATEMENT IX AND XI.
These statements are cash and manufactory accounts. The total receipts
from the Treasury were Rs. 8,008-2-5 against Rs. 7,914-6-7 for the preceding
year showing an increase of Rs. 93-11-10.
Column 3 represents the receipts from paying patients, Rs. 315-6-6 against
Rs. 1,217-13-6. In December 1895 the amount owed by paying patients by
the Central Provinces, Native States, and from the Central India Agency was
Rs. 1,805-7-0. This could not have been realised before the end of the year
as a reference about the manner of payment by the Central India Agency
had been referred to the Government of India; and as the Comptroller, Central
Provinces, had suggested in his audit notes that the charges in both Asylums
for paying patients should be the same. The reply was not received before
the end of the year. Really column 3 should be Rs. 2,120-13-6, an increase
over that of last year of Rs. 903.
Column 4 represents the total receipts of stores from the manufacturing
department of the Asylum, minus the raw material.
Column 5 shows book receipts from other departments.
Column 6 represents the miscellaneous receipts (cash) paid into the Treasury
on account of Asylum manufactures.
Columns 8, 9, 10 and 13 show the actual expenditure of the Asylum for
the year including that inter-departmentally supplied from the Asylum.
Columns 16 and 17 represent the amount paid into the Treasury.
Column 19 is Public Works charges.
STATEMENT XI.
The daily average number of lunatics employed on manufactures and
garden is 54.24 males and 5 females against 51.78 males and 5 females.
This does not include those employed on other domestic employments such as
tailoring, cooking, grinding and cleaning wheat, sweeping, &c; if these are
included the number employed would be 89.24 males and 26.76 females,
total 116.00.
The increase is due to the endeavour to divert the little of the patients'
minds that is left to some other channel, and there is no doubt that occupation,
especially that of the garden, tends greatly to improvement, mentally and
physically.