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STATEMENT No. IX.
Shewing the Cash Account of the Lunatic Asylums for the year 1896.
NAME OF ASYLUM.
1
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore ... ...
TOTAL FOR THE PROVINCES,
1896.
RECEIPTS.
Received from
Treasury.
2
Rs.
10,166
8,663
18,829
a.
3
0
4
p.
10
9
7
Received from
paying patients.
3
Rs.
(a) 3,058
2,368
5,426
a.
8
4
12
p.
8
0
8
Value of stores
received from the
Manufacturing
Department, less
cost of raw
materials.
4
Rs.
1,115
1,003
2,118
a.
3
12
15
p.
8
0
8
Book receipts,
i.e., the total of
expenditure
entered in
columns
19, 20 and 21.
5
Rs.
2,337
384
2,722
a.
11
13
8
p.
3
5
8
Miscellaneous
receipts.
6
Rs.
2,594
394
2,989
a.
12
5
1
p.
4
0
4
Total.
7
Rs.
19,272
12,814
32,086
a.
7
3
10
p.
9
2
11
CHARGES.
Establishment
proper.
8
Rs.
(b) 2,832
2,214
5,047
a.
8
7
0
p.
11
10
9
Superinten-
dence.
9
Rs.
1,800
1,800
3,600
a.
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
Diet.
10
Rs.
(c) 4,039
4,789
8,828
a.
1
12
13
p.
1
5
6
Clothing and
beddings.
11
Rs.
79
(d) 259
339
a.
14
14
12
p.
0
0
0
Baazar
medicines.
12
Rs.
0
a.
6
p.
0
...
0 6 0
(a) Includes Rs.2,610 adjusted for 29 Berar lunatics at Rs.90 per head per annum.
(b)
„
Rs.36-14 travelling allowance paid to Deputy Superintendent to Jubbulpore to learn the Dairy work.
(c) Excluding Rs. 772-4 2 balance of grain unexpended at the end of the year and including Rs.707-3 8 worth of grain remained in 1895, the net amount expended for diet during the year was Rs.3,974-0-7.
STATEMENT No. IX—(concld.)
NAME OF ASYLUM.
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore ... ...
TOTAL FOR THE PROVINCES,
1886.
CHARGES—(concld.)
CONTINGENCIES.
Contingencies
proper.
13
Rs.
2,356
(e) 602
2,959
a.
10
10
5
p.
6
6
0
Repairs
and
maintenance.
14
Rs.
15
a.
4
p.
6
...
15 4 6
Rates
and
taxes.
15
Rs.
157
a
10
p.
6
...
157 10 6
Remitted to
Treasury
on account of
paying
patients,
&c.
16
Rs.
3,058
2,368
5,426
a.
8
4
12
p.
8
0
8
Miscellaneous
items.
17
Rs.
2,594
394
2,989
a.
12
5
1
p.
4
0
4
Total of Columns
Nos. 8 to 17.
18
Rs.
16,934
12,429
29,364
a.
12
5
2
p.
6
9
3
BOOK
CHARGE.
Charges on
account of work
done by the
Public Works
Department.
19
Rs.
2,191
325
2,516
a.
0
1
1
p.
0
0
0
Cost of printed
forms and
Stationery.
20
Rs.
48
a.
6
p.
11
...
48 6 11
Cost of English
stores,
medicines, &c.
21
Rs.
98
59
158
a.
4
12
0
p.
4
5
9
Total of colums
18 to 21.
22
Rs.
19,272
12,814
32,086
a.
7
3
10
p.
9
2
11
REMARKS.
23
(d) Rs.
Total ...
16
243
259
8
5
14
0
0
0
clothing supplied to Asylum establishment.
clothing supplied to patients.
(e) On account of contingencies.
Purchase of raw materials for Manufacturing Department
Total ...
Rs. 216
„ 385
602
14
11
10
9
9
6
( 42 )
STATEMENT No. X.
Shewing the sanctioned Establishment of the Nagpur and Jubbulpore Lunatic Asylums as it
stood on the 31st December, 1896.
1
ESTABLISHMENT.
Superintendent
...
Deputy Superintendent ...
Do. Staff allowance ...
Clerk and Compounder
...
Daffadar
...
Warders, 1st class
...
Do. 2nd „
...
Male-keepers
...
Female-keepers ...
Temporary Gowla ...
Barber ...
Male-sweeper ...
Female-sweeper
...
Gardener ...
Total ...
Daily average number of...
males.
Daily average number of
females.
Total
Proportion of ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur
Jubbulpore
Nagpur
Jubbulpore
Nagpur
Jubbulpore
140.89 ...
119.82 ...
36.94 ...
34.28 ...
177.83 ...
154.10 ...
Jamadar to males ...
Jamadarins to females ...
Male-keepers to males ...
Female-keepers to females...
Warders to males ...
2
Number.
1
1
1
1
...
...
1
2.1 @ Rs.15,1 at Rs.5
1
1
2 @ Rs. 8 each
1
2 @ Rs.7 each
...
8 @ Rs.6 each
7
3 @ Rs.6 each
2
1
...
1
...
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
3
Monthly
wages.
Rs.
150
150
55
55
20
20
25
20
10
10
16
8
14
...
48
42
18
12
8
...
4
...
5
5
4
4
7
6
384
332
...
...
...
...
...
...
140.89
119.82
...
...
17.61
17.12
12.31
17.14
35.22
...
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STATEMENT XI.
Shewing receipts and expenditure on account of Manufactures in the Lunatic Asylums in the Central Provinces during the year 1896.
1
Name
of Asylum.
Nagpur
...
Jubbulpore
Total for the
Provinces.
1896.
2
Mean population.
Male.
140.89
119.82
260.71
Female.
36.94
34.28
71.22
Total.
177.83
154.10
331.93
3
4
5
6
7
8
CREDITS.
Cash paid into Trea-
sury for articles
sold.
Rs.
a. p.
2,594
394
2,989
12
5
1
4
0
4
Value of manufac-
tured goods made
over to Asylum for
Asylum purposes.
Rs.
a. p.
1,115
1,003
2,118
3
12
15
8
0
8
Value of raw material
in Stores at the end
of the year 1896.
Rs a.
p.
3 2 0
...
3 2 0
Value of manufac-
tured goods in Stores
at the end of the
year 1896.
Rs. a.
p.
27 8 0
...
27 8 0
Value of plant and
machinery in Stores
at the end of the
year 1896.
Rs.
a. p.
1,921
59
1,980
2
8
10
0
0
0
Total credits.
Rs.
a. p.
5,661
1,457
7,119
12
9
5
0
0
0
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
DEBITS.
Value of manufac-
tured goods in Stores
on 1st January,
1896.
Rs. a.
p.
37 10 0
...
37 10 0
Value of raw ma -
terial in Stores on
1st January, 1896.
Rs a.
p.
23 3 6
...
23 3 6
Value of plant and
machinery in Stores
on 1st January,
1896.
Rs. a. p.
771
59
831
13
8
5
0
0
0
Raw material pur-
chased.
Rs. a.
p.
163
385
549
10
11
5
0
9
9
Contingencies of
manufacture.
...
...
...
All other charges.
Rs. a.
p.
15 4 3
...
15 4 3
Total debits.
Rs.
a. p.
1,011
445
1,456
6
3
12
9
9
6
16
17
RESULTS.
Excess of credits or
profits.
Rs.
a. p.
4,650
1,012
5,662
3
5
8
3
3
6
Excess of debits or
loss.
...
...
...
18
REMARKS.
Employed on
manufacture.
Male.
7.41
12.03
19.44
Female.
1.19
5.01
6.20
Total.
8.60
17.04
25.64
On gardening.
Male.
37.45
45.94
83.39
Female.
...
...
...
Total.
37.45
45.94
83.39
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STATEMENT No. XII.
Abstract of Cash Account of the Nagpur and Jubbulpore Lunatic Asylums for the year 1896, and ten previous years.
ASYLUMS.
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
ESTABLISHMENT.
Total cost.
Rs.
5,651
4,711
5 418
4,836
5,603
4,981
5,678
5,020
4,823
4,715
4,252
5,052
4,091
5,096
4,079
4,273
4,432
3,967
4,491
4,013
4,632
4,014
a.
9
10
1
8
9
3
5
15
13
15
8
11
11
10
1
9
6
4
14
13
8
7
p.
7
6
4
1
10
3
8
6
5
0
11
0
2
1
3
11
5
8
11
10
11
10
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
Rs.
35
35
39
35
42
35
43
36
40
36
33
37
31
36
27
28
27
26
26
27
26
26
a.
4
5
0
10
9
3
13
3
12
0
6
12
4
7
13
6
7
6
4
4
0
0
p.
2
2
3
0
3
7
4
10
7
11
11
4
8
0
2
6
11
11
7
8
10
10
DIET.
Total cost.
Rs.
4,278
3,448
3,745
3,539
3,413
3,867
3,408
4,020
2,995
3,552
3,686
3,888
4,459
4,018
5,240
3,970
3,639
4,037
4,958
a.
1
2
9
14
1
5
10
11
3
8
7
5
7
4
4
4
15
4
10
4,169 14
4,039
4,789
1
12
p.
0
9
8
4
0
2
7
2
10
9
3
7
8
4
10
10
3
6
3
9
1
5
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
Rs.
26
25
26
26
25
27
26
29
25
27
28
29
34
28
35
26
22
26
29
28
22
31
a.
11
1
15
1
15
5
4
0
5
2
15
1
1
11
11
6
9
14
0
5
11
1
p.
0
7
6
2
0
6
11
4
2
7
8
1
8
8
11
2
4
4
4
7
5
4
CLOTHING AND BEDDING.
Total cost.
Rs.
494
230
599
189
176
316
397
298
690
356
755
283
497
287
482
177
461
291
499
253
79
259
a.
12
15
0
1
6
11
8
8
2
13
14
0
13
8
8
12
6
9
10
6
14
14
p.
0
0
0
9
0
9
0
0
8
9
0
1
0
9
0
11
0
2
0
0
0
0
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
Rs.
3
1
4
1
1
2
3
2
5
2
5
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
1
0
1
a.
1
11
5
6
5
3
1
2
13
11
15
1
12
0
4
2
13
15
14
11
7
11
p.
5
9
0
3
5
11
1
6
4
8
1
10
11
11
8
11
9
1
9
7
2
0
MEDICINES.
Total cost.
Rs.
178
8
394
8
92
11
37
15
105
19
78
22
116
33
2
33
204
23
74
36
98
59
a.
10
8
10
12
0
2
11
4
15
15
3
15
4
4
6
3
15
12
3
14
10
12
p.
8
10
4
6
0
0
0
11
8
2
3
3
2
6
5
2
4
11
10
7
4
5
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
Rs.
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
a.
1
1
13
1
11
1
4
1
14
2
9
2
14
3
0
3
4
2
6
4
8
6
p.
10
0
6
0
2
2
8
9
4
5
10
9
3
10
3
6
4
6
11
0
10
2
CONTINGENCIES.
Total cost.
Rs.
971
796
817
595
1,152
697
1,006
742
599
661
376
720
267
669
381
581
371
696
974
617
2,371
602
a.
0
13
7
4
13
14
0
4
10
0
9
3
5
8
9
3
9
6
3
6
15
10
p.
3
1
8
7
9
7
8
10
11
9
10
3
10
3
7
9
11
9
4
11
0
6
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
Rs.
6
5
5
4
8
4
7
5
5
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
4
5
4
13
3
a.
0
15
14
6
12
14
12
5
1
0
15
6
0
12
9
13
4
10
11
3
5
14
p.
11
7
2
2
2
11
3
9
2
10
4
1
8
7
8
10
11
3
3
2
5
7
TOTAL.
Total cost.
Rs.
11,574
9,196
10,974
9,169
10,437
9,874
10,528
10,097
9,214
9,306
9,149
9,967
9,432
10,105
10,185
9,036
9,110
9,016
10,993
9,091
11,222
9,726
a.
1
2
13
9
14
4
3
12
14
5
11
3
9
3
14
2
4
6
10
8
1
9
p.
6
2
0
3
7
9
11
5
6
5
3
4
10
11
1
7
11
0
4
1
4
2
Cost per
head of
average
strength
Rs.
72
68
79
67
79
69
81
72
77
71
71
74
72
72
69
60
56
60
64
61
63
63
a.
3
15
0
8
5
13
4
14
14
2
14
8
2
4
7
0
8
1
5
13
1
1
p.
4
1
5
7
0
1
3
2
7
5
10
1
2
0
8
11
3
1
10
0
8
11
Pioneer Press No —250—13-4-97.— 170.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS
IN THE
CENTRAL PROVINCES
FOR THE YEAR
1897.
BY
Surgn.-Col. G. HUTCHESON, M.D.,
Administrative Medical Officer, C. P.
Allababad
PRINTED AT THE PIONEER PRESS.
1898.
2
6. The management of both asylums has continued good throughout the
year, and reflects great credit on both the Superintendents. In Nagpur the dairy
has continued to give excellent results both financially and in regard to the health
of the inmates, and Surgeon-Major Harris is to be congratulated on the results.
Both the Deputy Superintendents have also done good work throughout the year.
ORDER.—Ordered, that a copy of this Resolution be submitted to the
Government of India in the Home Department, and that a copy be forwarded to the
Administrative Medical Officer, Central Provinces, for information and guidance;
also that it be published in the Supplement to the Central Provinces Gazette.
[True Extract.]
H. A. CRUMP,
Second Secretary to the Chief Commissioner,
Central Provinces.
Secretariat Press, Nagpur —R. D., 2-6 98—170.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON
LUNATIC ASYLUMS
IN THE
CENTRAL PROVINCES
FOR THE YEAR
1897.
THIS Report is due in the Secretariat on 10th February, and was sent to
Press on that date.
2. Officers in charge.—Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel H. K. McKay and Sur-
geon-Major G. F. A. Harris held charge of the Jubbulpore and Nagpur Lunatic
Asylums respectively throughout the year.
3. Buildings, Accommodation, &c.—Nagpur Asylum. No additions or alter-
ations were made during the year. The usual annual repairs were carried out.
Jubbulpore Asylum. A large well, situated on the ground newly acquired,
was covered in and properly protected. A necessary addition to the boundary
wall on the north and west side of the garden has been sanctioned, and the
drains of the Asylum will be improved during the current year. The annual
repairs were carried out, as usual, by the Public Works Department.
STATEMENT I.
4. Admissions.—Nagpur Asylum. The number of inmates remaining from
1896 was 175, 141 males and 34 females. There were 27 admissions during the
year, viz., 22 males and 5 females, and 3 males were re-admitted. The total popu-
lation was thus 205, or the same figure as in 1896. Of the 27 new admissions,
22 were from the Central Provinces and 5 from Berar.
Admissions.—Jubbulpore Asylum. The number remaining from 1896 was 145,
114 males and 31 females ; 27 males and 5 females were admitted, and there were
no re-admissions. The total population was thus 177 as in 1896.
5. Discharges.—Nagpur Asylum. Twenty-seven patients were discharged
during 1897, 25 males and 2 females, or 5 more than in the preceding year.
Of these, 9 who were admitted for acute mania, were discharged cured; 4 (2
cases of mania and 2 of dementia) " improved," and were made over to their
friends ; 3 (2 cases of mania and a case of dementia) were made over to their
friends as "not improved"; and 11 were discharged "otherwise." Those dis-
charged " otherwise" represent criminal lunatics who were sent to stand their
trial, to pass their probation in Central Jails, &c.
Discharges.—Jubbulpore Asylum. Seventeen patients were discharged, 16
males and 1 female. Of these, 16 were discharged "cured," and 1 "improved"
was made over to his friends.
6. The daily average population in the Nagpur Asylum was 167.15, or a
decrease of 10.68, and in the Jubbulpore Asylum 150.64, or a decrease of 3.46,
as compared with 1896. The maximum number of lunatics confined on any one
night in the Nagpur Asylum was 142 males and 34 females, and in the Jubbul-
pore Asylum 126 males and 33 females. There was for one day one male lunatic
in excess of accommodation provided at 54 superficial feet per patient.
( 2 )
7. The percentage of " cured," to daily average strength, was again greater
in the Jubbulpore than in Nagpur Asylum :—
Nagpur Asylum ... ...
Jubbulpore Asylum ... ...
Daily average
strength.
167.15
150.64
Percentage
cured.
5.38
10.62
8. There was a total of 14 deaths in the Nagpur and 13 in the Jubbulpore
Asylum. The death-rate per cent. in the Nagpur Asylum rose from 3.94 in 1896
to 8.37. The percentage of deaths, to daily average population in 1896, was con-
siderably below the average of the previous five years, but in 1897 it increased to
3.15 above the quinquennial mean. The death-rate per cent. in the Jubbulpore
Asylum was 8.62 as compared with 7.13 in 1896, and 7.52 the average of the
previous five years.
9. The death-rates per cent. of daily average strength in the two Asylums,
during the past seven years, are shown as follows :—
Nagpur Asylum
...
...
Jubbulpore Asylum
...
...
1891 ...
1892 ...
1893 ...
1894 ...
1895 ...
1896 ...
1897 ...
1891 ...
1892 ...
1893 ...
1894 ...
1895 ...
1896 ...
1897 ...
6.29
2.29
4.77
8.06
7.02
3.94
8.37
11.21
5.72
7.31
9.99
7.48
7.13
8.62
10. There was no actual overcrowding in either Asylum during the year.
Accommodation on the male side of both Asylums is limited to present require-
ments, and the number of males confined exceeded the capacity by one in the
Jubbulpore Asylum for one night only during the year.
11. In the following table is shown the percentage of "cured" to total
population and daily average strength in the Asylums of the Central Provinces,
as compared with the same data of the Asylums in other Provinces :—
TABLE I.
Provinces.
Bengal ... ...
Punjab ... ...
Tezpur ... ...
Bombay ... ...
Rangoon ... ...
Central Provinces ...
Ditto ...
Year.
1896
1896
1896
1896
1896
1896
1897
Total popu-
lation dur-
ing the year.
1,102
495
153
1,006
442
382
382
Daily aver-
age
strength.
914.41
353.18
116.37
723.4
332.21
331.93
317.79
Cured dur-
ing the
year.
61
50
14
72
63
25
25
Percentage
of cured
to total
population.
5.53
10.10
9.15
7.16
14.25
6.54
6.54
Percentage
of cured to
daily aver-
age
strength.
6.67
14.16
12.03
9.95
18.96
7.53
7.87
There was no appreciable variation in the percentage of " cured " to daily
average population during the past three years in the local Asylums.
( 3 )
STATEMENT II.
12. Criminal Lunatics.—The number of criminal lunatics, confined in each
Asylum, is shown as follows:—
Nagpur Asylum ...
Jubbulpore Asylum ...
Remaining
on 31st De-
cember 1896.
63
34
Admitted.
5
6
Re-admitted.
1
...
Total.
69
40
13. Nagpur Asylum.—Of the thirteen shown under column " discharged,
transferred," &c., 5 were sent back to Jail, 1 was made over to his friends under
the Chief Commissioner's order, 1 escaped, 4 were sent to stand their trial, and 2
were discharged on expiry of their sentences. Two died during the year. At
the close of the year, therefore, 54 remained in the Asylum.
14. Jubbulpore Asylum.—Of the six shown as " discharged and transferred,"
2 were sent to stand their trial, 2 were transferred to the non-criminal list
on the expiry of their sentences, and 2 were discharged by order of the Chief
Commissioner. Three died during the year. The number remaining on the
roll at the close of the year was thus 31.
15. A considerable increase in the daily average number of criminal luna-
tics confined in the Jubbulpore Asylum has occurred during the past two years,
but a decrease in the average number in the Nagpur Asylum was recorded in
1897. The daily average number was 57.08 in Nagpur and 35.44 in Jubbul-
pore, as compared with 64.90 and 34.28 respectively in 1896.
The daily average number of criminal lunatics confined in the Asylums
during the past seven years, is shown as follows :—
Nagpur Asylum
...
...
Jubbulpore Asylum ...
...
Year.
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
Daily average number of criminal lunatics.
... 46.15
... 45.29
... 51.71
... 58.24
... 63.23
... 64.90
... 57.08
... 31.56
... 30.27
... 33.87
... 33.19
... 30.85
... 34.28
... 35.44
STATEMENT III.
16. Religion and Sex.—Of the total number of admissions into both the
Asylums, 41 were Hindus, 12 Mahomedans, 2 Native Christians and 7 were of
other castes. The percentage of females to males was 19.
( 4 )
STATEMENT IV.
17. Occupation, &c., of those admitted.—The largest number belonged as
usual to the labouring class, and next to these come cultivators, beggars,
servants, students, weavers and shopkeepers.
STATEMENT V.
18. Age of those admitted.—The age of the majority of those admitted, as in
the previous year, is between 20 and 40 years, and the percenatge of admissions at
that age period was 72. The number of juveniles admitted into the Jubbul-
pore Asylum was proportionally much greater than that of the Nagpur Asylum.
STATEMENT VI.
19. Types of Insanity.—This statement has been again revised and is now
compiled in accordance with the instructions of the Government of India, Home
Department No. 2 Medical/52, dated 28th January 1897.
The total population of both Asylums at the end of the year, classified ac-
cording to the types of insanity, was as follows :—
Idiocy ... ... ... ... ...
Mania, acute or chronic—
Epileptic ... ... ... ... ...
Other forms ... ... ... ... ...
Melancholia, acute or chronic—
Epileptic ... ... ... ... ...
Other forms ... ... ... ... ...
Dementia, including acquired—
Epileptic ... ... ... ... ...
Other forms ... ... ... ... ...
Delusional insanity ... ... ... ... ...
Declared to have recovered—
Traumatic insanity ... ... ... ... ...
Toxic
do. ... ... ... ... ...
Total
21
18
158
1
21
1
86
3
1
1
311
STATEMENT VII.
20. Alleged causes of Insanity.—Of the 62 admissions during the year, 27
were ascribed to physical and 4 to moral causes, while 31 were recorded under
the category "causes unknown."
The alleged causes of insanity among the lunatics of all classes, remaining in
the Asylums at the close of the year, are thus indicated :—
Physical causes ... ... ... ...
Ganja-smoking ... ... ... ...
Opium-eating ... ... ... ...
Spirit-drinking ... ... ... ...
Fever ... ... ... ... ...
Epilepsy and sunstroke ... ... ...
Hereditary, congenital, and secret vice ... ...
Other physical causes—privation ... ...
Moral causes ... ... ... ...
"Unknown" ... ... ... ...
Total
27
4
2
12
26
6
6
...
...
...
83
53
175
311
( 5 )
21. Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel McKay records the particulars of cases
in which the alleged cause of insanity was privation, and the want of proper
sustenance.
STATEMENT VIII.
22. Sickness.—The total admissions into hospital in the Nagpur Asylum
was 59 (40 males and 19 females) as compared with 50 in 1896. At Jubbulpore
108 (89 males and 19 females) were admitted into hospital as compared with 109
in the previous year. There were 5 cases of cholera in the Nagpur Asylum,
with 2 deaths. No case of small-pox or influenza in either Asylum was
reported. The chief causes of sickness were fever, debility, abscess, ulcer,
diarrhœa, bronchitis, pneumonia and pneumonic phthisis. Fever and debility
were more common in the Nagpur Asylum, and abscess and ulcer and pneumonic
phthisis in the Jubbulpore Asylum, than in the previous year.
23. In the following table are shown the number of patients admitted and
the causes of admission into hospital:—
TABLE II.
Diseases.
Influenza
...
Fevers
...
Dysentery
...
Diarrhœa
...
Debility
...
Rheumatism
...
Anæmia
...
Bronchitis
...
Pneumonia
...
Abscess, Ulcer and Boil
...
Pneumonic Phthisis
...
Small-pox and Chicken-pox
...
All other causes
...
Total
...
Districts.
Nagpur
...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore ...
ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL.
1896.
2
4
14
41
4
4
6
5
4
6
1
1
1
1
4
5
...
4
3
8
...
...
...
...
11
30
50
109
1897.
...
...
21
41
1
1
1
6
11
4
...
3
2
1
...
6
1
3
4
15
1
2
...
...
17
26
59
108
Difference.
-2
-4
+ 7
=
-3
-3
-5
+1
+7
-2
-1
+2
+ 1
=
-4
+1
+ 1
-1
+1
+7
+ 1
+2
=
=
+6
-4
+9
-1
24. The daily average number of sick at Nagpur was 7.01 against 8.68 in
1896, and at Jubbulpore 5.16 as compared with 4.15 in 1896.
25. Mortality.—The ratios of deaths to daily average strength, and of deaths
to admissions, for the past three years are compared in the following table :—
TABLE III.
Asylum.
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore ... ...
RATIO oF DEATHS TO
AVERAGE STRENGTH.
1895.
7.02
7.48
1896.
3.94
7.13
1897.
8.37
8.62
RATIO OF DEATHS TO
ADMISSIONS.
1895.
28.57
44.00
1896.
24.14
37.93
1897.
46.66
40.63
REMARKS.