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DACCA LUNATIC ASYLUM.
71
No. 1.
Abstract of Annual Return of 1872, and of the ten preceding years.
YEARS.
1862
...
1863 ...
1864
...
1865
...
1866
...
1867 ...
1868
...
1869
...
1870
...
1871 ...
Average
1872
...
Increase
Decrease
Remaining
1st January.
M.
175
185
188
198
197
177
173
181
192
168
183.4
163
...
20.4
F.
34
32
42
40
43
39
36
32
37
42
37
41
4
...
T.
209
217
230
238
240*
216
209
213
229
210
220.4
204
4
20.4
Admitted.
M.
61
59
82
88
50
60
79
71
56
57
66.3
93
26.7
...
F.
5
17
17
14
15
7
20
19
16
16
14.6
17
2.4
...
T.
66
76
99
102
65
67
99
90
72
73
80.9
110
29.1
...
Re-admitted.
M.
15
22
17
10
3
8
11
7
4
6
10.3
13
2.7
...
F.
6
7
5
2
...
2
2
2
1
1
2.8
2
...
0.8
T.
21
29
22
12
3
10
13
9
5
7
13.1
15
2.7
0.8
Total treated.
M.
251
266
287
296
250
245
263
259
252
231
260
269
9
...
F.
45
56
64
56
58
48
58
53
54
59
55.1
60
4.9
...
T.
296
322
351
352
308
293
321
312
306
290
315.1
329
13.9
...
DISCHARGED
Cured.
M.
40
46
41
51
45
28
33
24
28
20
35.6
30
...
5.6
F.
7
9
9
10
8
6
8
5
6
9
7.7
8
0.3
...
T.
47
55
50
61
53
34
41
29
34
29
43.3
38
...
5.6
TRANSFERRED TO FRIENDS
Improved.
M.
15
14
29
24
...
5
11
6
9
11
12.4
12
...
0.4
F.
3
4
12
6
...
2
3
...
1
...
3.3
2
...
1.3
T.
18
18
41
30
2
7
14
6
10
11
15.7
14
...
1.7
Not
improved.
M.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
2
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
2
...
Otherwise.
M.
...
...
...
...
...
7
7
6
11
3
6.80
2
...
4.80
F.
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
1
0.80
...
...
0.80
T.
...
...
...
...
...
8
8
7
11
4
7.60
2
...
5.60
Died.
M.
11
18
19
27
28
33
31
31
36
34
26.8
33
6.2
...
F.
3
...
3
1
9
2
14
10
5
8
5.5
7
1.5
...
T.
14
18
22
28
37
35
45
41
41
42
32.3
40
7.7
...
Remained 31st
December.
M.
185
188
198
194
177
172
181
192
168
163
181.8
190
8.2
...
F.
32
43
40
39
39
37
32
37
42
41
38.2
43
4.8
...
T.
217
231
238
233
216
209
213
229
210
204
220
233
1.3
...
Daily average strength.
M.
...
...
191.24
201.59
186.62
173.
166.
196.14
182.92
171.02
183.56
174.83
...
8.73
F.
...
...
37.80
39.41
39.60
37.
34.13
35.62
36.65
42.38
37.82
43.95
6.13
...
T.
208
220
229.4
241.
226.22
210.
200.13
231.76
222.57
213.40
220.20
218.78
...
1.42
Daily average sick.
M.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
16.40
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2.20
...
...
T.
...
...
22.9
24.1
28.3
21.56
20.52
30.24
30.44
34.47
26.56
18.60
...
7.96
7 pauper patients are included.
72
REPORT ON THE
No. 4.
Summary of Monthly Returns.
MONTHS.
January ...
...
February ...
...
March
...
...
April
... ...
May
...
...
June
...
...
July
...
...
August
...
...
September ...
...
October ...
...
November ...
...
December ...
...
Total
...
Daily average strength.
M
161.70
158.86
158.32
158.30
161.09
163.63
173.54
183.29
190.46
196.64
197.16
195.03
174.83
F
39.0
39.10
40.0
41.0
42.19
43.0
43.80
46.54
48.93
50.0
48.60
45.26
43.95
T
200.70
197.96
198.32
199.30
203.28
206.63
217.34
229.83
239. 39
246.64
245.76
240.29
218.78
Admitted.
M
3
5
7
8
6
16
12
17
5
11
7
9
106
F
1
2
1
...
3
...
3
5
2
...
...
2
19
T
4
7
8
8
9
16
15
22
7
11
7
11
125
Discharged.
M
1
4
4
5
3
3
3
3
5
2
5
8
46
F
1
1
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
2
4
10
T
2
5
4
5
4
3
4
3
5
2
7
12
56
Died.
M
4
5
2
...
2
6
...
1
1
3
3
6
33
F
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
1
2
7
T
6
5
2
...
2
6
1
1
2
3
4
8
40
Daily average sick.
M
25.38
19.88
14.51
14.00
14.09
13.57
14.00
11.22
14.50
19.08
17.48
19.12
16.40
F
3.41
1.44
0.12
0.90
0.63
2.13
3.28
2.22
3.40
3.70
3. 30
1.96
2.20
T
28.79
21.32
14.63
14.90
14.72
15.70
17.28
13.44
17.90
22.78
20.78
21.08
18.60
No. 5.
Return showing Religion, Sex and Zillah of Patients admitted during the year 1872.
ZILLAHS.
Dacca
...
...
...
Tipperah
...
...
...
Sylhet
...
...
...
Cachar
...
...
...
Chittagong ... ... ...
Noakhally
...
...
...
Mymensingh ... ... ...
Furreedpore ... ... ...
Pubna
...
...
...
Backergunge ...
...
...
Cooch Behar ...
...
...
Julpigoree
...
...
...
Nowgong
...
...
...
Darrung
...
...
...
Luckimpore
...
...
...
Gowhatty
...
...
...
Gowalparah
...
...
...
Total ...
Hindoos.
M
21
...
14
5
1
...
2
6
1
1
3
2
5
1
5
...
...
66
F
4
...
2
1
...
...
...
1
...
2
...
...
1
...
1
1
1
14
T
25
...
16
6
1
...
2
6
1
3
3
2
6
1
6
1
1
80
Mahomedans.
M
15
8
8
1
1
2
5
4
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
40
F
1
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
T
16
4
8
1
1
3
5
4
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
44
Christians.
M
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other castes.
M
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
T
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
M
36
3
22
6
2
2
7
9
1
1
4
2
5
1
5
...
...
106
F
5
1
2
1
1
1
...
1
...
3
...
...
1
...
1
1
1
19
T
41
4
24
7
3
3
7
10
1
4
4
2
6
1
6
1
1
125
DACCA LUNATIC ASYLUM.
73
No. 8.
Return showing the duration of Mental Disease prior to Admission, in those admitted during the year 1872.
Admitted ...
Cured
...
Improved ...
Died ...
Unknown
...
Males ... ... ...
Females
...
...
Males...
...
Females ... ...
Males...
...
...
Females ... ...
Males...
...
...
Females
... ...
Males...
...
...
Females ... ...
Congenital.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
MONTHS.
Under 1.
11
1
1
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
1 to 2.
11
1
4
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
2 to 3.
9
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Under 3.
31
2
7
1
3
...
1
...
...
...
3 to 4.
2
1
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
4 to 5.
4
2
...
...
1
1
...
...
..
...
5 to 6.
6
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3 to 6.
12
5
2
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
6 to 9.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9 to 12.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
YEARS.
Under 1.
45
7
9
2
4
1
1
...
...
...
1 to 2.
11
2
2
...
1
...
3
...
...
...
2 to 3.
4
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
3 to 4.
3
1
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
4 to 5.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Under 5.
65
11
11
2
6
1
6
2
...
...
Above 5.
14
3
2
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
Total.
79
14
13
3
6
1
7
2
27
5
S
74
REPORT ON THE
No. 10.
Return showing the General Health on Admission and Discharge of Lunatics in the Dacca Lunatic Asylum during the year 1872.
State of health on admis-
sion of lunatics admitted
during the year.
Good.
M
57
F
8
Indiffer-
ent.
M
28
F
7
Bad.
M
21
F
4
State of health on admission
of lunatics discharged
otherwise than by deaths
during the year.
Good.
M
32
F
6
Indiffer-
ent.
M
11
F
2
Bad.
M
3
F
2
State of health on admission
of lunatics who died
during the year.
Good.
M
11
F
2
Indiffer-
ent.
M
7
F
1
Bad.
M
15
F
4
State of health on discharge
from asylum of those
discharged during
the year.
Good.
M
45
F
10
Indiffer-
ent.
M
1
F
...
Bad.
M
...
F
...
Number who
gained weight.
46
Number who
lost weight.
44
Number who
neither gained
nor lost.
6
DACCA LUNATIC ASYLUM.
75
No. 14.
Annual Return of Sick patients treated in the hospital of the Dacca Lunatic Asylum
during the year 1872.
DISEASES.
Sub-Division A.
...
Sub-Division B.
...
Diseases of the Nervous
System ...
...
Diseases of the Ear ...
Diseases of the Respira-
tory System
...
Diseases of the Diges-
tive System
...
Diseases of the Urinary
System
...
Diseases of the Cutane-
ous System ...
Conditions ...
Injuries ...
General Diseases.
6. Dengue (fever)
...
...
9. Enteric ... ...
15. Ague
...
...
...
16. Remittent fever ... ...
18. Malignant cholera
...
...
34. Acute rheumatism ... ...
37a. Lumbago ... ...
43b. Secondary syphilis
... ...
49-1. Phthisis pulmonalis ... ...
54. Scurvy
...
...
...
55. Anæmia
... ... ...
57. Dropsy
...
... ...
Local Diseases.
60. Meningitis ...
...
...
65. Apoplexy ... ... ...
85-2. Hemiplegia ... ... ...
93. Epilepsy ... ... ...
101c. Sciatica
... ... ...
187. Hæmatoma auris
...
...
306. Bronchitis ... ... ...
314. Asthma
...
...
...
315. Pneumonia ...
... ...
331. Pleurisy
...
... ...
333. Empyema ... ... ...
350. Aphtha ... ... ...
353. Cancrum oris ... ...
377. Gum-boil ... ... ...
449. Gastritis
...
...
...
460. Dyspepsia ... ... ...
466. Dysentery ... ... ...
483-1. Ascaris lumbricoides ... ...
484. Diarrhœa
...
...
...
486. Colic ... ... ...
487. Constipation ... ...
501. Hepatitis
...
...
...
506. Cirrhosis of liver ... ...
513. Jaundice
... ... ...
524. Splenitis
... ... ...
535. Abscess ... ... ...
585. Gonorrhœa ... ... ...
841. Herpes ... ... ...
847. Acne ... ... ...
859. Ulcer ... ... ...
863. Onychia ... ... ...
865. Whitlow ... ... ...
869. Elephantiasis arabum ... ...
904. Old age ... ... ...
905. Debility ... ... ...
992. Burns ... ... ...
1094. Wound ... ... ...
1170. Wound ... ... ...
1104. Fracture of the fore-arm ...
Grand Total ...
Remained in hospital from
previous year.
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
2
1
1
...
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
...
...
...
...
24
Admitted during the year.
41
1
52
17
3
7
2
1
11
3
1
4
1
1
2
6
1
1
1
1
22
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
30
4
30
3
6
1
1
4
3
8
2
2
1
2
1
1
3
1
47
1
8
4
1
349
Total.
41
1
52
17
3
8
2
1
13
4
2
4
3
1
2
7
1
1
1
2
23
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
35
4
30
3
5
1
1
4
5
9
2
2
1
2
1
1
3
1
52
1
8
4
1
273
RESULTS.
Discharged cured.
41
...
52
13
...
8
2
1
1
3
...
1
1
...
...
6
1
1
1
2
6
1
...
1
...
1
1
2
28
3
26
3
5
1
...
4
3
8
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
...
33
1
7
4
1
284
Discharged otherwise.
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
3
1
2
3
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
3
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
11
...
1
...
...
*40
Died.
...
1
...
...
3
...
...
...
9
...
...
...
2
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
10
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
5
...
...
...
...
40
Remaining sick.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
9
REMARKS.
* One of these cases
was amputated in the
Mitford Hospital.
* Transferred other diseases.
76
REPORT ON THE
No. 16.
Annual Return of Vaccine Operations performed in the Dacca Lunatic Asylum during the year 1872.
NUMBER ADMITTED DURING
THE YEAR 125.
Males ...
Females
...
Total ...
OF THE NUMBER ADMITTED.
HAD BEEN VACCINATED.
Number.
4
4
Per cent. of
admissions.
37
3.7
HAD BEEN INOCULATED.
Number.
53
13
66
Per cent. of
admissions.
50.0
68.4
59.2
HAD SMALL POX.
Number.
19
2
21
Per cent. of
admissions.
17.9
10.5
14.2
NOT PROTECTED.
Number.
30
4
34
Per cent. of
admissions.
28.3
21.0
24.6
VACCINATION PERFORMED DURING THE YEAR.
PRIMARY VACCINATION.
Successful.
13
4
17
Unsuccessful.
1
......
1
Doubtful.
......
......
......
Total.
14
4
18
RE-VACCINATION.
Successful.
......
3
3
Unsuccessful.
......
......
......
Doubtful.
......
......
......
Total.
......
3
3
No. 17.
Statement showing the average number of Persons employed throughout the year 1872.
Daily average
number.
174.83
MALES.
Gardening.
38.38
Hospital attendance.
2
Sweeper's mates.
5
Overseer's quarters.
1.62
Bathing.
2
Tailoring.
1.02
Carpentering.
1.97
Baking.
2
Castor-oil pressing.
6.07
Grass-cutting.
1.02
Wood-cutting.
1.02
Office bearer.
1
Soorkey-pounding.
36.03
Cane-cutting.
3.48
Oil-making.
5.22
Water party.
8
Rope & twine making.
3.41
Basket-making.
5.12
Lamp lighter.
Weeding.
Repairing lovels.
Cow-herd.
Cook's mate.
General work.
26.51
Total.
150.87
Daily average
number.
43.95
FEMALES.
Grinding wheat.
9.65
Cotton-spinning.
8.89
Soorkey-pounding.
5.43
Seeds crushing.
6.75
Twine-making.
0.86
Leeping walls with
cow-dung, & cleaning
cells.
7.53
Total.
39.11
DACCA LUNATIC ASYLUM.
77
No. 18.
Annual Expenditure incurred on account of the Lunatic Asylum at Dacca during the year 1872.
Establishment
... ... ... ...
Dieting
...
...
...
...
...
Contingencies ... ... ... ...
Bazaar medicines ... ... ... ...
Clothing and blankets bought in 1872 ...
Total ...
Rs.
8,395
*8,627
639
96
1,306
19,065
As.
2
6
8
14
13
13
P.
11
9½
...
9
6
11*
Inclusive of superintendent's
pay.
* Exclusive of Rs. 399-12-2 paid
by friends
of paying
patients into the treasury.
Daily average number of persons ... ... ... ...
Average yearly cost per man
...
...
...
...
Average yearly cost of dieting per man ... ... ...
218.78
87-7-3.95
39-9-2
No. 19.
Abstract of estimated value of lunatic labor, for which no payment is recovered, for the
year 1872.
Nature of Work.
Laying out asylum grounds (levelling ground, making roads, &c.) ... ...
Manufacturing of soorkey for the making and repairing of roads in the asylum
Work done in asylum by lunatic carpenter ... ... ...
Making and repairing sheds ...
...
...
...
...
Lunatic sweepers ...
...
...
...
...
...
Cooly work ... ... ... ... ... ...
Grinding flour ... ... ... ... ... ...
White-washing and leeping walls, &c. ... ... ... ...
Attendance on sick
...
... ... ... ...
Cook's mates
...
...
... ... ... ...
Bread-making ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cutting and conveying canes to asylum for baskets ...
...
...
Ditto grass, and for feeding cows and bullocks
...
... ...
Lamplighter ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cow-herd ... ... ... ... ... ...
Office bearer ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Amount.
Rs.
1,227
831
180
60
343
200
195
258
144
192
182
122
281
108
120
60
4,505
A.
3
2
12
0
2
0
0
6
0
0
8
8
4
0
0
0
13
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
No. 20.
Statement of profit of labor of lunatics in the Dacca Asylum during the year 1872.
Nature of Occupation.
Garden produce
...
...
...
...
Soorkey
...
...
...
...
Lunatic labor ... ... ... ... ...
Basket and morah making ... ... ...
Carpentering ... ... ... ...
Cotton
...
...
...
...
...
Fuel
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Various works executed, as detailed in Form
No. 19
...
...
...
...
...
Total value of Lunatic Labor
...
Amount.
Rs.
85
1,167
272
78
69
89
64
1,828
4,505
6,334
A.
15
14
6
13
13
2
7
9
13
6
P.
4½
6
7
0½
8½
10½
8½
9½
0
9½
REMARKS.
Daily average number of lunatics in confinement ... ... ...
Ditto
ditto
ditto
employed
... ... ...
218.78
182.45
T
78
REPORT ON THE
No. 21.
Annual Accounts of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Industrial Fund of the Dacca Lunatic Asylum ending the 31st December 1872.
Dates.
1st January to 31st December 1872.
Expenditure.
To establishment
...
...
...
...
„ purchase of 1 bullock, a seed-crushing machine, stoves,
and brass gumlahs
... ...
„
„
of mustard seed
... ... ...
„
„ of castor-oil seed ... ... ...
„
„
of jute for string ... ... ...
„ making and repairing work sheds, &c. ... ...
„ feeding, &c. of 6 cows ... ... ...
„ indulgence to the inmates,—rum, Leibeg's soup, medi-
cines, sweetmeats, tobacco, &c. ...
„ cost of receipt stamps, &c. ... ... ...
„ „ of thirty-two stamped cheques ... ...
Balance remaining on 31st December 1872 ...
Total ...
Amount.
Rs.
279
537
411
373
4
68
393
403
1
2
5,714
8,190
As.
8
0
15
13
12
3
9
5
9
0
4
4
P.
9
9
2½
6
10½
6
10
9½
10
0
0
0½
Dates.
1st January to 31st December 1872.
Receipts.
By balance remaining on 1st January 1872 ... ...
„ Amount of profits on lunatic labor for the year 1872 ...
„ Amount received from a lunatic, Thamoo Boem ...
Total
Amount.
Rs.
6,334
1,828
27
8,190
As.
9
9
0
4
P.
6
9½
9
0½
JAMES WISE, M.D.,
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum, Dacca,
80
REPORT ON THE
Register of Deaths in the Dacca Lunatic Asylum during the year 1872.—(Continued.)
Nu mb e r on Ge-
neral Regi s t
er .
112
83
117
151
149
29
162
Serial Numbe r
.
8
9
1
11
12
13
14
NAMES.
Jamul Mohammed ... ...
Golok Chunder Mozumdar ...
Hurgobind Malo
...
...
Annundo Paramanik
...
...
Brikoo Das Sarman
...
...
Harris Chunder Mistry ...
Jehalman
...
...
...
...
District from
whence
received.
Sylhet ...
Noakhally ...
Mymensing ...
Furreedpore ...
Nowgong, As-
sam.
Furreedpore...
Julpigoree ...
STATE ON ADMISSION.
Mental disease.
Mania, acute
...
Mania, acute ...
Melancholia ...
Dementia, chronic
Mania, chronic ...
Mania, chronic ...
Melancholia ...
Duration.
6 Months ...
10 Months ...
1 Year
Not recorded
8 Years ...
1 Year ...
Unknown ...
Bodily condition and
disease, if any.
Good ...
Very weak ...
Anæmic and emaciated
Was emaciated and
ill with fever ...
Indifferent
... ...
Good ...
Arrived at asylum
with fever,dysentery,
and enlargement of
spleen.
Duration of
confinement.
Y.
1
3
1
0
0
10
0
M
8
5
6
5
5
8
5
D.
11
20
20
8
24
2
1
DEATH.
Disease causing.
Dysentery, chronic
ditto ...
Phthisis pulmonalis
ditto ...
Pneumonia ...
Phthisis pulmonalis
Enteric fever
...
Duration of
disease.
Y.
0
0
0
0
0
M.
5
0
3
3
2
D
0
6
0
18
0
............
0 5 1
REMARKS.
In 1870, this man was one of the most robust inmates of
the asylum. In September 1871, he got fever, enlarge-
ment of spleen and liver, followed by dysentery.
From the rectum to the cœcum, the whole of the mucous
tract was ulcerated and sloughing. The ilium was
healthy. The spleen weighed 2lbs. 4ozs.; the liver, 2lbs.
14 ozs.
Died from sheer exhaustion, the consequence of dysen-
tery succeeding a protracted attack of maniacal excite-
ment. Tubercles were found in both lungs, and the
mucous membrane throughout the large intestines was
ulcerated and sloughing.
Both lungs were found filled with ulcerating tubercular
masses, and at apex, in left, a large vomica existed.
In the ilium and cœcum were numerous circular ulcers,
with elevated edges.
Brain, soft and œdematous. A milky effusion beneath
arachnoid, and a large cyst in the left choroid plexus,
were found. Both lungs were disorganised and infil-
trated with numerous tubercular masses undergoing
softening.
Diarrhœa, followed by repeated attacks of low pneumonia,
caused death. Both lungs were emphysematous, and
the seat of pneumonia. The mucous membrane of
the small intestines was much congested.
Was an intractable and dangerous criminal lunatic, who
required special keepers to watch him. He began to
lose flesh, and to get low fever, six months before he
became seriously ill.
In both apices of lungs large tubercular cavities were
found. At bases great congestion existed. Other
organs healthy.
Was in hospital almost from date of admission till his
death. On the 9th May he was attacked with fever, fol-
lowed by pneumonia. There was unusual prostration;
and although the diurnal range of the thermometer
was abnormal, and collapse unexpected, the enteric
symptoms pointed to typhoid fever. He was treated
throughout on this belief, and the post mortem examin-
DACCA LUNATIC ASYLUM.
85
78.
57
124
38
39
40
Juber Ali ... ...
...
...
Tara Bewa
...
...
...
Sheikh Abdul
... ...
...
Chittagong ...
Backerguage...
Sylhet ...
Mania, chronic ...
Ditto ...
Dementia, chronic
2 years ...
12 years ...
3½ years ...
Pale, anæmic, and
cachectic.
Had diarrhœa and
was very anæmic.
Indifferent ...
4
0
1
5
2
11
16
20
14
Phthisis pulmonalis
Debility ...
Phthisis pulmonalis
0
0
0
9
2
2
0
20
0
Was admitted into hospital in March with dysentery.
It was not, however, until some months later that
tubercular disease of the lungs was detected.
Both lungs were extensively diseased. Large vomicæ,
and masses of disintegrating tubercle were found. In
the colon were several ulcers with raised edges.
This poor creature was six months pregnant when admit-
ted on the 29th September. She was then in a miser-
able state of health.
On the 5th November she gave birth to a dead child.
This was followed by diarrhœa, and anasarca. On the
17th December she died. Great anæmia of all the
organs of the body, and a congested state of the
mucous membrane of the large intestines were found.
Great serous effusion beneath arachnoid, and the left
lung destroyed by tubercular disease were the chief
pathological lesions. A few crude tubercles were disse-
minated throughout the right lung.
V
PATNA LUNATIC ASYLUM.
89
Error in last
year's table.
in 1871 on 31st December was Rs. 2,079-8, exclusive of Rs. 276-3, value of stock in hand.
The table as printed in the Inspector-General's report for that year seems to have been altered
in his office,* as the balance is there made out to be only Rs. 1,803-5. These figures have been
arrived at apparently by subtracting the value of stores in hand (Rs. 276-3) from the balance
Rs. 2,079-8-1, under the supposition that these were included in the latter sum; whereas
Rs. 2,079-8-1 represented the actual cash in the Bank on 31st December.
Money realized
for maintenance.
Money realized for maintenance.—I have shown in a separate table the amount received on
this account from the relatives of patients during the past year, the whole of which has been paid
in as realized into the treasury.
Attendants.
Overseer and ma-
tron.
Establishment.—Three keepers were dismissed during the year, with forfeiture of all pay
due, for ill-treating patients under their charge. On the whole the servants have behaved well.
The number of keepers has been increased, and they are now better paid than formerly. Some
reductions were made in the number of the servants, so that the establishment is more effective
than before as regards the safe custody of the lunatics without its cost being increased or its
efficiency impaired in any way. I have had every reason to be satisfied with the manner in
which Mr. Nowlan, the overseer, and his wife, the matron, have performed their duties. If the
new system of accounts in force at Dullunda is introduced here, the services of a competent
accountant will have to be entertained, whose salary, in the opinion of the visitor, should not be
less than Rs. 50 per mensem.
Visitors.
The asylum was visited several times by Dr. Francis, the Deputy Inspector-General of
Hospitals. The number of official visitors was increased at my suggestion by the addition of
the Judge, the Joint-Magistrate, and the Principal Opium Assistant, to the list. The addition
of the latter was very important, as frequently much difficulty was experienced in obtaining the
attendance of a medical visitor, owing to the absence on tour of the Deputy Inspector-
General of Hospitals during the greater part of the cold season.
* The figures were altered because, contrary to the orders of Government, the value of stock in hand was erro-
neously shown as part of the " amount of profits on lunatic labor." It became necessary, in order to make the account
balance, to deduct the sum so overstated on the Cr. side from the balance in hand. It appears now, however, that the
deduction should have been made from the " amount expended in materials for manufacture." An amended account,
prepared by Dr. Simpson, is appended.
W