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Age of patients.
16. Form No. 5 shews that out of the 25 admissions, 16 (or 24 per cent.)
were between 20 and 40 years old ; 6 between 40
and 60 ; 2 were under 20, and 1 upwards of 60. Of the
16 between 20 and 40 years, 8 males and 3 females were admitted on account
of dementia. Of the 6 between 40 and 60 1 was an imbecile, 1 was
paralytic, 1 had acute mania, and 2 were cases of dementia. No females
were admitted under this latter head. The two admissions under 20 years
were females, one suffering from melancholia and the other dementia. The
one case above 60 was a female admitted on account of acute mania.
Types of Insanity.
17. Form No. 6 exhibits in detail the types of insanity of those
admitted and treated during the year. Out of 77
treated, 30 were on account of acute mania; of these
25 were males and 5 were females. Of chronic mania cases there were 21
treated, of whom 16 were males and 5 females. There were 4 cases of
melancholia, 2 males and 2 females. Twelve (10 males and 2 females) were
treated on account of acute dementia. One male was admitted for paralysis.
There were 3 cases of amentia, one a male, and two were females. One
male was treated for mania intermittent. There were 4 cases of monomania,
three being males and one female, and one male was treated for imbecility.
Causes of Insanity.
18. Out of the 77 treated, the cause of insanity was known only in 13.
Amongst these, 9 were from physical causes and 4
from moral. Of the causes known to be physical 7
were from the use of ganja, one from alcohol, and one was a case of puerpe-
ral mania. Of the moral causes two were the results of grief ; one followed
a fit of extreme anger, and one was hereditary.
Escapes.
19. There was only one escape. A man aged 20 effected it at night in
consequence of the unfinished condition of the com-
pound wall close to the ward, and which happened
at the time to be under annual repair. The lad, whilst the warder's back
was turned, evaded observation, cleared the broken wall, and has never since
been heard of.
Management.
20. The behaviour of the lunatics has, on the whole, been extremely good.
With discretion, kindness and tact they are easily
managed. Especial care is taken that neither
violence nor ill temper is exhibited by any of the warders or people in
charge, and mechanical restraint has not been found necessary in a single
instance.
General Health.
21. The general health of the patients has been excellent. With the
exception of one cholera case, which occurred in the
month of August, no infectious disease appeared.
Bodily Almens.
22. At the end of the year there were two remaining under treatment
for bodily ailments, one being a case of general
dropsy and the other abscess over the sternum.
There were 16 admissions during the year, 10 being males and 6 females.
Of the 10 male admissions 1 was a case of hemiplegia, 1 of epilepsy, 1 of
general paralysis, 3 of diarrhœa, 1 of ulcer, 2 of debility, and 1 of contusion,
Of the 6 females, 1 was a case of malignant cholera, 1 of chronic rheumatism.
1 of syphilis, 1 of hydrophobia, 2 of syphilitic condyloma.
Deaths.
23. There were six deaths during the year, 4 males and 2 females. Of
the male deaths 1 occurred from general paralysis,
1 from diarrhœa, or from debility and old age.