8
REPORT ON THE TEZPUR LUNATIC ASYLUM.
55
Total
8
6
1S78.
4
2
6
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Of the above there were—
187(5.
1877.
Natives of Assam
...
...
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7
5
of other Provinces
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11. Class, sex, §c. (Statement No. 3).—Of those admitted during the year there
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were 20 Hindus, and 3 of other castes, but no Mahomedans or Christians. No further
remarks need be made on this heading.
12. The distribution according to Province, required by the Chief Commissioner, is
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as follows:—
1870.
1877.
1878.
Male, j Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. 1 Male. Female. I Total.
Natives of Assam .'.
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( Imported coolies
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other Provinces < ^ l
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( Free emigrants .
Unknown
Total
32
12
5
49
13
2
45
14
5
lo
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10
3
8
1
22
10
5
8
1
10
9
24
13
3
4
13
6
10
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13. This statements hows that in 1878, natives of Assam doubled, or nearly so, those of
the other Provinces, and in this agrees with the return for 1876. No free emigrants were
admitted during the year, and amongst the imported coolies the females stand to the
males as 4 to 2.
14. As far as one can gain information, these latter poor women as a rule have been
of acknowledged unsound mind in their own homes, and it is not impossible that emigra-
tion has proved a favourable means for getting rid of troublesome members of communities.
The number in the Asylum does not represent in any way the number brought
into the Province, as a frequent complaint made by planters is that those of unsound
mind are constantly received as ablebodied coolies. Until they grow troublesome or
dangerous, they are allowed to remain in the gardens, and are always treated with the I
greatest kindness.
15. At the end of 1878, there remained in the Asylum—
Natives of Assam
55
a
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f Imported coolies
other i rovinces < rn !
Unknown
\ Free emigrants
27
14
3
2
16. Occupations, c]'c. (Statement No. 4).— No remarks nceel be made upon this, owing
to the smallness of the figures.
17. Ages, §c. (Statement No. 5).—The same remark as to the inadvisability of
drawing deductions from limited figures applies also to this statement. Contrary to what
occurred in 1877, four of the admissions were under 20 years of age, but none of these were
children. On the other hand, none were over 40. As I noted in my last report, this
table is of little value, as it only gives the age on admission into the Asylum, and not that
at which the insanity first showed itself.
18. Types of insanity (Statement No. 6).—The admissions from mania, acute and
chronic, preponderate to a very considerable degree over the other forms of insanity,
forming more than two-thirds of the total admissions. Melancholia, on the other hand, shows
a decrease, whilst the number of cases of dementia is reduced to one. Owo, case of
probably congenital amentia almost amounting to idiotcy has been entered as idiotcy.
As regards paralysis of insanes, there is only one case, which figures under melancho-
lies, under which designation lie was entered in 1876. Of the cases of acute mania, ontf
is suicidal, two connected with epilepsy, and one puerperal. In this last case, the woman
is now quite sound in mind, but having been tried for murder of her child and acquitted
on account of insanity, she has to be detained in the Asylum.
19a. Assignee! causes, (Ju, eye. (Statement No. 7).—In 10 of the cases admitted
the cause was given, and in 13 stated to be unknown. Ganja and spirits are assigned
as the cause in 6 cases, or 2 more than in the previous years. Grief figures in 2
cases, and jealousy in one, but so little is really known about the cases that the assigned
cause must be accepted with the greatest amount of caution. In 1 case epilepsy W&s
undoubtedly the cause of the temporary outbreaks of fury.
1876 (only nil
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