REPORT ON THE TEZriTR LUX A TIC ASYLUM.
16. Types of in sanity (Statement No. 0).—As tho number of admissions for the past year is too
small to furnish any useful information, I subjoin a statement showing the types of insanity for fclie
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four years during which the Asylum has been in existence :-
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1876.
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Acute mania
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Melancholia
Idiolcy
Monomania
,
Not insane
,
Total
25
11
4
10
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24
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13
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17. Alleged causes of Insanity (Statement No. 7).—Of the admissions, 4 were attributed to the
excessive use ofganja, 1 to opium, and of 6 the cause of insanity is not known; 4 of the latter were
imported coolies, of whom no reliable history could be obtained. As all the lunatics of the Asylum
have been either opium-eaters or ganja-smokers, it is difficult to say what influence these drugs may
have had upon their mental condition. Three of those admitted as ganja-smokers recovered their reason
shortly after admission, with no other treatment than removal of tin; cause. The sudden deprivation of
these drugs did not seem in any case to cause even temporary ill-effects, the patients soon ceasing to
think of them.
The difficulty of obtaining reliable information regarding the previous histories of patients still
exists. What little information is obtained is not as a rule to be depended upon. Of the foreigners
treated, and who for the most part are sent here shortly after their arrival in the Province, there are
none who know their history, while the Assamese patients are usually old chronic cases, who have
neither friends nor relations to keep them at home, and whose early history has been forgotten.
18. Sickness, Sfc. {Statement No. 8)—
Remaining
Admitted
Total
Discharged
Died"...
Remaining
otherwise
Male.
Female.
Total
5
3
8
54
27
81
59
30
89
54
27
81
1
1
2
2
1
3
2
1
3
Of the 57 lunatics confined during tho year, 40 were once or more times in hospital; of these—
15 were ad initted
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w ere admitt
the sick list
Among the
being unabl
thenrnecess
for the past
There
4 admissioi
1 of this clas:
48 cases of
Of the
constipatioi
| of diet.
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for the thr<
subjects, ai
Garden las
were 14 ca
under prec
supplied fi
cold so as oi
been meilt
I find to c
to be near
3, or a dot
year be for
ascribed t<
EpiU
while in a
JYuir
last ad mis
IHar
the lithe
diarrhoea,
20.
four yeari
lis. 145-2
19. The percentage of admissions and deaths on average strength has been—
Admissions.
I)
Male.
1876
393-2
1877
2-11-3
1878
2226
1879
188U7
Fomale,
2689
78-0
283-9
209 5
TotuK
303 (5
228 1
239 9
194-8
Slulo.
20-7
39-52
3-19
037
itlis.
Female.
56-15
2tV21
8-59
0-90
Total.
3414
300
4-94
0-50
This, as regards the amount of sickness, shows a decided improvement over previous years, white
the death-rate, though slightly in excess of lo7fci, is still very small. The daily average of sick for
the four years was as follows : —
Mule.
Fcmalo.
Total.
1870 (9 months)
2 92
M0
408
1877
5 15
0-85
60
1878
4-39
1-84
623
1879
2 54
1-76
4-30
No.
nished a\
more the
rates. B
the lunat
year thei
The
room for
Baa
other ho:
The
some vei