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11. The daily average strength was in 1893, 11.93 and in 1892, 9.22,
12. Escapes.—Two of the inmates escaped from the Lahore Asylum, but
were recaptured. One, a male criminal, walked through a breach in the
garden wall, but the warder in charge does not appear to have been in fault.
The other was a non-criminal female, who escaped from the enclosure for
females by means of a sub-division wall.
13. There were no escapes from the Delhi Asylum.
14. Religion of those admitted—In the Lahore Asylum 35 males and 5
females were Hindus, 28 males and 10 females were Muhammadans, 2 were
Native Christians and 2 were unclassified.
15. In Delhi 29 were Hindús, 10 Muhammadans and 1 Christian
(European).
16. Occupation of those admitted.—In Lahore 19 were cultivators, 8 beg-
gars, 8 labourers, 8 shopkeepers, 5 domestic servants, 4 cooks, 4 sepoys,
19 of various other occupations, and 7 unknown.
17. In Delhi 8 were cultivators, 3 shopkeepers, 2 barbers, 2 priests,
2 silversmiths, one each of various other callings, and 9 unknown.
18. Ages.—The ages of those admitted, were in Lahore 4 males and 2
females under 20 years, 53 males and 12 females between 20 and 40 years, 9
males and 1 female between 40 and 60 years, and 1 male above 60 years.
19. In Delhi 4 were under 20 years, 31 between 20 and 40 years, 4
between 40 and 00 years, and 1 upwards of 60 years.
20. The types and causes of insanity in the admissions at Lahore were
mania 28 males and 8 females, melancholia 13 males and 1 female, dementia 5
males and 1 female, epileptic insanity 5 males and 3 females, toxic insanity 14
males, consecutive insanity 1 male, puerperal insanity 1 female, and idiocy 1 male
and 1 female.
21. The causes of the insanity were known in only 30 of the admissions.
In 14 cases it was ascribed to the use of the various preparations of Indian
hemp, in 1 to fever, in 2 it was congenital, 8 were due to epilepsy, 1 was
consequent on child-birth and 4 resulted from grief.
22. In Delhi 11 were admitted for mania, 5 for dementia, 4 idiocy,
3 epileptic insanity, 14 toxic insanity, and in 3 cases the insanity was
doubtful.
23. Fourteen of these were due to the use of the various preparations of
Indian hemp, 1 to opium, 1 to fever, and in 24 of the admissions the causes of the
insanity were unknown.
24. Sickness and mortality.—The admissions into hospital and the number
of deaths were considerably less in both Asylums than they were in the previous
year. This was especially the case in Lahore where only 432 patients were
treated as compared with 639 in 1892, and the mortality fell from 52 to 22.
The improvement was undoubtedly due to the general healthiness of the year,
and chiefly to the absence of those malarial influences which are mainly
productive of fevers with their debilitating sequelæ. There were only 76
admissions for malarial fevers, being a decrease of 133 on the previous year.
25. The Asylum was entirely free from cholera in 1893, while in 1892, 13
cases were treated. The number of patients admitted for anæmia and debility
showed a slight decrease, and these conditions were evidently of a much milder
character than in 1892, as they only accounted for one death, as compared
with 11 in 1892.
26. The admissions for diarrhœa fell from 30 to 12, but there was an
increase of 13 in the number of cases admitted with chest affections. The
patients were kept longer in hospital , as with the smaller number of admissions
the daily average under treatment was nearly the same as in 1892.
27. The total number of deaths for the whole year was 22, and 14 of
these occurred after the middle of November.