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6. Statement II, Criminal Lunatics.—There were 52 in confinement on
1st January 1892, two of whom were females; 44 were in Lahore and 8 in Delhi.
7. There were 29 admissions during the year; in Lahore 24 and in Delhi
5, giving a population of males 27 and females 2, total 29. Eight were discharged
or transferred, 1 escaped and 8 died, leaving 64 in confinement at the end of
the year, viz., in Lahore 53 and in Delhi 11.
8. The percentage of daily average strength of criminal to non-criminal
lunatics was 20.7; in Lahore 25.3 and in Delhi 10.3.
9. Escapes.—Three occurred, all from the Lahore Asylum. One was a
criminal and the others non-criminals ; the former returned to the Asylum of
his own accord. One of the latter was captured and the other is still at large.
These escapes were only possible owing to the numerous low subdivision walls
which abut on the main wall.
10. Statements III, IV and V.—The religion, sex, residence, occupation
and age of those admitted are noted in these statements. Sixty-four were
Hindus, 10 of whom were females ; 59 Muhammadans, 8 females; 7 Christians,
1 of whom was female and 2 were of other classes.
11. Sixteen of the admissions were foreigners, i. c., they were not
residents of the Punjab.
12. All the ordinary occupations were represented in the admissions.
The greatest number from any one class was cultivators, 26, and mendicants, 22.
13. One hundred and two of the admissions, or 77.3 per cent., were
between the ages of 20 and 40, the same percentage as in 1891.
14. In statement VI the types of insanity of all the lunatics are noted.
Under the head toxic insanity there were altogether 26 admissions, or a per-
centage of 19.7 on total admissions, as compared with 13.9 per cent. in 1891.
In 23, or 88.5 per cent., the intoxicant said to have produced the insanity was
Indian hemp in its different forms.
15. Statement VII shows the alleged causes of the insanity. In 83 of
the inmates the cause of the insanity is said to have been due to Indian hemp.
This, on the total population, gives a percentage of 17.6, rather a large one.
16. Statement VIII contains the returns of sickness and mortality. The
year was a very unhealthy one and the sickness and mortality were much
greater than in the previous yeár.
17. The total number of cases treated in hospital was 766, or 234 more
than in 1891. The increase was confined to Lahore, being 243 in that Asylum.
In Delhi there was a decrease of 9 cases treated. The increased sickness and
mortality in the Lahore Asylum were due to the following diseases and condi-
tions :—
Malarial fevers ... ... ...
Lung affections ... ... ...
Anæmia and debility ... ... ...
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Cholera ... ... ... ...
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18. The total mortality was 52, or 21 per cent. on daily average strength,
and 15.9 on total population. The average number of deaths in this Asylum
for the past 20 years has been 36, rising on one occasion to 93. The last
year was a particularly unhealthy one, the death-rate in the city of Lahore
having been double of what it was in 1891. Of the 52 inmates who died, 20
were admitted in bad health, and of these latter nine were under six months'
residence—12 of the 52 fatal cases were over 50 years of age. Cholera accounted
for 12 deaths, so that altogether the apparent causes and conditions acting
during the year 1892 were of themselves sufficient to account for a high
mortality. I think, however, that the bad condition of the barracks, referred to
in previous reports, exercises a deteriorating influence on the general health of
the inmates. The scale of diet is a liberal and varied one. Wheaten flour