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54. There were eight Veterinary Field Compounders working in the
department. Of theses six were placed in charge of Itinerating Veterinary
Dispensaries and 2 were working under the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons. They
attended, as usual, minor ailments of animals such as Liver Fluke, Parasitic
gastritis, Foot-and-Mouth disease, Mange, etc. They also carried out castra-
tions of bulls by Burdizzo method. This cadre has been found to be very
cheap and useful agency to supplement the Veterinary work in the district and
it has been keenly felt that the cadre should be expanded and in this connection
the proposals have been submitted to Government which are awaiting their
decision.
55. The clerical establishment worked very satisfactorily and ungrudgingly
during the year in spite of a great pressure of work. Mr. P. J. Mankodi,
head clerk, retired after rendering 31 years service and Mr. J. L. Anjaria the
second clerk was appointed in his place from 13th February 1943. Proposals
to increase the number and prospects of this cadre have been submitted to
Government for sanction.
V.—EXPENDITURE.
56. Table IX.—The total expenditure of the department for the year
under report was Rs. 1,83,262 as against Rs. 1,65,135 in the preceding year.
VI.—VISITOR.
57. Mr. J. B. Poulding, M.R.C.V.S., Research Officer, Contagious
Abortion, Imperial Veterinary Research Institute, visited the Province in
February 1943 and discussed with the Director and the Veterinary Investiga-
tion Officer various problems about the incidence of abortion in cattle, goats
and sheep in Sind.
VII.—GENERAL REMARKS.
58. Thirty horses were landed at the port of Karachi during the year
under report as against nil last year.
59. The Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Karachi, at my directions
examined clinically for glanders garry horses at the stables and did not detect
a single case of the disease.
BACHAN SINGH,
Director of Veterinary Services, Sind.
KARACHI: PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS.
TABLE I.
Statistics of mortality from contagious diseases and other causes among Live-stock in the
Province of Sind during 1942-43.
Name of District.
1
Sind ... ...
Total ...
*Total for 1941-43 ...
*Total for 1940-41 ...
EQINES.
Glanders
2
...
...
1
...
Surra.
3
34
34
7
217
Rabis.
4
7
7
...
...
Strangles.
5
3
3
...
...
Other contagious and
parasitic diseases.
6
5
5
8
6
Total.
7
49
49
16
223
Other causes.
8
26
26
16
221
CATTLE.
Rinderpest.
9
197
197
338
105
Hæmorrhagic Septi-
caemia.
10
227
227
123
80
Foot-and-Mouth.
11
55
55
30
25
Black Quarter.
12
1
1
18
...
Anthrax.
13
26
26
2
...
Rabies.
14
5
5
...
...
Other contagious and
parasitic diseases.
15
430
430
521
758
Total.
16
941
941
1,032
968
Other causes.
17
41
41
31
20
BUFFALOES.
Rinderpest.
18
108
108
318
169
Hæmorrhagic
Septi-
caemia.
19
774
774
413
247
Foot-and-Mouth.
20
33
33
13
11
Black quarter.
21
...
...
...
...
*Give figures for two previous years.
N.B.—State Approximately how far statistics of mortality from "other causes" have been correctly reported.
L (IV) 1508—1
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TABLE I.—contd.
Statistics of mortality from contagious diseases and other causes among Live-stock in the
Province of Sind during 1942-43.
Name of District.
1
Sind ... ...
Total ...
Total for 1941-42 ..
Total for 1940-41 ...
BUFFALOES.
Anthrax,
22
3
3
...
6
Surra.
23
...
...
...
...
Other contagious and
parasitic diseases.
24
603
603
721
698
Total.
25
1,521
1,521
1,465
1,130
Other causes.
26
1
1
10
1
SHEEP.
Anthrax.
27
4
4
9
...
Sheep Pox.
28
43
43
35
91
Pleuro Pneumonia.
29
71
71
10
60
Foot-and-Mouth.
30
5
5
20
...
Scab.
31
...
...
...
...
Other contagious and
parasitic diseases.
32
1,378
1,378
1,027
1,654
Total.
33
1,501
1,501
1,101
1,805
Other causes.
34
1
1
20
1
GOATS.
Anthrax.
35
205
205
30
6
Goat Pox.
36
346
346
15
15
Pleuro Pneumonia.
37
732
732
907
471
Foot-and-Mouth.
38
35
35
19
2
Scab.
39
38
38
140
...
3
TABLE I—concld.
Statistics of mortality from contagious diseases and other causes among Live-stock in the
Province of Sind during 1942-43.
Name of District.
1
Sind ... ...
Total ...
Total for 1941-42 ...
Total for 1940-41 ...
GOATS.
Other contagious and
parasitic diseases.
40
1,808
1,808
1,420
1,893
Total.
41
3,164
3,164
2,531
2,387
Other causes.
42
16
16
7
82
DOGS.
Rabies.
43
53
53
49
53
Other contagious and
parasitic diseases.
44
31
31
16
4
Total.
45
84
84
65
57
Other causes.
46
98
98
53
70
CAMELS.
Surra.
47
11
11
8
1
Mange.
48
...
...
8
34
Rabies.
49
1
1
...
...
Other contagious and
parasitic diseases.
50
3
3
4
1
Total.
51
15
15
20
39
Other causes.
52
8
8
7
8
FLOWS.
Doyles disease.
53
86
86
...
...
Fowl pox.
54
16
16
52
...
Total.
55
102
102
52
...
ALL ANIMALS.
Total
contagious
diseases.
56
7,377
7,377
6,365
6,637
Total other causes
57
191
191
125
25
REMARKS.
58
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TABLE
II.
Summary of results of Preventive Inoculations in the Province of Sind during 1942-43.
Name of
District.
1
Sind ...
Total ...
Name of
disease against
which inocula-
tion was
undertaken.
2
Rinderpest
...
Hæmorrhagic
Septicaemia.
Do. ..
Do. ..
Anthrax
...
Contagious Ple
uro Pneumo-
nia.
Sheep Pox ...
Rabies ..
Fowl Pox ...
Method of
inoculation.
3
Goat
Tissue
Virus alone.
Serum Alone ...
Vaccine alone...
Serum and vac-
cine both.
Serum alone ...
Vaccination
with
forma-
lized
lung
tissue.
Sheep-Pox Vac-
cine alone.
Anti rabic Vac-
cine alone.
Fowl Pox Vac-
cine alone.
Source of
Product.
4
Goat Virus Produc-
ing Station, Kara-
chi.
Imperial Veterinary
Research
Insti-
tute, Izatnagar.
Do. ..
Do. ...
Do. ...
Locally prepared ...
Mysore Serum Ins-
titute Bangalore.
Haffkine Institute,
Bombay.
Kasauli Institute ...
Malford U. S. A. ...
Imperial Veterinary
Research Institute,
Muteteswar.
Number of
outbreaks
in which
inoculation
was
undertaken.
5
35
35
2
1
8
52
1
12
...
...
2
148
Number
of villages
affected in
these out-
breaks.
6
35
34
2
1
6
52
2
3
...
...
2
137
Bovine
population
of affected
villages.
7
5.099
7,334
250
150
11,193
7,719
...
...
...
...
...
31,745
Number of animals
which died uninoculated
in course of outbreaks.
Bovi-
nes.
8
371
398
...
7
22
...
...
1
...
...
699
Equi-
nes.
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
Others.
10
3
...
...
...
165
864
43
1
21
28
1,130
Number of
animals
inoculated.
Bovi-
nes.
11
4,681
3,284
104
60
605
...
...
1
...
...
...
8,795
Equi-
nes.
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Others.
13
134
...
...
...
452
6,45o
243
32
1
12
55
7,379
Number of inoculated
animals which died of
the disease.
Bovi-
nes.
14
24
7
5
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
37
Equi-
nes.
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Others.
16
...
...
...
...
...
74
...
...
...
...
...
74
5
TABLE III.
Statement showing the number of animals treated and castrated at the Veterinary Hospitals and
Dispensaries in the Province of Sind during 1942-43.
District.
1
SIND ... ...
Total ...
* Total in 1941-43 ...
*Total in 1940-41 ...
Number of Veterinary
Institutions.
2
35
35
32
17
Number of Veterinary
Assistant
Surgeons
employed.
3
23
28
25
25
Number of in-patients treated
during the year.
Bovines.
4
335
335
300
322
Equines.
5
590
590
612
551
Others.
6
551
551
431
418
Total.
7
1,476
1,476
1,343
1,291
Number of out-patients treated
during the year.
Bovines.
8
15,100
15,100
14,092
13,668
Equines.
9
11,881
11,881
11,055
10,250
Others.
10
19,042
19,042
17,092
16,436
Total.
11
46,023
46,023
42,229
40,354
Grand total of in and
out-patients treated
during the year.
12
47,499
47,499
43,572
41,645
Total number of cases
supplied with medi-
cines but not brought
to institutions.
18
11,994
11,994
9,099
12,483
Castrations performed.
Bovines.
14
4,751
4,751
4,306
3,596
Equines.
15
183
183
162
191
Others.
16
583
583
782
844
Total.
17
5,517
5,517
5,250
4,631
Recei pt s .
18
Rs.
66,225
66,225
58,112
a.
11
11
14
p.
1
1
10
51,333
Expenditure.
19
Rs.
55.506
55,506
51,174
a.
10
10
9
p.
3
3
6
44,701
*Total for previous two years.
6
TABLE IV.
Statement showing the number of animals treated and castrated by Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
on tour in the Province of Sind during 1942-43.
District.
1
SIND ... ...
Total ...
*Total in 1941-42 ...
* Total in 1940-41 ...
Number of
Veterinary
Assistant
Surgeons
employed.
2
28
28
25
25
Number
of villages
visited.
3
2,831
2,831
2,635
2,334
Castrations performed.
Bovines.
4
3,029
3,029
2,225
1,603
Equines.
5
233
233
61
38
Others.
6
55
56
142
43
Total.
7
3,318
3,318
2,428
1,684
Treated for contagious diseases.
Bovines.
8
24,733
24,733
27,456
25,141
Equines.
9
68
68
47
13
Others.
10
44,653
44,653
42,945
43.991
Total.
11
69,454
69.454
10,448
69.145
Treated for non-contagious diseases.
Bovines.
12
3.186
3,186
2.933
2,361
Equines.
13
1,850
1,850
2,193
1,496
Others.
14
2.882
2,832
2,173
1,933
Total.
15
7,918
7.918
7,299
5,790
Total
number of
periormed
and cases
treated.
16
£0.640
80,640
80.175
78,619
* Total of previous two years.
TABLE VI-A.
Statement showing the number of approved bulls at stud in the Province of Sind during 1942-43.
Name of district
1
Sind ... ...
Total ...
*Total for 1941-42 ...
*Total for 1940-41 ...
Number of approved Bulls at stud.
Present on 1st
April 1941.
Property of Govern-
ment.
2
152
152
147
161
Property of Local
Bodies.
3
...
...
...
...
Property of others.
4
...
...
...
...
Obtained during the year.
Number.
Government.
5
33
33
12
2
Local Bodies.
6
...
...
...
...
Others.
7
...
...
...
...
Average price paid
per head.
Government.
8
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
9
...
...
...
...
Others.
10
...
...
...
...
Casualties during
the year.
Government.
11
24
24
15
8
Local Bodies.
12
...
...
...
...
Others.
13
...
...
...
...
Balance in hand on
31st March
Gove r
nme nt.
14
161
161
144
155
Local Bodi es .
15
...
...
...
...
Ot her s.
16
...
...
...
...
Tot al .
17
161
161
114
155
Net cost for the year for the
issue and maintenance of
stud bulls.
Gove r
nme nt.
18
527
527
...
4.474
Local Bodi es .
19
...
...
...
...
Ot her s.
20
...
...
...
1,757
Tot al .
21
527
527
...
6,231
Population of cows over 3 years
according to census.
22
...
...
...
...
Number of
bulls.
Required to he maintain-
ed at one per hundred
cows.
23
...
...
...
...
Short of requirements.
24
...
...
...
...
Number of cows covered during the
year.
25
14,811
14,811
9,693
4,000
*Totals of previous two years.
7
TABLE VI-B.
Statement showing the numbers of approved male buffaloes at stud in the Province of Sind during 1942-43
Name of district.
1
Sind ... ...
Total ...
Total for 1941-42 ...
*Total for 1940-41 ...
Number of approved Bulls at stud.
Present on 1st
April.
Property of Gov-
ernment.
2
5
5
5
3
Property of Local
Bodies.
3
...
...
...
...
Property of others.
4
...
...
..
...
Obtained during the year.
Number.
Government.
5
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
6
...
...
...
Others.
7
...
...
...
...
Average price paid
per head.
Government.
8
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
9
...
...
...
...
Others.
10
...
...
...
...
Casualties during
the year.
Go v e r
n me n t.
11
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
12
...
...
...
...
Others.
13
...
...
...
...
Balance in hand on
31st March.
Go v e r
n me n t.
14
5
5
5
3
Local Bodies
15
...
...
...
...
Others.
16
...
...
...
...
Tot al .
17
5
5
5
3
Net cost for the year for the
issue and maintenance
of stud bulls.
Gove r
nme nt.
18
...
...
...
192
Local Bodi es .
19
...
...
...
...
Ot her s .
20
...
...
...
...
Tot al .
21
...
...
...
192
Popul a t
i
on of s h e - b u f f a l o e s over
3 year s a c c o r d i n g to cens us .
22
...
...
...
26
Number of
bulls.
Required to be maintain-
ed at one per hundred
she-buffaloes.
23
...
...
...
...
Short of requirements.
24
...
...
...
...
Nu mb e r of she-buffaloes cover-
ed dur i
ng the year .
25
128
128
162
71
TABLE VI-C.
Statement showing numbers of approved horse and donkey stallions at stud in the Province of Sind during 1942-43.
Name of district.
1
Jacobabad Upper Sind Frontier
...
...
Dadu ...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
* Total for 1941-42 ...
* Total for 1940-41 ...
Number on 1st April 1943.
Horses.
Government.
2
...
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
3
1
1
2
2
3
Others.
4
...
...
...
...
...
Donkeys.
Government.
5
...
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
6
...
...
...
...
...
Others.
7
...
...
...
...
...
Obtained during the year.
Horses.
Government.
8
...
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
9
...
...
...
...
...
Others.
10
...
...
...
...
...
Donkeys.
Government.
11
...
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
12
...
...
...
...
...
Others.
13
...
...
...
...
...
Casualties during the year.
Horses.
Government.
14
...
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
15
...
...
...
...
...
Others.
16
...
...
...
...
...
Donkeys.
Government.
17
...
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
18
...
...
...
...
...
Others.
19
...
...
...
...
...
Balance on 31st March 1943
Horses.
Government.
20
...
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
21
1
1
2
2
3
Others.
22
...
...
...
...
...
Donkeys.
Government.
23
...
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
24
...
...
...
...
...
Others.
25
...
...
...
...
...
Number of
mares covered.
Horses.
26
17
30
47
75
103
Donkeys.
27
...
...
...
...
...
Population of
mares.
Horses.
28
500
500
500
4,500
Donkeys.
29
...
...
...
...
...
* Totals for previous two years.
8
TABLE VII.
Abstract of particulars regarding cattle fairs and shows held in the Province of Sind during the year 1942-43.
Name of district.
1
Sind ... ... ...
Total ...
* Total for 1941-42 ...
* Total for 1940-41 ...
Number of cattle fairs and
shows held.
2
6
6
21
...
Total number of slock present.
Bulls.
3
35
35
71
98
Bullocks.
4
400
400
640
358
Cows.
5
400
400
1,532
645
Young stock.
6
230
230
502
508
Buffaloes.
7
108
108
206
158
Camels.
8
...
...
261
10
Others.
9
546
546
1,180
828
Average price of animals sold.
Bulls.
10
...
...
...
...
Bullocks.
11
...
...
...
...
Cows.
12
...
...
...
...
Buffaloes.
13
...
...
...
...
Camels.
14
...
...
...
...
Amount realised in fees.
15
...
...
...
...
Total number of animals
that competed for prizes.
16
1,269
1,269
4,481
2,796
Prize money provided.
From Provincial
Funds.
17
94
94
312
276
From Local Funds.
18
...
...
414
500
From other sources.
19
1,406
1,406
...
...
Total.
20
1,510
1,510
726
776
Amount actually
awarded.
21
1,510
1,510
726
776
Number of medals
awarded.
22
166
166
2
...
TABLE VIII.
Statistics of live-stock slaughtered in recognised slaughter houses in the Province of Sind during 1942-43.
Name of district.
1
Sind ... ...
Total ...
*Total for 1941-42 ...
*Total for 1940-41 ...
Number of recognised slaughter houses for
Cattle and
buffaloes.
Government.
2
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
3
9
9
12
12
Sheep and
goats.
Government.
4
...
...
...
1
Local Bodies.
5
25
25
28
28
Pigs.
Government.
6
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
7
...
...
...
...
Others.
Government.
8
...
...
...
...
Local Bodies.
9
...
...
...
1
Number of unlicensed
slaughter houses.
10
...
...
...
...
Number of animals slaughtered.
Cows.
11
5,225
5,225
5,381
2,254
Bulls and bullocks.
12
9,281
9,281
5,935
5,673
Calves.
13
7,257
7.257
6,394
5,154
Buffaloes.
14
2,210
2.210
1,985
1,163
Sheep.
15
1,01,116
1,01,116
76,652
87,213
Goats.
16
3,57,454
3,57,454
4,13,853
4,02,627
Pigs.
17
...
...
...
...
Other animals.
18
2.667
2,667
...
6
Slaughter fee per head.
Cat t l e.
19
Rs. a. p.
-/2/- to
1/8
-/2/- to
1/8
-/1/- to
1/8
-/1/- to
1/8
Buf f
al oes .
20
Rs. a. p.
Sheep
and goats.
21
Rs. a. p.
-/-/6 to
-/3/-
-/ /6 to
-/3/-
-/-/3 to
-/3/3
-/-/3 to
-/3/3
Pigs.
22
Others.
23
...
...
...
...
*Totals for previous two years.
9
TABLE IX.
Showing cost of Civil Veterinary Department in the
Province of Sind during 1942-43.
Major Heads.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
1
Superintendence ... ...
Veterinary Instruction (Scholarships)
Subordinates establishment ...
Hospitals and dispensaries ...
Breeding operations ... ...
Fairs and shows ... ...
Prizes ... ... ...
Goat Virus Producing Station ...
Veterinary Investigation of disease.
Total ...
*Total for 1941-42 ...
*Total for 1940-41 ...
Amount.
Provincial.
2
Rs.
32,545
1,904
60,053
13,050
600
...
500
5,288
8,759
1,22,699
1,21,963
1,15,289
Local.
3
Rs.
...
...
...
55,507
3,881
665
510
...
...
60,563
43, 171
37,252
Total.
4
Rs.
32,545
1,904
60,053
68,557
4,481
665
1,010
5,288
8,759
1,83,262
1,65,134
1,53,041
*Totals for previous two years.
L (xv) 1508—2
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TABLE X.
Showing strength of Subordinate Veterinary staff employed in the Province of Sind during 1942-43.
How occupied.
1
In schools and colleges .. .... ..
In Dispensaries .. .. .. ..
Do .. .. .. ..
Field work .. .. .. .. ..
Investigation of Diseases .. .. .. ..
Goat Virus Station .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. ..
Whether paid from
Provincial or
Local Funds.
2
..
Provincial .. ..
Local .. ..
Provincial .. ..
Do.
(a) ..
Do. .. ..
..
Veterinary
Investigation
Officer.
3
...
...
...
...
1*
...
1
Officer-in-
charge, Goat
Virus Produc-
ing Station.
4
...
...
...
...
...
1*
1
Veterinary
Inspector.
5
...
2
...
...
...
...
2
Veterinary
Assistant
Surgeons.
6
...
28
...
...
...
...
28
Veterinary
Field
Compounders.
7
...
6
3
2
...
...
11
* Gazetted posts.
(a) Cost borne by the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research and Sind Government on 50:50 basis.
TABLE XII.
Abstract of particulars regarding horse fairs and shows held in the Province of Sind during the year 1942-43.
Province.
1
Sind
...
Total ...
Number of horse fairs and shows
held.
2
1
1
Total num-
ber of
animals
present.
Year
under
report.
3
300
300
Previous year.
4
178
178
Total
number
competing
for prizes.
Year
under
report.
5
171
171
Previous year.
6
155
155
Total num-
ber of horse
stock (not
including
branded
mares)
present.
Belonging
to
7
130
130
Belonging to
dealers.
8
100
100
Number of remounts
purchased.
For
Remount
Department.
9
...
...
For
Native
Cavalry.
10
...
...
For Pol i ce.
11
...
...
Tot al .
12
...
...
Price paid
for remounts.
Highest
price.
13
...
...
Lowest price.
14
...
...
Average price.
15
...
...
Number of
mules
purchased.
By Government.
16
...
...
By others.
17
...
...
Total.
18
...
...
Price paid
for mules by
Government.
Highest price.
19
...
...
Lowest price.
20
...
...
Average
price.
21
...
...
Total number of animals sold.
22
...
...
Prizes awarded.
From Imperial
funds.
23
...
...
From Provincial
funds.
24
Rs.
500
and
silver
medal
500
Fr om Local
funds.
25
Rs.
675
675
Fr om other
sources.
26
Rs.
500
500
Total.
27
Rs.
1,.675
and
silver
medal.
1,675
Amount actualy
awarded.
28
Rs.
1,010
1,010
Number
of
medals awarded.
29
1
1
Amount sanctioned by Government
lor next year's fair or show.
30
Rs.
500
and
silver
medal
500
KARACHI : FRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS
IN THE
MADRAS PRESIDENCY
DURING THE YEAR
1877-78.
MADRAS:
PRINTED BY R. HILL, AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS.
1878.
OFFICE OF SURGEON-GENERAL, I.M.D.,
FORT ST. GEORGE, 18th June 1878.
No. 339.
From
SURGEON-GENERAL GEORGE SMITH, M.D.,
Indian Medical Department,
Fort St. George,
To
THE HONORABLE D. F. CAKMICHAEL,
Chief Secretary to Government,
Judicial Department,
Fort St. George.
SIR,
I HAVE the honor to forward, for submission to His Grace the Governor in Council,
the Annual Report on the Lunatic Asylums of this Presidency for 1877-78.
2. During the year under review the health state of this Presidency has been
unsatisfactory. There have been scarcity of food, prolonged drought and widespread
disease, and these unfavorable influences, though less distinctly marked than in the
preceding year, have left indications of their operation in the disease and mortality
returns of the asylums.
3. The following table gives the general facts in connection with recoveries
and mortality, and contrasts these with the corresponding data of the preceding
year, the result being favorable as regards the percentage of recoveries but
unfavorable as regards the rate of mortality:—
Years.
1876-77
1877-78
... ... ...
... ... ...
Percentage
of Recoveries
to
Admissions.
32.55
64.66
Percentage
of Deaths to
Daily Average
Strength.
19.90
22.86
4. A reference to Table I in the Appendix will show that, omitting the
exceptional year of 1876-77, the aggregate population of the asylums is on the
increase, and that the percentages of recoveries from insanity and of deaths to
admissions are higher than they have been within the last decennium. The total
asylum population aggregates 513, the total accommodation, as expressed in beds,
equalling 703.
Madras
...
...
...
Vizagapatam
...
...
Calicut
...
....
...
Total ...
Males.
418
48
72
538
Females.
129
12
24
165
Total.
547
60
96
703
5. Criminal Lunatics.—The following statements exhibit the principal facts in
connection with the criminal section of the asylum population. The first table
shows that the criminal population has diminished considerably during the year
4
ANNUAL REPORT ON LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
under review, there having been 23 admissions with a total treated of 115 and a
remainder of 64 as against the corresponding totals of 44, 125, and 92 of the
immediately preceding year. The number discharged during 1877-78 was consider-
ably in excess of that of 1876-77, as was also the aggregate of mortality, 26 deaths
having taken place during the year. The second table distributes among the three
asylums the aggregates recorded in the first table. The excess of mortality, it will be
seen, is confined to the Madras Lunatic Asylum, the mortality in the Vizagapatam
Asylum being the same as and that of the Calicut Asylum being one less than that
of the corresponding returns of the preceding year. Table No. II in the Appendix
records the experiences of the year under review as well as of the preceding ten
years. The daily average strength of the last three years shows that some special
arrangements for the accommodation of criminal insanes will soon become necessary.
Years.
1876-77...
...
1877-78...
...
Admissions.
Males.
37
22
Females.
7
1
Total.
44
23
Total Treated.
Males.
112
103
Females.
13
12
Total.
125
115
Discharged.
Males.
16
24
Females.
2
1
Total.
18
25
Died.
Males.
15
23
Females.
...
3
Total.
15
26
Remaining.
Males.
81
56
Females,
11
8
Total.
92
64
Table showing the Numerical Results of the Criminal Lunatics in each of the three Asylums
during 1877-78.
Asylums.
Madras ...
Vizagapatam
Calicut ...
Total ...
Remained.
Males.
65
7
9
81
Females.
6
2
3
11
Total.
71
9
12
92
Admitted.
Males.
15
6
1
22
Females.
1
...
...
1
Total.
16
6
1
23
Total treated.
Males.
80
13
10
103
Females.
7
2
3
12
Total.
87
15
13
115
Discharged.
Males.
21
2
1
24
Females.
...
1
...
1
Total.
21
3
1
25
Died.
Males.
19
2
2
23
Females.
2
...
1
3
Total.
21
2
3
26
Remaining.
Males.
40
9
7
56
Females.
5
1
2
8
Total.
45
10
9
64
6. Admissions of Insanes.—The following table gives the numbers admitted
during the year, specifying sex and caste. Of 150 admissions 30 or 20 per cent.
were Europeans and East Indians, 88 or 58.6 per cent. Hindus, 17 or 11.3 per cent.
Mahomedans, 10 or 6.6 per cent. Native Christians, and 5 or 3.3 per cent. " Other
Castes." As regards sex 76 per cent, were males and 24 per cent. females. No
reliable deductions can be drawn from the relative proportions of castes or of sex
in this table regarding the prevalence of insanity among the population of the
Presidency. Further information touching the localities from which insanes have
been sent to the asylums will be found in Table III of the Appendix. A very
insignificant fraction of the insane population of Southern India reaches the
existing asylums. Caste and religious prejudices are as yet too powerful.
Caste.
Europeans and East Indians ...
Hindus
...
...
...
...
Mahomedans ...
...
...
...
Native Christians
...
...
...
Other Castes
...
...
...
Total ...
Males.
19
72
13
7
3
114
Females.
11
16
4
3
2
36
Total.
30
88
17
10
5
150