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And again :—
" In long standing cases lunatics who were first seized with violent mania passed from
one form to another, until they ended in chronic dementia or idiotcy.
6. The less frequency of insanity amongst females is shown in the fact, that
of the total admissions into Nagpur only 1 was a female, and into Jubbulpore 6
were females.
7. The percentage of male and female patients to the total population is at
Nagpur 78.12 males and 21.9 females ; and at Jubbulpore 72.72 males and 27.27
females.
The population was diminished in the course of the year at Nagpur by 18,
and at Jubbulpore by 30, so that at the close of the year there was more cor-
respondence in the population than during the course of the year.
The 18 at Nagpur were made up of 12 discharged, and 6 deaths; and the
30 at Jubbulpore by 21 and 9.
The percentage of total cures and deaths to daily average strength at
Nagpur was 6.16 and 5.28 respectively, and at Jubbulpore 7.95 and 7.13.
The percentage of cures and deaths in males at Nagpur is 6.79 and 4.53,
and at Jubbulpore 11.18 and 5.59, and that of cures and deaths in females is
3.94 and 7.88 at Nagpur, and nil and 10.90 at Jubbulpore.
The percentage of cures and deaths to admissions and readmissions at Nag-
pur for 1881 is males 42.85, females 100.00, total 46.66 ; and 28.57 males, 200.00
females and 40.00 total ; whilst at Jubbulpore these figures are males 43.48,
females nil, total 34.48 ; and 21.74 males, 66.66 females, 31.03 total.
Calculated for the 10 previous years, the figures are at Nagpur : —cured,
males 38.75, females 31.18; died males 33.69, and females 44.44: and at
Jubbulpore:—cured, males 43.88, females 27.98; died, males 22.35, females
14.84.
8. The cures effected at Nagpur occurred in the following types : acute
mania 3 males, chronic mania 1 male, melancholia 1 male and 1 female.
At Jubbulpore they occurred in chronic mania 2 males, melancholia
1 male, acute dementia 1, and chronic dementia 6.
9. The deaths which liberated 6 insanes at Nagpur and 9 at Jubbulpore
were due to the following diseases:—Phthisis pulmonalis 1 male, encephalitis
1 male, dysentery 1 female, jaundice 1 female. The two other deaths are
attributed to asphyxia from drowning and old age. And at Jubbulpore :—
continued fever 1 male, epilepsy 1 male, pneumonia 1 male and 1 female,
dysentery chronic 1 male and 2 females, chronic diarrhœa 1 female, and gene-
ral debility 1 male.
The Superintendent, Jubbulpore Asylum, remarks on the mortality—
" Of the 9 who died, 5 were idiots who had been a long time in the Asylum, they were
very helpless, had to be fed and washed and clothed."
10. The sickness of the year was considerable. At Nagpur as many as 136
cases were brought under treatment, of which number 108 were males and 28
females. 56 of the 136 were due to the different types of fever. All recovered
with the exception of 2, who at the close of the year were under treatment.
Diseases of the respiratory system numbered 11, digestive system 23,
Injuries, all in males, came to 13.
The Superintendent remarks regarding the climate :—
"The year was decidedly an unhealthy one at Nagpur, especially during the autumn
months. The rains were unusually heavy and long continued. There was a
break early in September, followed by a great increase of fever."
11. At Jubbulpore the sickness was not so great; a total of 86 having
been in hospital, 57 males and 29 females. 41 cases of fever only occurred,
including one of the continued type verging on typhus ; dysentery and diarrhœa
chronic numbered as many as 18,—males 11, females 7.