ANNUAL REPORT ON LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
27
The following table showing the number remained, discharged, died, &c.,
(civil and criminal lunatics) during nine months is hereto annexed:—
—
Remained
...
...
...
...
...
...
Admitted
...
...
...
...
...
...
Re-admitted ... ... ... ... ...
Criminal lunatics received into the civil ward ...
Discharged " cured " ... ... ... ...
Transferred " improved " ... ... ... ...
Do.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Transferred to civil ward ... ... ... ...
Died
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remaining ... ...
...
...
...
...
Civil.
Males.
64
20
...
2
12
1
6
...
5
62
Females.
28
8
1
...
5
...
5
...
1
26
Criminal.
Males.
19
2
...
...
1
...
...
2
1
17
Females.
3
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
Total.
114
31
1
2
18
1
11
2
7
109
(a.) Admissions.—There were 32 admissions in all, including 1 re-admission,
viz., 22 males and 10 females ; of these 2 were male and 1 female criminal lunatics.
The state of health of the 32 admissions was recorded as follows : " Very bad "
5, " Bad " 13, " Indifferent " 9, and " Fair " 5. None of the cases were, therefore,
received in the asylum in a good state of health.
Of the 32 admissions, 2 were under 20 years, 21 between 20 and 40, 8 between
40 and 60, and 1 above 60 years—vide Statement V.
(b.) The types of insanity of the 32 admissions were as follows: 18 from mania,
10 from dementia, 3 from melancholia, and 1 from paralysis insanorum—vide
Statement VI.
(c.) The duration of disease prior to admission was not known in any one of
the 32 admissions.
(d.) The alleged cause of insanity was not known in 21 cases; of the known
11 cases, 3 were said to be blows on the head, 3 starvation, 1 syphilis, 1 anxiety,
2 fear and 1 loss of property—vide Statement VII.
(e.) Discharged "cured" 18 in all, viz., 13 males and 5 females; of these 1
was a criminal male, named Moideen Kutty, who was discharged from the asylum
agreeably to G.O., No. 2119, Mis., dated 15th August 1885.
The following table shows the name, age, disease, health on admissions, &c.,
of the discharged " cured ":—
Names.
V. Koru ... ...
Moideen Kutty ... ...
Choyi
...
...
Veeran Kutty ... ...
Ashari Madhavan ...
K. Cheryekku ... ...
K. V. Nambiar ... ...
T. Changaren ... ...
C. Chathappen ...
...
Sannasi ...
...
...
A. Chennukutty Nair ...
M. Shangaran Nair
...
T. Kannaren Nair ...
M. Kunhi Pathuma ...
Puttamma ... ...
K. Ummayya ... ...
Nayomia ... ... ...
Ayissa ... ... ...
Age.
Y.
20
27
26
25
31
34
30
30
34
19
36
25
48
35
31
30
51
25
Sex.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M
M.
M.
F.
F.
F.
F.
F.
Disease.
Mania, acute ...
Do. ...
Dementia, chronic
Mania, acute ...
Mania, chronic...
Dementia, acute.
Mania, acute ...
Do.
Dementia, acute.
Mania, acute ...
Dementia, acute.
Mania, acute ...
Paralysis insano-
rum.
Dementia, acute.
Do.
Mania, acute ...
Mania, chronic.
Mania, acute ...
Residence
in the
asylum.
Y.
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
M.
2
8
6
3
0
8
6
6
5
5
5
4
2
5
1
11
8
5
D.
16
27
23
27
2
16
15
7
26
20
19
9
7
24
0
13
29
21
Health on
admission.
Very bad.
Fair
...
Bad
...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Indifferent.
Fair ...
Bad ...
Indifferent.
Fair
...
Bad ...
Fair ...
Bad ...
Fair
...
Do. ...
Indifferent.
Bad ...
Indifferent.
Weight on
Admission.
70
110¼
100
104
100½
98½
121¼
117¾
108½
105¼
113
102½
85¼
100½
91¾
92
91¾
104
Discharge.
124¼
117¾
129¼
122¾
124¼
113¾
131½
132¾
119¼
126¾
128½
114¼
86¾
110½
96¾
107½
114¾
116¼