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dysentery, and 1 from accidental drowning. Of the total number of cases of chronic
mania and dementia (113) treated, 6 only were discharged cured and 2 im-
proved, and 7 died.
STATEMENT No. 7.—Alleged causes of insanity. Of the 38 admissions, 9
were ascribable to the use of ganja. 5 were the result of fever and 1 of sun-
stroke, and 3 to moral causes. In the remaining 20 the cause could not be traced.
STATEMENT No. 8.—Admissions into hospital for sickness. The total
number treated in hospital was 112, and of these 99 were discharged cured. 9
died and 6 remained under treatment on the 31st of December.
Another death occurred out of hospital. The patient, subject to acute mania,
had been in the asylum about 3 months and had become quiet. One day while
employed in out-door laboor, he escaped and was found on the following morn-
ing dead in a well about a mile from the asylum, into which he appeared to have
fallen while endeavouring to draw water. He had never shown any suicidal
tendencies and the death appeared to have occurred accidentally.
Of the 9 deaths in hospital, 1 only is recorded to have been free from bodily
disease on admission into the asylum ; the other 8 were all more or less bad in
health and broken down. 1 died from phthisis, 1 from general paralysis, 3
from epilepsy, 4 from chronic malarious dysentery and splenic disease.
The duration of confinement at time of death varied from 7 weeks to 11
years, the average duration being 3 years 4 months and 3 days.
STATEMENT No. 9—Shows the amount received from the treasury and other
sources for maintenance, and the annual cost per head of each lunatic.
In consequence of the remarks made by the Inspector General of Prisons
in his review of last year's report every effort has been made to keep down ex-
penditure ; but no reduction has been possible, although some of the provisions
have been obtained at slightly cheaper rates, and the charge for clothing has
been lowered by the purchase of inferior articles in insufficient quantity. The
cost of establishment has been increased during the year by the appointment of
a 1st in lieu of a 2nd Class Hospital Assistant as Deputy Superintendent, but
this has been met by the discharge of 3 paid sweepers and the payment
of the dhobi and barber on a reduced scale. Some changes tending towards
economy have been made in the diet scale, and less clothing has been purchased.
The principal saving of the year has been effected in this latter item, but the
lunatics have not been in my opinion sufficiently clothed.
* 200 Photies at
40 Sarees at
100 Topies at
100 Coats
at
40 Cholies at
Rs.
0
2
0
0
0
A.
10
0
1
14
4
P.
0
0
0
0
0
each ...
each ...
each ...
each ...
each ...
Total ...
Rs.
125
80
6
87
10
308
A.
0
0
4
8
0
12
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
The clothing which cost Rs. 308-12-0 was purchased in March and con
sisted of the following items* which were
obtained in the bazar. These were made to
last till November, when further supplies
became necessary and were ordered by the
Inspector General of Jails from the † Nagpur
Central Jail. They were not received till
December and were not paid for before the
end of the year ; their cost therefore does not
appear in the present account. The Jail
clothing is certainly cheaper than that ob-
tainable in the bazar, the blankets being
Rs. 1-8-0 each only, while they cannot be
obtained in the bazar under Rs. 2-4-0. The
Jail blankets however possess the disad-
vantage of being half the size of ordinary blankets, and they do not, in my opi-
† 50 Blankets at
50 Koortas at
50 Dhoties at
20 Sarees
at
40 Cholies at
100 Tart Put-
ties at
1
0
0
1
0
0
8
12
10
14 4
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
each ...
each ...
each ...
each ...
each
each ...
Total
...
75
37
31
37
10
37
228
0
8
4
8
0
8
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0