ANNUAL REPORT ON THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
4 as other classes. The proportion of females to males among Hindus was 1 to 9*7,
among Muhammadans as 1 to 5*3, among Native Christians as 1 to 2'8 and among
Europeans and Eurasians as 1 to • 7. Of the total admissions Madras City contributed
38 Hindus and 8 Europeans and Eurasians, Malabar 6 Hindus and 6 Muhammadans
and the remainder in small numbers from different parts of India.
5. STATEMENTS NOS. IV AND V exhibit occupation and age of lunatics. There
were 24 agricultural labourers, 23 coolies, 15 who had no occupation, and 34 whose
occupations were not known.
(a) The admissions by age as shown in Statement No. V were as follows :—
107 between 20 to 40 years, 43 between 40 to 00, 1L were under 20 and
4 above 60 years.
6. STATEMENTS NOS. VI AND VII.—The numbers returned under the principal
recognized forms of mental diseases were for mania 128, for epilepsy 13, for melan-
cholia 8, for dementia 8, for delusional insanity 4, for idiocy 3, and 1 not diagnosed.
Seventy-three cases or 44*24 per cent, of total admissions were assigned to specific
causes as against 81 or 47"65 per cent, in 1903. Of the known causes 24 were
ascribed to moral causes and 49 to physical causes, such as epilepsy, ganja-smoking,
heredity and spirit drinking, etc.
7. ESCAPES.—There were no escapes from the two asylums in Madras and
Calicut, but from Vizag-apatam where the grounds are unprotected by a wall and
where there is a paucity of attendants, there were 8 escapes (6 males and 2 females);
all were recaptured by the asylum attendants, 7 within a few hours and 1 after 4
days.
8. MEDICAL—(a) Sickness and its causes.—The number of daily average siek of
the three asylums during the year was 60*92 against 46*93 in 1903. The chief
causes were tubercle of lungs, acute mania, epilepsy, catarrhal enteritis.
(b) Mortality and Us causes.—The total number of deaths was 56 as compared
with 41 in 1903. At the Madras Asylum the mortality was high, being 47 against
3:2 in the year previous. It was chiefly due to the large number of deaths from
tubercle of lungs and catarrhal enteritis.
9. EPIDEMICS.—There were no epidemics in any of the asylums during the
year under review.
10. STATEMENT VIII.—tinanoe,
(a) INCOME.—The different sources of receipts were—
(1) From tho treasury inclusive of the value of stores
remained on 1st January 1904
(2) From paying patients
...
...
(3) Value of stores received from the manufacturing depart-
ment less cost of raw materials
(4) Book receipts
(5) Miscellaneous receipts
Total ...
E8.
A.
98,841
12,735
6
I
7
4
5,961 5 2
21,160 15 10
522 15 6
1,39,221 12 5
(b) EXPENDITURE.—The chief items of expenditure were—
its. A. P
(1) Establishment charges
43,566 15 10
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A-/ Us U.«t
...
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(3) Clothing and bedding
(I) Bazaar medicines
(5) Contingencies
(6) Hospital necessaries and miscellaneous ...
(7) Remittances to the treasury on account of paying
patients, etc.
(8) Book adjustments
(9) Value 01 stock remaining a t tho end of the year
34,405 10 5
5,057 3 7
237 6 9
7,560 3 0
4,999 13 11
17,810 10 8
21,160 15 10
4,422 12 5
Total ... 1,39,221 12 5
against Ks. 1,18,262-1-5 in the previous year, showing au increase of Fs.
25/.)59-ll-0 due chiefly to the following items of expenditure—