( 3 )
Rs. 1,276-8-3, or 70-14-8 per head, was met by Government. The causes of insanity
assigned in these cases were recorded as follows :—
Sunstroke
...
...
...
...
...
Overstndy ... ... ... ... ...
Religious Mania ... ... ... ... ...
Alcohol
...
...
...
...
...
Fever
...
...
...
...
...
Grief
...
...
...
...
...
Masturbation ... ... ... ... ...
Epilepsy
...
...
...
...
...
Childbirth
...
...
...
...
...
Domestic affiction
...
...
...
...
...
Unknown
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
2
1
4
2
1
1
1
6
21
13. Detailed information is given in tabular statement No. II regarding
criminal lunatics; and in accordance with instructions contained in paragraph 7 of
Government of India, Home Department letter No. 8 Medical/384 , dated the 13th July
1893, the details are tabulated with reference to the classification of such lunatics:—
Particulars.
Remaining on 1st Janu-
ary.
Admitted during the
year
Re-adimtted
...
Total ...
Sent before the Magis-
trate for trial.
Discharged or cured ...
Transferred to jails ...
Transferred to ordinary
class.
Died
...
Remaining ...
A
Those who were insane
on admission and found
to be incapable of
making defence.
Bareilly.
29
18
2
49
5
...
...
...
5
39
Benares.
49
...
...
49
4
...
...
...
...
45
Agra.
31
...
...
31
2
...
...
...
1
28
Lucknow.
41
17
...
58
13
...
...
...
5
40
Total.
150
35
2
187
24
...
...
...
11
152
B
Those who were tried
and acquitted on the
grounds of insanity.
Bareilly.
17
5
3
25
...
...
1
...
...
24
Benares.
17
...
1
18
...
...
...
...
...
18
Agra.
14
...
...
14
...
...
1
...
2
11
Lucknow.
21
2
1
24
...
...
...
...
2
22
Total.
69
7
5
81
...
...
2
...
4
75
C
Those who became
insane during
imprisonment.
Bareilly.
3
5
...
8
...
...
...
2
...
6
Benares
8
...
...
8
...
...
...
...
...
8
Agra.
4
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
1
3
Lucknow.
8
12
...
20
...
2
...
6
4
8
Total.
23
17
...
40
...
2
...
8
5
25
Grand Total
242
50
7
308
24
2
2
8
20
252
14. On 1st January 1900, the number of criminal lunatics under restraint
was 242 and 66 were admitted during the year, a total of 308. The number of
admissions in the previous year was 126 and the decrease during the year 1900, is
accounted for by the fact of the larger number of transfers of criminal lunatics from
Jails to Asylums made in 1899. Admissions to the Benares and Agra Asylums had
to be temporarily stopped, during the year, for want of local accommodation for this
class of lunatics.
15. Particulars regarding the disposal of criminal lunatics during the year are
summarized as follows :—
Sent for trial ... ... ... ... ...
Discharged cured
...
...
...
...
...
Transferred to Jails ... ... ... ...
Transferred from criminal to non-criminal side
Died ... ... ... ... ...
Remaining on 31st December ... ... ... ...
21
2
2
8
20
252
16. The daily average number of criminal lunatics increased from 216.96, in
1899, to 254.03 in 1900, and the increase is accounted for by the discontinuance of
the practice of sending harmless criminal lunatics to Jails except in accordance
with the rules printed on page 302, Department VI, of the Manual of Government
Orders.
17. As shown in the subjoined table, only 2 lunatics of this class were under
confinement in Central Prisons on the first day of the year, and 2 were admitted
during the year, a total of 4—all of them remaining in prison at the end of the year.