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( xvi )
ANNUAL STATEMENT No. VII.
Showing the alleged causes of insanity among the lunatics in the Asylum at Bareilly during the year 1899.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Physical causes.
Remaining ... ...
Admitted
Criminal ...
Non-criminal ...
Total treated ...
Recovered ... ...
Improved ... ...
Died ... ...
Charas smoking
M.
18
4
10
32
3
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
18
4
10
32
3
...
...
Gánja smoking.
M.
7
2
2
11
2
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
7
2
2
11
2
...
...
Use of bhang.
M.
7
2
2
11
9
...
1
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
7
2
2
11
2
...
1
Opium smoking
medak and chandu.
M.
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
Opium eating.
M.
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
Spirit drinking.
M
11
1
2
14
1
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
11
1
2
14
1
...
...
All other intoxi-
cants.
M.
3
1
4
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T
3
1
...
4
...
...
...
Fever.
M.
7
2
5
14
1
...
2
F.
12
1
1
14
9
...
...
T.
19
3
6
28
3
...
2
Epilepsy.
M.
15
...
2
17
1
1
4
F.
4
...
...
4
...
...
2
T.
19
...
2
21
1
1
6
Remaining ... ...
Admitted
Criminal ...
Non-criminal ...
Total treated ...
Recovered ... ...
Improved
...
...
Died ... ... ...
11
12
13
14
15
Physical causes—(concluded).
Here
ditary.
M.
6
1
5
12
...
1
...
F.
3
...
...
3
...
...
...
T.
9
1
5
15
...
1
...
Congenital and
paralysis.
M.
3
2
...
5
...
...
...
F.
4
1
...
5
2
...
...
T.
7
3
...
10
2
...
...
Exposure to sun
and injury to
train.
M.
3
...
7
10
...
9
...
F.
2
...
...
2
...
...
1
T.
5
...
7
12
...
2
1
Starvation.
M.
2
...
...
2
...
...
1
F.
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
T.
4
...
...
4
...
...
1
Total physical.
M.
84
15
35
134
10
4
8
F.
27
2
1
30
4
...
3
T.
111
17
36
164
14
4
11
16
Moral causes.
M.
23
5
8
36
5
1
1
F.
15
...
5
20
...
...
...
T.
38
5
13
56
5
1
1
17
Total known.
M.
107
20
43
170
15
5
9
F.
42
2 6
50
4
...
3
T.
149
22
49
220
19
5
12
18
Total unknown.
M.
89
18
3
110
19
1
3
F.
40
...
2
42
1
...
...
T.
129
18
5
152
20
1
3
19
Grand Total.
M.
196
38
46
280
34
6
12
F.
82
2
8
92
5
...
3
T.
278
40
54
372
39
6
15
(xviii)
ANNUAL STATEMENT No. VII.
Showing the alleged causes of insanity among the lunatics in the Asylum at Agra during the year 1899.
1
Remaining on 31st
December 1899.
Admitted ... Criminal
...
Non-criminal ...
Total ...
Recovered ... ...
Improved ... ...
Died ... ...
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Physical.
Charas smoking.
M.
15
2
7
24
5
1
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
15
2
7
24
5
1
...
Ganja smoking.
M.
22
...
2
24
2
1
2
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
22
...
2
24
2
1
2
Use of bhang.
M.
7
...
1
8
1
1
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
7
...
1
8
1
1
...
Spirit drinking.
M.
2
...
1
3
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
2
...
1
3
...
...
...
Other intoxicants.
M.
4
1
1
6
...
1
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
4
1
1
6
...
1
...
Fever.
M.
5
...
2
7
...
1
...
F.
3
...
2
5
...
...
...
T.
8
...
4
12
...
1
...
Heat.
M.
4
...
2
6
1
1
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
4
...
2
6
1
1
...
Epilepsy.
M.
10
2
1
13
...
...
...
F.
2
...
...
2
...
...
2
T.
12
2
1
15
...
...
2
Hereditary.
M.
5
...
...
5
...
...
...
F.
2
...
...
2
1
...
...
T.
7
...
...
7
1
...
...
Remaining on 31st
December 1899.
Admitted ... Criminal
...
Non-criminal ...
Total ...
Recovered
...
...
Improved
...
...
Died
...
...
11
12
13
14
Physical— (concluded).
Congenital.
M.
7
...
1
8
...
... 1
F.
2
...
...
2
...
...
1
T.
9
...
1
10
...
2
Sunstroke.
M.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
T.
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
M.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total physical.
M.
81
5
18
104
9
6
3
F.
10
...
2
12
2
...
3
T.
91
5
20
116
11
6
6
15
Moral.
M.
16
5
4
25
3
...
...
F.
11
...
2
13
1
...
...
T.
27
5
6
38
4
...
...
16
Total known.
M.
97
10
22
129
12
6
3
F.
21
...
4
25
3
...
3
T.
118
10
26
154
15
6
6
17
Total unknown.
M.
84
8
33
125
13
7
8
F.
32
1
4
37
2
...
5
T.
116
9
37
162
15
7
13
18
GRAND TOTAL.
M.
181
18
55
254
25
13
11
F.
53
1
8
62
5
...
8
T.
234
19
63
316
30
13
19
( xix )
ANNUAL STATEMENT No. VII.
Showing the alleged causes of insanity among the Lunatics in the Asylum at Lucknow during the year 1899.
1
Remaining
...
...
Admitted ... Criminal
...
Non-criminal ...
Total treated ...
Recovered
...
...
Improved ... ...
Died ... ...
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Physical causes.
Charas
smoking.
M.
5
2
5
12
3
1
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
5
2
5
12
3
1
...
Ganja smoking.
M.
18
3
5
26
2
...
2
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
18
3
5
26
2
...
2
Use of bhang.
M.
10
...
2
12
6
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
10
...
2
12
6
...
...
Opium smoking
(madak and
chandu).
M.
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
Opium eating.
M.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Spirit drinking.
M.
3
1
...
4
...
...
1
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
3
1
...
4
...
...
1
All other intoxi-
cants.
M.
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
Fever.
M.
2
1
1
4
...
...
...
F.
2
...
1
3
1
...
2
T.
4
1
2
7
1
...
2
Epilepsy.
M.
12
...
1
13
1
1
1
F.
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
T.
13
...
1
14
1
1
1
Remaining
...
...
Admitted ... Criminal ...
Non-criminal ...
Total treated ...
Recovered ... ...
Improved ... ...
Died ... ...
11
12
13
14
15
Physical causes (concluded).
Hereditary.
M.
5
3
1
9
...
...
...
F.
4
...
...
4
...
...
1
T.
9
3
1
13
...
...
1
Congenital
M.
5
...
...
5
...
...
...
F.
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
T.
6
...
...
6
...
...
...
Injury.
M.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Starvation
and old age.
M.
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
F.
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
T.
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
Total Physical.
M.
63
10
16
89
12
2
4
F.
9
...
1
10
1
...
3
T.
72
10
17
99
13
2
7
16
Moral causes.
M.
12
5
6
23
2
2
2
F.
14
...
2
16
1
...
4
T.
26
5
8
39
3
2
6
17
Total known.
M.
75
15
22
112
14
4
6
F.
23
...
3
26
2
...
7
T.
98
15
25
138
16
4
13
18
Total unknown .
M.
83
34
22
139
11
5
6
F.
31
2
2
35
1
2
2
T.
114
36
24
174
12
7
8
19
GRAND TOTAL .
M.
158
49
44
251
25
9
12
F.
54
2
5
61
3
2
9
T.
212
51
49
312
28
11
21
( xxiv )
ANNUAL STATEMENT No. IX.
Showing the cash account of the Lunatic Asylums in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh for the year 1899.
Name of Asylum.
1
Bareilly ... ...
Benares
...
...
Agra ... ...
Lucknow
...
...
Total of Province ... ...
Receipts.
Received from Trea-
sury.
2
Rs.
39,197
17,826
16,468
15,253
88,746
a.
7
5
14
10
5
p.
6
0
2
6
2
Received from paying
patients.
3
Rs.
1,291
676
93
121
2,182
a.
8
11
1
0
5
p.
5
5
0
7
5
Value of stores re-
ceived from the
manufacturing de-
partment, less cost
of raw materials.
4
Rs.
1,934
912
675
327
3,849
a.
10
2
5
8
11
p.
11
2
10
9
8
Book receipt,
i.e. the
total of expendi-
ture entered in
columns 19, 20,
and 21.
5
Rs.
1,295
4,608
925
585
7,413
a.
0
4
0
2
7
p.
11
1
7
4
11
Miscellaneous
re-
ceipts.
6
Rs.
* 20,822
†278
‡ 942
1,902
23,945
a. p.
14 11
1
2
4
7
7
10
1
5
Total.
7
Rs.
64,541
24,301
19,104
18,189
1,26,137
a.
10
8
8
10
5
p.
8
3
5
3
7
Charges.
Establishment.
Establishment
proper.
8
Rs.
5,824
5,362
4,283
3,917
19,388
a.
9
15
8
4
5
p.
0
9
6
1
4
Superintend-
ence.
9
Rs.
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
12,000
a.
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
Diet.
10
Rs.
10,296
8,577
7,917
5,654
32,445
a.
9
2
4
15
15
p.
10
0
7
4
9
Clothing and bed-
ding.
11
Rs.
819
485
874
629
2,808
a.
4
3
11
12
15
p.
1
11
4
5
9
Bázár medicines.
12
Rs.
71
89
41
72
275
a.
3
6
15
14
7
p.
7
3
3
6
7
Bareilly
...
...
Benares ... ...
Agra. ... ...
Lucknow ... ...
Total of Province...
Charges.
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper.
13
Rs.
748
536
510
424
2,220
a.
14
15
10
1
8
p.
2
6
2
1
11
Repairs and
mainten-
ance.
14
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
Rates
and
taxes.
15
Rs. a. p.
...
...
150
72
222
0
0
0
0
0
0
Remitted
to treasury
on account of pay-
ing patients, & c.
16
Rs.
21,990
842
569
2,023
25,426
a.
15
5
9
4
2
p.
4
0
10
8
10
Miscellaneous items.
17
Rs.
20,495
799
831
1,810
23,936
a.
1
3
12
3
5
p.
9
9
2
10
6
Total of columns
8 to 17.
18
Rs.
63,246
19,693
18,179
17,604
1,18,723
a.
9
4
7
7
13
p.
9
2
10
11
8
Book charges.
Charges on
account of
work done
by the Pub-
lic Works
Department.
19
Rs.
1,160
4,413
842
469
6,885
a.
0
8
8
13
15
p.
0
8
11
7
2
Cost of print-
ed forms and
stationery.
20
Rs.
10
6
12
a.
0
15
15
p.
0
6
6
...
29 15 0
Cost of Eng-
lish stores,
medicines,
&c.
21
Rs.
125
187
69
115
497
a.
0
11
8
4
9
p.
11
11
2
9
9
Total of columns 18 to
21.
22
Rs.
64,541
24,301
19,104
18,189
1,26,137
a.
10
8
8
10
5
p.
8
3
5
3
7
*
†
‡
Includes Rs. 123-8-0 on account of food for cattle supplied from the Central Prison.
Ditto
112-8-0
ditto
clothing supplied from the Central Jail.
Ditto
465-10-0
ditto
ditto
ditto.
(
xxv
)
ANNUAL STATEMENT No. X.
Return showing the sanctioned establishment of the Barcilly, Benares, Agra,
and Luchnow Asylums, as it stood on 31st December 1899.
1
Establishment.
Superintendent (allowance) ... ...
Overseer
...
...
...
Matron ... ... ...
Hospital Assistant ... ... ...
Compounder
...
...
...
Clerk
...
...
...
...
Head keeper (Male)
...
...
Ditto
Female
...
...
Warders @ Rs., 9 each ... ...
Ditto @ „ 8
„
...
...
Ditto @ „ 7 „ ... ...
Ditto @ „
6
„
...
...
Female warder @ Rs. 6 each ... ...
Ditto
„
@ „ 5 „
...
...
Cooks ...
...
...
...
Bhishtis
...
...
...
Washerman
...
...
...
Sweeper @ Rs. 6 each
...
...
Ditto @ " 5 " ... ...
Ditto @ " 4 " ... ...
Female Sweeper @ Rs. 4 each
...
Ditto
@ „ 3-8-0 each ...
Barbers
...
...
...
Gardeners ... ... ...
Tailor ... ... ... ...
Cartman ... ... ...
Dai ... ... ... ...
Total ...
2
Bareilly.
Number.
Rs.
...
1
1
...
1
1
1
1
1
3
15
9
2
3
2
1
2
...
...
6
...
2
1
2
1
...
...
56
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
100
50
* 10
10
10
12
8
9
24
105
51
12
15
10
5
10
...
...
24
...
7
4
13
6
...
...
748
3
Benares.
Number.
Rs.
...
1
1
1
1
...
1
1
1
3
10
11
1
1
...
...
1
1
3
...
...
3
1
1
...
l
1
45
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
100
50
25
7
...
12
8
9
24
70
66
6
5
...
...
5
6
15
...
...
10.8
4
6
...
5
6
689.8
4
Agra.
Number.
Rs.
...
1
1
1
1
...
1
1
1
3
6
6
1
1
...
...
1
...
...
2
2
...
1
...
...
...
...
30
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
100
50
25
12
...
12
8
9
24
42
36
6
5
...
...
5
...
...
8
8
...
4
...
...
...
...
604
5
Lucknow.
Number.
Rs.
...
1
...
...
1
1
1
1
1
3
9
6
2
2
1
1
...
...
1
2
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
36
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
100
...
...
10
10
12
8
9
21
63
36
12
10
5
5
...
...
5
8
4
...
4
6
...
...
...
581
*Refers to allowancef—
Daily average number of males ... ...
Ditto
Females
... ...
Proportion
...
Jamadár to males
...
...
Jamadárin to females ... ...
Male keepers to males ... ...
Female keeper to females ...
823.98
358.98
205.99
64.74
10.56
19.91
7 A
(xxvi)
ANNUAL STATEMENT No. XI.
Showing receipts and expenditure on account of manufactures in the Lunatic Asylums in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh for the year 1899.
1
Name of
Asylum.
Bareilly
Benares
Agra ...
Lucknow
Total ...
2
Mean population.
Male.
217.94
234.12
199.20
172.72
823.98
Female.
83.36
71.99
52.17
51.46
258.98
Total.
301.30
306.11
251.37
224.18
1,082.96
3
4
5
6
7
8
Credits.
Cash paid into treasury for
articles sold.
Rs.
20,699
165
476
1,902
23,243
a.
6
9
8
4
13
p.
11
7
10
1
5
Value
of manufactured goods
made over to Asylum for
Asylum purposes.
Rs.
2,208
1,711
966
623
5,509
a.
4
5
12
2
9
p.
11
11
6
5
9
Value
of raw material in
store
at the end of the
year.
Rs
1,569
119
30
121
1,841
a.
12
9
5
6
1
p.
1
1
4
6
0
Value
of manufactured goods
in store at the end of the
year.
Rs.
1,771
310
80
8
2,171
a.
10
7
7
14
6
p.
1
0
6
2
9
Value of plant and machin-
ery in storef at the end
of the year.
Rs.
12,226
113
293
675
13,308
a.
3
14
6
0
8
p.
1
5
0
6
0
Total credits.
Rs.
38,475
2,420
1,847
3,330
46,074
a.
5
14
8
11
6
p.
1
0
2
8
11
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Debits.
Value of manufactured
goods in store on 1st
January.
Rs.
2,219
120
36
18
2,394
a.
11
4
0
15
14
p.
5
0
0
6
11
Value
of raw materials in
store on 1st January.
Rs.
1,903
183
45
18
2,150
a.
3
0
5
12
6
p.
8
5
5
11
5
Value
of plant and machin-
ery in store on 1st Janu-
ary.
Rs.
10,499
113
357
604
11,575
a.
11
14
10
12
15
p.
3
5
0
0
8
Raw material purchased.
Rs.
11,409
388
439
389
12,626
a.
8
12
3
6
14
p.
0
4
9
2
3
Contingencies of manufac
ture.
Rs.
2,300
410
392
1,420
4,524
a.
5
7
8
13
2
p.
4
5
5
8
10
All other charges.
Rs.
6,785
...
...
...
6,785
a.
4
4
p.
5
5
Total debits.
Rs.
35,117
1,216
1,270
2,452
40,057
a.
12
6
11
12
10
p.
1
7
7
3
6
16
17
Results.
Excess of credits or profits.
Rs.
3,357
1,204
576
877
6,016
a.
9
7
12
15
12
p.
0
5
7
5
5
Excess of debits or loss.
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
18
Re-
marks.
Average number of lunatics
employed
in manufactory.
198.00
145.24
132.86
118.15
594.25
ORDERS OF
GOVERNMENT.
No.1608/VI- 45D/2 OF 1900.
RESOLUTION.
JUDICIAL (CRIMINAL) DEPARTMENT.
Dated Naini Tal, the 18th May 1900.
READ—
The Report and Returns of the Lunatic Asylums in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh for
the year ending 31st December 1899, submitted by the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals.
OBSERVATIONS.—The report, which is due on the 1st March
and is dated 22nd March 1900, was received on the 14th April 1900.
2. The chief figures in regard to the lunatics confined during
the year in the four asylums in these Provinces are shown in the
accompanying statement:—
Lunatic Asylum.
Bareilly ... ... ...
Benares ... ... ...
Agra ... ... ... ...
Lucknow
...
...
...
Total ...
Figures for 1898 ... ... ...
Figures for 1897 ... ... ...
Remaining on January
1st, 1899.
278
306
234
212
1,030
1,084
1,096
Admissions, including
re-admissions.
94
43
82
100
319
206
238
Discharged.
Cured.
39
27
30
28
124
134
119
Transferred
to
friends, & c.
6
8
13
11
38
39
43
Died.
15
17
19
21
72
87
88
Remaining on 31st
December 1899.
312
297
254
252
1,115
1,030
1,084
Daily average strength.
301.3
306.1
251.3
224.1
1,083
1,065
1,120
Maximum number con-
fined on any day.
324
319
271
252
1,166
1,100
1,171
Accommodation.
362
310
276
278
1,226
1,286
1,286
The population of the asylums rose during the year from 1,030 to 1,115.
The large number of admissions (319), which showed a great increase
on those of previous years, is partly explained by the transfer of
harmless criminal lunatics from Central Jails to the Agra and Bareilly
Asylums, in pursuance of the decision, mentioned last year, that no
criminal lunatics of any kind should any longer be kept in jails.
The decrease in the total accommodation available in the asylums is
due to the decrease shown against the Bareilly Asylum, which is now
said to have accommodation for 254 male and 108 female patients only,
as compared with 310 male and 112 female patients last year. The
reasons for this change are not stated in the report, and should be
explained by the Inspector-General. The Benares Asylum was the
one in which there was most pressure on the space ; the number of
inmates there closely approached the available accommodation, and at
times exceeded it.
3. Five Europeans and Eurasians were admitted during the
year, making a total of 20 of this class confined : 2 were cured and
( 2 )
discharged. Buildings for the reception of all European lunatics are
under construction at Agra, but, pending the completion of these, they
are confined in all the asylums, except Lucknow. Nearly half the
total cost (Rs. 3,330) of the maintenance of European lunatics was
defrayed by the contributions of friends.
4. Four escapes of lunatics were reported during the year,
3 being from the Lucknow Asylum and 1 from Agra. In 2 cases the
lunatic has not yet been re-captured.
5. The total mortality in the asylums fell from 87 in 1898 to 72
in 1899, there being a marked decrease in all the asylums, except Agra.
The Lucknow Asylum continued to show the highest death roll (21), the
highest number of admissions to hospital (454), and the greatest per-
centage of mortality (9.3). Sixteen of the Lucknow patients who died
were, however, reported to be in indifferent health upon admission, and
the total figures are in any case too small to indicate that the sanitation
of this asylum is inferior to that of the others. Of the total number of
deaths which occurred, 10 were due to anæmia and debility, 10 to
phthisis, and 9 each to dysentery, pneumonia, and epilepsy.
6. The figures given in Statement No. II appended to the report,
in regard to the criminal lunatics confined in asylums, are summarized
below :—
Lunatic Asylum.
Bareilly ... ... ...
Benares ... ... ...
Agra
...
...
...
...
Lucknow
...
...
...
Total ...
Figures for 1898 ... ... ...
Remaining
on January
1st, 1809.
30
77
37
30
174
178
Admitted
and
re-admitted.
40
16
19
51
126
35
Discharged
or
transferred.
20
14
5
7
46
26
Died.
1
5
2
4
12
13
Remaining
on December
31st, 1899.
49
74
49
70
242
174
The increase (68) in the total number of criminal lunatics confined in
asylums is due chiefly to the number (49) transferred from Central Jails.
Number of cases admitted in which cause of insanity was reported as—
Lunatic Asylum.
Hardily ...
Benares ...
Agra ... ...
Lucknow ...
Total ...
(i) Known.
Physical.
53
8
25
27
113
Mental.
18
1
11
13
43
Total.
71
9
36
40
156
(ii) Un-
known.
23
34
46
60
163
Total.
94
43
82
100
319
7. The causes of insanity were recorded as known in about half the
number of cases admitted. In 113 cases out of the 156 thus recorded,
insanity was attributed
to physical and in 43
cases to mental causes.
The proportion of cases
recorded as known varies
considerably in different
asylums, as the marginal
figures show, and Gov-
ernment is inclined to
doubt whether sufficient care was shown in enquiring into the matter by
( 4 )
controlled by the Medical Officers in charge, and has noted the favour-
able reports recorded upon the work of all four present Deputy
Superintendents.
ORDER.—Ordered that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded
to the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, North-Western Provinces
and Oudh, for information.
Ordered also that a copy be published in the North- Western
Provinces and Oudh Government Gazette.
By order, &c.,
L. M. THORNTON ,
Secy. to Govt., N.-W. P. and Oudh.
REPORT AND RETURNS
OF THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS
IN THE
NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES AND OUDH
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER 1900.
ALLAHABAD:
Printed at the North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press.
1901.
Price Rs 2=(3s.)
REPORT AND RETURNS
OF THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS
IN THE
NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES AND OUDH
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER 1900.
ALLAHABAD:
Printed at the North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press.
1901.
REPORT AND RETURNS
OF THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES
AND OUDH.
For the year ending 31st December 1900.
THE number of lunatics under restraint in the Asylums of these Provinces
in 1900, in comparison with the number in the 3 previous years, is shown in the
following table :—
Remaining on 1st January ... ... ...
Admitted during the year ... ... ...
Total ...
Discharged cured ... ... ... ...
Made over to friends improved ... ... ...
Ditto
not improved ... ... ...
Discharged otherwise
...
...
...
...
Escaped
...
...
...
...
...
Died ... ... ... ... ...
Remaining on 31st December ... ... ...
Daily average in Asylums ... ... ...
1897.
1,096
238
1,334
119
38
1
3
1
88
1,084
1,122
1898.
1,084
206
1,290
134
24
8
1
6
87
1,030
1,065
1899.
1,030
319
1,349
124
26
5
5
2
72
1,115
1,083
1900.
1,115
243
1,358
133
26
2
3
...
82
1,112
1,124
2. On the first day of the year there were in the Asylums 1,115 lunatics against
1,030 in the previous year. Two hundred and forty-three were admitted during the
year, making a total population of 1,358. The admissions into the Asylums during
the year 1900 were fewer than in 1899.
3. The number of admissions includes 15 cases of re-admission. Of these, two
were admitted in Benares, one being a criminal lunatic, who was sent for trial before
the Magistrate, and was returned to the Asylum after acquittal, to undergo "proba-
tion" prior to discharge. The other was a non-criminal lunatic who was made over
to the care of his friends in November 1888, in an improved condition of mind, but
was sent again to the Asylum in October 1900, because he was suicidal and his friends
were unable to look after him. In the remaining 13 cases, the causes of re-admission
were recorded as follows:—
Religious exaltation ... ... ... ... ...
Charas smokiug ... ... ... ... ...
Jealousy ... ... ... ... ...
Fever
...
...
...
...
...
Use of intoxicating drugs ... ... ... ...
Do. Ganja ... ... ... ... ...
Do. Bhaug ... ... ... ... ...
Unknown
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
4
13
4. One hundred and thirty-three, or 9.79 per cent, of the insane, were
" discharged cured " against 124 or 9.19 per cent, in 1899.
5. Twenty-eight lunatics were made over to friends, of whom 26 were recorded
as "improved, "against 31 and 26, respectively, in 1899.
6. Three of the insanes were "discharged otherwise "-one each from the
Bareilly, Benares, and Agra Asylums. The lunatic from Bareilly was transferred to
the Benares Asylum, that from Benares was discharged as being "not insane." One
female from the Agra Asylum was transferred to the poorhouse at Meerut, as she
was not a fit person to be detained in an Asylum.
( 2 )
7. One criminal lunatic escaped during the year from the Bareilly Asylum, but
as the man wag re-captured within a few hours of his escape the occurrence has not
been recorded as an "escape."
8. There were 82 deaths, or a death rate of 7.29 per cent., against 72 deaths, or a
death rate of 6.65 per cent, in 1899. The total number of deaths, and the percentage
of deaths to population, in the different Asylums were as follows:—
Asylums.
Bareilly ... ... ... ...
Benares ... ... ... ...
Agra ... ... ... ...
Lucknow ... ... ... ...
1900.
Total
deaths.
32
13
12
25
Percentage
to population.
9.99
4.36
4 .69
9.97
1899.
Total
deaths.
15
17
19
21
Percentage
to population.
4.97
5.55
7.55
9.36
A considerable increase in mortality occurred in the Bareilly Asylum, and the
death rate in the Lunatic Asylum Lucknow, increased slightly from 9.36 in 1899 to
9.97 in 1900. In the Benares and Agra Asylums, the percentage of deaths to
Asylum population decreased from 5.55 and 7.55 to 4.36 and 4.69, respectively.
9. The maximum population during the year, with reference to the accommo-
dation available in each Asylum, is shown in the following table:—
Asylums.
Rareilly ... ... ... ...
Benares
...
...
...
Agra ... ... ... ...
Lucknow
...
...
...
...
Total
Male.
Accommo-
dation.
288
231
216
206
941
Maximum
number of
inmates.
243
231
200
205
870
Female.
Accommo-
dation.
108
79
60
72
310
Maximum
number of
inmates.
88
75
57
54
274
Accommodation is available in the Asylums for 1,260 insanes, and the maxi-
mum number confined in any one night during the year under report was 1,153.
There was no overcrowding in any of the Asylums, but in Benares and Lucknow
the accommodation for males was fully occupied towards the end of the year.
10. The details regarding European and Eurasian lunatics cenfined in the
Asylums are noted in the following statement:—
Remaining on 1st January ...
Admitted
...
...
Total ...
Discharged cured ...
Do.
otherwise ...
Died ... ...
Remaining on 3lst December,
Daily average number ... ...
Bareilly.
Male.
5
2
7
1
...
...
6
5.62
Female.
3
...
3
...
...
2
1
2.64
Benares.
Male.
4
1
5
2
...
3
3.63
Female.
5
...
5
...
...
...
5
5.00
Agra.
Male.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Female.
1
...
1
...
...
...
1
1.00
Total.
Male.
9
3
12
3
...
...
9
9.25
Female.
9
...
9
...
...
2
7
8.64
11. Eighteen insane Europeans and Eurasians were under restraint on the first
day of the year, and 3 were admitted during the year. Of these, 3 were cured, 2
died and 16 remained at the close of the year.
12. The sum of Rs. 3,665-7-4, an average of 203-10-2 per head, was spent in
the maintenance of European and Eurasian lunatics against Rs. 3,330-9-l or an
average of Rs. 208-2-6 per head in 1899. Of the total amount spent, a sum of
Rs. 2,388-15-1 was received from the friends of the patients, and the balance of