2
91 Hindus, 79 males and 12females; Mahomedans, 44 males, 8 females, total 52 ;
Pársis, 7 males, 1 female, total 8. Patients are admitted from all parts of the
Presidency, the Europeans being chiefly soldiers from different stations in India.
8. Statement No IV. shows the previous occupations of patients admitted.
European soldiers again furnished the largest number of admissions—84;
beggars, mendicants, fakirs, &c., furnished 50; servants and labourers, 42;
clerks, 16; cultivators, 11. The occupations of 3 males and 3 females were
unknown.
9. Statement No. V. gives the ages of patients admitted according to
sex. Under 20, there were 7 males and 1 female; between 20 and 40, there were
174 males and 22 females; from 40 to 60, 44 and 6; upwards of 60, 3 males.
10. Statement No. VI. sets forth the different types of insanity occurring
among the asylum population with the results. Of cases of acute mania 173
remained and 107 were admitted, or a total of 280 ; of these 50 recovered, 53
improved, and 16 died. Of chronic mania 145 remained, 51 were admitted, total
196; of these 9 recovered, 20 improved, and 13 died. Of melancholia 22
remained and 27 were admitted, total 49; of these 1 recovered and 26 improved.
Of acute dementia 89 remained, 51 were admitted, making a total of 140 ; of
these 5 recovered, 41 improved, 10 died.
Of chronic dementia 175 remained, 10 were admitted, total 185. Of idiotcy
there were 14 cases treated, and of imbecility 22. Of those cases complicated
with epilepsy there were 17 cases. Among these cases little improvement can
ever be hoped for, and there are very few recoveries.
11. Statement No. VII. gives the alleged causes of insanity among the
lunatics. Of a total of 903 patients, the cause is given in 416 cases. Of these
350 are ascribed to physical and 66 to moral causes. Of the former the use of
spirits or intoxicating drugs account for 178, namely, gánja 130, spirits 41 and
opium 7. Fever is given as the cause in 32 cases, hereditary in 22, epilepsy 28,
previous attack 24, destitution 14, masturbation 7, and climate 11. Of moral
causes, in 45 cases grief is the alleged cause, study in 2, religion in 12, and
fear 4.
12. Statement No. VIII. gives the diseases for which insanes were admitted
into the asylum hospitals, with the results. The total number treated was 327 as
compared with 275 in the previous year. Of these 232 were cured, 3 were
discharged otherwise, and 53 died; 39 remained under treatment at the close of
the year. The chief diseases were malarious fevers, for which 121 patients were
treated, diarrhoea gave 44 cases, dysentry 17, ulcer 21, bronchitis 14, general
debility 36, and cholera 12. Of the deaths, there were 11 each from diarrhœa
and debility, 6 from cholera, 5 from malarious fevers, 4 each from consumption,
epilepsy and dysentery, 2 each from general dropsy and paralysis of the
insane, and 1 each from asthma, pneumonia, acute phthisis and old age.
13. Statement No. IX. gives the cash accounts of the asylums for the year.
From it will be seen that the total receipts amounted to Rs. 1,07,695-4-5; of this
sum Rs. 96,290-8-10 were drawn from the treasury, Rs. 9,722-2-4 were received
from paying patients and Rs. 1,682-9-3 were the value of articles from the
Manufacture Department, used for asylum purposes. Deducting the sum
remitted to the treasury on account of paying patients from that received from
the treasury the actual net cost to Government was Rs. 86,568-6-6 against
Rs. 91,404-2-5 in 1880. The net cost per patient was in the year under report
Rs. 136-13-2 against Rs. 150-2-2 in 1880. The following table gives the net cost
per patient in each asylum for the past two years:—
Colába ... ...
Poona
...
...
Dhárwár
...
...
Ahmedabad ... ...
Hyderabad ... ...
Average cost ...
Average daily strength ...
1881.
Rs.
157
134
268
109
88
136
a.
0
2
7
0
8
13
p.
9
8
0
6
1
2
632.7
1880.
Rs.
184
145
191
110
95
150
a.
9
6
3
4
4
2
p.
9
8
4
6
6
2
608.8