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females remaining at the end of the year. The daily average strength was 83.9
males and 3.7 females total of this class of insanes 87.6 against 83.1 in 1883.
7. Statement No. III. gives details regarding the religion, sex and residence
of patients admitted during the year. Of the 315 patients admitted 116 were
Christians, including 103 Europeans, 4 Eurasians and 9 Natives; 108 were
Hindus, 78 Mahomedans, 11 Pársis and 2 of other castes. The majority of the
Europeans are soldiers and are admitted from various stations throughout India,
the natives are admitted from all parts of the Presidency.
8. Statement No. IV. gives the occupation of patients admitted. Euro-
pean soldiers as usual furnish the greatest number of admissions, viz. 81, then
servants, &c., 48, beggars 46, merchants 22 and cultivators 19. The occupation
of 33 patients is unknown.
9. Statement No. V. shows the ages of patients admitted according to sex.
Under 20 there were 9 males and 4 females, between 20 and 40 there were 221
males and 28 females, between 40 and 60 41 males and 7 females, and above
sixty 2 males and 3 females.
10. Statement No. VI. gives the types of insanity among the whole asylum
population, and the following table shows the numbers admitted, recovered,
improved and the deaths from each type :—
Types of Insanity.
Acute Mania ... ... ...
Chronic Mania ... ...
Melancholia... ... ...
Acute Dementia ... ...
Chronic Dementia ... ...
Paralysis of the Insane ...
Idiotcy or Amentia ... ...
Mania c. Epilepsy ... ...
Dementia c. Epilepsy ... ...
Amentia c. Epilepsy ... ...
Imbecility ... ... ...
Total ...
Remained.
176
146
30
73
143
...
16
5
3
2
11
605
Admitted.
145
52
45
33
27
2
5
2
...
...
4
315
Total.
321
198
75
106
170
2
21
7
3
2
15
920
Recovered.
42
5
6
2
5
...
...
1
...
...
...
61
Improved.
47
21
23
22
11
...
...
1
...
...
...
125
Died.
17
9
3
8
15
2
4
1
...
...
...
59
11. Statement No. VII. gives the alleged causes of insanity among the
lunatics. Of a total of 920 insanes, a cause is given in 442 cases, physical causes
in 338 and moral causes in 104. Excess in the use of intoxicating drugs and
spirits is credited with 210 cases, viz., gánja 147, spirits 48 and opium 15. In
18 cases the insanity is attributed to fever, in 21 to epilepsy, in 5 to injury to
head, 3 to destitution, in 12 to sunstroke, in 10 to masturbation, in 23 the disease
was hereditary, in 10 congenital, a previous attack is given in 16, meningitis and
child-birth in one each and in 2 each to syphilis, uterine disorder, sexual excess
and climate. Of moral causes, grief is the alleged cause in 72 cases, anger in 3,
fear in 10, religion in 12, study in 4, jealousy in 2, and anxiety one. The
following are the causes, so far as they can be ascertained, of insanity among
criminals confined for crimes of violence :—
Gánja, 9.
Opium, 1.
Fever, 1.
Epilepsy, 1.
Hereditary, 2.
Congenital, 1.
Grief, 3.
Religion, 1.
Jealousy, 2.
Unknown, 57.
12. In Statement No. VIII. are shown the diseases other than insanity
for which patients were treated in the hospitals of the asylums with the results.
There remained in hospital 58 patients, 224 were admitted, making a total treated
of 282 as compared with 329 in the previous year. Of these 148 were dis-
charged cured, 8 were transferred to the care of friends, 59 died, and 67 remained
under treatment at the end of the year. The most common forms of disease