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10 females, total confined 123, as compared with 114 in the previous year. Of
these 13 males and 1 female were discharged, 8 males died, and there remained
on 31st December 92 males and 9 females, total 101. The daily average strength
was 94.2 males, 8.0 females, total 102.2, against 96.4 in the previous year.
8. Statement No. III. is a return showing the religion, sex, and residence of
those patients admitted into the asylums during the year. Of the 242 admis-
sions and re-admissions, 71 were Christians, including 55 Europeans, 5 Eurasians,
and 11 Native Christians ; 100 were Hindus ; 58 Mahomedans, and 3 Pársis.
Of the 55 Europeans admitted, 48 were soldiers received from all parts of India;
other patients are received from various parts of the Presidency.
9. Statement No. IV. shows the occupation of the patients admitted into the
asylum. Soldiers 48, beggars and mendicant fakirs 48, servants and labourers 36,
cultivators 21, peons 11, merchants 11. In 23 cases the occupation of the
patients was unknown.
10. Statement No. V. is a return showing the ages of patients admitted to the
asylums according to sex. Under twenty there were 10 males and 2 females ;
between twenty and forty there were 172 males and 18 females ; between forty
and sixty 28 males and 8 females, and above sixty 3 males and one female.
11. Statement No. VI. gives the types of insanity among the asylum popula-
tion, and the following table gives the results of treatment of each form:—
Acute mania
...
...
...
Chronic mania ...
... ...
Melancholia
... ... ...
Actue dementia ...
...
...
Chronic dementia ... ...
Idiotcy ...
...
... ...
Mania with epilepsy
...
...
Imbecility
... ... ...
Amentia with epilepsy ... ...
Dementia with epilepsy ...
Total ...
Remained.
220
148
40
73
151
16
9
11
2
1
671
Admitted.
113
17
46
11
42
7
3
2
...
1
242
Total.
333
165
86
84
193
23
12
13
2
2
913
Recovered.
44
4
11
4
4
...
...
...
...
...
67
Improved.
35
3
22
4
21
1
...
...
...
...
86
Died.
17
13
5
3
12
...
2
1
...
1
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12. Statement No. VII. gives the alleged causes of insanity among the
inmates of the asylums. Of the 913 cases treated a cause is given in 424, and is
unknown in 489. Physical causes number 344 and moral causes 80. Among physic-
al causes gánja is credited with 142 cases, spirits 42, opium 10. Fever is given as
the cause in 23 cases, epilepsy in 21, injury to the head in 4, destitution in 10,
syphilis in 3, child-birth in 4, uterine disorder in 1, sun-stroke in 12, masturbation
in 13, climate in 2, the disease was hereditary in 27 and congenital in 13, and
in 15 cases previous attack is given as the cause. Of moral causes grief is
alleged in 60 cases, anger in 4, fear and religion in 5 each, study and anxiety in
1 each, and jealousy and pecuniary losses in 2 each. Among criminal insanes
charged with crimes of violence the alleged causes of insanity are given as
follows :—
Gánja ... ...
Opium ... ...
Spirits ... ...
Fever ...
...
Epilepsy ...
12
1
1
2
2
Febrile attack ... ...
Hereditary
...
...
Congenital
...
...
Religion ... ...
Jealousy... ... ...
1
1
1
1
1
Unknown
...
...
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13. Statement No. VIII. is a return of the sick (for other diseases than in-
sanity) treated in the asylum hospitals with the results of treatment. At the
beginning of the year 63 patients were in hospital, 249 were admitted, making the
total 312. Of these 182 were cured, 3 were discharged otherwise, 54 died, and 73
remained under treatment at the end of the year. The chief causes of admission
to hospital were ague 59, diarrhœa 46, debility 31, and dysentery 21. The causes