3
for crimes of violence. The total number of such cases under treatment in the
several asylums is 68, and the causes are as follows :—
Gánja, 8.
Opium, 1.
Fever, 4.
Epilepsy, 2.
Destitution, 1.
Child-birth, 1.
Hereditary, 1.
Congenital, 1.
Religion, 1.
Jealousy, 1.
Unknown, 47.
13. Statement No. VIII is a return of the diseases for which insanes
were admitted to the asylum hospitals, with the results. The total number
treated was 363 as compared with 327 in 1881. Of these 276 recovered, 3
were discharged otherwise,—that is, 2 were re-admitted for other complaints
and 1 was handed over to his friends; 52 died and 32 remained in hospital
under treatment at the end of the year. The diseases causing the greatest
number of admissions were malarious fevers, for which 144 cases were treated ;
debility gave 45 cases, diarrhoea 47, dysentery 16, ulcer 21, bronchitis 15, and
cholera 6. Of the deaths there were 15 from debility, 11 from diarrhoea, 4
each from cholera and phthisis, 3 each from malarious fevers and epilepsy, 2
each from paralysis and ulcer, and 1 each from erysipelas, hœmoptysis, anœmia,
atrophy, shaking palsy, pneumonia, gastritis and hepatitis.
14. Statement No. IX gives the cash accounts of the asylum for the year.
From it will be seen that the total receipts amounted to Rs. 1,10,989-1-1 as
compared with Rs. 1,07,695-4-5 in 1881. Of the former sum Rs. 99,615-6-2
were drawn from the treasury, Rs. 8,807-9-11 were received from paying
patients, and Rs. 2,566-0-11 were the value of articles from the Manufacture
Department and 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. 90,807-12-3 as compared with
Rs. 86,568-6-6 in the previous year; the increase being due to the fact that
this year the charges incurred by the Public Works Department for repairs, &c.,
to the Colába Asylum have been included. The net cost per patient was, in
the year under report, Rs. 145-3-6 against Rs. 136-13-2 in 1881.
The following table gives the net cost in each asylum for the past two
years:—
Colába ... ... ... ...
Poona ... ... ... ...
Dhárwár ... ... ... ...
Ahmedabad ... ... ...
Hyderabad ... ... ...
Average Cost ...
Average Daily Strength ...
1882.
Rs.
170
154
225
109
92
145
625
a.
5
0
14
4
13
3
3
p.
6
8
9
11
4
6
8
1881.
Rs.
157
134
268
109
88
136
632
a.
0
2
7
0
8
13
7
p.
9
8
0
6
1
2
8
15. Statement No. X shows the sanctioned establishments as they stood
on the 31st December 1882. The total monthly cost amounts to Rs. 3,487-8-0
as compared with Rs. 3,697-8-0 in the previous year.
16. Statement No. XI gives the receipts and expenditure on account of
manufactures in the asylums. The mean population was 619.3, viz., males 502.4
and females 116.9, and the average number employed was 305.2, viz., males 254.6
and females 50.6. The total credits amounted to Rs. 5,776-14-5 and the total
debits to Rs. 2,436-13-3, giving an excess of credits or profits of Rs. 3,340-1-2,
or, as is shown in the memorandum at the foot of this statement, the total net
profits amount to Rs. 3,205-6-2 against Rs. 3,094-11-1 in the previous year.
17. Statement No. XII gives particulars showing the condition as to
marriage and the caste of patients. The following tables are appended, giving a
relative statement on these points for the last two years :—