2
6. Statement No. III. is a return showing the religion, sex, and residence
of patients admitted during the year. Of the 257 admissions and re-admissions,
73 were Christians, including 62 Europeans, 3 Eurasians, and 8 Natives, 110 were
Hindus, 58 Mahomedans, 13 Pársis, and 3 of other castes. As usual, the
majority of Europeans admitted are soldiers, and come from all parts of India;
the Natives are received from various parts of the Presidency.
7. Statement No. IV. gives the occupation of patients admitted. European
soldiers are in greatest number 49, then beggars and mendicants 48, servants
and labourers 37, cultivators 22, peons 15, merchants 14. In 23 cases the
occupation of the patients was unknown.
8. Statement No. V. gives the ages of patients admitted according to sex.
Under 20 there were 11 males and 1 female, between 20 and 40 there were
185 males and 18 females, from 40 to 60 years of age 33 males and 4 females,
above 60 years 3 males and 2 females.
9. Statement No. VI. shows the types of insanity among the inmates of
the asylums, and the following table gives the number remained, admitted, re-
covered, improved, and died in each form :—
Acute mania ... ... ...
Chronic mania
...
...
...
Melancholia ... ... ...
Acute dementia ... ... ...
Chronic dementia ... ...
Imbecility
...
...
...
Idiocy
...
...
...
...
Mania with epilepsy ... ...
Dementia
do. ... ...
Amentia
do. ... ...
Total ...
Remained.
208
143
31
65
143
13
15
7
3
2
630
Admitted.
109
31
40
20
43
2
2
10
...
...
257
Total.
317
174
71
85
186
15
17
17
3
2
887
Recovered.
37
11
5
3
2
...
1
1
...
...
60
Improved.
28
9
20
7
19
2
...
1
...
...
86
Died.
21
11
3
3
9
1
...
3
1
...
52
10. Statement No. VII. gives the alleged causes of insanity among the
asylum population. Of the 887 cases a cause is given in 405, and is unknown in
482. Physical causes number 336 and moral causes 69. Among physical
causes the use of gánja is credited with 141 cases, spirits 35, and opium 11.
Fever is given as the cause in 26 cases, epilepsy in 23, injury to the head in 6,
destitution in 7, syphilis, child-birth and sexual excess in 2 each, uterine dis-
order in 1, sun-stroke in 13, masturbation in 9, hereditary in 25, the disease
was congenital in 15, a previous attack had occurred in 15 cases, and 3 were
due to climate. Of moral causes grief is the alleged cause in 50 cases, anger
in 4, fear and jealousy in 3 each, religion in 7, study and anxiety in 1 each.
Among criminal insanes charged with crimes of violence the following are the
alleged causes of insanity:—
Gánja ... ...
Opium
...
...
Spirits ... ...
Fever
...
...
Epilepsy ... ...
7
4
1
2
2
Hereditary
...
...
Congenital
...
...
Religion...
...
...
Jealousy...
...
...
1
1
1
1
In 56 such cases the cause is unknown.
11. Statement No. VIII. is a return of the sick in the asylum hospitals
(for diseases other than insanity), with the results. At the beginning of the
year, 75 patients remained in hospital, 222 were admitted, making a total treated
of 297. Of these, 179 were cured, 4 were discharged otherwise, and 51 died,
and 63 remained under treatment at the end of the year. The chief causes of
admission to hospital were debility 67, ague 56, diarrhœa 45, and dysentery 18.
The causes of death were debility 12, diarrhœa 9, epilepsy 5, dysentery 5,
dropsy 4, remittent fever, phthisis and old age 2 each, ague, anæmia, paralysis,
hemiplegia, heart disease, pneumonia, peritonitis, kidney disease, cystitis and
fracture of the ribs one each ; in addition to the 51 deaths in this statement, one
patient died out of hospital in the Ratnágiri Asylum from injury received from
another patient.