3
died, leaving 105 males and 11 females on 31st December 1899. The daily
average strength of these insanes was 115.7 (males 105.4 and females 10.3) against
117.0 (males 108.0 and females 9.0) in the previous years.
Particulars of the different kinds of this class of insanes are given in the
following table. I think it almost certain that a considerable number of those
placed in the third category were insane at the time of their trial :—
Criminal Insanes.
Tried and acquitted on the ground of
insanity ... ... ... ...
Insane on admission and found to be
incapable of making their defence ...
Those who became insane during im-
prisonment ... ...
Colába.
8
34
10
52
Rat-
nágiri.
9
15
1
25
Poona.
1
4
2
7
Dhár-
wár.
...
10
4
14
Ah-
medabad.
6
16
5
27
Hyderabad
(Sir
Cowasji
Jehangir).
7
16
...
23
Total.
81
95
22
148
Statement No. III shows the religion, sex and residence of the lunatics
admitted during the year 1899. The total number of Christians admitted was
95, of whom 73 were Europeans, 5 Eurasians and 17 Native Christians.
Hindus numbered 127, Mahomedans 63, and other castes 18. Of the 73 Euro-
pean insanes, 63 were soldiers (from Bombay 20, Bengal 22, Madras 11 and the
Punjáb 10) and 10 civilians (9 from Bombay and 1 from Bengal).
Statement No. IV is a return showing the previous occupation of the
insanes admitted during the year. European soldiers furnished the largest num-
ber of admissions, viz., 63. Labourers numbered 28, domestic servants 24,
merchants and traders 21, beggars and mendicants 20, clerks 17, and cultivators
16. In 24 cases the occupation was not ascertained, and 31 had no occupation.
Statement No. V treats of the ages of the insanes admitted according to
sex. Under 20 there were 15 insanes (13 males and 2 females), between 20 and
40 there were 232 (198 males and 34 females), between 40 and 60 there were
54 (45 males and 9 females), and above 60 years 2 males.
Statement No. VI shows the various types of insanity with the result of
the treatment of each form, and is summarized in the following table :—
Idiocy ... ... ... ... ...
Mania, acute or chronic ... ...
Melancholia ... ... ... ...
Dementia, including acquired ... ...
Mental stupor ... ... ... ...
General paralysis of the insane
...
Delusional insanity ... ... ...
Declared to have recovered or not yet
diagnosed
...
...
...
Total ...
Remained.
45
406
155
196
1
1
7
...
811
Admitted.
6
174
68
33
1
2
18
1
303
Total.
51
580
223
229
2
3
25
1
1,114
Reco-
vered.
1
54
18
14
...
...
1
1
89
Improved.
3
51
33
20
...
2
5
...
114
Died.
4
44
20
14
1
...
3
...
86
Statement No. VII gives the alleged causes of insanity among the lunatics.
Of the 1,114 insanes confined in the asylums during the year under review, a
cause is given in 536 and is unknown in 578. Of the known causes, 415 are
attributed to physical and 121 to moral causes. Of the former, the use of
intoxicating drugs and abuse of spirits accounted for 143 cases, previous attacks
71, hereditary causes 37, fever and epilepsy 31 each, congenital diseases 24,
masturbation 18, syphilis 12, injury to head 11, destitution 7, sunstroke, child
birth and hypochondrical causes 5 each, sexual excess 4, climate 3, uterine-
disorder 2, and gout, mental trouble, venereal sore producing mental depression,
fall followed by fever, paralysis and overwork 1 each.
The following are the causes, as far as they can be ascertained, leading to
insanity in persons charged with crimes of violence :—