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Annual Reports.—
Report on the Lunatic Asylums in the
Bombay Presidency for the year
1897.
General Department.
Bombay Castle,
No. 2860
18th May 1898.
Letter from the Surgeon General with the Government of Bombay, No. S.B.—301.
dated the 15th April 1898—
Submitting the Annual Report on the Lunatic Asylums in the Bombay Presidency
for the year 1897.
RESOLUTION—The report shows a slight increase in the population of the
Asylums. The year was somewhat more unhealthy than 1896, but it is satis-
factory to learn that the health of the inmates of the Hyderabad Asylum has
improved of late years. Owing chiefly to the scarcity, the cost of the Asylums
in 1897 exceeded the expenditure of the previous year by Rs. 5,065-13-3.
The report is generally satisfactory and raises no questions which call for any
special remarks.
A. M. T. JACKSON,
Acting Secretary to Government
To
The Surgeon General with the Government of Bombay,
The Sanitary Commissioner for the Government
of Bombay,
The Commissioner in Sind,
The Commissioner, N. D.,
The Commissioner, C. D.,
The Commissioner, S. D.,
The Collector of Poona,
The Collector of Ahmedabad,
The Collector of Dhárwár,
The Collector of Ratnágiri,
The Judicial Department of the Secretariat,
The Public Works Department of the Secretariat,
With copies of the
Report.
The Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor,
The Editors' Table, Bombay,
The Editors' Table, Poona,
The Editors' Table, Dhárwár,
The Editors' Table, Belgaum,
The Government of India,
The Secretary of State for India. By letter.
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION
AND
PROGRESS REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
FOR THE YEAR 1898.
Bombay:
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS.
1899.
[Indian Price—6 Annas.]
[English Price—7 Pence.]
OFFICIAL AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF INDIAN
OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.
In London.
E. A. ARNOLD, 37, Bedford Street, Strand, W. C.
CONSTABLE & Co., 2, Whitehall Gardens, S. W.
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, & Co., St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, E. C.
P. S. KING & SON, 9, Bridge Street, Westminster, S. W.
LUZAC & Co., 46, Great Russell Street, W. C.
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER, & Co., Charing Cross Road, W.C.
B. QUARITCH, 15, Piccadilly, W.
On the Continent.
PRIEDLÄNDER & SOHN, 11, Carlstrasse, Berlin.
OTTO HARRASSOWITZ, Leipzig.
KARL W. HIERSEMANN, Leipzig.
ERNEST LEROUX, 28, Rue Bonaparte, Paris.
MARTINUS NIJHOFF, The Hague.
In India.
MESSERS. HIGGINBOTHAM & Co., Madras.
MESSRS. THACKER, SPINK & Co., and W. NEWMAN & Co., Calcutta.
MESSRS. THACKER & Co., LD., A. J. COMBRIDGE & Co., MR. SEYMOUR HALE,
and CURATOR, GOVERNMENT CENTRAL BOOK DEPÔT, Bombay.
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION
AND
PROGRESS REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
FOR THE YEAR 1898.
Bombay:
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS.
1899.
No.S.B/136 OF 1899.
From
THE SURGEON-GENERAL WITH THE
GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY,
Bombay;
To
THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
General Department,
Bombay.
Bombay, 12th June 1899.
SIR,
I have the honour to forward, for the information of Government, the
Annual Administration and Progress Report on the Lunatic Asylums of the
Bombay Presidency for the year 1898.
2. The usual repairs to the asylum buildings have been carried out by the
Public Works Department during the year under review.
3. At Colába, the total cost of repairs to the buildings, and of providing
quarters for servants in the Superintendent's compound, amounted to
Rs. 7,287-8-1 against Rs. 5,760-2-3 in 1897.
4. At Ratnágiri, the asylum buildings are in good order. Some altera-
tions in the urinals of the barracks are necessary, but as the question of abolishing
this asylum is under consideration, the same have been held in abeyance.
5. There have been no additions or alterations in the Poona Asylum build-
ings during the previous two years.
6. At Dhárwár, a wall was constructed in place of the railings which
existed on the sides of the male and female yards facing the main and jail roads.
Additional accommodation to the Hospital Assistant's quarters was also provided.
In addition to these, superficial drains in front of the solitary cells and the
day-barrack were also made. A. proposal has been submitted for providing
special accommodation for criminal insanes and six quarters for warders, but
sanction has not been received. Small trap gratings have also been provided
in the doors of each of the solitary cells.
7. No additions or alterations were made in the buildings of the Lunatic
Asylum at Ahmedabad. The improvements to the ventilation of the asylum
kitchen, and the scheme for providing separate accommodation for criminal luna-
tics, have been put off for want of funds. Iron-barred doors to six cells for
dangerous lunatics have been sanctioned, and are now under construction.
8. At Hyderabad, there have been no changes in the asylum buildings
during the year under review. The Superintendent again brings to notice the
necessity for raising the outer walls of the Asylum and the inner enclosures, as
in their present state they are too low to prevent the escape of lunatics.
9. The water-supply was good and ample for all purposes, except at
Ratnágiri, where much of the garden ground had to be left untitled. The auxili-
ary tank at Colába was almost always full, and met the demands of the asylum.
10. The undermentioned works were executed at the lunatic asylums out
of the discretionary grant at my disposal during the year 1898 :—
Extending the gutter from the servants' quarters to the Jail compound
at the Ratnágiri Lunatic Asylum ... ... ...
Providing cage brackets to hold lamps in the Poona Lunatic Asylum...
Providing iron-barred doors to six cells for dangerous lunatics at the
Ahmedabad Lunatic Asylum ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Rs.
150
30
129
309
B 54—1
10
willing to work, are employed on vegetable cultivation and in the factories for
coir matting, dungri cloth and canework. The other occupations in which their
services are utilized are wheat-grinding, tailoring, carpentry, sweeping, garden-
ing, washing, cooking, masonry, &c. In the other asylums of the Bombay
Presidency the males are chiefly employed on vegetable cultivation and in
domestic occupations, and the females in grinding grain. It will thus be seen
that much is done to give some kind of healthy employment to the inmates.
As regards the establishment of dairy farms in the asylums of this Presi-
dency, as recommended by the Director-General in the concluding portion of
the paragraph of his note above referred to, I beg to solicit the attention of
Government to the views expressed at page 9 of my Annual Administration
Report on Lunatic Asylums for the year 1896.
Statement No. XII gives the condition of the insanes as to caste, sex and
marriage, and is summarized in the following tables :—
Table I.
Single ...
Married ...
Widowed ...
Unknown ...
Total ...
1898 ...
1897 ...
1898 ...
1897 ...
1898 ...
1897 ...
1898 ...
1897 ...
1898 ...
1897 ...
TOTAL NUMBER.
Treated.
Males.
365
383
286
268
66
58
125
127
842
836
Females.
36
32
96
96
45
42
24
23
201
193
Total.
401
415
382
364
111
100
149
150
1,043
1,029
Cured.
Males.
35
33
25
27
5
...
1
9
66
69
Females.
2
4
8
4
4
4
...
...
14
12
Total.
37
37
33
31
9
4
1
9
80
81
Died.
Males.
22
27
11
20
2
4
8
10
43
61
Females.
...
3
7
9
3
7
2
1
12
20
Total.
22
30
18
29
5
11
10
11
55
81
PERCENTAGE OF
Cured to Treated.
Males.
9.6
8.6
87
10.1
7.6
...
0.8
7.1
7.8
8.2
Females.
5.6
12.5
8.3
4.2
8.9
9.5
...
...
7.0
6.2
Total.
9.2
8.9
8.6
8.5
8.1
4.0
0.7
6.0
7.7
7.9
Deaths to Treated.
Males.
6.0
7.1
3.8
7.4
3.0
6.9
6.4
7.8
5.1
7.3
Females.
...
9.4
7.3
9.3
6.7
16.6
8.3
4.3
6.0
10.3
Total.
5.5
7.2
4.7
7.9
4.5
11.0
6.7
7.3
5.3
7.9
Table II.
Single
...
...
Married
...
Windowed
...
Unknwn ...
Hindus ... ...
Mahomedans ...
Pársis ... ...
Hindus ... ...
Mahomedans
...
Pársis ... ...
Hindus ... ...
Mahomedans ...
Pársis ... ...
Hindus ... ...
Mahomedans ...
Pársis
...
...
Number.
1898.
169
104
20
236
77
26
60
28
9
95
50
...
1897.
187
107
16
223
77
30
54
28
7
93
49
...
Percentage to total
treated.
1898.
42.1
25.9
5.0
61.8
20.2
6.8
54.1
25.2
8.1
63.8
33.6
...
1897.
45.1
25.8
3.8
61.3
21.1
8.2
54.0
28.0
7.0
62.0
32.7
...
Percentage to total
of each caste.
1898.
30.2
40.2
36.4
42.1
29.7
47.3
10.7
10.8
16.3
17.0
19.3
...
1897.
33.6
41.0
30.2
40.0
29.5
56.6
9.7
10.7
13.2
16.7
18.8
...
Statement No. XIII gives particulars regarding criminal lunatics. Of the
average strength of 117.0 (males 108.0 and females 9.0), 49.9 males and 7.3
females, or a total of 57.2, were employed against 51.0 (males 43.9 and females
7.1) in 1897. Thirty-one males and 1 female were charged with theft, 43 males and
STATEMENT VI.
B 54—5
27
No. XI.
Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of Manufactures in the Lunatic Asylums in the Bombay Presidency during the year 1898.
1
Name of Asylum.
Colába
...
...
Ratnágiri ... ...
Poona
...
...
...
Dháwár ... ...
Ahmedabad ... ...
Hyderabad
(Sir
Cowasji Jehangir)
Total ...
2
Mean Population.
Male.
235.1
71.6
79.9
50.4
92.3
98.0
627.3
Female.
76.2
23.2
25.8
9.6
14.8
10.0
159.6
Total.
311.3
94.3
105.7
60.0
107.1
108.0
786.9
3
4
5
6
7
8
CREDITS.
Cash paid into
Treasury
during the
year for
Articles sold.
Rs.
116
11
303
128
446
208
1,214
a.
0
8
12
5
3
12
10
p.
0
0
5
11
7
11
10
Value of
Manufactured
Goods made
over to
Asylum
for Asylum
purposes.
Rs.
770
77
a.
3
14
p.
0
0
......
236
197
228
1,511
15
9
15
9
3
1
8
0
Value of
Raw-
Materials
in Store
at end of
the year.
Rs.
57
a
8
p.
0
...
...
...
...
...
57 8 0
Value of
Manufac-
tured
Goods in
Store at
end of
the year.
Rs.
369
a.
14
p.
0
...
...
...
...
...
369 14 0
Value of
Plant and
Machinery
in Store
at end of
the year.
Rs.
130
237
a.
0
9
p.
0
6
...
...
...
...
417 9 6
Total
Credits.
Rs.
1,493
326
303
365
643
437
3,571
a.
9
15
12
5
12
12
3
p.
0
6
5
2
8
7
4
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
DEBITS.
Value of
Manufac-
tured
Goods in
Store
on 1st
January.
Rs.
474
a.
8
p.
0
...
...
...
...
...
474 8 0
Value of
Raw-
Materials
in Store
on 1st
January.
Rs.
66
a.
0
p.
0
...
...
...
...
...
66 0 0
Value of
Plant and
Machinery
in Store
on 1st
January.
Rs.
220
244
a.
0
11
p.
0
6
...
...
...
...
464 11 6
Raw
Materials
purchased.
Rs.
595
14
a.
5
2
p.
6
0
......
120 10 0
......
......
730 1 6
Contin-
gencies of
Manufac-
ture.
Rs. a. p.
...
1 8 0
...
...
118
300
720
10
12
14
0
7
7
All other
Charges.
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total
Debits.
Rs
1,355
260
a.
13
5
p.
6
6
......
120
418
300
2,456
10
10
12
3
0
0
7
7
16
17
RESULTS.
Excess of
Credits or
Profits.
Rs.
137
66
303
244
225
137
1,114
a.
11
10
12
11
2
0
15
p.
6
0
5
2
8
0
9
Excess of
Debits
or Loss.
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
18
Average Number
of Insanes employed
during the year.
Male.
55.9
47.3
44.0
34.0
50.1
60.0
291.3
Female.
18.5
13.4
12.0
8.0
8.2
8.0
68.1
Total.
74.4
60.7
56.0
42.0
58.3
68.0
359.4
19
REMARKS.
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION
AND
PROGRESS REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN THE BOMBAY PEESIDENCY
FOR THE YEAR 1899.
Bombay :
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS.
1900.
[Indian Price—7 Annas.]
[English Price—8 Pence.]
OFFICIAL AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF INDIAN
OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.
In England.
E. A. ARNOLD, 37, Bedford Street, Strand, W.C., London.
CONSTABLE & Co., 2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W., London.
SAMPSON, Low, MARSTON & Co., St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, E.C.,
London.
P. S. KING & SON, 9, Bridge Street, Westminster, S.W., London.
LUZAC & Co., 46, Great Russell Street, W.C., London.
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & Co., Charing Cross Road, W.C., London.
B. QUARITCH, 15, Piccadilly, W., London.
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE, Oxford.
DEIGHTON BELL & Co., Cambridge.
On the Continent
FRIEDLÄNDER & SOHN, 11, Carlstrasse, Berlin.
OTTO HARRASSOWITZ, Leipzig.
KARL W. HIERSEMANN, Leipzig.
ERNEST LEROUX, 28, Rue Bonaparte, Paris.
MARTINUS NIJHOFF, The Hague.
In India.
HIGGINBOTHAM & Co, Madras.
THACKER, SPINK & Co., and W. NEWMAN & Co., Calcutta.
THACKER & Co., LD., A. J. COMBRIDGE & Co., MR. SEYMOUR HALE, and
CURATOR, GOVERNMENT CENTRAL BOOK DEPÔT, Bombay.
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION
AND
PROGRESS REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
FOR THE YEAR 1899.
Bombay :
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS.
1900.
No. S. B./583 OF 1900.
From
THE SURGEON-GENERAL WITH THE
GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY,
Bombay ;
To
THE CHIEF SECRETARY To GOVERNMENT,
General Department,
Bombay.
Bombay, 15th June 1900.
SIR,
I have the honour to forward, for the information of Government, the An-
--al Administration Report of the Lunatic Asylums of the Bombay Presidency
for the year 1899.
2. The Public Works Department has carried out the usual repairs during
the year under review.
3. At Colába, the cost of petty repairs to the buildings amounted to
Rs. 3,975-7-0, as compared with Rs. 6,716-6-10 (exclusive of the cost of provid-
ing quarters for servants) in 1898.
4. At Ratnágiri, all the asylum buildings are in good order. The pro-
posal for improving the urinals of the barracks is under consideration. Better
accommodation is required for excited and noisy lunatics, as the existing cross-
cell arrangement is insanitary and does not permit of proper supervision on the
part of the warder on duty, especially at night.
5. No additions or alterations were made in the Poona Asylum buildings
during the year, except the construction of two masonry tanks for the collection
of waste water from the bathing places.
6. At Dhárwár, the yard in front of the solitary cells has been enclosed
by a wall, in lieu of wooden railings over which patients had attempted to
escape on two or three occasions. The latrines were fenced in with iron railings
to prevent the escape of lunatics. The proposal for providing separate accom-
modation for criminal insanes and six quarters for warders has not yet been
sanctioned, but it is hoped this will be done shortly.
7. The only alterations carried out in the Ahmedabad Lunatic Asylum
during the year under report were the addition of iron-barred doors to six cells
for dangerous lunatics. The improvement of the ventilation of the kitchen
has not yet been carried out.
8. There were no additions or alterations made in the buildings of the Sir
Cowasji Jehangir Lunatic Asylum at Hyderabad during the year 1899.
9. The water-supply at Colaba during the whole year, with the exception
of two days in the early part of November when there was a break in the main-
pipe, was sufficient for the requirements of the institution, and the auxiliary
tank was kept almost full as a small reserve. At other asylums the water-sup-
ply was good and ample, except at Rátnágiri and Hyderabad, where much of
the garden ground had to be left untilled.
10. The undermentioned works were executed out of the discretionary
grant at my disposal during the year 1899 :—
Constructing two waste-water tanks at the Lunatic Asylum, Poona.
Replacing wooden railings in front of certain cells in the Dhárwár
Asylum by a masonry wall
...
...
Total ...
Rs.
141
165
306
B 2419—1
5
Colába ... ...
Ratnágiri
...
Poona
...
...
Dhárwár ... ...
Ahmedabad ...
Hyderabad (Sir
Cowasji Jehan-
gir).
Total ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
l899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
Phthisis.
Total treated.
24
13
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
25
14
Total cured.
4
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
5
Total deaths.
17
7
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
18
8
Epilepsy.
Total treated.
3
2
1
...
4
6
...
1
...
1
3
8
11
18
Total cured.
1
1
...
...
2
1
...
1
...
...
3
8
6
11
Total deaths.
2
1
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
3
3
Bright's
Disease.
Total treated.
12
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
12
5
Total cured.
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
Total deaths.
8
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
4
Ulcer.
Total treated.
...
...
...
2
...
3
1
...
1
2
4
6
6
13
Total cured.
...
...
...
2
...
3
1
...
1
2
3
5
5
12
Total deaths.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Injuries.
Total treated.
...
1
4
2
...
...
1
2
1
3
2
2
8
10
Total cured.
...
...
4
1
...
...
1
2
1
3
1
1
7
7
Total deaths.
...
1*
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
3
* Suicidal hanging.
There was a considerable decrease in the total admissions for malarial fevers,
and only one death was attributed to this cause. This occurred without any
special change in the system of administering the alkaloids of cinchona, which
were as usual given during the rains and cold season to patients with a tendency
to periodic fever. But in the asylums of this Presidency there are no severe
fevers of this kind, which only prevail in certain unhealthy localities ; and it is
always a matter of doubt what proportion of the cases registered as malarial
are really of that nature. The appearance of the patients, the mortality returns,
and the pathological conditions found in such of the fatal cases as are examined,
negative the supposition of the prevalence of malarial fevers among the insanes
to any important extent.
The percentages of the daily average sick to the daily average population,
as compared with the previous year, were—
Colába
...
...
...
Ratnágiri
...
...
...
Poona
...
...
...
Dhárwár
...
...
...
Ahmedabad
...
...
...
Hyderabad (Sir Cowasji Jehangir) ...
Total ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899...
1898...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
Percentage of daily average sick to the
daily average population.
Male.
6.7
7.8
1.8
0.7
6.1
6.5
0.4
3.0
1.9
2.0
2.6
3.1
4.2
4.8
Female.
7.9
8.7
2.1
0.4
12.3
9.7
2.2
2.1
3.4
6.8
4.4
5.0
6.5
6.8
Total.
7.0
8.0
1.8
0.6
7.5
7.3
0.9
2.3
2.1
2.6
2.8
3.2
4.7
5.2
B 2419—2
6
Of the 86 deaths which occurred during the year, dysentery is credited with
20, phthisis 18, Bright's disease 8, debility 6, pneumonia 7, epilepsy, diarrhœa
and valvular disease of the heart 3 each, fatty degeneration of the heart, anæmia,
bronchitis and plague 2 each, and enteric fever, cholera, ague, paralysis, spas-
modic asthma, albuminuria, cirrhosis of the liver, peritonitis, heat apoplexy and
exhaustion 1 each.
The following table gives the ratio of deaths per mille of the average daily
strength, and the total population of each of the asylums, as compared with
that of the previous year :—
Colába
...
...
Ratnágiri
...
...
Poona
... ...
Dhárwár
...
...
Ahmedabad
...
...
Hyderabad
(Sir
Cowasji
Jehangir)
...
...
Total ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
Average
daily
strength.
315.0
311.3
102.7
94.8
100.9
105.7
58.7
60.0
109.1
107.1
108.6
108.0
795.0
786.9
Total
population.
507
459
121
109
143
142
77
73
128
121
138
139
1,114
1,043
Number
of deaths.
53
27
3
4
11
10
7
5
5
2
7
7
86
55
Ratio of deaths
per mille to
Average
daily
strength.
168.2
86.7
29.2
42.2
109.0
94.6
119.3
83.3
45.8
18.7
64.5
64.8
108.2
69.9
Total
population.
104.5
58.8
24.8
36.7
76.9
70.4
90.9
68.5
39.1
16.5
50.7
50.4
77.2
52.7
From the above table it will be seen that at the Colába, Dhárwár and
Ahmedabad Asylums the death-rates per mille were much higher than in the
previous year, though at Colába and Dhárwár they were nearly the same as in
the year 1897.
At Colába there were 53 deaths (6 Europeans and 47 Natives), as compared
with 27 (2 Europeans and 25 Natives) in 1898, giving a ratio of 104.5 deaths per
mille of the total population against 58.8 in the previous year. The mean
mortality of the preceding 10 years was 88 per mille of population, and during
three of those years the ratio of the year under report was exceeded. Phthisis,
dysentery and Bright's disease accounted for 17, 15 and 8 deaths, respectively.
The mortality among the Europeans was at the rate of 53.6 per mille of the
total population, as compared with 26.3 in 1898, and was due to phthisis 2, and
epilepsy, Bright's disease, diarrhœa and typhoid fever 1 each. Among the
natives there was a death-rate of 119.0 per mille of the total population against
65.3 in the previous year, the principal causes being dysentery, phthisis and
Bright's disease. Three patients were found on admission into the asylum to
be suffering from advanced diseases, viz., peritonitis, dysentery and chronic
phthisis, and died within a few days. The rise in the death-rate was, in the
Superintendent's opinion, mainly due to the remarkably abnormal and un-
healthy weather.
In reply to my inquiries the Superintendent reports that no post-mortem
examinations were made, because there was no obscurity suspected about the
correctness of the diagnosis, and I have referred him to paragraph 15 of the letter
to Government accompanying my Administration Report for the year 1898.
The number of deaths in the Ratnágiri Asylum was 3 against 4 in
1898, and the ratio of deaths per mille of the total population 24.8 against 36.7
13
Statement No. XII gives the condition of the insanes as to caste, sex and
marriage, and is summarized in the following table :—
Table I.
Single ...
Married ...
Widowed...
Unknown ...
Total ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
1898 ...
TOTAL NUMBER.
Treated.
Males.
386
365
313
286
68
66
135
125
902
842
Females.
38
36
103
96
46
45
25
24
212
201
Total.
424
401
416
382
114
111
160
149
1,114
1,043
Cured.
Males.
23
35
37
25
4
5
8
1
72
66
Females.
4
2
4
8
8
4
1
...
17
14
Total.
27
37
41
33
12
9
9
1
89
80
Died.
Males.
26
22
30
11
14
2
7
8
77
43
Females.
1
...
5
7
...
3
3
2
9
12
Total.
27
22
35
18
14
5
10
10
86
55
PERCENTAGE OF
Cures to Treated.
Males.
6.0
9.6
11.8
8.7
5.9
7.6
5.9
0.8
8.0
7.8
Females.
10.5
5.6
3.9
8.3
17.4
8.9
4.0
...
8.0
7.0
Total.
6.4
9.2
9.9
8.6
10.5
8.1
5.6
0.7
8.0
7.7
Deaths to Treated.
Males.
6.7
6.0
9.6
3.8
20.6
3.0
5.2
6.4
8.5
5.1
Females.
2.6
...
4.9
7.3
...
6.7
12.0
8.3
4.2
6.0
Total.
6.4
5.5
8.4
4.7
12.3
4.5
6.2
6.7
7.7
5.3
Table II.
Single ... ...
Married ...
Widowed ...
Unknown ...
Hindus ... ...
Mahomedans ...
Pársis ... ...
Hindus ... ...
Mahomedans ...
Pársis ... ...
Hindus ... ...
Mahomedans ...
Pársis ... ...
Hindus ... ...
Mahomedans ...
Pársis
... ...
Number.
1899.
168
96
17
242
92
30
66
28
9
97
58
...
1898.
169
104
20
236
77
26
60
28
9
95
50
...
Percentage to Total
Treated.
1899.
39.6
22.6
4.0
58.2
22.1
7.2
57.9
24.6
7.9
60.6
36.2
...
1898.
42.1
25.9
5.0
61.8
20.2
6.8
54.1
25.2
8.1
63.8
33.6
...
Percentage to Total
of each Caste.
1899.
29.3
35.0
30.3
42.3
33.6
53.6
11.5
10.2
16.1
16.9
21.2
...
1898.
30.2
40.2
36.4
42.1
29.7
47.3
10.7
10.8
16.3
17.0
19.3
...
Statement No XIII gives particulars regarding criminal lunatics. Their
crimes were theft 31, culpable homicide amounting to murder 53, culpable
homicide not amounting to murder 9, attempt at suicide 3, voluntarily causing
grievious hurt 15, house-breaking 10, mischief and assault 8, and miscel-
laneous offences 19. Of the average strength of 115.7 (males 105.4 and females
10.3), 51.3 males and 6.7 females, total 58.0, were employed, against 57.2 (males
49.9 and females 7.3) in 1898.
12. The official visitors were regular in their attendance at all the asylums,
except that in March and July 1899 the Second Presidency Magistrate was absent
from the meeting at Colába and gave no timely intimation, nor was a substitute
provided as required by Government Resolution No. 104, dated 12th January
1874, General Department. In August 1899 also the Third Presidency Magis-
trate was unavoidably absent from the same institution, owing to his not having
taken complete charge of his duties.
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