Covers 1877-1904. Tables show annual return of patients and causes of mental illness. Age, caste, occupation of insanes shown. Financial statements included.
The Mental Health collection consists of 45 volumes dating from 1867 to 1948. Reports describe lunatic asylums and mental hospitals in British India, revealing institutional conditions and care of native and European patients. Statistics show changes in classification of causes and types of insanity, and allow analysis of asylum populations.
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India Papers
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The India Papers collection contains publications of the central (Imperial) Government and many Indian states. Most states came under British rule. Much of the collection dates from between the post-Mutiny re-organisation of the Indian Government and Indian Independence in 1947. Some items published in London by John Murray.