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4 ANNUAL REPORT ON LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
5. Criminal Lunatics.—The number of this class admitted was larger than in
any previous year, viz., 43 (males 38, females 5). The total of criminal lunatics
was 116, and of these, 25 were discharged, 4 died, and 87 remained at the end of
the year. The following table shows the tendency to increase of this class of
lunatics:—
Criminal Lunatics.
|
Admitted. |
Total Treated. |
Discharged. |
Died. |
Remaining. |
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|
Years. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
|
1880-81 ... ... |
32 |
1 |
33 |
84 |
8 |
92 |
19 |
1 |
20 |
9 |
... |
9 |
56 |
7 |
63 |
|
1881-82 ... ... |
25 |
3 |
28 |
81 |
10 |
91 |
14 |
... |
14 |
4 |
... |
4 |
63 |
10 |
73 |
|
1882-83 ... ... |
88 |
5 |
43 |
101 |
15 |
116 |
24 |
1 |
25 |
4 |
... |
4 |
73 |
14 |
87 |
6. The distribution of criminal lunatics is shown in the following abstract:—
|
Asylums. |
Remained. |
Admitted. |
Total Treated. |
Discharged. |
Died. |
Remaining. |
||||||||||||
|
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
|
|
Madras ... ... |
41 |
8 |
49 |
31 |
4 |
35 |
72 |
12 |
84 |
20 |
... |
20 |
2 |
... |
2 |
50 |
12 |
62 |
|
Waltair ... ... |
10 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
... |
4 |
14 |
1 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
... |
... |
... |
11 |
... |
11 |
|
Calicut ... ... |
12 |
1 |
13 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
2 |
17 |
1 |
... |
1 |
2 |
... |
2 |
12 |
2 |
14 |
|
Total ... |
63 |
10 |
73 |
38 |
5 |
43 |
101 |
15 |
116 |
24 |
1 |
25 |
4 |
... |
4 |
73 |
14 |
87 |
7. Civil Lunatics.—The admissions of insane of the civil population have been
in excess of the numbers of former years. There were 220 of such patients (168
males, 52 females) classified as follows :—
Civil Lunatics.
|
Caste. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
||
|
Europeans and East Indians ... |
28 |
9 |
37 |
||
|
Hindus ... ... ... ... |
95 |
30 |
125 |
||
|
Mubammadans ... ... ... |
36 |
4 |
40 |
||
|
Native Christians ... ... ... |
7 |
9 |
16 |
||
|
Other Castes ... ... ... |
2 |
... |
2 |
||
|
Total ... |
168 |
52 |
220 |
8. Ages of Lunatics on Admission.—The following table is given to show the
period of life at which insanity occurs. It bears out the experience of former
years that the great bulk of the insanes are admitted between the ages of twenty
and forty.
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