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Causes only as-
signed in half
the cases.

Causes.—Fifty per cent. of the insanes are set down as " cause unknown." This is rather
opprobrious, due doubtless to the cause at the time of admission being undiscoverable, or
rather to its being left to those whose report obtains the Magistrate's order to transfer the
patient to an asylum.

If the causes were sought for more diligently from the sufferer in lucid intervals or on
recovery, it would be oftener recorded.
Of the known causes—

32.5 per cent. are attributed to ganjah smoking.

Recoveries.—Of the ganjah cases 5 per cent. ; the heat cases and of the grief cases 2.5
recovered; 12.5 of those whose causes are noted as unknown, also recovered.

Restraint.

Sickness, solitary confinement, and mechanical restraint.—There are no records regarding
sickness, confinement or restraint. No mechanical restraint was used, nor are there any
appliances for such in the asylum.

Vaccination.

Vaccination.—Only 1 male and 1 female were admitted unprotected by small-pox,
inoculation, or vaccination. These will be protected in 1872.

Occupations.

Employment.—Out of an average of 26.2 there were 21.4 employed at the occupations
noted in table 17 ; the occupations are not of a penal nature nor deleterious to health.

Injuries.—Though sharp instruments were used by the insanes, no one injured either
himself or another during the year.

Expenditure.

Expenditure.—Rs. 1,085 have been spent on establishment, Rs. 482-8-4 on diet, and
Rs. 24-5-6 on contingencies.

The bedding and blankets were paid out of the profits accruing from the labor of the
insanes.

Industrial profits.

Profits.—The actual profits were Rs. 106-12-3, the estimated Rs. 907-1-6 more, of this
latter Rs. 420-6-6 were for task work actually executed by the insanes. The remainder
represents garden work and servants' wages.

Table 21 is not a good form of accounts, but is to be improved on soon.

Buildings.

Site and drainage.

Asylum bulidings.—These have been often described ; they are not bad ones by any
means, and have been kept in good repair. The work-shed is the finest I have seen in
India. It would be an admirable pattern for jail-sheds. The site is bad, so is that of all
Berhampore. Drainage alone is wanted to make the place a very good one.

Ventilation.

Ventilation.—Ventilation is very good, though it might be improved by opening out
some of the bricked up windoos.

Conservancy

Conservancy.—Dry earth is freely used, and the night-soil is buried in trenches in the
garden.