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82 REPORT ON THE BHOWANIPORE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Detailed report of Fatal Cases during the year 1871.
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NAME. |
Age. |
Date of admission. |
Date of death. |
Disease. |
REMARKS. |
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Miss Mary Ann Wright ... |
51 |
24th June 1868 |
5th Feb. 1871 |
107, Dementia ... |
Perfectly fatuous and feeble on |
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65, Anæmia ... |
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905, Debility ... |
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George Hull ... ... |
24 |
12th Oct. 1871 |
13th Oct. „ |
107, Dementia a |
Fracture of cervical vertebra before |
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Henry Wrixon ... |
37 |
12th Sept. „ |
16th „ „ |
107, Dementia b |
Admitted in a state of anæmia and |
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55, Anæmia ... |
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905, Debility ... |
Statement showing the average daily number of Lunatics for the year, the total yearly expenditure,
average cost of each inmate, and the average cost of each item of the charge per man during
the year 1871.
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Average daily number of inmates throughout the year ... |
Rs. |
30 |
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Total expenditure for the year ... ... ... ... |
„ |
34,511 |
excluding sea out-fit and passage money. |
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Payments by friends of lunatics for maintenance ... ... |
„ |
9,262* |
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Average yearly cost of each inmate as per column 2 ... ... |
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1,150 1/3 1/0 |
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Average yearly cost of each lunatic (deducting column 3 during |
„ |
841 1/3 9/0 † |
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Average yearly expense of each |
Establishment ... ... |
„ |
809 1/5 |
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Diet ... ... |
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232 1/6 |
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Bazaar medicines ... ... |
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...... |
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Contingencies ... ... |
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66 1/1 3/5 |
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Clothing ... ... ... |
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42 2/15 |
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* Including Rs. 294 on account of stoppages of soldiers' pay during detention.
† Including Superintendent's salary for both European and Native Asylums.
NOTE 1.—The average expenditure of each lunatic should be calculated with the total expenditure and average daily
number of inmates.
ARTHUR J. PAYNE,
Superintendent.
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| Description | Covers 1867-1924. Describes asylums and occurrences of disease and violence. Extensive tables show annual return of patients and causes of mental illness. Age, caste, occupation of insanes shown. Financial statements included. |
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| Description | 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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