FURTHER ENQUIRIES REGARDING THE ALLEGED HEMP DRUG CASES OF 1892. 93
Hemp Drug cases admitted in 1892—concld.
Name, race,
occupation, |
Alleged |
Type of in- |
State of |
Facts ascertained from the papers. |
Asylum history and facts
ascertained |
9. Shamsher
Bahadur; |
Charas |
Toxic |
Fair |
Civil Surgeon certified:
"Refuses Statement B shows— 6. First attack. 7. Duration of
existing attack, 8. Supposed
cause.—Indulgence Admitted, 9th May
1892. |
6th August.—Has improved
much 10th September.—Is now
quite No other notes. |
10. Balak Ram; |
Bhang. |
Toxic |
Indiffer- |
The Civil Surgeon
certified: "His Form B shows— 6. second attack in March last. 7. Duration
of present attack, 8. Supposed cause not known. 13. His elder brother was
also |
20th June.—"Seems fairly
sensi- Discharged, 8th August 1892. Note.—The cause as
entered in the |
11. Niadar Chamar; |
Charas |
Toxic |
Fair |
The Civil Surgeon
certified: Statement B shows— 6. Attacked with
insanity two 7. Duration of
present attack, 8. Supposed cause
not known. 9. Arrested
wandering about 10. No family
history of insa- Admitted, 8th April 1892. Discharged, 12th September 1892. |
8th June.—"Seems a little
better." No other notes. |
NOTE.—The total number of admissions from all causes in 1892 was—
Criminal |
Males |
4 |
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Females |
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Non-Criminal |
Males |
57 |
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Females |
15 |
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TOTAL |
76 |
Of these, the above eleven cases were attributed in Statement VII to hemp drugs,
29th August 1893.
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