6                        ANNUAL REPORT ON LUNATIC ASYLUMS.

Asylum it was exceptionally low. In Madras, there was considerable prevalence of
scorbutic dysentery, which required great care and attention in modification of diet
to counteract. Many patients also were admitted in a feeble condition of health,
and this was the case also in Calicut, where most of the deaths occurred in the
newly admitted insane. In regard to epidemic diseases, there has been no preva-
lence of them in the asylums, although in Calicut one lunatic was admitted with
small-pox.

The following abstract shows some of the principal causes of death :—

                        Causes of Mortality.

                            Total number of Deaths 43.

12. General Results in each Asylum.—The following abstract shows the results
in regard to each asylum :—