STATEMENT OF THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS                                                                                                 25

                                                                                                    APPENDIX TO STATEMENT No. VI

                                                                                          (Ordered in G.O. 836, Public, dated 28th May 1915.)

                                                            Showing the Admissions and Deaths from the chief diseases among the patients in the
                                                                                Lunatic Asylums in the Madras Presidency during the year
1915.

1

2

3

Serial number.

Asylum.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

Cholera.

Dysentery

Malarial
Fevers. *

Tubercle of
the lungs,
tuberculous
phthisis and
hæmoptisis
due to
tubercle.

Anæmia
and
Debility.

Other
General
Diseases.

Pneu-
monia.

Other
Respira-
tory
Diseases.†

Diar-
rhœa.

Abscesses,
Boils and
Ulcers of
all kinds.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

1

Madras ... ... ...

...

...

96

9

8

0

38

18

124

...

26

0

3

2

7

1

8

1

0

0

2

Vizagapatam ... ...

...

...

2

0

1

1

0

0

2

...

31

1

1

1

2

0

4

0

2

1

3

Calicut ... ... ...

...

...

4

3

0

0

0

0

1

...

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

Total ...

...

...

102

12

9

1

38

18

127

...

57

1

4

3

10

1

12

1

3

1

Serial number.

Asylum.

3

4

Remarks (daily average strength).

K

L

Ratios of Admissions and of Deaths per mille of average strength from

All other
causes.

Total.

Cholera.

Dysentery.

Malarial
Fevers. *

Pneumonia.

Diarrhœa.

All causes.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

1

Madras ... ... ...

149

23

459

54

...

...

161.62

15.15

13.47

0

5.00

3.37

13.47

1.68

772.73

90.91

594.00

2

Vizagapatam ... ...

0

0

45

4

...

...

23.21

0

11.60

11.60

11.60

11.60

46.41

0

522.17

45.25

86.18

3

Calicut ... ... ...

42

22

49

25

...

...

33.53

25.15

0

0

0

0

0

0

410.76

209.57

119.29

Total ...

191

45

553

83

...

...

127.58

15.01

11.26

1.25

5.00

3.75

15.01

1.25

691.51

103.82

799.47

* This heading includes all fevers diagnosed as being due to malaria and their direct sequelæ, such as enlargement of the spleen,
malarial cachexia, etc.

† All the diseases shown under respiratory system in the Annual Returns except those already entered in columns D and G.

Order—858. Public, dated 4th May 1916.

                                                                                                                   Recorded.

                                                                                                                 (True Extract.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      C. G. TODHUNTER,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Acting Secretary to Government.

To the Surgeon-General.

„ District Magistrate, Vizagapatam.

„         „        Malabar

„ Government of India, Home Department (with C.L.).

„ Registrar, University of Bombay.

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