STATEMENTS OF THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS                                         19

                                                                              [For local circulation only.]

                                                                        APPENDIX TO STATEMENT No. VI.

                                                        (Ordered in G.O. No. 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
1920.

1

2

3

Serial number

Asylums.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

Cholera.

Dysentery

Malarial
fever.*

Pulmonary
tuberculosis
and
hæmoptysis
due to
tubercle.

Other
tubercular
diseases.

Anæmia
and
debility.

Other
General
diseases.

Pneu-
monia.

Other
despira-
tory
diseases.†

Diar-
rhœa.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

1

Madras ... ... ...

...

...

173

43

2

...

24

17

1

1

9

...

60

2

11

6

4

...

66

4

2

Vizagapatam ... ...

...

...

2

...

...

...

1

1

16

2

2

...

7

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

3

Calicut ... ... ...

...

...

9

4

...

...

3

1

...

...

1

...

38

12

...

...

2

...

...

...

Total ...

...

...

184

47

2

...

28

19

17

3

12

...

105

14

11

6

6

...

66

4

Serial number.

Asylums.

3—cont.

4

Average daily strength.

K

L

Ratio of admissions and deaths per mille of average strength from

Abscesses,
boils and
ulcers of
all kinds.

Total.

Cholera.

Dysentery.

Malarial
fever.*

Pneumonia.

Diarrhœa.

All causes.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

1

Madras ... ... ...

40

1

390

74

...

...

279.70

69.52

3.23

...

17.78

9.70

106.70

6.47

821.30

163.29

618.53

2

Vizagapatam ... ...

3

...

31

3

...

...

22.33

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

346.17

33.5

89.55

3

Calicut ... ... ...

1

...

54

17

...

...

48.20

21.42

...

...

...

...

...

...

289.22

91.05

186.71

Total ...

44

1

475

94

...

...

205.63

52.52

2.23

...

12.2

6.70

73.76

4.47

530.95

105.05

894.79

* 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, E and H, etc.