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The lunatics were housed in two exactly similar buildings on
opposite sides of a quadrangle surrounded by a high wall. On Dec. 5th
(1905) all the lunatics at that time in the hospital were drawn up in the
dining shed and numbered off from the left. The odd numbers were
subsequently domiciled in the ward on the East Side of the courtyard and no
alteration was made in their diet, they were still supplied with the same
uncured (Siamese) rice as in 1905. The even numbers were quartered in the
ward on the west of the quadrangle and received the same rations as the
occupants of the other ward, with the exception that they were supplied with
cured (Indian) rice...On
Dec,5th there were 59 lunatics in the asylum; of these 29 were
put on cured rice and 30 on Siamese rice. The next patient admitted to the
asylum was admitted to the Bengal rice ward, and the one admitted after him
to the uncured rice ward, the next to cured, and so on alternately to the
end of the year… |
