LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
9
Rate of admissions
and of daily
average sick.
31. The following table shows the number of admissions and the daily average
number of sick, as well as the rate per cent. of mean strength of the admissions and daily
average sick:—
Admissions into hospital ...
Per cent. of mean strength
Daily average sick
...
Per cent. of mean strength
Sex.
Males
Females
Males
Females
Males
Females
Males
Females
Dullunda.
117
36
53.65
49.62
7.63
2.42
3.49
3.33
Dacca.
425
39
250.97
103.91
29.63
4.71
17.49
12.54
Patna.
65
14
39.00
23.33
15.71
4.48
9.42
7.46
Cuttack.
40
4
74.44
57.14
3.50
.35
6.51
5.
Moydapore.
93
31
230.02
235.74
2.76
.83
6.82
6.31
Berham-
pore
69
38
55.48
65.91
3.08
1.11
2.47
1.92
Hazaree-
bagh.
181
... ...
88.72
22.1
......
10.83
......
It will be noticed in the foregoing table what an unusually high admission rate there
has been in the Dacca and Moydapore Asylums; and in the Hazareebagh and Cuttack institu-
tions the rate has also been unusual. The proportion of the daily average sick to the mean
strength has been at a very high figure in the Dacca Asylum, and has been so also in those
at Hazareebagh and Patna, while it has been at a very low rate in the Berhampore and
Dullunda institutions. While making every allowance for the mental and inferior physical
condition of insane patients, I think it probable that the high proportion of sick in some of
the asylums (from causes which I consider to be more or less preventible) points to some
defect in the sanitary conditions under which the insanes are placed; and that the condi-
tions which influenced the statistics unfavourably were most probably those springing from
overcrowding, inefficient drainage, ventilation (either defective or excessive), clothing, food,
water-supply, sleeping in damp wards, &c. There does not seem to be any reason why,
by careful attention to the sanitary essentials just mentioned, the proportion of the daily
sick could not be reduced to that which prevailed in the Berhampore and Dullunda Asylums
during the past year.
Proportion to total
admissions of some
of the more
common diseases.
32. In the following table the admissions from some of the more common diseases are
shown, as well as the proportion they held to the total admissions in each asylum. It has already
been stated that the proportion of admissions into hospital per cent. of average strength was
less during the past year than in 1875 ; but it is especially satisfactory to remark that it was
mainly dependent on lessened sickness among the female lunatics, viz. from 83.71 in 1875
to 65.36 per cent. of mean strength in 1876.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ... ... ...
TOTAL
ADMISSIONS.
Males.
117
Females.
36
Total.
153
Per cent. of total admissions ... ...
Dacca
...
...
... 425 39 464
Per cent. of total ad missions ... ...
Patna
...
...
... 65 14 79
Per cent. of total admissions ... ...
Cuttack
...
...
... 40
4 44
Per cent. of total admissions ... ...
Moydapore
...
... 93 31 124
Per cent. of total admissions ... ...
Berhampore ... ...
69 38 107
Per cent. of total admissions ... ...
Hazareebagh
...
... 181 ... 181
Per cent. of total admissions ... ...
FEVERS.
Males.
19
16.24
102
24.
14
21.53
10
25.
63
67.74
25
36.23
62
34.25
Females.
4
11.11
11
28.20
2
14.28
...
...
19
61.29
24
63.15
...
...
CHOLERA
Males.
6
5.12
3
.70
...
...
...
...
1
1.07
3
4.34
...
...
Females.
5
13.88
2
5.12
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2.63
...
...
PHTHISIS.
Males.
10
8.54
3
.70
8
12.30
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
2
5.55
1
2.56
5
35.71
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
BRAIN
DISEASES.
Males.
18
15.38
10
2.35
3
4.61
1
2.5
...
...
1
1.44
3
1.65
Females.
7
19.44
2
5.12
1
7.14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
DYSEN-
----.
Males.
27
23.07
40
9.40
8
12.30
8
20.00
4
4.28
16
23.18
2
1.10
Females.
5
13.88
1
2.56
1
7.14
2
50.
...
...
3
7.89
...
...
DIARRHŒA.
Males.
3
2.56
61
14.35
15
23.07
15
37.50
15
16.12
7
10.14
27
14.91
Females.
...
...
6
15.38
1
7.14
1
25.
7
22.58
...
...
...
...
BRON-
------.
Males.
4
3.41
7
1.64
1
1.53
...
...
2
2.14
...
...
9
4.95
Females.
1
2.77
...
...
2
14.28
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
PNEU-
------
Males.
1
.85
2
.47
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
.55
Females.
...
...
2
5.12
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2.63
...
...
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