LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
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6. Discharges.—There were discharged cured 101 in 1879—viz. 86 males
and 15 females—against 119 males and 29 females in 1878. There were dis-
charged in improved condition 57 persons—49 males and 8 females—against 46
in 1878, or 36 males and 10 females. In 1879 six persons—4 males and
2 females—were discharged unimproved.
7. The second statement exhibits the proportions per cent. of discharges
on the several bases of reckoning.
STATEMENT No. 2.
Discharges.
YEARS.
1869 to 1878 ... ...
1879
... ... ...
RATIO PER CENT.
Calculated on average strength
Of re-
coveries.
18.52
11.34
Of those
improved.
5.83
6.41
Of total.
24.35
17.75
Calculated on total treated
Of re-
coveries.
13.40
8.51
Of those
improved.
4.22
4.80
Of total.
17.62
13.31
Calculated on admissions
Of re-
coveries.
44.62
51.53
Of those
improved.
14.05
29.08
Of total.
58.67
80.61
* Recoveries reckoned on average strength were less by seven than the
average of ten years and by three than the number of 1878. This ratio is
mainly due to the great fall in the average population of 1879, and the greater
proportion which chronic cases bear to the total as admissions become less
numerous. The same causes affect the calculation on total numbers treated, but
not the reckoning on admissions. This last proportion shows considerable in-
crease in 1879 over the averages of the decade and a trifling decrease on the
figures of 1878.
8. The third statement has no value. The period which persons discharged
pass in confinement is without meaning when it is reduced to an average. A
single chronic case recovering or removed by friends affects the average in such
manner as to destroy all indication, and as the proportion of these grows, the
fallaciousness of the average grows also.
STATEMENT No. 3.
Average number of days patients discharged were confined.
Dullunda ... ... ... ... ...
Dacca ... ... ... ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ... ... ...
Berhampore ... ... ... ... ...
Average ...
CURED.
Males.
Days.
585
1,343
519
4,054
1,135
1,527
Females.
Days.
123
......
168
......
2,412
901
IMPROVED.
Males.
Days.
715
1,855
1,323
5,404
2,070
2,273
Females.
Days.
1,720
853
29
38
......
660
9. The next table shows the proportion of occupants to accommodation in
the several asylums. At Berhampore and Cuttack there have been occasions
when the maximum number has exceeded the accommodation. In Cuttack
alone, where numbers are small, the average population has shown some excess.
STATEMENT No. 4.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
Total ...
CAPACITY OF 50
SUPERFICIAL
FEET.
Males.
246
167
190
32
147
782
Females.
47
50
70
11
55
233
Total.
293
217
260
43
202
1,015
MAXIMUM NUMBER
CONFINED ON
ANY ONE NIGHT.
Males.
206
166
188
49
155
764
Females.
41
40
60
5
56
202
Total.
247
206
248
54
211
966
AVERAGE DAILY
NUMBER
CONFINED.
Males.
17903
16018
169.53
46.50
142.13
697.37
Females.
3813
35.92
58.79
4.80
54.95
192.59
Total.
21716
196.10
228.32
51.30
197.08
889.96
EXCESS OF AVERAGE
STRENGTH OVER
CAPACITY.
Males.
...
...
...
14.50
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
8.30
...
...