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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
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TABLE No. 2.
Discharges.
YEARS.
1871 to 1880 ... ...
1881
...
...
RATIO PER CENT.
Calculated on average strength.
Of
recoveries.
16.27
10.68
Of those
improved.
5.75
4.71
Of total.
22.02
15.39
Calculated on total treated.
Of
recoveries.
11.95
8.5
Of those
improved.
4.23
3.71
Of total.
16.18
12.24
Calculated on admission.
Of
recoveries.
44.38
43-66
Of those
improved.
15.71
19.24
Of total.
60*09
62.90
8. The percentage of recoveries in 1881, reckoned on the mean daily-
population, was 10.68 against 8.27 in 1880, and 16.27, the average of the previous
ten years, including the year 1880. The increase over 1880 is explained by
the increased number of cases of acute mania, and the proportion of recoveries
among them, shewn in the 7th and 8th tables. The decrease from the average
is explained by the greatly reduced admissions of the later years. Calculated
on absolute numbers admitted, the proportion of recoveries and improved
cases in 1881 was larger, not only than that of 1880, but also than the decennial
average, the proportion of acute or curable cases among the admissions of 1881
overpowering the effect of a diminished total.
9. I refrain from comment on the following table, which is, as I have
said before, fallacious. Its quality may be plainly seen by comparing the figures
of the two last years.
TABLE No. 3.
Average number of days Patients discharged were confined.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Patna
... ... ... ...
...
...
... ... ... ...
Cuttack
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
Berhampore ...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Average ...
CURED.
Males.
Days.
420
778
324
4,434
1,237
1438.6
Females.
Days.
150
179
......
252
......
194
IMPROVED.
Males.
Days.
380
57
770
1,520
1,053
756
Females.
Days.
46
......
486
192
......
241
TABLE No. 4.
Relation of population to capacity of Asylums.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
Dacca ... ...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack ... ...
Berhampore ... ...
Total ...
CAPACITY OF 50 SUPER-
------ 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 IN ANY
ONE NIGHT.
Males.
181
185
169
49
133
717
Females.
41
42
61
7
54
205
Total.
222
227
230
56
187
922
AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER
CONFINED.
Males.
164.9
169.
163.93
45.6
130.16
673.59
Females.
41.86
40.63
56.03
5.9
52.23
196.65
Total.
206.76
209.63
219.96
51.5
182.39
870.24
EXCESS OF AVERAGE
STRENGTH OVER
CAPACITY.
Males.
......
2.
......
13.6
......
......
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
Total.
......
......
......
8.5
......
......
10. The only instance of numbers exceeding accommodation in 1881
occurred at Dacca, where for a short time the inmates exceeded by 10 the
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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
allotted number. At Cuttack many harmless persons sleep in open verandahs,
and the space available in these is not included in the first column of the table.
The same may be done elsewhere if necessary. There is no scarcity of space
in any asylum.
11. Criminal Lunatics.—Particulars under this head concerning the several
asylums appear in the appendix. Aggregate numbers are given in the follow-
ing table :—
TABLE No. 5.
Return of Criminal Lunatics in the Asylums in Bengal for the year 1881, and ten previous years.
1
YEARS.
1871 ... ... ...
1872 ... ... ...
1873 ... ... ...
1874 ... ... ...
1875 ... ... ...
1876 ... ... ...
1877 ... ... ...
1878 ... ... ...
1879 ... ... ...
1880 ... ... ...
1881 ... ... ...
2
REMAINING
ON 1ST
JANUARY.
Males.
145
145
184
189
188
207
245
255
265
252
264
Females.
15
21
25
27
25
25
24
23
23
24
31
Total.
160
166
209
216
213
232
269
278
288
276
295
3
ADMITTED.
Males.
45
72
59
65
62
78
62
62
69
64
64
Females.
8
4
10
9
5
7
6
8
3
14
8
Total.
53
76
69
74
67
85
68
70
72
78
72
4
RE-ADMIT-
TED.
Males.
4
5
2
3
4
6
6
8
12
14
12
Females.
1
...
1
2
...
...
1
...
1
1
1
Total.
5
5
3
5
4
6
7
8
13
15
13
5
TOTAL.
Males.
194
222
245
257
254
291
313
325
346
330
340
Females.
24
25
36
38
30
32
31
31
27
39
40
Total.
218
247
281
295
284
323
344
356
373
369
380
6
DISCHARG-
--, TRANS-
FERRED, &c.
Males.
32
27
41
47
29
26
45
50
67
40
51
Females.
3
2
6
13
1
5
6
7
2
5
8
Total.
35
29
47
60
30
31
51
57
69
45
59
7
DIED.
Males.
17
26
15
22
18
20
13
10
27
26
20
Females.
...
...
3
...
4
3
2
1
1
3
4
Total.
17
26
18
22
22
23
15
11
28
29
24
8
REMAINING
ON 31ST
DECEMBER.
Males.
145
169
189
188
207
245
255
265
252
264
269
Females.
21
23
27
25
25
24
23
23
24
31
28
Total.
166
192
216
213
232
269
278
288
276
295
297
9
DAILY AVERAGE
STRENGTH.
Males.
150.64
157.07
187.9
198.6
198.77
222.31
246.55
256.75
248.2
253.41
250.98
Females.
17.48
22.67
24.39
26.9
25.47
25.3
2.66
21.35
22.56
27.64
26.42
Total.
168.12
179.74
212.29
225.5
224.24
247.61
268.21
278.1
270.76
281.05
277.4
There was no material increase in the number of criminal lunatics during
the year 1881. On the first day of the year the total number was 295, and on
the last day 297. The primary admissions in 1881 fell short by six of the
number in 1880, the difference being confined to females.
12. In paragraphs 12 and 13 of my report on 1880 I mentioned an
impression that one of the consequences of restricting admission to asylums
would be a certain increase of petty crime, and therefore an increase in the
number of persons committed to asylums by judicial process.
It was proposed that the matter should, as far as possible, be submitted to
the test of figures, and the Lieutenant-Governor having expressed approval, a
table has been prepared which purports to show the crimes charged against
persons committed to asylums in the ten years from 1871 to 1880. I append
the statement. Its figures are not quite accurate, that is to say, the totals do not
exactly agree with those of the asylum records, but the differences are small in
all the years except 1872 and 1876. In these years there are differences of 13
and 15 in excess of the numbers recorded in the asylums:—
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
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Statement showing the number of Criminal Lunatics admitted into the Asylums in Bengal during the last ten years and the Crimes charged.
YEARS.
1871 ... ...
1872 ... ...
1873 ...
...
1874 ... ...
1875 ... ...
1876 ... ...
1877 ... ...
1878 ... ...
1879 ... ...
1880 ... ...
Total
...
Murder.
16
25
21
27
23
34
23
30
28
25
252
Attempt to murder.
3
1
1
1
1
2
3
...
1
4
17
Culpable homicide.
2
1
...
2
...
3
...
1
4
...
13
Grievous hurt.
8
8
7
12
13
12
6
2
5
12
85
Hurt.
3
5
2
1
8
4
3
6
1
6
39
Attempt to suicide.
1
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
4
1
23
Assault.
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
2
Rape.
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Attempt to commit rape.
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Insulting the modesty of a
woman.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
Dacoity.
3
1
...
1
...
2
...
1
1
...
9
Attempt to robbery.
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Theft.
17
37
22
23
19
27
24
21
22
22
234
Attempt to theft.
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
Receiving stolen property.
2
...
1
...
...
1
1
1
1
8
Trespass.
1
3
5
5
6
4
...
4
8
6
42
Arson or mischief by fire.
4
2
6
2
3
3
4
3
4
2
33
Cheating.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Unnatural offence.
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Default under Act XIV.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Forgery.
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Breach of trust.
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
3
Exposure of child.
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
2
3
Abandoning her infant child.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Drunkenness.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Bad behaviour.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Bad livelihood.
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
1
...
4
Committing public nuisance.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
2
3
Dangerous character.
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Using criminal force to women.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
Personating a public servant.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
Failure of recognizance on ac-
count of dacoity.
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Offence relating to counterfeit-
ing coin.
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
2
Section 224, Indian Penal Code.
Resistance by a person to his
lawful apprehension.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
......
1
Wounding.
...
...
1
1
3
2
...
...
...
...
7
Riot.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Criminal intimidation.
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Threatening.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Defrauding.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
House breaking.
...
2
2
...
...
2
1
1
...
2
10
Attempts to house breaking.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
2
Escape from jail.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
Mischief.
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
...
...
...
4
Giving false information to the
police.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Concealment of birth by secret
disposing of a dead body.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Committing a wilful act by en-
dangering
the life of a passenger
on the railway.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
1
Total.
64
94
72
79
84
106
74
74
86
92
825
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LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
47 The following statement shows the average daily number of lunatics,
the total yearly expenditure, average cost of each inmate, and the average cost
of each item of the charge per man during the year 1881:—
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Average daily number of inmates throughout the year ...
Ditto
ditto
employed in labour throughout the
year
...
...
...
...
...
Total expenditure for the year ... ... ...
Total income from lunatics' labour, including profits and
estimated value of labour ... ... ...
Payments by friends of lunatics for maintenance ...
Average yearly cost of each inmate as per item 3 ...
Ditto
ditto of each lunatic after deducting item 5...
Average yearly expenditure of each patient in relation to—
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Establishment
...
...
...
...
Dite
...
...
...
...
Bazar medicines
...
...
...
...
Contingencies ... ... ... ...
Clothing
...
...
...
...
23
......
Rs.
22,160
......
15,230
963
301
605
149
......
77
36
I have before spoken of the fallaciousness of the latter portion of this
statement.
48. The total amount received from paying-patients in 1881 was
Rs. 15,230, against Rs. 12,341 in 1880. These sums include outstandings, of
which Rs. 3,336 is still due by Captain Andrews of the invalid establish-
ment for his wife's maintenance. The realization of this debt has commenced,
but it has not been possible to recover more than Rs. 100 per mensem, which,
as current charges continue, has not yet served to reduce the balance. The
sum remitted to the treasury in 1881 amounted to Rs. 11,794, against Rs 8,987
in 1880.
49. The value of the services of Mr. and Mrs. DeVere, the deputy
superintendent, and matron received during the year substantial recognition at
the hands of Government in the form of an addition of Rs. 100 per mensem to
the salary of Mrs. DeVere. Overseer Lawton has been an acquisition to
the asylum in every respect.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
A. J. PAYNE., M.D.,
Surgeon- General for Bengal.
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APPENDIX.
STATEMENT No I—concluded.
1
YEARS.*
BERHAMPORE.
1874 ...
1875 ...
1876 ...
1877 ...
1878 ...
1879 ...
1880 ...
1881 ...
2
Remaining on 1st
January.
M.
......
57
173
113
102
126
144
128
F.
......
54
54
59
54
54
51
50
T.
......
111
227
172
156
180
195
178
3
Admitted.
M.
10
36
27
18
17
12
5
12
F.
3
6
8
3
1
3
2
4
T.
13
42
35
21
18
15
7
16
4
Ro-admitted
M.
......
......
3
......
......
1
1
3
F.
......
......
......
......
......
1
......
......
T.
......
......
3
......
......
2
1
3
5
Total population.
M.
60
193
211
131
149
171
150
143
F.
58
60
62
62
64
58
53
54
T.
a 118
b 253
c 303
193
d 2l3
e 229
203
197
6
DISCHARGED.
A.
Cured.
M.
......
6
10
12
9
6
8
5
F.
......
3
2
4
2
3
......
......
T.
......
9
12
16
11
9
8
5
B.
TRANSFERRED TO FRIENDS.
Improved.
M.
1
......
8
8
5
2
1
3
F.
......
1
......
3
......
......
......
......
T.
1
1
8
11
5
2
1
3
Not improved.
M.
......
1
......
......
......
1
......
......
F.
......
......
1
......
1
......
......
......
T.
......
1
1
......
1
1
......
......
C.
Otherwise.
M.
......
......
100
......
......
......
1
......
F.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
T.
......
....
100
......
......
......
1
......
D.
Total.
M.
1
7
118
20
14
9
10
8
F.
......
4
3
7
3
3
......
......
T.
1
11
121
27
17
12
10
8
YEARS.*
BERHAMPORE.
1874 ...
1875 ...
1876 ...
1877 ...
1878 ...
1879 ...
1880 ...
1881 ...
7
Died.
M.
2
13
10
9
9
18
12
5
F.
4
2
......
1
7
4
3
......
T.
6 15
10
10
10
22
15
5
8
Remaining on the 31st
December.
M.
57
173
113
102
126
144
128
130
F.
54
54
59
54
54
51
50
54
T.
111
227
172
156
180
195
178
184
9
Daily average strength.
M.
34.1
133.45
124.35
108.41
131.89
142.13
137.23
130.16
F.
48.2
54.48
57.65
57.86
61.3
54.95
49.25
52.23
T.
82.3
187.93
182.0
166.27
193.19
197.08
186.48
182.39
10
Daily average sick.
M.
3.3
3.84
3.08
2.36
3.41
5.93
4.38
6.99
F.
2.7
1.1
1.11
0.85
2.33
1.45
1.0
0.97
T.
6
4.94
4.19
3.21
5.74
7.38
5.38
7.96
11
PERCENTAGE TO
DAILY AVERVGE STRENGTH.
A.
Cured.
M.
......
4.49
8.04
11.06
6.82
4.22
5.82
3.84
F.
......
5.5
3.47
6.91
3.26
5.46
......
......
T.
......
4.79
6.6
9.62
5.69
4.56
4.29
2.74
B.
Died.
M.
5.86
9.74
8.04
8.3
6.82
12.66
8.74
3.84
F.
8.3
3.67
......
1.72
11.41
7.27
6.09
......
T.
7.29
7.98
5.5
6.01
8.28
11.16
8.04
2.74
ADMISSION.
C.
Cured.
M.
......
16.66
33.33
66.66
52.95
46.15
133.33
33.33
F.
......
50
25
133.33
200.0
75.0
......
......
T.
......
21.43
31.57
76.19
61.12
53.0
100
26.31
D.
Died.
M.
20
36.11
33.33
50
52.9
138.46
200
33.33
F.
133.33
33.33
......
33.33
700.0
100
150.0
......
T.
46.15
35.71
26.31
47.61
88.88
129.41
187.5
26.3l
* Statement for 1881 and seven previous years.
The capacity of the Berhampore Asylum is, at 50 superficial feet per patient, 147 for males, 55 for females—total 202
The maximum number of lunatics confined on any one night was 133 males, 54 females—total 187.
(a) Inclusive of
...
...
...
...
...
...
(b)
Ditto
...
...
...
...
...
...
(c)
Ditto ... ... ... ... ... ...
(d)
Ditto
...
...
...
...
...
...
(e)
Ditto
...
...
...
...
...
...
Males.
50
100
38
30
32
Females
55
......
......
9
......
Total.
105
100
38
39
32
received by transfer.
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APPENDIX.
STATEMENT No. II—concluded.
1
YEARS.
CUTTACK.
BHRHAMP ORE .*
1871 ... ...
...
1872
...
...
...
1873
...
...
...
1874
...
...
...
1875
...
...
...
1876
...
...
...
1877 ... ... ...
1878
...
...
...
1879
...
...
...
1880
...
...
...
1881
...
...
...
1874
...
...
...
1875
...
...
...
1876
...
...
...
1877
...
...
...
1878
...
...
...
1879
...
...
...
1880
...
...
...
1881
...
...
...
2
Remaining on 1st
January.
Males.
6
10
11
12
13
12
13
9
14
18
17
......
14
32
51
49
57
60
52
Females.
......
2
2
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
......
1
1
1
2
1
1
......
Total.
6
12
13
13
13
12
13
9
14
18
18
......
15
33
52
51
58
61
52
Admitted.
Males.
5
6
1
3
3
4
1
9
5
2
6
......
8
7
5
9
7
4
8
Females.
2
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
1
......
......
1
1
......
......
......
3
Total.
7
6
1
3
3
4
1
9
5
3
7
......
8
8
6
9
7
4
11
4
Re-admitted.
Males.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
3
......
......
1
1
3
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
.....
......
Total.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
3
......
......
1 1
3
5
Total.
Males.
11
16
12
15
16
16
14
18
19
20
23
15
35
71
56
65
66
65
62
Females.
2
2
2
1
......
......
......
......
......
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
4
Total.
13
18
14
16
16
16
14
18
19
21
25
a 16
b 36
c 73
58
d 67
e 67
66
66
6
Discharged,
transferred, &c.
Males.
1
1
......
1
2
......
3
1
1
2
6
......
2
17
4
5
3
7
3
Females.
......
......
......
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
......
1
......
......
......
Total.
1
1
......
2
2
......
3
1
1
2
6
......
2
18
4
6
3
7
3
7
Died.
Males.
......
4
......
1
2
3
22
3
......
1
3
1
1
3
3
3
3
7
2
Females.
......
......
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Total.
.......
4
1
1
2
3
22
3
......
1
3
1
1
3
3
3
3
7
2
8
Remaining on 31st
December 1881.
Males.
10
11
12
13
12
13
9
14
18
17
14
14
32
51
49
57
60
51
57
Females.
2
2
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
4
Total.
12
13
13
13
12
13
9
14
18
18
16
15
33
52
51
58
61
52
61
9
Daily average strength.
Males.
7.6
11.43
11.8
12.27
12.15
12.46
12.22
10.40
15.58
17.0
16.5
14.17
23.51
35.29
50.69
56.8
57.65
56.36
52.92
Females.
0.3
2.0
1.25
.38
......
......
......
......
......
0.6
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.24
1.4
1.82
1.00
1.00
2.71
Total.
7.9
13.43
13.05
12.65
12.15
12.46
12.22
10.40
15.58
17.6
17.5
15.17
24.51
36.53
52.09
58.62
58.65
57.36
55.63
* Statement for 1881 and seven previous years.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Inclusive of ... ... ... ...
Ditto ... ... ... ...
Ditto ... ... ... ...
Ditto ... ... ... ...
Ditto ... ... ... ...
Males.
15
13
29
7
1
Females.
1
......
......
......
......
Total.
16
13
29
7
received by transfer.
34
APPENDIX.
STATEMENT No. IX.
Showing the Cash Accounts of the Asylums for the year 1881.
ASYLUMS.
1
Dullund ... ... ... ...
Dacca ... ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ... ...
Berhampore ... ... ...
Total
...
RECEIPTS.
Received from
treasury.
2
Rs.
20,096
16,724
13,197
4,432
11,946
66,397
A.
8
13
9
5
3
8
P.
9
3
2
7
11
8
Received from
paying patients.
3
Rs.
1,644
90
125
53
63
1,977
A.
2
14
13
2
0
1
P.
6
10
6
6
0
4
Value of arti-
cles received
from manufac-
ture depart-
ment.
4
Rs.
6,839
955
1,990
20
1,451
11,257
A.
5
11
3
7
9
4
P.
6
3
3
4
0
4
Total.
5
Rs.
28,580
17,771
15,313
4,505
13,460
79,631
A.
0
7
9
15
12
14
P.
9
4
11
5
11
4
EXPENDITURE.
FROM TEEASUEY OF ACCOUNT OF-
ESTABLISHMENT.
Establishment
proper.
6
Rs.
7,147
4,814
3,992
1,163
3,311
20,429
A.
11
6
8
0
7
0
P.
0
0
4
0
5
9
Superintend-
ence.
7
Rs.
6,876
3,800
4,500
2,100
4,020
21,296
A.
0
0
0
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
Diet.
8
Rs.
3,407
7,063
3,836
973
3,873
19,153
A.
4
1
9
0
6
5
P.
2
6
2
10
3
11
Clothing and
bedding.
9
Rs. A. P.
......
686
67
87
309
1,050
0
15
9
0
9
6
6
0
9
9
Bazar medi-
cines.
10
Rs.
4
11
6
1
12
35
A.
5
0
3
6
3
2
P.
0
0
4
6
3
1
CONTINGENCIES.
Contingencies
proper.
11
Rs.
1,767
441
453
107
337
3,107
A.
8
10
10
5
4
6
P.
1
0
2
3
9
3
Contingencies
of manufacture.
12
Rs. A. P.
......
......
......
......
11
11
13
13
6
6
Repairs and
maintenance.
13
Rs.
498
8
340
A.
1
11
10
P.
6
3
8
......
71
918
0
7
0
5
Total.
14
Rs.
19,700
16,724
13,197
4,432
11,946
66,001
A.
13
13
9
5
3
13
P.
9
3
2
7
11
8
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ... ... ... ...
Dacca ... ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ... ...
Berhampore ... ... ... ...
Total ...
EXPENDITURE—Continued.
FROM MANUFACTURE DEPARTMENT ON ACCOUNT OF
Diet.
15
Rs.
5,244
793
1,373
4
1,345
8,761
A.
0
4
15
15
6
10
P.
0
7
9
11
0
3
Clothing and
bedding.
16
Rs.
893
A.
8
P.
0
......
616
6
97
1,613
3
12
4
12
6
8
0
2
Bazar medi-
cines
17
Rs.
2
A.
15
P.
6
......
......
1 0 9
......
4 0 3
CONTINGENCIES.
Contingencies
proper.
18
Rs.
200
88
A.
11
6
P.
0
8
......
3
2
295
15
4
4
0
0
8
Contingencies
of manufacture.
19
Rs. A. P.
......
......
......
3
1
4
11
4
15
0
0
0
Repairs and
maintenance.
20
Rs.
498
74
A.
3
0
P.
0
0
......
......
5
577
7
10
0
0
Total.
21
Rs.
6,839
955
1,990
20
1,451
11,257
A.
5
11
3
7
9
4
P.
6
3
3
4
0
4
From mainte-
nance fund
for paying
patients.
22
Rs.
395
A.
11
P.
0
......
......
......
......
395 11 0
Remitted to
treasury on ac-
count of paying
patients.
23
Rs.
1,644
90
125
63
63
1,977
A.
2
14
13
2
0
1
P.
6
10
6
6
0
4
Charges on ac-
count of work
done by the
Public Works
Department.
24
Rs.
9,345
4,939
190
45
808
15,328
A.
7
2
0
2
6
2
P.
4
0
0
7
11
10
Rates and taxes on
buildings attached to
the Asylums.
25
Rs. A. P.
......
......
108
45
0
0
0
0
......
153 0 0
Cost of printed forms
and stationery.
26
Rs.
27
13
12
3
19
76
A.
10
0
13
12
2
7
P.
1
3
9
8
4
1
Cost of English stores,
medicines, &c.
27
Rs.
480
32
8
5
43
570
A.
11
13
0
0
15
8
P.
3
3
6
0
3
3
GRAND TOTAL.
28
Rs.
38,433
22,756
15,632
4,604
14,332
95,760
A.
13
6
8
14
5
0
P.
5
10
2
8
5
6
( 6 )
class was, as in the case of the other asylums, lower than in 1880. The
amount recovered on account of paying patients, and remitted to the treasury,
was Rs. 11,794 as compared with Rs. 8,987 in 1880.
14. The report is very full and satisfactory, and shows that the different
asylums have been well managed by the officials and efficiently supervised by the
superior officers. With the exception of one case at Dacca, where an overseer was
dismissed for gross misconduct, the work of the subordinates at all the
establishments has been favourably noticed. The Lieutenant-Governor is glad
to be able to recognize the continued successful administration of the Depart-
ment during the past year.
ORDER—Ordered that a copy of this Resolution, together with a copy of
the Report, be submitted to the Government of India in the Home Department
for information.
Ordered also that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the Surgeon-
General, Bengal, for information and guidance.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
COLMAN MACAULAY,
Secretary to the Government of Bengal.
No. 167T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution, with a copy of the Report, submitted to the
Government of India in the Home Department for information.
No. 168T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution forwarded to the Surgeon-General, Bengal,
for information and guidance.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
E. N. BAKER,
Offg. Under-Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.
DARJEELING,
The 26th May 1882.
C. E. G.-Reg. No 1376C - 220-12-6-82.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
INSANE ASYLUMS IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1882.
BY
A. J. PAYNE, M.D.,
Surgeon—General for Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1883.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
INSANE ASYLUMS IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1882.
BY
A. J. PAYNE, M.D.,
Surgeon-General for Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1883.
No. 2000.
FROM A. J. PAYNE, ESQ., M.D.,
Surgeon-General for Bengal,
To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
JUDICIAL, POLITICAL, AND APPOINTMENT DEPARTMENTS.
Fort William, the 16th March 1883.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour of presenting the annual report on the Lunatic
Asylums of Bengal for the year 1882. From table I the following facts will
be learnt.
2. Lunatics in confinement.—On the 1st January 1882 there were in all
the asylums 868 persons, whereof 673 were males and 195 females. The corre-
sponding numbers of 1881 had been 881, 684, and 197.
3. Admissions.—Primary admissions in 1882 numbered 165, viz., 144
males and 21 females. In 1881 there had been 188 persons admitted, or 150
males and 38 females. The tendency here is downward in both sexes, but
remarkably so among females. There were 23 re-admissions in 1882, whereof
20 were males and 3 females. The number in 1881 had been 25, and 5 of them
were females. Ten were persons recommitted after trial.
4. Population.—The total population of the asylums in 1882 differed
very little from that of the previous year. It was composed of 837 males and
219 females, total 1,056, against 854 males and 240 females, and a total of 1,094
in 1881. The mean number of daily inmates was 867, against 870 in the pre-
vious year; 676 males and 191 females, against 673 and 196 (integral numbers
only).
5. Disposal of Lunatics.—Under this head the recorded events are satis-
factory. The figures do not differ materially from those of 1881. There
were 83 persons discharged cured, against 93 ; but in the Dullunda Asylum six
persons, who were fit for discharge, suffered undue detention, and remained in
custody at the close of the year. 34 persons were transferred to friends in
improved condition, against 41. There were 87 deaths against 84, and 2
escapes against 6. Concerning the recoveries, the 7th table shows a reduced
number of admissions for acute mania, from which condition recovery is most
frequent. The proportion of recoveries was larger in 1882 than in 1881.
6. Remaining.—At the close of the year there remained in asylum
custody 849 persons, viz., 663 males and 186 females to compare 868, or 673
and 195 in 1881. Of this number, 318 were criminals, against 297 in the
previous year. This number increases year by year.