4
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
9. By means of the subsequent statement the general results of treatment
in the various asylums are contrasted, taking the last year and the average of
six previous years :—
STATEMENT No. 4.
YEARS.
1872-77
...
...
1878
...
...
Daily
average
strength.
1068.97
1051.3
Admitted.
435*
227
DISCHARGED
Cured.
183
148
Improved.
66
46
Otherwise.
25
19
Deaths.
116
100
Deaths per
cent. of mean
strength.
10.85
9.51
Ratio per cent.
of cures calcu-
lated on mean
strength.
17.11
14.07
Ratio per cent.
of cures cal-
culated on
admissions.
42.06
65.2
* Average annual admissions.
10. The following table shows the condition of the various asylums in
reference to overcrowding during the year. Overcrowding has been less than
in 1877, and has only existed on the male side of the Cuttack Asylum and on
the female side of that of Berhampore:—
STATEMENT NO. 5.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
Hazaribagh
...
...
...
Total ...
CAPACITY OF 50
SUPERFICIAL
FEET.
Males.
246
167
190
32
147
352
1,192
Females.
47
60
70
11
55
40
283
Total.
293
217
260
43
202
392
1,475
MAXIMUM NUMBER
CONFINED ON ANY
ONE NIGHT.
Males.
170
174
153
44
134
195
870
Females.
45
34
58
8
63
25
233
Total.
215
208
211
52
197
220
1,103
AVERAGE DAILY
NUMBER
CONFINED.
Males.
163.58
162.90
148.84
41.89
131.89
182.40
831.5
Females.
40.73
33.68
53.42
5.96
61.30
24.7
219.79
Total.
204.31
196.58
202.26
47.86
193.19
207.1
1051.3
EXCESS OF AVERAGE
STRENGTH OVER
CAPACITY.
Males.
...
...
...
9.89
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
6.30
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
4.86
...
...
...
11. Criminal Lunatics.—On the 1st January 1878 there remained in con-
finement 255 male and 23 female criminal lunatics, or together 278. Sixty-
two males and 8 females, total 70, were admitted, and 8 males re-admitted, while
50 males and 7 females were discharged, and 10 males and 1 female died. On
the 31st December there were 265 males and 23 females, total 288, being an
increase of 10. The daily number of criminal lunatics confined in the asylums
of Bengal during the decade from 1868 to 1877 was 196.3. The admissions
for the past year have been 70, against an annual average of 66 for the ten
previous years, during which period the average annual discharges were 39,
and the deaths 17, against 57 and 11 in 1878.
STATEMENT No. 6.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Moydapore
Berhampore
Hazaribagh
Total ...
REMAINING
ON 1ST
JANUARY
1878.
Males.
66
74
48
9
8
49
1
255
Females.
4
11
6
...
...
2
...
23
Total.
70
85
54
9
8
51
1
278
ADMITTED.
Males.
21
15
8
9
...
9
...
62
Females.
...
1
6
...
...
...
1
8
Total.
21
16
14
9
...
9
1
70
RE-ADMIT-
TED.
Males.
2
5
1
...
...
...
...
8
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
2
5
1
...
...
...
...
8
RECEIVED
BY
TRANSFER.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
8
...
8
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
8
...
8
TOTAL.
Males.
89
94
57
18
8
58
1
325
Females.
4
12
12
...
...
2
1
31
Total.
93
106
69
18
8
60
2
356
DIS-
CHARGED,
IMPROVED,
&C.
Males.
15
20
9
1
8
5
...
50
Females.
1
3
2
...
...
1
...
7
Total.
16
23
11
1
8
6
...
57
DIED.
Males.
2
1
1
3
...
3
...
10
Females.
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
2
1
2
3
...
3
...
11
REMAINING
ON THE 31ST
DECEMBER
1878.
Males.
72
73
47
14
...
58
1
265
Females.
3
9
9
...
...
1
1
23
Total.
75
82
56
14
...
59
2
288
DAILY AVERAGE
STRENGTH.
Males.
67.33
74.75
46.47
10.40
...
56.80
1
256.75
Females.
3.12
10.03
6.35
...
...
1.82
.03
21.35
Total.
70.45
84.78
52.82
10.40
...
58.62
1.08
278.10
12. Instead of establishing a separate asylum for criminal lunatics, which
was suggested in the annual report for 1877, it has been decided by His