LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
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some want of room for males, who had to be kept in one of the female quarters
at night. Arrangements are being made to include this female quarter in the
male division, with slight alterations, the cost of which will be very small.
The Superintendent of the Patna Asylum reported during the year that the
male section was quite full, and suggested the transfer of 15 lunatics to other
asylums in the Province. This was sanctioned by Government, and 5 luna-
tics were sent to each of the Dullunda, Dacca and Berhampore Asylums:—
TABLE III.
Table showing the relation of Population to capacities of the Asylums for the year 1899.
1
Dullunda
...
...
Dacca
...
...
Patna
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
Berhampore ...
Total for 1899 ...
Total for 1898 ...
CAPACITY AT 50 SUPER-
FICIAL SQUARE FEET.
Males.
2
240
217
206
42
211
916
916
Females.
3
55
41
56
7
62
221
221
Total.
4
295
258
262
49
273
1,137
1,137
MAXIMUM NUMBER CON-
FINED IN ANY ONE
NIGHT.
Males.
5
181
185
204
40
148
758
774
Females.
6
46
44
44
6
51
191
192
Total.
7
227
229
248
46
199
949
966
AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER
CONFINED.
Males.
8
171.10
179.36
195.06
37.66
143.05
726.23
736.59
Females.
9
43.91
40.36
41.25
5.29
45.8
176.61
185.46
Total.
10
215.01
219.72
236.31
42.95
188.85
902.84
922.05
EXCESS OF AVERAGE
STRENGTH OVER CAPA-
CITY.
Males.
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8. Statement II—Criminal lunatics—A. Numbers.—The following table
shows in a condensed form the main facts relative to criminal lunatics:—
TABLE IV.
Table of Criminal Lunatics in the Native Asylums of Bengal for the year 1899 and ten
previous years.
YEAR.
1
1889 ...
1890 ...
1891 ...
1892 ...
1893 ...
1894 ...
1895 ...
1896 ...
1897 ...
1898 ...
1899 ...
REMAINING
ON 1ST
JANUARY.
Males.
2
377
394
414
401
395
394
408
412
417
423
418
Females.
3
41
46
51
48
54
51
55
58
60
62
59
Total.
4
418
440
465
449
449
445
463
470
477
485
477
ADMITTED.
Males.
5
86
75
69
70
83
83
79
81
94
63
95
Females.
6
10
13
11
9
4
12
8
10
10
6
7
Total.
7
96
88
80
79
87
95
87
91
104
69
102
RE-ADMIT-
TED.
Males.
8
10
10
11
14
15
11
13
12
10
8
14
Females.
9
2
1
...
5
1
2
2
1
...
1
1
Total.
10
12
11
11
19
16
13
15
13
10
9
15
TOTAL.
Males.
11
473
479
494
485
493
488
500
505
521
494
527
Females.
12
53
60
62
62
59
65
65
69
70
69
67
Total.
13
526
539
556
547
552
553
565
574
591
563
594
DISCHARGED,
TRANSFER-
RED, &C.
Males.
14
48
42
72
58
75
51
58
48
56
46
74
Females.
15
5
8
11
7
6
5
4
5
4
5
7
Total.
16
53
50
83
65
81
56
62
53
60
51
81
DIED.
Males.
17
31
23
21
32
24
29
30
40
42
30
33
Females.
18
2
1
3
1
2
5
3
4
4
5
4
Total.
19
33
24
24
33
26
34
33
44
46
35
37
REMAINING
ON 31st
DECEMBER.
Males.
20
394
414
401
395
394
408
412
417
423
418
420
Females.
21
46
51
48
54
51
55
58
60
62
59
56
Total.
22
440
465
449
449
445
463
470
477
485
477
476
DAILY AVERAGE
STRENGTH.
Males.
23
380.33
394.36
402.37
394.73
389.09
395.61
405.80
420.58
420.79
421.34
416.43
Females.
24
44.17
48.85
48.52
50.04
52.33
52.58
57.35
58.43
59.83
63.24
56.68
Total.
25
424.50
443.21
450.89
444.77
441.42
448.19
463.15
479.01
480.62
484.58
473.11
Admissions and readmissions were greater by 39. The number discharged,
however, increased by 30, and the daily average strength showed a fall of
11.47. Under the Committee's rules regarding the disposal of recovered criminal
lunatics there were only 13 discharges, against 7 in 1898. The increase took
place at Dacca. The effect of the rules varies from year to year, and although
they do not seem to have much reduced the numbers, it is perhaps premature to
judge of their merits.
Criminal lunatics—B. Categories.—Details of the number of criminal luna-
tics tried and acquitted on the ground of insanity, of those found insane on
admission and incapable of making a defence, and of those who became insane