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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
10. Criminal lunatics.—On 1st January 1879 there were in asylums 288
criminal lunatics—265 males and 23 females. This shows a total increase of ten
males over the corresponding number of 1878, the females being the same.
The admissions exceeded by two those of the past year. There was an
increase of seven males admitted and a decrease of five females. The total
number treated was 373 against 356. There were discharged improved, 69 in
1879, against 57 in 1878 ; died 28, against 11; and remaining at the close of the
year 276, against 288. The average daily strength was 270, against 278. The
practice of transferring recovered persons to jail, introduced in 1878, has been
carried on through the year under review with full advantage to the asylums
in every respect but that of industrial profits.
STATEMENT No. 5.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ...
Dacca
... ...
Patna
...
...
Cuttack ... ...
Berhampore ...
Hazaribagh ...
Total ...
REMAINING
ON 1ST
JANUARY
1879.
Males.
72
73
47
14
58
1
265
Females.
3
9
9
...
1
1
23
Total.
75
82
56
14
59
2
288
ADMITTED.
Males.
25
23
9
5
7
...
69
Females.
1
...
2
...
...
...
3
Total.
26
23
11
5
7
...
72
RE-ADMIT-
TED.
Males.
7
3
1
...
1
...
12
Females.
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
7
4
1
...
1
...
13
RECEIVED
BY
TRANSFER.
Males.
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Females.
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
Total.
1
...
1
...
...
...
2
TOTAL.
Males.
104
99
57
19
66
1
346
Females.
4
10
11
...
1
1
27
Total.
108
109
68
19
67
2
373
DIS-
CHARGED
IMPROVED,
&C.
Males.
40
12
11
1
3
...
67
Females.
2
...
...
...
...
...
2
Total.
42
12
11
1
3
...
69
TRANSFER-
--- TO
OTHER
ASYLUMS.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
2
2
DIED.
Males.
8
12
4
...
3
...
27
Females.
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
9
12
4
...
3
...
28
REMAINING
ON 31ST
DECEMBER
1879.
Males.
57
75
42
18
60
...
252
Females.
1
10
12
...
1
...
24
Total.
58
85
54
18
61
...
276
DAILY AVERAGE
STRENGTH.
Males.
57.31
75.53
42.13
15.58
57.65
...
248.20
Females.
1.39
9.45
10.72
...
1.00
...
22.56
Total.
58.70
84.98
52.85
15.58
58.65
...
270.76
11. Caste and sex.—The admissions of 1879 are classified as follows in
respect of religion. The statement has very little statistical value. The only
interest which could attach to such figures would be derived from a comparison
of the total number of each class in the communities from which the lunatics
came, and this comparison, even if it were possible, would not repay the labour
of making it, where so large a proportion of the cases represent merely the
results of intoxication.
STATEMENT No. 6.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ... ...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore ...
Total ...
HINDOOS.
Males.
38
21
20
13
10
102
Females.
9
...
5
4
2
20
Total.
47
21
25
17
12
122
MUSSULMANS.
Males.
21
20
8
2
3
54
Females.
2
1
2
...
1
6
Total.
23
21
10
2
4
60
CHRISTIANS.
Males.
3
...
...
1
...
4
Females.
1
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
4
...
...
1
...
5
OTHER CLASSES.
Males.
...
...
4
...
...
4
Females.
...
...
4
...
1
5
Total.
...
...
8
...
1
9
TOTAL.
Males.
62
41
32
16
13
164
Females.
12
1
11
4
4
32
Total.
74
42
43
20
17
196
RATIO PER CENT. OF
EACH SEX TO THE
TOTAL ADMISSIONS
AND RE-ADMISSIONS.
Males.
83.78
97.62
74.42
80.
76.47
83.67
Females.
16.22
2.38
25.58
20.
23.53
16.33
Total.
100
100
100
100
100
100
12. The occupations, ages, and residence of those admitted are stated in
the ususal form in tables at the end of the report, and call for no special
remark.
13. Form of insanity.—The following is a brief statement, compiled from
table No. 6, to show the forms of insanity under treatment. From the limited
nomenclature the figures are probably wanting in technical exactness, as the