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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
TABLE NO. 3.
Average number of days Patients discharged were confined.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Average ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
CURED.
Males.
Days.
135
727
561
323
709
491
Females.
Days.
200
......
172
1,123
......
498
IMPROVED.
Males.
Days.
54
1,550
806
713
1,870
998
Females.
Days.
1,030
......
480
......
......
755
9. This statement, as I have said before, has no value. It is an example
of a kind of error which abounds in official statistics—viz. the misuse of aver-
age numbers.
TABLE NO. 4.
Relation of Population to Capacity of Asylums.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
Berampore
...
...
...
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.
180
168
174
46
147
715
Females.
43
39
65
9
51
207
Total.
223
207
239
55
198
922
AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER
CONFINED.
Males.
176.69
162.52
167.78
43.6
137.23
687.82
Females.
38.82
35.9
62.25
7.7
49.25
193.92
Total.
215.51
198.42
230.03
51.3
186.48
881.74
EXCESS OF AVERAGE
STRENGTH OVER
CAPACITY.
Males.
11.6
Females.
Total.
8.3
10. From these figures it would seem that the Asylum of Cuttack was
overcrowded in 1880. It was not so however. Harmless lunatics there sleep
in verandahs which can accommodate larger numbers than were present at any
one time. These verandahs are not included in the estimate of available
space.
11. Criminal lunatics—The figures of particular asylums under this
head will be found in full detail in the appendix in accordance with recent
orders. It is unnecessary to reproduce them here. A decennial statement of
aggregate numbers follows:—
TABLE NO. 5
Return of Criminal Lunatics in the Asylums in Bengal for the year 1880 and ten previous years.
1
YEARS.
1870
...
...
...
1871
...
...
...
1872
...
...
...
1873
...
...
...
1874
...
...
...
1875
...
...
...
1876
...
...
...
1877
...
...
...
1878
...
...
...
1879
...
...
...
1880
...
...
...
2
REMAINING,
1ST JANU-
ARY.
Males.
145
145
145
184
189
188
207
245
255
265
252
Females.
11
15
21
25
27
25
25
24
23
23
24
Total.
156
160
166
209
216
213
232
269
278
288
276
3
ADMITTED.
Males.
59
45
72
59
65
62
78
62
62
69
64
Females.
6
8
4
10
9
5
7
6
8
3
14
Total.
65
53
76
69
74
67
85
68
70
72
78
4
RE-AD-
------.
Males.
8
4
5
2
3
4
6
6
8
12
14
Females.
4
1
...
1
2
...
...
1
...
1
1
Total.
12
5
5
3
5
4
6
7
8
13
15
5
TOTAL.
Males.
212
194
222
245
257
254
291
313
325
346
330
Females.
21
24
25
36
38
30
32
31
31
27
39
Total.
233
218
247
281
295
284
323
344
356
373
369
6
DISCHARG-
--, TRANS-
FERRED, &C.
Males.
53
32
27
41
47
29
26
45
50
67
40
Females.
6
3
2
6
13
1
5
6
7
2
5
Total.
59
35
29
47
60
30
31
61
57
69
45
7
DIED.
Males.
14
17
26
15
22
18
20
13
10
27
26
Females.
...
...
...
3
...
4
3
2
1
1
3
Total.
14
17
26
18
22
22
23
15
11
28
29
8
REMAINING,
31ST DECEM-
---.
Males.
145
145
169
189
188
207
245
255
265
252
264
Females.
15
21
23
27
25
25
24
23
23
24
31
Total.
160
166
192
216
213
232
269
278
288
276
295
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
Females.
...
17.48
22.67
24.39
26.9
25.47
25.3
2.66
21.35
22.56
27.64
Total.
155.61
168.12
179.74
212.29
225.5
224.24
247.61
268.21
278.1
270.76
281.05
The total number of criminal lunatics present rose from 276 on 1st January
to 295 on 31st December. This is the largest number present at any one time
in the decade.
12. Among the results of the orders restricting admission of lunatics
to asylums, it was anticipated that there would be a rise in the number of
criminal lunatics. If columns 2, 5, and 8 of this table be inspected, it will