LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
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TABLE No. 11.
DISEASES.
Anæmia and debility ...
Cholera
...
...
...
Diarrhœa and dysentery
Fevers
... ... ...
Pneumonia ... ... ...
Phthisis
...
...
...
Other diseases ... ...
Total
...
Daily average strength ...
Daily average sick ...
PRESIDENCY JAIL.
1882.
Total treated.
33
1
370
618
7
19
842
l,890
Died.
2
...
7
4
1
8
6
28
1128.78
45.12
1883.
Total treated.
46
6
370
751
9
35
408
1,625
Died.
6
4
6
3
1
9
3
32
1115.49
39.23
ALIPORE JAIL.
1882.
Total treated.
93
13
1,508
1,392
29
33
2,191
5,259
Died.
1
11
54
6
10
16
16
114
2003.10
146.79
1883.
Total treated.
117
19
1,318
1,528
44
17
1,701
4,544
Died.
5
8
32
1
21
12
7
86
1843.63
137.28
DACCA JAIL.
1882.
Total treated.
19
48
494
323
8
3
228
1,123
Died.
...
30
9
5
1
...
4
49
676.19
36.12
1883.
Total treated.
11
...
429
229
14
5
163
851
Died.
1
...
28
13
7
2
10
61
802.66
39.67
PATNA JAIL.
1882.
Total treated.
5
...
59
75
1
1
30
171
Died.
1
...
3
...
...
...
4
8
234.69
3.65
1883.
Total treated.
8
12
46
59
2
6
19
152
Died.
3
6
2
...
2
5
2
20
239.
2.89
CUTTACK JAIL.
1882.
Total treated.
1
...
54
212
2
...
28
297
Died.
...
...
2
1
...
...
1
4
291.77
7.82
1883.
Total treated.
3
...
67
123
...
...
28
221
Died.
1
...
1
...
...
...
3
5
253.34
5.54
BERHAMPORE
JAIL.
1882.
Total treated.
4
...
187
258
6
1
67
253
Died.
...
...
11
1
1
1
3
17
166.14
18.89
1883.
Total treated.
6
5
89
212
2
1
107
422
Died.
1
3
2
1
1
...
2
10
148.22
14.05
20. Accidents and injuries.—At Dullunda a violent epileptic ruptured his
spleen during a fit, and died. Judicial enquiry was duly held. In another case
a bone of the hand was broken. Concerning the second case nothing is
said in the report of the manner of its occurrence. At Dacca an epileptic
sustained a fracture of the collar bone in a struggle. At Patna one lunatic
gave a neighbour a scalp wound. A second wounded his finger in an oil-press,
and a third managed to climb a tree, and jumping to the ground, broke his arm.
In the report from Cuttack no injury is mentioned, and no case of the kind
is entered in the hospital register. At Berhampore nothing is said of injuries
in the report, and the hospital register contains only three cases of contusion.
I have not thought it necessary to call for specific statements from these two
institutions:—
TABLE No. 12.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Anæmia
...
...
... ... ...
...
... ...
Apoplexy
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bronchitis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cirrhosis of liver ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Debility ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Diarrhœa
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dysentery ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Fevers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mania, exhaustion from ... ... ... ... ... ...
Melœna
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Melancholia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Meningitis, chronic ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Œdema ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Old age
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Paralysis, general ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Phthisis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Pneumonia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Rupture of spleen ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Syphilis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Wound, poisoned ...
... ... ...
...
... ...
Total ...
Dullunda.
......
1
1
......
......
......
.
......
......
......
1
......
......
1
1
......
5
1
1
......
......
12
Dacca.
......
2
......
......
......
......
1
2
3
......
......
1
......
......
......
1
3
......
......
......
......
13
Patna.
......
......
......
2
......
2
2
2
......
......
......
......
1
......
......
......
4
......
......
1
1
15
Cuttack.
......
......
......
......
......
......
2
......
......
......
......
......
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
3
Berhampore.
1
3
......
......
1
......
......
......
......
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
2
......
......
......
9
TOTAL.
1
6
l
2
1
2
5
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
13
3
1
1
1
52
21. Mortality.—This table calls for very few remarks. With mortality
so low it is not necessary to discuss questions of special causation as they have
been discussed in other years, nor need I enter into particulars of the condition
of lunatics on admission to the asylums. The next table is given only for the
purpose of continuity. All that requires to be said, as inferred from the
sickness which has been present, has been said in the foregoing paragraphs.
That mortality from zymotic disease should be very small shows that little
has been wanting in the sanitary management of the asylums in 1883, and
that deaths from phthisis were even less numerous than they were in 1882
confirms the view which has been accepted by the Government of the