4
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
One important fallacy, as I pointed out last year, running through these
figures for statistical purposes, is, the difficulty of separating first admissions
from recurrent insanity.
TABLE No. 3.
Average number of days Patients discharged were confined.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Berhampore ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Average ...
CURED.
Males.
177
789
324
2,444
869
921
Females.
195
182
588
......
......
321
IMPROVED.
Males.
80
1,058
280
1,170
25
523
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
8. This table as a statistical record is incomplete. Mental diseases are
not entered: the table simply gives the average number of days those discharged
were resident in the several asylums. In its present form, therefore,
it is of no real value, and to comment on the figures entered in it any further
would be a waste of time.
TABLE No. 4.
Relation of Population to capacity of Asylums.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
Berhampore ... ... ...
Total ...
CAPACITY OF 50
SUPERFICIAL 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.
217
201
187
55
125
785
Females.
50
35
57
7
55
204
Total.
267
236
241
62
180
989
AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER
CONFINED.
Males.
202.50
189.61
178.31
53.1
122.26
745.78
Females.
46.24
34.31
53.95
6.6
52.74
193.84
Total.
248.74
223.92
232.26
59.7
175
939.62
EXCE8S OF AVERAGE
STRENGTH OVER
CAPACITY.
Males.
......
22.6l
......
21.1
......
......
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
Total.
......
6.92
......
16.7
......
......
9. The estimated capacity of the buildings in the Dacca and Cuttack
Asylums were exceeded during portions of the year 1885. Increased accom-
modation in both these institutions is now under consideration. The need
for additional space in Cuttack is apparent, and must be met by an addition
to the building. All the inmates here are not forced to remain in the wards
at night. A good many are permitted to occupy the verandah, and were the
verandah calculated in the available sleeping space, the overcrowding
disappears. In the Dacca Asylum it is proposed to re arrange the allotment
of the insanes in the several buildings, which will, it is hoped, afford sufficient
accommodation without incurring much expense.
TABLE No. 5.
Return of Criminal Lunatics in the Asylums in Bengal for the year 1885, and ten previous years.
1
YEARS.
1875
...
...
1876
...
...
1877
...
...
1878
...
...
1879
...
...
1880
...
...
1881 ... ...
1882
...
...
1883
...
...
1884
...
...
1885
...
...
2
REMAINING
ON 1ST
JANUARY.
Males.
188
207
245
255
265
252
264
269
291
332
332
Females.
25
25
24
23
23
24
31
28
27
27
31
Total-
213
232
269
278
288
276
295
297
318
359
363
3
ADMITTED.
Males.
62
78
62
62
69
64
64
69
85
65
81
Females.
5
7
6
8
3
14
8
8
8
9
12
Total.
67
85
68
70
72
78
72
77
93
74
93
4
RE-ADMIT-
TED.
Males.
4
6
6
8
12
14
12
9
12
10
10
Females.
...
...
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
2
1
Total.
4
6
7
8
13
15
13
10
12
12
11
5
TOTAL.
Males.
254
291
313
325
346
330
340
347
388
407
423
Females.
30
32
31
31
27
39
40
37
35
38
44
Total.
284
323
344
356
373
369
380
384
423
445
467
6
DISCHARG-
--, TRANS-
FERRED, &c.
Males.
29
26
45
50
67
40
51
35
44
56
46
Females.
1
5
6
7
2
5
8
6
6
5
4
Total.
30
31
51
57
69
45
59
41
50
61
50
7
DIED.
Males.
18
20
13
10
27
26
20
21
12
19
28
Females.
4
3
2
1
1
3
4
4
2
2
2
Total.
22
23
15
11
28
29
24
25
14
21
30
8
REMAINING
ON 31ST
DECEMBER.
Males.
207
245
255
265
252
264
269
291
332
332
349
Females.
25
24
23
23
24
31
28
27
27
31
38
Total.
232
269
278
288
276
295
297
318
359
363
387
9
DAILY AVERAGE
STRENGTH.
Males.
198.77
222.31
246.55
256.75
248.2
253.41
250.98
278.7
314.52
301.81
336.74
Females.
25.47
25.3
21.66
21.35
22.56
27.64
26.42
27.05
28.3
30.24
36.22
Total.
224.24
247.61
268.21
278.1
270.76
281.05
277.4
305.75
342.82
332.05
372.96