LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
7
Table showing mortality among the General Population.
NAMES OF
LOCALITIES.
Calcutta ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore ...
Popula-
tion.
433,219
80,161
160,237
43,239
23,605
Fever.
1886.
3,422
544
2,044
166
498
1887.
3,253
401
1,382
141
393
Bowel-
complaints.
1886.
1,258
285
902
49
75
1887.
1,197
174
464
74
46
Cholera.
1886.
1,741
156
924
50
153
1887.
1,198
100
753
108
5
Total deaths
from all causes.
1886.
11,447
1,788
5,344
674
860
1887.
10,979
1,261
3,767
708
547
Ratio per 1,000
of population.
1886.
26.42
22.30
33.35
15.58
36.43
1887.
25.34
15.73
23.50
16.37
23.17
The statistics of the jails also point in a great measure to this conclusion.
Table showing sickness and mortality in the Jails near which the Asylums are situated.
Anæmia and debility...
Cholera ...
...
Diarrhœa and dysen-
tery.
Fevers
...
...
...
Pneumonia
...
...
Phthisis
...
...
Other diseases ... ...
Total ...
Daily average strength
Daily average sick ...
PRESIDENCY JAIL.
1886.
Total treated.
101
5
201
585
4
27
482
1,405
Died.
2
1
4
8
...
1
5
21
1,220.53
55.28
1887.
Total treated.
183
2
215
953
14
22
522
1,911
Died.
1
...
6
4
1
2
4
18
1,172.90
66.14
ALIPORE JAIL.
1886.
Total treated.
64
1
715
890
22
18
1,413
3,123
Died.
...
... 10
14
4
8
8
44
1,838.86
97.04
1887.
Total treated.
65
3
393
753
38
21
1,323
2,596
Died.
2
2
10
11
8
7
9
49
1,576.33
79.16
DACCA JAIL.
1886.
Total treated.
17
3
736
295
17
4
371
1,443
Died.
1
2
13
4
7
4
6
37
893.71
40.97
1887.
Total treated.
11
1
639
331
11
3
284
1,280
Died.
3
...
9
3
5
1
5
26
803.04
31.37
PATNA JAIL.
1886.
Total treated.
9
1
36
48
...
... 44
138
Died.
4
... 1
...
...
... 2
7
229.38
3.22
1887.
Total treated.
5
3
69
77
1
... 75
230
Died.
1
...
3
...
...
... 1
5
152.68
5.01
CUTTACK JAIL.
1886.
Total treated.
7
...
64
170
3
... 42
286
Died.
1
...
...
1
1
...
1
4
220.27
6.52
1887.
Total treated.
6
...
50
181
...
...
29
266
Died.
...
...
3
...
...
...
2
5
185.77
7.45
BERHAMPORE
JAIL.
1886.
Total treated.
12
1
85
142
2
2
105
349
Died.
...
1
4
1
...
...
1
7
188.02
10.60
1887.
Total treated.
4
...
46
122
1
3
65
241
Died.
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
94.82
6.46
But this general healthiness has been shared only to a partial extent by
the asylums, because at some of them there has been a considerable increase of
sickness.
Table showing number of lunatics treated as in-door patients in 1887.
Admissions into
hospitals
...
...
...
...
Ditto
per cent. of mean strength ... ...
Daily average sick
...
...
...
...
Ditto
in 1886
...
...
...
...
Ditto
per cent. of mean strength ...
Ditto
ditto
in 1886
...
...
...
Daily average number of out-patients
...
...
Dullunda.
226
85.15
12.89
7.65
4.85
2.28
14.61
Dacca.
131
59.12
13.59
11.9
6.13
5.3
4.47
Patna.
60
25.56
10.11
9.45
4.3
3.91
2.07
Cuttack.
19
36.27
2.35
4.12
4.48
7.52
12.64
Berham-
pore.
65
38.45
7.33
3.09
4.33
1.75
15.35
Total.
501
53.12
46.27
36.21
4.9
3.7
49.14
15. At Dullunda the sick list was swollen by an epidemic of chicken-pox
and by a prevalence of fevers somewhat greater than usual. Admissions into
hospital, and more especially from bowel-complaints and fevers, were more
than usually common at Berhampore,—a circumstance which, the Superinten-
dent says, was concurrent with an increase of mortality in the district. The
number of out-patients was also greatest at these two asylums.
Table showing number of lunatics treated as out-patients in 1887.
1
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore ...
Total ...
2
Remaining
from previous
year.
Males.
7
3
2
11
3
26
Females.
1
...
... 2
2
5
Total.
8
3
2
13
5
31
3
Admitted during
the year.
Males.
173
39
3
17
90
322
Females.
39
7
1
2
26
75
Total.
212
46
4
19
116
397
4
Total.
Males.
180
42
5
28
93
348
Females.
40
7
1
4
28
80
Total.
220
49
6
32
121
428
5
6
7
8
RESULTS.
Discharged
cured.
Males.
161
35
3
19
88
306
Females.
33
7
... 1
24
65
Total.
194
42
3
20
112
371
Discharged
otherwise.
Males.
2
1
... 1
...
4
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
2
1
... 1
...
4
Transferred
to in-door
hospital.
Males.
8
...
...
...
...
8
Females.
5
...
...
...
...
5
Total.
13
...
...
...
...
13
Remaining.
Males.
9
6
2
8
5
30
Females.
2
...
1
3
4
10
Total.
11
6
3
11
9
40