4
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
It thus appears that the average number of days that each patient cured
was in confinement was 873 for males and 596 for females, and for each
patient improved 988 for males and 735 for females.
Statistics of the
asylums contrast-
ed.
By means of the table below I contrast the results in all the asylums of
Bengal for 1877 with the average of those same asylums for the six years
previously:—
STATEMENT No. 4.
DISCHARGED.
YEARS.
1871-6
...
...
1877
...
...
Daily
average
strength.
1,018.41
1,117.03
Admitted.
454
285
Cured.
191
147
Improved.
57
96
Otherwise.
24
23
Deaths.
120
73
Deaths per
cent. of mean
strength.
11.78
6.53
Ratio per cent
of cases calcu-
lated on mean
strength.
18.75
13.16
Ratio per cent.
of cases cal-
culated
on
the
admis-
sions.
42.07
51.57
Thus the daily average number of inmates in the asylums for six years,
from 1871 to 1876 was 1,018.41, against 1,117.03 in 1877. In 1867 it was
1,224.38.
Capacity of the
asylums.
The table which follows will exhibit at a glance the state of the various
asylums in respect of overcrowding, from which it will be noticed that the
overcrowding in a few of the asylums and for a short time was very trifling:—
STATEMENT No. 5.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
Cuttack ... ... ... ...
Moydapore
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
Hazareebagh
...
...
...
Total ...
CAPACITY OF 50
SUPERFICIAL
FEET.
Males.
246
167
190
32
58
147
352
1,192
Females.
47
50
70
11
10
55
40
283
Total.
293
217
260
43
68
202
392
1,475
MAXIMUM NUMBER
CONFINED ON ANY
ONE NIGHT.
Males.
165
184
169
50
38
116
223
945
Females.
68
34
58
6
12
61
25
264
Total.
233
218
227
56
50
177
248
1,209
AVERAGE DAILY
NUMBER
CONFINED.
Males.
159.62
170.96
159.24
44.33
34.59
108.41
211.38
888.53
Females.
53.42
34.0
56.93
5.50
10.11
57.86
10.68
228.50
Total.
213.04
204.96
216.17
49.83
44.70
166.27
222.06
1,117.03
EXCESS OF AVERAGE
STRENGTH OVER
CAPACITY.
Males.
...
3.96
...
12.33
...
...
...
...
Females.
6.42
...
...
...
.11
2.86
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
6.83
...
...
...
...
Criminal lunatics.
A very important class of lunatics is the criminal, regarding whom the
abstract given below supplies the leading particulars for the year 1877 :—
STATEMENT No. 6.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Moydapore ...
Berhampore
Hazareebagh
Total ...
REMAINING
ON 1ST
JANUARY
1877.
Males.
62
64
45
13
10
51
...
245
Females.
5
11
6
...
1
1
...
24
Total.
67
75
51
13
11
52
...
269
ADMITTED.
Males.
21
22
12
1
...
5
1
62
Females.
3
...
2
...
...
1
...
6
Total.
24
22
14
1
...
6
1
68
RE-
--------.
Males.
5
1
...
...
...
...
...
6
Females.
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
5
2
...
...
...
...
...
7
RECEIVED
BY
TRANSFER.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
TOTAL.
Males.
88
87
57
14
10
56
1
313
Females.
8
12
8
...
1
2
...
31
Total.
96
99
65
14
11
58
1
344
DIS-
-------
IMPROVED,
&c.
Males.
20
10
7
3
1
4
...
45
Females.
4
1
1
...
...
...
...
6
Total.
24
11
8
3
1
4
...
51
DIED.
Males.
2
3
2
2
1
3
...
13
Females.
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
2
Total.
2
3
3
2
2
3
...
15
REMAINING
ON THE 31ST
DECEMBER
1877.
Males.
66
74
48
9
8
49
1
255
Females.
4
11
6
...
...
2
...
23
Total.
70
85
54
9
8
51
1
278
DAILY
AVERAGE
STRENGTH.
Males.
61.06
69.56
43.44
12.22
9.2
50.69
.38
246.55
Females.
4.25
10.32
5.59
...
.1
1.4
...
21.66
Total.
65.31
79.88
49.03
12.22
9.3
52.09
.38
268.21
The daily average number of criminal lunatics confined in the asylums
of Bengal from 1867 to 1876 was 180.18.
In 1877 there was a daily average strength of 246.55 males and 21.66
females, or together 268.21. The admissions for the past year were 68, against
an annual average of 63.4 for the 10 previous years; there were seven re-admis-
sions, against an average of 5.1 from 1867 to 1876. The discharges amounted to