LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
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4. Remaining.—There remained in confinement on the 1st January 1878,
850 males and 227 females, or together 1,077. On the last day of the year the
inmates were 782 males and 209 females, or a total of 991, being a diminution of
86 among the lunatics under treatment. Between 1868 and 1876 the average
annual increase had been 63.6. The decrease in 1877 on the first day of the
year was 54, and in 1876, 16.
5. Admissions and transfers.—The admissions for the year have been 168
males and 28 females, total 196, against 201 males and 46 females, or together
247 during the previous year. The re-admissions in 1878 were, males 19 and
females 12, or 31 in all, against 38 in 1877, viz. 35 men and 3 women. The
40 transfers resulted from the closure of Moydapore Asylum, which, as a matter of
fact, was closed on the 1st October 1877, and the patients removed to Berhampore,
though for that year the statistics of the two asylums were kept separately.
From the 1st January there has been only one statistical account kept, and the
statement therefore shows 30 men and 9 women as transferred from Moydapore
to Berhampore, and 1 male from Moydapore to Dacca.
6. Average number of inmates.—The average number of inmates of the
asylums of Bengal each year, from 1867 to 1876, was 1,008 males and 273
females, or a total of 1,281. In 1877 it was 1,132 males and 284 females, or for
both 1,416, and in 1878 the numbers were 1,037 men and 267 women, or
together 1,304, so that the numbers are still higher than the average of the
ten years abovenamed.
7. Discharges.—There were discharged cured 119 males and 29 females,
making 148. During 1877 there were 117 males and 30 females, or together
147. There were also 36 males and 10 females, or 46 discharged improved in
1878, against 83 males and 13 females, making together 96 in 1877. In the
same year 8 men and 1 woman were discharged not improved. None were
so discharged in the year 1877. The statement which follows exhibits the
proportion of cases improved and cured during 1878, as contrasted with the
average of the previous ten years:—
STATEMENT No. 2.
Discharges.
YEARS.
1868-77...
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1878
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...
RATIO PER CENT.
Calculated on average strength
Of re-
coveries.
20.12
14.07
Of those
improved.
.60
4.37
Of total.
20.72
18.45
Calculated on total treated
Of re-
coveries.
14.23
11.34
Of those
improved.
4.27
3.52
Of total.
18.50
14.87
Calculated on admissions
Of re-
coveries.
42.03
65.2
Of those
improved.
13.33
20.26
Of total.
55.36
85.46
Looking at the proportion of recoveries calculated on the admissions, the
numbers are favorable for 1878, 65.2 per cent. against 42.03, which is the average
annual number for the preceding ten years. The calculation based on the
number treated and on the average strength is not so favorable for the last year.
8. Number of days each patient was in confinement.—The next statement
shows this, although the table is not of much practical importance. Last
year the average number of days each patient cured was in confinement was
for males 873, and 596 for females. For males improved the average number
of days was 988, and for females 735. During 1878 males cured were on an
average 758 days in confinement, and females 840 days. Males discharged im-
proved had been on an average 1,301 days, and females 1,229 days in confinement.
STATEMENT No. 3.
Average number of days each Patient discharged was confined.
Dullunda
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Dacca
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Patna
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Cuttack
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Berhampore ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Hazaribagh
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Average ...
CURED.
Males.
Days.
253
853
408
475
844
1,658
758
Females.
Days.
308
2,098
836
252
705
......
810
IMPROVED.
Males.
Days.
2,344
2,096
588
842
1,322
617
1,301
Females.
Days.
596
836
2,256
......
......
1,229