6
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
15. The total number of fresh admissions of criminal lunatics for 1884 was
74, against 93 for 1883. The number was equalled in 1877, and nearly equalled
in 1881. There is a close uniformity in some of the admissions throughout the
decade, which is remarkable. The fluctuations in the crimes charged against
lunatics in the decennial period are but slight. The commitments for grayer
crimes decreased in 1884. It is gratifying to note that those crimes, associat-
ed with an activity of the animal propensities, are barely represented. Probably
a large proportion of the poor creatures who suffer from mental disease, with a
strong tendency that way, die or, are confined out of harms way shortly after
they reach the age of puberty.
TABLE NO. 6.
Showing the Religion and Sex of Patients treated.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
Dacca ... ...
Patna
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
Berhampore ... ...
Total ...
HINDOOS.
Males.
71
16
31
18
8
144
Females.
14
3
7
4
2
30
Total.
85
19
38
22
10
174
MUSSULMANS.
Males.
15
12
5
1
3
36
Females.
8
4
1
...
1
14
Total.
23
16
6
1
4
50
CHRISTIANS.
Males.
1
...
1
...
...
2
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
1
...
1
...
...
2
OTHER CLASSES.
Males.
1
3
...
...
...
4
Females.
...
1
1
...
...
2
Total.
1
4
1
...
...
6
TOTAL.
Males.
88
31
37
19
11
186
Females.
22
8
9
4
3
46
Total.
110
39
46
23
14
232
RATIO PER CENT.
OF EACH SEX TO
THE TOTAL ADMIS-
SIONS AND RE-
ADMISSIONS.
Males.
80.
79.49
80.43
82.61
78.57
80.17
Females.
20.
20.51
19.57
17.39
21.43
19.83
Total.
100.
100.
10.
100.
100.
100.
16. This table can only be of any service as shewing the probable extent of
particular forms of insanity among the classes from which the insanes come.
When all classes are equally addicted to the use of intoxicants, the difficulty is
to arrive at any satisfactory result; moreover, we have no data on which to
base a just comparison.
TABLE No. 7.
Types of Insanity, the number remained, admitted, &c., under each type during the year 1884.
1
Remained
...
...
Admitted.
Dullunda ...
Dacca
...
...
Patna
...
...
Cuttack ... ...
Berhampore ...
Total admitted ...
Total treared ...
Recovered ... ...
Improved
...
...
Died
...
...
...
2
MANIA,
ACUTE.
Males.
137
41
10
19
14
4
88
225
36
18
19
Females.
30
12
2
8
4
...
26
56
8
1
3
Total.
167
53
12
27
18
4
114
281
44
19
22
3
MANIA,
CHRONIC.
Male.
269
37
13
4
2
5
61
330
18
11
27
Females.
100
10
4
...
...
3
17
117
5
1
9
Total.
369
47
17
4
2
8
78
447
23
12
36
4
MELAN-
------.
Males.
54
1
1
1
...
...
3
57
4
1
5
Females.
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
14
2
...
3
Total.
68
1
1
1
...
...
3
71
6
1
8
5
DEMENTIA,
ACUTE.
Males.
53
...
1
7
...
...
8
61
2
2
3
Females.
11
...
...
1
...
...
1
12
...
...
1
Total.
64
...
1
8
...
...
9
73
2
2
4
6
DEMENTIA.
CHRONIC.
Males.
155
2
3
5
2
...
12
167
3
2
11
Females.
25
...
...
...
...
...
...
25
...
...
6
Total.
180
2
3
5
2
...
12
192
3
2
17
7
IDIOTCY.
Males.
9
...
...
...
1
...
1
10
...
...
...
Females.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
Total.
11
...
...
...
1
...
1
12
...
...
...
8
IMBECI-
----.
Males.
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
9
NOT IN-
SANE.
Males.
44
7
3
1
...
2
13
57
11
...
...
Females.
1
...
2
...
...
...
2
3
1
...
...
Total.
45
7
5
1
...
2
15
60
12
...
...
10
TOTAL.
Males.
724
88
31
37
19
11
186
910
74
34
65
Females.
183
22
8
9
4
3
46
229
16
2
22
Total.
907
110
39
46
23
14
232
1,139
90
36
87
17. Forms of insanity.—Again this year the admissions under the head
of " acute mania" shews a considerable increase. The total number admitted
in 1884 was 114, against 92 in 1883. Chronic mania on the other hand fell
from 90 in 1883 to 78 in 1884. Save under the head of " dementia, acute," which
increased by 3 only, the admissions under all the other forms of insanity
exhibit a decided falling off. The "not insanes " increased by one individual
only. The total deaths increased from 52 in 1883 to 87 in 1884, or a return
to the number recorded in 1882, with an average strength of 867.12, as against
920.96 in 1884. The increase chiefly occurred among those suffering from
acute and chronic mania, the numbers being 22 and 36 in 1884, while they
were only 8 and 20 in 1883. The death-rate in 1883, however, was unusually
low.