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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
registration of admissions into hospital was fully explained in my last annual
report (paragraph 25 et seq). Hereafter all Superintendents of asylums will be
required to furnish statements shewing the total number of all classes of
diseases treated throughout the year as out-patients, in their respective
hospitals, and thus without laying down any precise rules for their guidance,
restricting medical officers to any particular line of action, I hope to be in a
position to analyse the in and out-patients' lists, possibly to some profit.
23. The following table exhibits the variations of the principal diseases
in the jails neighbouring the asylums:—
TABLE No. 11.
Anæmia and debility...
Cholera ... ... ...
Diarrhœa and dysentery
Fevers
...
...
Pneumonia
...
...
Phthisis
...
...
Other diseases ...
Total
...
Daily average strength
Daily average sick ...
PRESIDENCY JAIL.
1884.
Total treated.
31
2
294
640
9
24
645
1,615
Died.
2
2
5
5
1
6
8
29
1,146.82
43.32
1885.
Total treated.
54
1
283
621
6
21
483
1,469
Died.
3
1
6
10
1
8
9
38
1,131.27
49.57
ALIPORE JAIL.
1884.
Total treated.
70
7
1,240
1,185
75
29
1,233
3,839
Died.
1
5
40
1
20
14
13
94
1,838.96
133.03
1885.
Total treated.
102
90
1,011
1,070
34
12
1,202
3,521
Died.
3
39
30
18
6
5
12
113
1,788.37
106.90
DACCA JAIL.
1884.
Total treated.
22
4
545
420
13
...
242
1,246
Died.
2
2
22
6
7
...
12
51
820.34
53.77
1885.
Total treated.
41
12
994
450
26
5
350
1,878
Died.
1
8
23
7
9
1
7
56
952.58
72.60
PATNA JAIL.
1884.
Total treated.
9
5
32
27
...
...
36
109
Died.
1
3
...
1
...
...
1
6
237.39
2.89
1885.
Total treated.
7
3
33
42
1
2
36
124
Died.
1
2
3
...
1
1
6
14
261.95
3.32
CUTTACK JAIL.
1884.
Total treated.
1
4
101
125
3
...
22
256
Died.
...
3
2
...
1
...
...
6
262.39
5.58
1885.
Total treated.
1
...
106
93
3
...
26
229
Died.
...
...
3
...
...
...
1
4
232.35
5.57
BERHAMPORE
JAIL.
1884.
Total treated.
10
1
78
88
4
...
77
258
Died.
...
...
...
1
3
...
...
4
160.56
7.23
1885.
Total treated.
11
7
91
124
...
...
74
307
Died.
2
5
5
...
...
...
1
13
230.60
10.82
24. Injuries.—The record of injuries to lunatics exhibits a most remarkable
reduction in numbers. The Superintendents of Patna, Berhampore, and
Cuttack have not noted a single case throughout the year. In Dacca three
cases of simple fracture of the "forearm " and 5 cases of contused wounds are
recorded in the reports, while at Dullunda 6 cases of injury occurred, none of
which were fatal. The particulars are not given. Dr. Crombie states that
"no charge of hurt against the keepers" was made. The absence of
injuries of any kind in so many of the asylums is a most gratifying feature,
and speaks highly of the great care and humanity exercised over the poor
afflicted inmates.
TABLE No. 12.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Abscess ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anæmia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Apoplexy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Ague
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Ascites ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Bronchitis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cancrum oris ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Congestion of the spleen ... ... ... ... ... ...
Dysentery ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Diarrhœa ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Encephalitis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Enteritis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Exhaustion from mania ... ... ... ... ... ...
General debility ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Ditto dropsy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Inflammation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Leprosy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Melœna ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Old age ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Pneumonia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Phthisis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Pleurisy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Peritonitis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Pyœmia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Paralysis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Remittent fever ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Small-pox ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Syphilis, secondary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Hœmoptysis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Dullunda.
.....
1
1
......
1
1
......
2
3
3
1
1
1
......
......
1
1
4
2
1
1
1
......
......
......
......
......
1
27
Dacca.
......
2
1
1
......
......
1
......
1
3
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
......
1
2
......
......
13
Patna.
......
......
......
1
......
......
......
......
1
2
......
......
......
2
3
......
......
......
......
......
6
......
......
......
2
......
......
......
17
Cuttack.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
2
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
......
1
......
......
......
1
......
......
1
......
6
Berhampore.
1
2
1
......
......
......
......
.....
......
......
......
......
1
1
......
......
1
......
......
......
3
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
10
Total.
1
5
3
2
1
1
1
2
7
8
1
1
2
3
3
1
1
1
5
2
11
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
73
25. Mortality.—The total number of deaths in the asylums fell from 87 in
1884 to 73 in 1885, or a return to what it stood at in 1877, and the ratio per
cent. on daily population from 9.44 to 7.76, the proportionate fall among females