LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
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append for ready reference. It exhibits the recorded admissions and deaths,
in the Dullunda Asylum, from fevers during the past seven years :—
Ague
...
...
...
...
Simple continued
...
...
Remittent
...
...
...
1878.
Admitted.
...
...
1
Died.
...
...
...
1879.
Admitted.
1
...
1
Died.
...
...
...
1880.
Admitted.
...
...
18
Died.
...
...
3
1881.
Admitted.
...
...
2
Died.
...
...
1
1882.
Admitted.
1
...
2
Died.
1
...
1
1883.
Admitted.
...
...
2
Died.
...
...
...
1884.
Admitted.
...
1
1
Died.
...
...
...
Total.
Admitted.
2
1
22
Died.
1
...
5
27. The extraordinary outcome of these figures is this. Only the graver form
of tropical fevers, or the remittent, occurs in the Dullunda Asylum. In the
seven years it alone appeared in 4 to the entire exclusion of all other forms
of miasmatic fevers. Even in the remaining three years, three cases only of the
milder forms of fever were met with, one of which terminated fatally. That
13 cases of remittent fever should have been admitted into hospital in 1880,
causing three deaths, while the institution remained free from all other forms of
malarial fever, cannot be accepted as a reliable record of the actual state of
things in that year. Either the Superintendent did not record all the fever cases,
or those he entered as " remittent" were incorrectly diagnosed. It is stated in
the annual report for 1879, vide paragraph 15, page 6, that "slight ephemeral
fevers are not recorded;" ephemeral fever, or " one day fever," is
not of malarial origin, and requires no quinine or other febrifuge for its
cure.
28. The following table sets forth the total cases of fever treated in the
out-patient list at the Dullunda Asylum during the past eight years. It is
sufficiently apparent, therefore, from this statement, that fevers were as
frequently met with in the Dullunda Asylum as elsewhere; and that the
institution was not so free from these diseases as reported in previous years.
During 1884, it will be observed that, only one case of simple continued, and
one of remittent fever were admitted into hospital in the Dullunda Asylum.
Summary of out-patients of the Dullunda Asylum from 1877 to 1884.
YEARS.
1877 ...
1878 ...
1879 ...
1880 ...
1881 ...
1882 ...
1883 ...
1884 ...
JANU-
ARY.
Total admissions.
27
15
7
30
19
18
13
20
Fever cases.
6
7
2
12
7
4
1
6
FEBRU-
---.
Total admissions.
29
10
12
29
19
10
16
26
Fever cases.
14
5
3
8
7
2
5
13
MARCH.
Total admissions.
31
8
16
53
19
18
13
24
Fever cases.
8
2
4
7
4
4
6
7
APRIL.
Total admissions.
36
18
38
34
22
19
17
20
Fever cases.
9
3
11
11
10
4
5
3
MAY.
Total admissions.
31
15
31
29
12
15
19
21
Fever cases.
6
5
14
13
4
1
8
4
JUNE.
Total admissions.
28
24
29
46
19
25
19
21
Fever cases.
8
6
10
20
17
9
8
8
JULY.
Total admissions.
22
28
34
39
14
16
20
44
Fever cases.
7
19
20
19
7
5
7
24
AUGUST.
Total admissions.
20
26
29
35
23
28
38
34
Fever cases.
12
20
16
14
12
20
21
12
SEP-
----
---.
Total admissions.
17
27
18
18
15
22
27
23
Fever cases.
7
14
13
12
9
8
10
10
OCTO-
---.
Total admissions.
7
28
22
30
16
22
25
21
Fever cases.
4
15
15
13
9
6
13
4
NOVEM-
BER.
Total admissions.
20
13
20
29
11
25
15
18
Fever cases.
15
8
7
15
5
16
8
4
DECEM-
---.
Total admissions.
13
23
22
22
16
16
14
23
Fever cases.
8
10
5
15
9
1
7
5
TOTAL.
Total admissions.
281
235
278
394
205
234
236
295
Fever cases.
104
114
120
159
100
80
99
100
Percentage of fever cases
to total treated as out-
door patients.
37.01
48.51
43.17
40.36
48.78
34.19
41.95
33.90
29. The admissions into all hospitals from all causes numbered 365 against
235 in 1883, 394 in 1882, and 385 in 1881. The total strength for the same
years being 1,139, 1,081, 1,056 and 1,094 respectively. The greatest increase