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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
The statistics of
criminal lunatics
considered
sepa-
rately.
5. Criminal Lunatics.—The foregoing figures include the criminal lunatics confined in
the several asylums of the province. The circumstances under which these lunatics are
admitted, retained in confinement, and discharged, are different from the circumstances affecting
the admission and retention of ordinary lunatics. This difference creates a difference in the
statistics of the two classes, and the general returns are to the extent of this difference
rendered inaccurate. It is therefore necessary to exhibit the statistics of these lunatics
separately, and in contrast with the whole, and to develope the particulars in which differences
exist. These may afterwards be allowed for in considering the statistics of asylums as a
whole.
Statistics of asy-
lums shown sever-
ally.
6. Statement No. 3 gives the statistics of criminal lunatics in each asylum, and a
summary of the w hole.
STATEMENT No. 3.
Return of Criminal Lunatics in the Asylums of Bengal for the year 1872.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Moydapore ...
Total ...
Remaining on
1st January
1872.
M.
69
38
27
10
8
152
F.
5
11
3
2
1
22
T.
74
49
30
12
9
174
Admitted.
M.
24
25
15
6
11
81
F.
...
1
3
...
1
5
T.
24
26
18
6
12
86
Re-admit-
ted.
M.
4
2
1
...
4
11
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
4
2
1
...
4
11
Total
treated.
M.
97
65
43
16
23
244
F.
5
12
6
2
2
27
T.
102
77
49
18
25
271
Discharged,
transferred,
&c.
M.
15
7
3
1
6
32
F.
...
2
...
...
...
2
T.
15
9
3
1
6
34
Died.
M.
8
10
4
4
2
28
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
8
10
4
4
2
28
Remaining
on 31st
December
1872.
M.
74
48
36
11
15
184
F.
5
10
6
2
2
25
T.
79
58
42
13
17
209
Daily average
strength.
M.
72.4
42.3
30.9
11.4
13.3
170.3
F.
5
10.2
5.5
2.
1.8
24.5
T.
77.4
52.5
36.4
13.4
15.1
194.8
Proportion
of
criminal lunatics
in asylum popula-
tion.
YEAR.
1865 ... ... ...
1866
... ... ...
1867
... ... ...
1868 ... ... ...
1869 ... ... ...
1870 ... ... ...
1871 ... ... ...
1872
... ... ...
Average number
of lunatics in
asylums.
658
607
603
675
721
774
831
903
Average number
of criminal
lunatics.
125
112
108
122
162
159
174
195
Percentage.
19
18.4
17.9
18.1
22.4
20.5
20.9
21.6
Criminal lunatics constitute a little more than one-fifth of the population of asylums.
The figures on the margin show that,
while the increase of criminal luna-
tics has proceeded apace with that
of all lunatics, the former has some-
what outstripped the latter, and the
figures indicate that criminal luna-
tics are gradually absorbing more
of the accommodation available for
lunatics in asylums.
Comparison of
the statistics of
criminal lunatics
with those of all
lunatics.
Death-rate.
The increase in the number of criminal lunatics during the year was 35 (32 males and 3
females). This shows an increase of 20 per cent, against 17.5 per cent. among all lunatics.
The increase during the five years, 1868-72, has been, among criminal lunatics, 88 per cent.,
and among all classes, 49 per cent. The average number resident has exceeded that of 1871
by 20.5 (14.5 males and 6.0 females) ; this gives an increase of 11.7 per cent. (9.3 males
and 32.4 females) against 8.7 per cent. (9.2 males and 6.9 females) in all classes. The
criminal lunatic population is thus increasing at a more rapid rate than the general
lunatic population, and the female lunatics accumulating faster than the males. The
former constitute 12.5 per cent. of the whole number against 10.7 in 1871. The
ratio of admissions to resident population is less among criminal lunatics (49.8 against 58.1);
the relative number of re-admissions is nearly the same (11.3 against 11.1); and the ratio of
discharges and deaths still less (31.8 against 42.4). This accounts for the increase in
numbers, and is due to the difficulty of discharging criminal lunatics. The death-rate among
criminal lunatics in 1872 was 14.3 against 12.8 for all classes. The rates last year were 9.7