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MOYDAPORE ASYLUM.
71
No. 2.
Abstract of the Annual Return of Lunatics in the Moydapore Lunatic Asylum for 1870.
SEXES.
Males ...
Females ...
Total ...
Remained
on the 31st
December
1869.
18
1
19
Admitted
for the first
time.
13
4
17
Re-admitted.
2
......
2
Total.
33
5
38
Discharged
cured.
6
1
7
Transferred
to friends.
2
.......
2
Escaped.
1
.......
1
Died.
6
1
7
Remaining
on the 31 st
December
1870.
18
3
21
Daily average number of sick throughout the year
...
...
...
...
...
Ratio per cent. of cures and transfers (on actual strength)
...
...
...
...
Ditto
of mortality
ditto
...
...
...
...
...
Ditto
ditto
(on daily average strength) ... ... ... ...
.51
23.68
18.42
33.41
No. 3.
Abstract from annual return of patients treated, showing the nature of insanity.
NATURE OF INSANITY.
105 Mania (A)
...
...
...
...
105 Mania (B)
...
...
...
...
107 Dementia (B)
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Remained
on the 31st
December
1869.
2
13
4
19
Admitted
during 1870.
11
8
......
19
Total.
13
21
4
38
Males.
11
18
4
33
Females.
2
3
......
5
Total.
13
21
4
38
No. 4.
Return showing the attributed causes of mental diseases in the insanes under treatment during the
year 1870.
Remained on the 31st December 1869
...
...
...
...
...
...
Admitted 1870 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
PHYSICAL CAUSES...
MORAL CAUSES ...
Gunja
...
...
...
...
...
...
Hereditary ... ... ... ... ... ...
Heat
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Affection of the brain
...
...
...
...
...
Grief ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anxiety ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Disappointment
...
...
...
...
...
Unknown ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ... ...
19
19
10
2
3
1
2
1
1
18
38
72
MOYDAPORE ASYLUM.
No. 5.
Return showing the caste and sex of patients admitted during the year 1870, and the zillahs
from which they were received.
ZILLAHS.
Moorshedabad ...
Rajshahye ...
Rungpore ... ...
Dinagepore ...
Maldah
...
...
Pubna
...
...
Total
...
HINDOOS.
Males.
6
.......
.......
1
3
1
11
Females.
1
1
.......
.......
.......
.......
2
MAHOMADANS.
Males.
1
.......
1
1
.......
1
4
Females.
1
.......
1
.......
.......
.......
2
CHRISTIANS.
Males.
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
Females.
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
TOTAL.
Males.
7
.......
1
2
3
2
15
Females.
2
1
1
.......
.......
.......
4
GRAND
TOTAL.
9
1
2
2
3
2
19
No. 6.
Return showing the Trades or Occupation of those admitted in 1870.
Cultivators ...
Beggars ...
Husbandry ...
Dyer of cloth ...
Milk-seller ...
Laborer ...
Carried over ...
Males.
3 ...
1 ...
1 ...
1 ...
1 ...
1 ...
8
Females.
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
Brought over ...
Servants ...
Bearer ...
Betel-seller ...
Shop-keeper
...
Not known ...
Mendicant ...
Total ...
Males.
8 ...
3 ...
1 ...
1 ...
1 ...
1 ...
0 ...
15 ...
Females.
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
No. 7.
Of the admissions of the year 1870, the ages have been as follows:—
SEXES.
Males
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total
...
...
...
From
10 to 20
years.
1
......
1
From
20 to 30
years.
4
......
4
From
30 to 40
years.
8
3
11
From
40 to 50
years.
1
1
2
From
60 to 70
years.
1
......
1
Total.
15
4
19
No. 8.
Causes of Mortality and Duration of Confinement at Period of Death.
DISEASES.
18
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
466 Dysentery
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total
...
...
Average duration
...
...
...
...
...
Number of
deaths.
4
3
7
...
...
Duration of con-
finement.
Y.
12
1
13
1
M.
9
0
9
11
D.
16
0
16
19
H.
0
4
4
10
MOYDAPORE ASYLUM.
73
No. 9.
Annual expenditure incurred on account of the Lunatic Asylum at Moydapore for the year 1870.
Establishment ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dieting
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Contingencies
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Daily average strength ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Average yearly expenses of each ... ... ... ... ... ...
Average yearly dieting expenses of each ... ... ... ...
Rs.
1,304
385
25
1,714
... ...
Rs. 81
„ 18
As.
0
6
7
13
P.
0
2¾
8½
11¼
20.92
15
6
6
8
No. 10.
Statement of Profits of the Labor of the Lunatics in the Asylum.
ITEMS.
Spinning putooa and making morahs
...
...
...
...
...
Gardening
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Add estimated labor as per Statement No. 11, for which cash is
not received ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Daily average number of patients in confinement ...
...
...
Ditto
ditto
employed
...
...
...
Amount of profit.
Rs.
72
46
606
724
As.
1
0
12
13
P.
7
0
1
8
20.92
15.67
No. 11.
Statement of estimated value of Lunatic Labor for 1870.
NATURE OF OCCUPATION.
Price of 47 maunds 2 seers 11 chittacks of vegetables supplied from
garden raised by lunatic labor and not charged for, at Rs. 1.8 per
maund
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Making morahs
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Spinning puttoor
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Gardening
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cooks (Mahomedan)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bheestees or water-carriers
...
...
...
...
...
...
Miscellaneous works
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Amount.
Rs.
70
124
86
204
39
42
38
606
As.
9
12
5
8
5
15
5
12
P.
7
0
6
0
0
0
0
1
REMARKS.
No paid gardener allowed.
No paid Mahomedan cook.
No paid bheestee or water-carriers.
Leeping cells, bazaar work, sweeping, &c.
No. 12.
Manufacture Account of the Moydapore Lunatic Asylum for 1870.
January, materials purchased
...
...
...
...
February,
ditto
...
...
...
...
March,
ditto
...
...
...
...
April,
ditto
...
...
...
...
May,
ditto
...
...
...
...
June,
ditto
...
...
...
...
July,
ditto
...
...
...
...
August,
ditto
...
...
...
...
September,
ditto ... ... ... ...
October,
ditto
...
...
...
...
November,
ditto
...
...
...
...
December,
ditto
...
...
...
...
Remitted to treasury as per collector's receipt of
30th December 1870
...
...
...
...
Balance in hand on 31st December 1870 ... ...
Total ... ...
Rs.
4
4
4
6
7
7
4
As.
12
6
8
4
3
0
12
P.
3
0
6
6
0
6
6
.......
2
3
6
3
135
48
237
4
8
0
8
0
1
5
0
6
0
6
0
3
6
Cash balance in hand from 1869
...
...
...
January, articles sold
...
...
...
...
...
February,
ditto
...
...
...
...
...
March,
ditto
...
...
...
...
...
April,
ditto
...
...
...
...
...
May,
ditto
...
...
...
...
...
June,
ditto
...
...
...
...
...
July,
ditto
...
...
...
...
...
August,
ditto
...
...
...
...
...
September, ditto
...
...
...
...
...
October,
ditto
...
...
...
...
...
November, ditto
...
...
...
...
...
December, ditto
...
...
...
...
...
Profits of garden for the year ending 31 st
December 1870
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Rs.
64
11
12
14
13
14
12
8
As
15
0
3
13
3
13
11
10
P.
8
0
0
3
4
0
6
0
.......
4
10
12
11
46
237
8
11
0
12
0
5
0
0
0
9
0
6
T
N
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Mahamud Akbur ...
Syud Akbur Ally ...
Bukshoo Pramanic ...
Brojo Lall Shah ...
Bistoo Manjee ...
Jhumur Auruth ...
Sreeram Mundul ...
Woopashoo Nushoo ...
Admission.
1865.
27th July...
1869.
4th May ...
2nd Aug. ...
5th Oct. ...
8th Dec. ...
1870.
7th June ...
15th „ ...
10th Oct....
Escape.
........
........
........
........
........
1870.
19thAug....
........
Discharge.
........
1870.
3rd Nov. ...
........
........
........
........
........
........
Died.
........
1870
21st Jan....
........
........
........
........
........
105 Mania (B)...
105 ditto ...
105 ditto ...
105 Mania (A)...
105 Mania (B) .
105 Mania (A)...
105 ditto ...
105 ditto ...
Unknown
ditto.
ditto.
Hereditar
Unknown
Affection
brain.
Disappoin
Unknown
Daily average number of criminal lunatics
...
...
...
...
Ditto
ditto
lunatics
...
...
...
...
4.87
16.05
JOHN WHITE, M.D
Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum, M
BHOWANIPORE ASYLUM.
81
Miss Maria Kuhlan ... ...
Mrs. Ellen Baker ... ...
Mrs. Catherine Dewes ...
Mrs. Floreutis C. DeSilva...
Miss Dora Cowper ... ...
Miss Maria Nash ... ...
Mrs. Esther Lardner ...
18
46
45
41
25
29
35
None ...
Wife of a Rail-
way guard.
Wife of an Exe.
Engr.,P.W.D.
None ...
Lady ...
ditto ...
Housewife ...
ditto ...
East Indian
European ...
East Indian
European ...
ditto ...
East Indian
India ...
ditto ...
Scotland...
India ...
England...
Ireland ...
India ...
105 ditto a ...
105 ditto b ...
105 ditto b ...
105 Mania a ...
105 ditto a ...
105 ditto b ...
105 ditto b ...
ditto ...
Intemperence...
ditto ...
Intemperance...
Hereditary ...
ditto ...
ditto ...
29th „
„
26th May „
31st
„ „
11thJuly „
19th Nov. „
27th „
„
19th Dec „
31st May
1st June
1st Aug.
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.....
.......
18th July
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
105 Mania a
905 Debility
.......
.......
.......
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
Paying.
ditto.
ditto.
Pauper.
Paying.
ditto.
ditto.
ABSTRACT.
SEX.
Male
...
...
...
...
...
Female
...
...
...
...
...
Total
...
...
Remaining 1st Janu-
ary 1870.
45
9
54
Admitted.
40
10
50
Re-admitted.
2
1
3
Total of remained,
admitted and re-
admitted.
87
20
107
Discharged cured.
12
4
16
Improved and trans-
ferred to friends.
3
1
4
Despatched to Europe
as ordinary invalid.
35
...
35
Despatched to Europe
as insane.
11
2
13
Died.
...
2
2
REMAINING UNDER TREATMENT.
SEX.
European.
Male ... ... ...
Female ... ... ...
20
3
East Indian.
Male ... ... ...
Female ... ... ...
6
8
37
Paying.
...
3
...
3
6
Military and
pauper.
20
...
6
5
31
Ratio per cent. of cures and transfers, including those removed as insane ... ... ... ...
Ratio per cent. mortality ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
63.5
1.9
X
82
BHOWANIPORE ASYLUM.
Table showing Nature and Cost of Establishment attached to the European Lunatic Asylum
at Bhowanipore, for the year 1870.
DESCRIPTION.
Sperintendent ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Overseers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Matron ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Native doctor ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Native writer
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Head native keeper
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Assistant ditto
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Keepers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Khansamah
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Khidmutgar
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Masalchee
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Head cook ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Assistant cook ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Furrash ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Bearers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Tailors
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Head mallee ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mallees
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Coolies
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Carpenter
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Hurkarab ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Bhistees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Barber ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sweepers
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Corner mehter ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mehtranee ayahs
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Head durwan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Durwans ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Washerman ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Number.
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
3
1
3
1
4
1
3
1
COST.
Yearly salary.
Rs.
14,191
4,200
1,320
420
300
180
120
648
144
96
60
120
60
72
168
192
96
144
96
120
72
252
72
252
96
384
96
252
360
As.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total.
Rs.
14,191
4,200
1,320
420
300
180
120
648
144
96
60
120
60
72
168
192
96
144
96
120
72
252
72
252
96
384
96
252
360
As.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
Daily average number of lunaties throughout the year ... ... ... ...
Proportion of attendants to inmates, one-balf of whom only are present at a
time in the day, and the mehteranees do the work of their class, as well
as of attendants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
The recognized proportion of native attendants is 1 to 3 European patients.
Male...
Female...
Male ...
Female ...
16
9.3
1 to 2
1 to 2
Detailed report of fatal cases, during the year 1870.
NAME.
Mrs. C. Aitchson ... ... ...
„ Florentis C. D'Silva ...
Age.
50
41
Date of
admission.
9th April 1870
11th July „
Date of death.
9th July 1870
18th „ „
Disease.
105 Mania a ...
905 Debility.
105 Mania a ...
905 Debility.
REMARKS.
An old woman. Arrived in a wretched
State. No Information of her antece-
dents. Never improved.
Apparently moribund on admission.
Rallied only for a time.
BHOWANIPORE ASYLUM.
83
No. 72.
Statement showing the average daily number of lunatics for the year, the total yearly expenditure,
average cost of each inmate, and the average cost of each item of the Charge per man, during the
year 1870.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Average daily number of inmates throughout the year
...
...
...
...
Total expenditure for the year ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Payments by friends of lunatics for maintenance
...
...
...
...
...
Average yearly cost of each inmate as per number 2 ... ... ... ... ...
Average yearly cost of each lunatic (deducting number 3) during the year ...
Average yearly expense of each patient, in relation to
Establishment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Diet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Contingencies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Clothing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
25⅓
Rs.
34,307
3,229
1,354
1,226
As.
0
0
3
12
P.
0*
0†
7
2½
973
263
61
56
8
2
2
5
7½‡
9
11 2/5
3
* Excluding sea outfit and passage money.
† Including stoppages of soldiers' pay during detention.
‡ Including superintendents' salary for both European and native asylums.
ARTHUR J. PAYNE, Surgeon-Major,
Superintendent of Asylums at the Presidency.
(RESOLUTION.)
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
MEDICAL.
Fort William, the 30th October 1871.
READ
A letter, No. 475, dated the 15th August 1871, submitting the reports and returns of
the lunatic asylums in the Lower Provinces for the year 1870.
1. The Lieutenant-Governor perceives that the statements have been
differently arranged from the last report, and that some new tables have been
added, rendering the whole more comprehensive. His Honor quite agrees
with the Inspector-General's remarks as to the necessity for uniformity of
plan in the returns of the several institutions and in those of the general
report, and hopes to see an improvement in this respect caused by the forms
which the Inspector-General proposes to adopt, unnecessary diffuseness and
repetition of details being avoided as much as possible. The nominal lists
and particulars of individual cases, which of course must be carefully recorded
in the departmental registers, need not appear in the printed report.
2. The number of insanes remaining in the five native asylums on the
1st of January 1870 was 746, and 401 were admitted during the year,
making a total number of 1,147 persons treated, which is in excess of the
average of the preceding five years by 119, but only 41 more than the total
of the previous year. The actual admissions were less by 17, and the
re-admissions again were more numerous—44 against 27 in the previous year,
the increase appearing at Dullunda and Patna.
3. The excess in the total number of persons treated is attributed in
some degree to the accumulation of criminal lunatics in consequence of
difficulty in discharging them; but a far greater number appear to have been
discharged in 1870 than in any of the previous years compared, namely 62
against a previous average of 26. On the other hand, a larger number also
appear to have been re-admitted, namely 12, against a previous average of 3,
pointing to hasty discharge in the first instance. The average daily strength
of criminal lunatics was 150.69, against 162.37 in the previous year, being
20.62 per cent. of the whole number confined. The high proportion of
criminal lunatics points clearly to the small and unwilling recourse which
is had to public asylums by the friends and relatives of lunatics generally.
4. The examination made by Dr. Campbell Brown into the statistics
of admissions, cures, and deaths, is useful and interesting, and gives results not
unfavorable to the management of Bengal asylums. In comparing the
proportion of cures in Bengal to those in other asylums, the very large
proportion of criminal lunatics has a tendency to vitiate the comparison, as
pointed out by Dr. Brown; but, on the other hand, it seems to the Lieutenant-
Governor that the number of ganja-smokers, who though only temporary
lunatics and easily cured, none the less go to swell the figures in Bengal,
should also be considered per contra.
5. Of thetotal number of insane persons under treatment during the
year, 187, or 16.3 per cent., were discharged cured ; while 49, or 4.2 per cent.,
were improved and transferred to the care of friends,—results which do not
exhibit any marked difference in comparison with the previous year,
( 4 )
amounting to 32.35 per cent. of the number treated, and the mortality had
diminished to 2.9 per cent. These results are very satisfactory, and evince
careful management on the part of the Superintendent and his subordinates.
21. Moydapore.—Thirty-eight persons were under treatment during
the year, showing the increasing usefulness of this asylum and the necessity
of providing it with better quarters. The question of making over a portion
of the vacated barracks at Berhampore is still not decided, and a reference
will again be made to the Government of India on the subject. Nine cases
were cured or relieved, and the rate of mortality was 18.42 per cent., which
shows a considerable falling off, caused by cholera chiefly.
22. In the Bhowanipore European Asylum, which is also under the
management of Dr. Payne, there were 52 admissions during the year, and
37 remained under treatment at its close, of whom 26 were males and 11
females.
23. There has been a diminution in the number of military insane pati-
ents, owing to recent arrangements for shipping them to England from Bombay;
35 persons were despatched to Europe as ordinary invalids, and 13 as insane,
at a cost of Rs. 10,497; 20 were discharged as cured or improved, and the
mortality was not more than 1.9 per cent. The sum of Rs. 2,129 was
realized on account of paying patients, of whom six—all females—remained
under treatment.
24. The cost of maintenance has been reduced from Rs. 23-5-4 to
Rs. 21 per head. The results generally are regarded as very satisfactory,
and the Lieutenant-Governor accords his thanks to Dr. Payne for his able
management.
25. The acknowledgments of the Lieutenant-Governor are also due to
the Inspector-General and Deputy Inspector-General for their most careful
and vigilant administration.
ORDERED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Inspector-
General of Hospitals for information and guidance.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
S. C. BAYLEY,
Offg. Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.
No. 3467.
COPY forwarded to the Inspector-General of Hospitals, for Information
and guidance.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
H. L. HARRISON,
Offg. Junior Secy. to the Govt of Bengal.
FORT WILLIAM :
The 30th October 1871.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
INSANE ASYLUMS IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1871.
BY
J. CAMPBELL BROWN, ESQ., C.B.,
Inspector-General of Hospitals, Indian medical Department.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1872.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
INSANE ASYLUMS IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1871.
BY
J. CAMPBELL BROWN, ESQ., C.B.,
Inspector-General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Department.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1872.
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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
STATEMENT No. 1.
Showing the general Numerical Results at the several Asylums, for the year 1871.
Summary of sta-
tistics of all asy¬
lums.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ... ...
Patna
... ...
Cuttack... ...
Moydapore ...
Total ...
Remained on 31st
December 1870.
Males.
247
168
150
24
18
607
Females.
70
42
50
11
3
176
Total.
317
210
200
35
21
783
Admitted.
Males.
110
57
62
32
17
278
Females.
41
16
13
5
2
77
Total.
151
73
75
37
19
355
Re-admitted.
Males.
21
6
8
1
...
36
Females.
4
1
3
1
...
9
Total.
25
7
11
2
...
45
Total treated.
Males.
378
231
220
57
35
921
Females.
115
59
66
17
5
262
Total.
493
290
286
74
40
1,183
DISCHARGED.
Cured.
Males.
66
20
44
10
8
148
Females.
26
9
14
2
1
52
Total.
92
29
58
12
9
200
TRANSFERRED TO
FRIENDS, &C.
Improved.
Males.
18
11
1
3
...
33
Females.
3
...
2
...
...
5
Total.
21
11
3
3
...
38
Otherwise.
Males.
11
3
1
...
...
15
Females.
1
1
...
...
...
2
Total.
*12
*4
†1
...
...
17
Died.
Males.
32
34
10
3
...
79
Females.
11
8
2
1
...
22
Total.
43
42
12
4
...
101
Remaining on 31st
December 1871.
Males.
251
163
164
41
27
646
Females.
74
41
48
14
4
181
Total.
325
204
212
55
31
827
Daily average
strength.
Males.
260.49
171.02
160.48
32.80
22.16
646.95
Females.
74.63
42.38
50.91
11.81
4.05
183.78
Total.
335.12
213.40
211.39
44.61
26.21
830.73
Daily average
sick.
Males.
...
...
11.08
1.03
...
...
Females.
...
...
4.91
0.29
...
...
Total.
15.61
34.47
15.99
1.32
‡..
67.39
* Escaped.
† Transferred to stand trial.
‡ No record kept.
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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
Admissions from
different districts.
Relative propor-
tions of the sexes.
Table No. 5 appended to the report of each asylum shows the districts from which
the lunatics admitted and re-admitted into each asylum were brought, and the relative
proportion of the castes and sexes, and may be read in conjunction with this statement, which
shows the caste and sex of the admissions into each institution. Females constituted 21.50
per cent. of the admissions of 1871, against 23.6 of 1870 and 20.8 of the five years preced-
ing. Hindoo females again constitute a larger proportion of Hindoo admissions than
Mahomedan, the numbers being respectively 23.76 and 13.97. In England the female
population of asylums generally exceeds the male ; in Bengal, females constitute 22 per cent.
of the number living. No conclusion can be drawn from these figures regarding the com-
parative prevalence of insanity among males and females. It is interesting to note that
females contribute 26 per cent. to the number treated in-door in the hospitals and dispensaries
of Bengal, excluding the Calcutta institutions, where a definite amount of space is assigned
to female patients. The presumption is, that whatever the relative amount of the male and
female population of Bengal, or the relative number of lunatics among males and females,
the people are more loth to send females to asylums, and contrive to manage them at home.
Ages of those
admitted.
10. Ages of those admitted.—This circumstance is brought out in statement No. 5, in
which the events of the year are also shown according to age. These latter will be considered
in their proper place. The statement shows that the greatest number of admissions took place
at the age of 20 to 30; 30 to 40, 40 to 50, 10 to 20, 50 to 60, and 60 to 70, following in order.
These results correspond with those shown in last report, and the same remarks apply to
them. The only difference worthy of notice is, that the proportion of those admitted between
the ages 30 to 40 is higher; the data are however inexact, and will not bear minute comment.