10
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
April, October and November, and during the last two months the disease was
prevalent in the town. Every precaution was taken and the disease did
not spread in the asylum.
14. The following tables show the chief causes of sickness and mortality
in the towns and jails in or near which the asylums are situated :—
Showing the mortality among the general population.
NAMES OF
LOCALITIES.
1
Calcutta
...
...
Dacca
...
...
Patna
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
Berhampore ...
Popula-
tion.
2
681,560
82,321*
165,192†
47,186
23,515
Fever.
1892.
3
7,618
1,319
2,599
342
585
1893.
4
8,091
1,038
2,528
303
577
†Bowel-complaints.
1892.
5
2,364
237
863
227
19
1893.
6
2,882
247
674
140
16
Cholera.
1892.
7
2,019
47
701
178
96
1893.
8
869
581
457
171
149
Total deaths from
all causes.
1892.
9
20,180
2,680
5,741
1,169
775
1893.
10
20,113
2,554
5,231
941
798
Ratio per 1,000 of
population.
1892.
11
29.60
32.55*
34.75‡
24.77
32.95
1893.
12
29.51
31.02
31.66
19.94
33.93
* The population of Dacca town has been changed, consequently the ratio per 1,000 of population for 1892 has also been altered.
† Deaths registered under heads "Dysentery and Diarrhœa" only.
‡ Further revised figures.
Table showing sickness and mortality in the jails near which the asylums are situated.
1
Anæmia and debility ...
Cholera
...
...
...
Diarrhœa and dysentery
Fevers
...
...
...
Pneumonia
...
...
Phthisis
...
...
Other diseases ... ...
Total ...
Daily average strength
Daily average sick ...
PRESIDENCY
JAIL.
1892.
Total treated.
2
9
1
89
289
8
10
332
738
Died.
3
...
1
3
4
1
2
12
23
1,237.38
26.68
1893.
Total treated.
4
4
1
130
191
8
20
194
548
Died.
5
...
...
2
2
...
8
3
15
1,288.08
31.69
ALIPORE JAIL.
1892.
Total treated.
6
43
3
473
439
72
16
1,474
2,520
Died.
7
5
3
9
7
18
8
13
63
1,770.37
109.06
1893.
Total treated.
8
22
2
451
555
25
23
1,072
2,150
Died.
9
...
2
10
4
5
9
10
40
1,770.92
83.55
DACCA JAIL.
1892.
Total treated.
10
37
1
680
977
21
4
680
2,400
Died.
11
3
1
13
2
8
2
20
49
1,134.18
63.01
1893.
Total treated.
12
13
3
519
530
8
2
339
1,414
Died.
13
...
3
15
5
2
6
31
1,164.98
57.17
PATNA JAIL.
1892.
Total treated.
14
5
7
42
103
8
1
169
335
Died.
15
...
3
5
...
2
...
1
11
312.57
10.58
1893.
Total treated.
16
18
21
150
205
5
1
152
552
Died.
17
1
5
3
...
1
1
2
13
329.22
15.02
CUTTACK
JAIL.
1892.
Total treated.
18
4
...
181
282
3
...
121
592
Died.
19
...
...
2
...
2
...
2
6
274.61
13.49
1893.
Total treated.
20
1
...
80
92
2
...
105
280
Died.
21
1
...
2
...
...
...
2
5
279.37
5.96
BERHAMPORE
JAIL.
1892.
Total treated.
22
9
1
81
128
2
1
141
363
Died.
23
...
...
2
...
...
...
1
3
200.35
11.08
1893.
Total treated.
24
14
1
70
117
4
1
151
358
Died.
25
...
1
...
...
...
...
3
4
232.74
9.73
Cholera, though less in Calcutta and Patna, was much more prevalent in
Dacca and Berhampore than in 1892, and no doubt accounts for the sporadic
cases already alluded to. It also occurred in all the jails, except Cuttack. With
the exception of Patna, which had a sharp outbreak of cholera and a great increase
in diarrhœa and fever, all the jails were more healthy than in 1892, and if the
figures can be trusted, the mortality among the general population was also less,
except at Berhampore, where it would also have been less but for cholera. All
three sets of figures, then, agree in pointing to a more healthy year.