10
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
and increased the total, while there had been none in the preceding year.
Other diseases varied but little in frequency.
15. The main causes of sickness and mortality in towns and jails near
which asylums are situated are shown in the tables below:—
TABLE VIII.
Statement 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.
1895.
3
11,345
1,346
2,581
500
406
1896.
4
9,564
1,438
3,233
542
462
*Bowel-complaints.
1895.
5
3,269
383
975
163
34
1896.
6
2,967
484
886
158
44
Cholera.
1895.
7
2,099
605
364
196
2
1896.
8
3,449
230
1,148
95
101
Total deaths from
all causes.
1895.
9
27,031
3,026
5,731
1,272
575
1896.
10
24,356
3,151
7,584
1,179
738
Ratio per 1,000 of
population.
1895.
11
39.66
36.75
34.69
26.95
24.45
1896.
12
35.73
38.27
45.91
24.98
31.38
* Deaths registered under head Dysentery and Diarrhœa only.
TABLE IX.
Statement 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.
1895.
Total treated.
2
9
...
266
273
17
27
356
948
Died.
3
...
...
8
3
4
5
6
26
1,163.34
38.90
1896.
Total treated.
4
6
1
280
217
9
26
313
852
Died.
5
...
1
6
...
2
3 4
16
1,165.87
29.54
ALIPORE JAIL.
1895.
Total treated.
6
32
...
279
486
32
12
855
1,696
Died.
7
...
...
4
1
7
7
3
22
1,648.94
60.02
1896.
Total treated.
8
17
2
511
591
32
16
1,342
2,511
Died.
9
...
2
7
...
5
12
10
36
1,592.08
78.02
DACCA JAIL.
1895.
Total treated.
10
154
...
475
865
132
7
650
2,283
Died.
11
7
...
3
...
7
1
7
25
1,102.74
91.75
1896.
Total treated.
12
56
1
273
505
87
3
713
1,638
Died.
13
3
1
4
...
4
1
2
15
1,066.06
75.10
PATNA JAIL.
1895.
Total treated.
14
14
7
202
133
3
1
219
579
Died.
15
1
1
1
...
...
...
3
6
287.65
16.34
1896.
Total treated.
16
1
36
121
122
1
1
126
408
Died.
17
...
12
2
3
...
1
3
21
278.48
12.25
CUTTACK
JAIL.
1895.
Total treated.
18
2
...
72
75
8
3
24
184
Died.
19
...
...
5
1
1
1
3
11
244.67
6.29
1896.
Total treated.
20
2
...
60
59
1
3
56
181
Died.
21
2
...
...
...
...
1
...
3
200.19
5.53
BERHAMPORE
JAIL.
1895.
Total treated.
22
5
...
108
216
...
...
161
490
Died.
23
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
221.11
12.32
1896.
Total treated.
24
...
1
98
137
3
2
208
449
Died.
25
...
1
1
...
2
1
1
6
226.93
11.92
Cholera was more fatal in the year 1896 than during its predecessor, in
Calcutta accounting in the former for 3,449, and in the latter for 2,099,
deaths. In the Presidency Jail one case, and in the Alipur Jail two cases,
of cholera occurred during the year under report. At the Dullunda Asylum
there were three seizures, one of which ended fatally. In one instance the
attack is attributed to milk, and in the others to the use of unfiltered water
from the Hooghly which is laid on in the grounds.
At Berhampore two cases occurred and were fatal. Their origin was not
accurately ascertained, but it is stated that the disease was prevalent in the
municipality and in the district.
There was no appearance of cholera in the asylums at Dacca, Patna or
Cuttack.
16. The total mortality.—The entire number of deaths was 90, or 9.84
per cent of average strength, as compared with 8.15 in 1895 and 8.19 in
1894. The mortality was higher than that for any year in the last decennial
period :—