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LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
TABLE I.
Statement showing the total admissions, discharges, &c., of Lunatics in all the Native Asylums of Bengal during
the year 1898 and ten previous years.
YEAR.
1
1888 ...
1889 ...
1890 ...
1891 ...
1892 ...
1893 ...
1894 ...
1895 ...
1896 ...
1897 ...
1898 ...
Remained
on 1st Janu-
ary.
Males.
2
729
758
782
810
771
753
720
726
726
727
736
Females.
3
193
199
205
211
192
198
196
197
195
191
188
Total.
4
922
957
987
1,021
963
951
916
923
921
918
*924
Admitted.
Males.
5
177
182
168
164
134
154
148
144
133
160
126
Females.
6
37
43
31
33
24
27
32
18
23
23
18
Total.
7
214
225
199
197
158
181
180
162
156
183
144
Re-admitted.
Males.
8
23
20
20
16
23
21
16
20
24
17
14
Females.
9
1
2
2
...
5
3
4
2
1
1
1
Total.
10
24
22
22
16
28
24
20
22
25
18
15
Received by
transfer.
Males.
11
39
10
32
...
...
...
...
...
...
34
...
Females.
12
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
Total.
13
46
10
32
...
...
...
...
...
...
38
...
Total
population.
Males.
14
929
960
970
990
928
928
884
890
883
904
876
Females.
15
231
244
238
244
221
228
232
217
219
215
207
Total.
16
1,160
1,204
1,208
1,234
1,149
1,156
1,116
1,107
1,102
1,119
1,083
DISCHARGED.
A
Cured.
Males.
17
57
74
69
119
54
79
67
72
53
60
66
Females.
18
10
18
17
30
17
13
13
9
8
4
5
Total.
19
67
92
86
149
71
92
80
81
61
64
71
B
Transferred to friends.
Improved.
Males.
20
39
29
20
30
36
46
25
21
26
21
18
Females.
21
6
4
1
1
...
6
4
1
1
2
4
Total.
22
45
33
21
31
36
52
29
22
27
23
22
Not
improved.
Males.
23
11
1
1
2
1
6
3
...
2
7
2
Females.
24
2
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Total.
25
13
1
1
3
1
6
3
...
2
8
3
C
Otherwise.
Males.
26
4
4
8
8
6
12
5
8
2
11
3
Females.
27
...
...
1
...
...
1
1
...
2
...
...
Total.
28
4
4
9
8
6
13
6
8
4
11
3
C½
Transferred,
to other
Asylums.
Males.
29
39
10
32
...
...
...
...
...
...
34
...
Females.
30
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 4
...
Total.
31
46
10
32
...
...
...
...
...
... 38
...
D
Total
Males.
32
111
108
98
159
97
143
100
101
83
99
89
Females.
33
18
22
19
32
17
20
18
10
11
7
10
Total.
34
12
13
11
117
191 114
161
118
9
10
9
YEAR.
1888 ...
1889 ...
1890 ...
1891 ...
1892 ...
1893 ...
1894 ...
1895 ...
1896 ...
1897 ...
1898 ...
Died.
Males.
35
60
70
62
60
78
65
58
63
73
70
58
Females.
36
14
17
8
20
6
12
17
12
17
20
15
Total.
37
74
87
70
80
84
77
75
75
90
90
73
Remaining on
31st December.
Males.
38
758
782
810
771
753
720
726
726
727
735
729
Females.
39
199
205
211
192
198
196
197
195
191
188
182
Total.
40
957
987
1,021
963
951
916
923
921
918
923
911
Daily average strength.
Males.
41
739.49
769.35
797.18
792.31
764.60
730.61
719.43
723.16
725.89
739.06
736.59
Females.
42
193.31
203.28
210.12
205.06
195.98
201.40
195.90
196.09
188.52
188.30
185.46
Total.
43
932.80
972.63
1,007.30
997.37
960.58
932.01
915.33
919.25
914.41
927.36
922.05
Daily average
sick.
Males.
44
31.99
56.05
46.17
41.05
45.07
34.90
41.79
48.05
67.25
95.86
73.85
Females.
45
10.18
13.50
11.83
18.64
8.99
14.35
13.62
10.76
17.39
32.71
30.98
Total.
46
42.17
69.55
58.
59.69
54.06
49.25
55.41
58.81
84.64
128.57
104.83
PERCENTAGE TO—
Daily average strength.
A
Cured.
Males.
47
7.7
9.61
8.65
15.01
7.06
10.81
9.31
9.95
7.30
8.11
8.96
Females.
48
5.17
8.85
8.09
14.62
8.67
6.45
6.63
4.58
4.24
2.12
2.69
Total.
49
7.18
9.45
8.53
14.93
7.39
9.87
8.74
8.81
6.67
6.90
7.70
B
Died.
Males.
50
8.11
9.09
7.77
7.57
10.20
8.89
8.06
8.71
10.05
9.47
7.87
Females.
51
7.24
8.36
3.80
9.75
3.06
5.95
8.67
6.11
9.01
10.62
8.08
Total.
52
7.93
8.94
6.94
8.02
8.74
8.26
8.19
8.15
9.84
9.70
7.91
Admissions.
C
Cured.
Males.
53
28.5
36.63
36.70
66.11
34.39
45.14
40.85
43.90
33.75
33.89
47.14
Females.
54
26.31
40.
51.51
90.90
58.62
43.33
36.11
45.
33.33
16.66
26.31
Total.
55
28.15
37.25
38.91
69.95
38.17
44.87
40.
44.02
33.70
31.84
44.65
D
Died.
Males.
56
30.
34.65
32.97
33.33
40.68
3714
35.36
38.47
46.49
39.54
41.42
Females.
57
36.84
37.77
24.24
60.60
20.69
40.
47.22
60.
70.83
83.33
78.94
Total.
58
31.09
35.2l
31.67
37.55
45.16
37.56
37.5
40.76
49.72
44.17
45.91
N.B.— The totals of columns 14,15, 16, 32, 33 and 34 are exclusive of transfers from one Asylum to the other.
* The Superintendent of the Patna Lunatic Asylum reports that one male lunatic admitted in December 1897 was not shown by mistake in the
returns for that year. The lunatic has been included in the population on 1st January 1898.
The following statement gives the results for the last two years:—
Remained on 1st January ... ...
Admitted and readmitted ... ...
Total ...
Discharged cured
...
...
...
„
improved ... ... ...
„
not improved ... ...
„
otherwise ... ... ...
Died
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Remaining on 31st December ... ...
Daily average strength ... ... ...
1897.
918
201
1,119
64
23
8
11
90
196
923*
927
1898.
924
159
1,083
71
22
3
3
73
172
911
922
* This figure should be 924, as one admission in December 1897 was, by mistake of the Superintendent of the Patna
Asylum, not shown in the returns for that year.