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APPENDIX.
89
No. 12.
Return showing the Types of Insanity of those admitted, &c., during the year 18
1
Remaining
...
...
...
...
...
...
Admitted
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total treated
...
...
...
...
...
...
Treated under each type per cent. of total treated
Recovered
...
...
...
...
...
...
„
per cent. of total treated ... ... ...
Improved, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ...
„
per cent. of total treated ... ... ...
Died
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
„ per cent. of total treated ... ... ... ...
2
105 (a)
Mania,
acute.
M. F. T.
3
105 (b)
Mania,
chronic.
M. F. T.
4
106
Melancholia.
M. F. T.
5
107 (a)
Dementia,
acute.
M. F. T.
6
107 (b)
Dementia,
chronic.
M. F. T.
7
108
Paralysis.
M. F. T.
8
109
Idiotcy.
M. F. T.
9
&c.
M. F. T.
Vide remark to Table No. 7.
No. 13.
Return showing the Causes of Insanity for 18
1
Remaining
...
...
...
...
...
...
Admitted ... Criminal ... ... ... ...
Non-criminal ... ... ...
Total treated
...
...
...
...
...
Treated under each cause per cent. of total
treated
...
...
...
...
...
Recovered
...
...
...
...
...
...
„
per cent. of total treated ... ...
Improved
...
...
...
...
...
...
„
per cent. of total treated ... ... ...
Died
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
„ per cent. of total
...
...
...
...
2
3
4
5
6
PHYSICAL CAUSES.
Ganja.
M F T
Spirit.
M F T
Opium.
M F T
Fever.
M F T
&c.
M F T
7
8
9
10
11
MORAL CAUSES.
Grief.
M F T
Anger.
M F T
Fear.
M F T
&c.
M F T
&c.
M F T
12
Unknown causes.
M F T
13
Total.
M F T
14
15
16
PROPORTION PER
CENT. OF
Known causes.
M F T
Causes.
Physical.
M F T
Moral.
M F T
Vide remark to Table No. 7.
No. 14.
Annual Return of Sick Patients treated in the Hospital of the—Lunatic Asylum during the year 18
1
DISEASES.
2
Remained in Hospital from
previous year.
3
Admitted during the year.
4
Total.
5
RESULTS.
Discharged cured.
Discharged other-
wise.*
Died.
Remaining sick.
* Discharged "otherwise" to be invariably noted in the Remarks.
The names and numbers by which diseases are indicated in the nomenclature of 1868 should be strictly
followed.
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APPENDIX.
No. 15.
Statement showing the particulars of Solitary Confinement and Mechanical Restraint in the—Asylum during
the year 18
1
Average daily strength.
2
3
4
5
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
Number of persons
confined during the
year.
Number of occasions on
which solitary con-
finement was employ-
ed.
DURATION
OF CONFINE-
---- IN
HOURS.
Max.
Min.
Mean.
CAUSES FOR
WHICH
EMPLOYED.
Excitement.
&c.
&c.
&c.
6
7
8
9
10
MECHANICAL RESTRAINT.
Number of persons
restrained during the
year.
Number of occasions on
which restraint was
employed.
DURATION
OF
RESTRAINT
IN HOURS.
Max.
Min.
Mean.
METHODS.
Ligatures.
Woollen bag.
Sheet.
&c.
CAUSES FOR WHICH
EMPLOYED.
Excitement.
Surgical dis-
ease.
Surgical ope-
ration.
&c.
&c.
The data for the preparation of this Return are contained in Register No. 5.
No. 16.
Giving particulars regarding Vaccination for the year 18
1
Number admitted
during the year.
Males ... ... ...
Females ... ... ...
Total ...
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OF THE NUMBER ADMITTED.
HAD BEEN
VACCINATED.
Number.
Per cent. of
Admissions.
HAD BEEN
INOCULATED.
Number.
Per cent. of
Admissions.
HAD SMALL-
---.
Number.
Per cent. of
Admissions.
Not
protected.
Number.
Per cent. of
Admissions.
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
VACCINATIONS PERFORMED DURING THE YEAR.
PRIMARY VACCINATION.
Successful.
Unsuccessful.
Doubtful
Total.
RE-VACCINATION.
Successful.
Unsuccessful.
Doubtful.
Total.
The data for the preparation of this return may be noted in " Remarks,"—Column 20 of Register
Form No. VI, or a special register may be kept, if more convenient.
No. 17.
Statement showing the average number of presons employed throughout the year 18
1
Daily average number.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
MALES.
Gardening.
Oil-making.
Soorkey-pounding.
Rice-husking.
Weaving.
&c.
&c.
&c.
Total.
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
FEMALES.
Daily average number.
Soorkey-pounding.
Rice-husking.
Wheat-grinding.
&c
&c.
&c.
Total.
Forms of account, to show the financial facts of the asylum during the year, will be prescribed in a future
circular. Meantime, the forms now in use (vide Nos. 9, 10, 11, and 14 of Dullunda Asylum report of
1870) may be used.
By order,
K. McLEOD, A.M., M.D.,
Offg. Secy., Inspr. Genl. of Hospitals,
Indian Medical Department.
PATNA LUNATIC ASYLUM.
61
No. 21.
Annual Account of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Industrial Funds of the Patna Lunatic
Asylum, ending the 31st December 1871.
Dates.
From 1st January
to 31st Decem-
ber 1871.
EXPENDITURE.
To amount expended in building materials ... ...
To maintenance paid to Government from paying patients ...
To value of stock on hand of various sorts ... ...
To amount expended in materials for manufacture ... ...
To purchase of an oil press with seed-crusher completewith Rail-
way fare...
...
...
...
... ...
To donation paid to overseer ... ... ... ...
Extra pay paid to servants
...
... ... ...
Indulgence to the inmates ... ... ... ...
Balance remaining on the 31st December 1871 ... ...
RECEIPTS.
By balance remaining on 1st January 1871 ... ...
By amount of profits on lunatic labor and maintenance for the
year 1871
...
...
... ... ...
Total Rs. ...
Amount.
Rs.
743
8
12
2,876
644
150
233
25
1,803
As.
1
0
12
15
3
0
0
1
5
P.
9
0
0
6
0
0
1
9
0
2,147
4,349
6,496
5
1
7
11½
3
2½
No. 4.
Register of Deaths in the Patna Lunatic Asylum during the year 1871.
1
No. on
General
Register.
59 VII
93 V
145 VIII
32 A
31 IX
154 VIII
56 A
5
V
19 IX
71½VII
40 VIII
42
2
NAMES.
Shouki Bunneah ... ...
Mussamut Karee ... ...
Pershadi Dosadh ... ...
Mothoo Dhanook ... ...
Male, unknown
...
...
Do., unknown
...
...
Dahoo Chamar
...
...
Mussamut Mariam Sha ...
Lala Kanye Lall ... ...
Sunker Sing ... ... ...
Bachoo Moodee
...
...
Sohaio Hulkhore ... ...
3
District from
whence re-
ceived.
Patna ...
Gya ...
Tirhoot ...
Monghyr ...
Chumparun ...
Rajmehal ...
Bhaugulpore
Patna ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Bhaugulpore
Sarun ...
4
5
6
STATE ON ADMISSION.
Mental diseases.
Melancholia...
Mania, Chronic
Do., Acute
Do.,
do.
Idiotcy (Congl.)
Dementia,Acute
Mania, Chronic
Ditto ...
Mania, Acute
Mania, Acute
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Duration.
Days.
2,541
63
331
677
46
428
4,607
7,785
248
2,013
1,024
178
Bodily condition and
disease if any.
In a weak state ...
Weak and emaciated ...
Old and emaciated ...
Weak and emaciated ...
Emaciated ...
Ditto ...
Very weak and emaciated
Very old and in good con-
dition.
Very old, feeble, and suffer-
ing with asthma.
Old and emaciated ...
Weak and emaciated ...
Ditto ...
7
Duration of con-
finement.
Days.
2,176
63
331
677
46
428
227
7,785
189
2,013
1,023
86
8
DEATH.
Disease causing.
Diarrhœa ...
Ditto ...
Phthisis
Pul-
monalis.
Paralysis ...
Remittent Fever
Diarrhœa ...
Ditto ...
Apoplexy ...
Asthma ...
Remittent Fever
Dropsy ...
Diarrhœa
9
Duration of
disease.
Ds.
61
63
19
210
46
230
227
...
7
107
138
7
Q
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
INSANE ASYLUMS IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1872.
BY
J. CAMPBELL BROWN, ESQ., C. B.,
Inspector-General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Department.
Calcutta:
A. ACTON, CALCUTTA CENTRAL PRESS COMPANY, LIMITED,
5, COUNCIL HOUSE STREET.
1873.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
INSANE ASYLUMS IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1872.
BY
J. CAMPBELL BROWN, ESQ., C. B.,
Inspector-General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Department.
Calcutta :
A. ACTON, CALCUTTA CENTRAL PRESS COMPANY, LIMITED,
5, COUNCIL HOUSE STREET.
1873.
2
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
Summary view
of the statistics of
the asylums sever-
ally.
STATEMENT No. 1.
Showing the general Numerical Results of the several Asylums for the year 1872.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Moydapore ...
Total ...
Remained 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
Admitted.
Males.
150
93
93
12
32
380
Females.
41
17
21
1
7
87
Total.
191
110
114
13
39
467
Re-admitted.
Males.
20
13
8
1
4
46
Females.
8
2
2
...
...
12
Total.
28
15
10
1
4
58
Total treated.
Males.
421
269
265
54
63
1,072
Females.
123
60
71
15
11
280
Total.
544
329
336
69
74
1,352
DISCHARGED.
Cured.
Males.
50
30
45
3
9
137
Females.
20
8
9
2
2
41
Total.
70
38
54
5
11
178
TRANSFERRED TO FRIENDS, &C.
Improved.
Males.
31
12
5
1
4
53
Females.
10
2
...
...
...
12
Total.
41
14
5
1
4
65
Not improved.
Males.
...
2
...
...
...
2
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
2
...
...
...
2
Otherwise.
Males.
12
2
3
1
...
18
Females.
...
...
1
...
...
1
Total.
*12
† 2
† 4
‡ 1
...
19
Died.
Males.
38
33
12
10
3
96
Females.
6
7
4
3
...
20
Total.
44
40
16
13
3
116
Remaining
on 31st De-
cember 1872.
Males.
290
190
200
39
47
766
Females.
87
43
57
10
9
206
Total.
377
233
257
49
56
972
Daily average
strength.
Males.
276.4
174.8
178
39.7
37.8
706.7
Females.
78.4
43.9
56.4
11.7
6.1
196.5
Total.
354.8
218.7
234.4
51.4
43.9
903.2
Daily average
sick.
Males.
6.1
16.4
8.2
3.8
1.6
36.1
Females.
1.7
2.2
2.04
1.03
.04
7.1
Total.
7.8
18.6
10.3
4.8
1.7
43.2
* 7 escaped and 5 transferred to stand trial.
† Escaped.
‡ Transferred.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
9
Proportion
of
females.
19. Females constituted 18.9 per cent. of the admissions in 1872 against 21.50 in 1871,
and 23.6 in 1870. Mahomedan females are again fewer in relation to males than Hindoo.
The figures under Christians and " other classes" are too few to warrant any remark.
Liability to in-
sanity at different
periods of life.
20. Ages of those admitted.—Statement No. 5 shows the number remaining, admitted,
and treated according to decades of age, the proportion admitted in each decade, and the
number and ratio of patients who recovered or died in each decade. The greatest number
of admissions took place in the decade 20 to 30, 30 to 40, 40 to 50, 10 to 20, 50 to 60, and
60 to 70 following. This result corresponds with those of previous years, but it is observable
that the preponderance of the first period is not so marked. More females were admitted in
the fourth decade of life than in the third. This is an anomaly which I am unable to
explain. It will also be observed that the proportion of females in the older decades is larger.
This was the case last year. These figures, as I have remarked in previous reports, are
however subject to great doubt, and can only be accepted as distant approximations. Most
cures took place in the decade 20 to 30, and most deaths in the decade 40 to 50. I have
excluded the 7th decade on account of its small numbers.
C
10
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
Events of 1872
shown according
to age.
No. 5.
Admissions, Discharges, and Deaths, according to age.
Remained ...
Admitted.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ... ...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack ...
Moydapore ...
Total ...
Total treated ...
Admitted under each
period per cent. of
total admissions ...
Discharged cured ...
Do. per cent. of treated
Improved, &c. ...
Do. per cent. of treated
Died ... ...
Do. per cent. of treated
Under 10.
M.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
10 to 20.
M.
28
8
11
9
3
...
31
59
7.3
11
18.6
1
1.7
1
1.7
F.
14
4
4
1
...
...
9
23
9.1
1
4.3
1
4.3
...
...
T.
42
12
15
10
3
...
40
82
7.6
12
14.6
2
2.4
1
1.2
20 to 30.
M.
248
62
41
44
6
12
165
413
38.7
64
15.5
27
6.5
28
6.8
F.
55
13
6
11
...
2
32
87
32.3
17
19.6
4
4.6
4
4.6
T.
303
75
47
55
6
14
197
500
37.5
81
16.2
31
6.2
32
6.4
30 to 40.
M.
253
68
39
35
3
13
158
411
37.1
41
9.9
34
8.3
38
9.2
F.
68
19
8
7
1
3
38
106
38.4
14
13.2
5
4.7
9
8.5
T.
321
87
47
42
4
16
196
517
37.3
55
10.6
39
7.5
47
9.1
40 to 50.
M.
79
23
9
10
1
7
50
129
11.7
13
10.1
7
5.4
23
17.8
F.
22
10
...
4
...
1
15
37
15.2
7
18.9
1
2.7
5
13.5
T.
101
33
9
14
1
8
65
166
12.4
20
12
8
4.8
28
16.8
50 to 60.
M.
30
6
5
3
...
4
18
48
4.2
5
10.4
4
8.3
3
6.3
F.
11
1
...
...
...
1
2
13
2
1
7.7
...
...
1
7.7
T.
41
7
5
3
...
5
20
61
3.8
6
9.8
4
6.5
4
6.5
60 to 70.
M.
6
3
1
...
...
...
4
10
.9
3
30
...
...
3
30
F.
10
2
1
...
...
...
3
13
3
1
7.7
2
15.4
1
7.7
T.
16
5
2
...
...
...
7
23
1.3
4
17.4
2
8.7
4
17.4
70 to 80.
M.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
TOTAL.
M.
646
170
106
101
13
36
426
1,072
...
137
12.8
73
6.8
96
8.9
F.
181
49
19
23
1
7
99
280
...
41
14.7
13
4.7
20
7.2
T.
827
219
125
124
14
43
525
1,352
...
178
13.2
86
6.3
116
8.6
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
11
Occupations of
lunatics prior to
admission.
21. Occupations of those admitted.—Statement No. 6 has been drawn up on the same
plan as a similar table for 1871. The nomenclature adopted is not very exact, but the
record is an instructive one. Cultivators again constitute the majority of admissions, amount-
ing to 21.1 per cent.; laborers come next, 12 per cent.; then beggars, 6.5 per cent.; domestics
5.5 per cent.; and shop-keepers 3.4. The occupation of 24.7 per cent. was unknown. The
majority of these were admitted into the Dullunda Asylum. Constables and prostitutes
did not form so large a proportion of the admissions as in the previous year. It is not easy
to draw general conclusions from a table of this kind. The number of persons engaged in
the various occupations enumerated in the table varies probably in every district, and the
comparative influence of different occupations in causing insanity can best be estimated by
one in possession of information regarding the circumstances of these occupations. It is
very doubtful whether figures relating to a few lunatics derived from a vast population are
of much value. The aggregate statistics of the same asylum, drawing its insanes from a more
limited area for a number of years, are more useful; and when such a series is discussed with
the aid of local knowledge, the result is likely to be more profitable. Dr. Wise has given in his
report a table based on the figures of five years, in which he has adopted a rational classification
of occupations. Throwing the figures of 1872 into similar classes, gives the following result.
The percentages of Dr. Wise's table are quoted for the purpose of comparison.
CLASSES OF OCCUPATION.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
Persons employed in out-door occupations ...
Members of educated professions or occupations ...
Brahmans ...
Persons engaged in commerce ...
In-door manufacturers—(a) Sedentary ...
(b) Non-sedentary ...
Landholders ...
Servants—(a) Public ...
(b) Private
...
Prostitutes ...
Without occupation ...
Unknown ...
Number.
198
15
3
10
40
24
2
12
51
6
34
130
Percentage.
37.8
2.8
.5
1.9
7.6
4.6
.4
2.2
9.8
1.1
6.5
24.8
Dr. Wise's
percentages.
55.8
4.2
2.5
1.2
7.8
6.8
1.0
2.8
8.1
...
6.5
3.3
There is a general agreement between the results. Dr. Wise also gives interesting details
regarding the state of education of the lunatics. About three-fourths of those examined were
quite illiterate.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
15
STATEMENT No. 7.
Results according to duration of Residence.
The results of
1872 shown accord-
ing to duration of
residence.
Cured ...
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Moydapore ...
Total cured ...
Improved ...
Dullunda ...
Dacca
...
Patna ...
Cuttack
...
Moydapore ...
Total improved ...
Died ...
Dullunda ...
Dacca
...
Patna ...
Cuttack
...
Moydapore ...
Total died ...
Under 1 month.
6
...
1
...
...
7
15
2
2
...
...
10
4
2
1
...
...
7
1 to 2 months.
6
1
3
...
...
10
9
1
3
...
1
14
2
...
2
1
1
6
2 to 3 months.
11
4
6
...
...
21
8
...
...
...
...
8
4
4
1
2
...
11
Under 3 months.
23
5
10
...
...
38
32
3
5
...
1
41
10
6
4
3
1
24
3 to 4 months.
5
3
4
1
...
13
2
3
1
...
...
6
...
4
1
1
...
6
4 to 5 months.
4
6
5
...
1
16
4
...
...
...
1
5
5
...
...
...
...
5
5 to 6 months.
8
3
1
1
2
15
2
1
1
...
...
4
1
1
2
...
1
5
3 to 6 months.
17
12
10
2
3
44
8
4
2
...
1
15
6
5
3
1
1
16
6 to 9 months.
6
2
3
...
3
14
4
1
...
...
1
6
2
1
1
2
...
6
9 to 12 months.
6
...
1
1
2
10
2
2
...
2
...
6
3
...
...
1
1
6
Under 1 year.
52
19
24
3
8
106
46
10
7
2
3
68
21
12
8
7
3
51
1 to 2 years.
13
13
3
1
1
31
1
5
2
...
...
8
9
11
6
1
...
27
2 to 3 years.
3
1
11
...
2
17
4
1
...
...
...
5
6
8
...
1
...
10
3 to 4 years.
1
1
11
1
...
14
1
2
...
...
1
4
2
7
2
1
...
12
4 to 5 years.
1
1
3
...
...
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
...
3
Under 5 years.
70
35
52
5
11
173
52
18
9
2
4
85
39
35
16
10
3
103
5 to 10 years.
...
1
2
...
...
3
1
...
...
...
...
1
3
3
...
3
...
9
10 to 15 years.
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
2
15 to 20 years.
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Under 20 years.
70
38
54
5
11
178
53
18
9
2
4
86
43
39
16
13
3
114
20 to 30 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
2
Under 30 years.
70
38
54
5
11
178
53
18
9
2
4
86
44
40
16
13
3
116
Average duration
of residence.
281.3
629.1
361.1
483.4
366.5
204.2
395.5
139.5
395.
406.2
875.2
977.6
396.4
891.4
186.6
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
17
Disease causing
mortality.
28. Causes of Mortality.—These are shown, in detail, in Statement No. 8. Dysentery
and diarrhœa are again the most frequent causes of death, and account for 39 casualties,
or 33 per cent. of the whole number. Phthisis and Pneumonia give together 22 deaths,
or about 20 per cent. Debility, exhaustion, anæmia, and dropsy or what may be termed,
cachectic conditions, account for 17 deaths, or about 15 per cent. Diseases of the brain
caused 14 deaths, or about 12 per cent. Cholera contributed only 4 deaths, and the remaining
20 do not suggest any particular remark, except that the paucity of deaths from fever is very
Chest disease at
Dacca.
striking. The number of deaths from diseases of the organs of respiration—phthisis, and
pneumonia—in the Dacca Asylum, is brought out in remarkable contrast to the other asylums
by this table. Dr. Wise has discussed the subject so well, that I have nothing to add to
what he has written, except to impress the great necessity of providing more accommodation
for the lunatics confined in this asylum. Nearly one-half of the deaths in the Dullunda
Dysentery
at
Dullunda.
Asylum were caused by dysentery. Dr. Bird's remarks on the low, nervous stamina of the
insanes, and the necessity of carefully watching and nursing them, are very true. The
number of deaths from dysentery in the Dullunda Asylum has, however, been higher than in
any of the preceding seven years. I am unable to account for this circumstance.
E
18
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
Detailed state-
ment of the causes
of mortality.
STATEMENT No. 8
Showing the diseases under which mortality occurred.
ASYLUMS.
Dallunda
...
...
Dacca ... ...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack ... ...
Moydapore ... ...
Total ...
I. GENERAL DISEASES.
Sub-division.
A
9—Enteric Fever.
...
1
...
...
...
1
15—Ague.
...
...
...
1
...
1
16—Remittent Fever.
1
...
...
...
...
1
18—Cholera.
1
3
...
...
...
4
30—Erysipelas.
1
...
...
...
...
1
31—Pyæmia.
1
...
...
...
...
1
Sub-division.
B
43.3—Secondary Syphilis.
...
...
1
...
...
1
49.1—Phthisis.
2
11
...
...
...
13
55—Anæmia.
3
...
...
...
...
3
57—General Dropsy.
...
...
1
...
...
1
II. LOCAL DISEASES.
Diseases of the
Nervous System.
60—Meningitis.
...
2
1
...
...
3
65—Apoplexy.
1
1
1
...
...
3
84—Paralysis
...
...
3
...
...
3
93—Epilepsy.
...
2
...
...
...
2
105—Mania.
2
...
...
...
...
2
108—Paralysis of the Insane.
...
...
...
...
1
1
Circulatory
System.
219—Pericarditis.
...
...
...
1
...
1
Respiratory
System.
315—Pneumonia.
2
7
...
...
...
9
333—Empyema.
...
1
1
...
...
2
Digestive System.
353—Cancrum oris.
...
...
1
...
...
1
466—Dysentery.
19
5
2
1
1
28
473—Melæna.
1
...
...
...
...
1
484—Diarrhœa.
2
1
4
3
1
11
506—Cirrhosis.
...
1
...
...
...
1
531—Peritonitis.
1
...
...
...
...
1
Locomotive
System.
785—Lumbar Abscess.
...
...
1
...
...
1
804—Exhaustion.
3
...
...
...
...
3
Cellular tis-
sue.
819—Abscess.
1
...
...
...
...
1
Cutaneous
System.
838—Psoriasis.
1
...
...
...
...
1
III.—CONDITIONS NOT GE-
NERAL OR LOCAL.
904—Old Age.
1
1
...
...
...
2
905—General Debility.
...
4
...
6
...
10
V.
INJURIES.
General.
995.7—Asphyxia.
...
...
...
1
...
1
Local.
1,049—Fracture of the Ribs.
1
...
...
...
...
1
TOTAL.
44
40
16
13
3
116
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
19
Varieties of in-
sanity.
29. Types of Insanity.—Superintendents have been instructed, from time to time, to
re-diagnose cases, and enter those remaining in the asylum according to the well-marked
changes which their insanity may undergo from time to time. Statement No. 9 may be
accepted as an accurate representation of the actual state of insanity of the inmates of asylums
during the year, and not the variety of insanity under which they labored on their admission.
It will be observed, that while, of the admissions of the year, 53 per cent. were registered under
one or other of the forms of acute insanity (against 55.2 in 1871), only 22 of the remaining
manifested an acute type of insanity. Of the whole number treated, 34.1 per cent. manifested
acute forms of insanity, and 65.9 chronic. The proportion of acute insanity was rather less
among females than among males. The ratio of recovery and improvement is much higher
in acute than in chronic insanity. The death-rate is highest in acute dementia; melancholia,
acute mania, chronic dementia and chronic mania following. The absence of general
paralysis, which is a very common disease in the asylums of Europe, is again remarkable.
It will be observed that Dr. Coates returns those criminal lunatics who have become sane,
but are still retained in the asylum, under a heading of " not insane."
20
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
Detailed state-
ment showing the
varieties of insanity
and the number
admitted, &c., un-
der each variety.
STATEMENT No. 9.
Types of Insanity—Number admitted, treated, discharged, and died under each type.
Remained ... ...
Admitted.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Moydapore ...
Total admitted ...
Total treated ...
Recovered ... ...
Ditto per cent. of treated...
Improved, &c. ... ...
Ditto per cent. of treated...
Died ... ...
Ditto per cent. of treated ...
Mania, acute.
M.
98
99
28
41
8
10
186
284
86
30.3
36
12.7
35
12.3
F.
30
33
4
7
...
4
48
78
28
35.9
8
10.2
9
11.5
T.
128
132
32
48
8
14
234
362
114
31.5
44
12.1
44
12.1
Mania, chronic.
M.
341
61
42
36
3
13
155
496
41
8.3
28
5.7
28
5.7
F.
105
13
10
11
1
1
36
141
12
8.5
4
2.8
6
4.2
T.
446
74
52
47
4
14
191
637
53
8.3
32
5.
34
5.3
Melancholia.
M.
41
5
24
...
1
...
30
71
3
4.02
4
5.6
7
9.8
F.
11
2
2
...
...
...
4
15
1
6.6
1
6.6
4
26.6
T.
52
7
26
...
1
...
34
86
4
4.6
5
5.8
11
12.8
Dementia, acute.
M.
2
...
1
8
1
...
10
12
1
8.3
1
8.3
4
33.3
F.
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
2
...
1
9
1
...
11
13
1
7.7
1
7.7
4
30.8
Dementia, chronic.
M.
151
5
11
16
...
7
39
190
6
3.2
4
2.1
21
11.1
F.
33
1
3
3
...
1
8
41
...
...
...
...
1
2.4
T.
184
6
14
19
...
8
47
231
6
2.6
4
1.7
22
9.5
Paralysis.
M.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Idiotcy.
M.
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
...
...
...
...
1
20.
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
...
...
...
...
1
20.
Imbecility.
M.
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
2
...
...
1
...
...
1
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
6
...
...
1
...
...
1
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
Not Insane.
M.
4
...
...
...
...
6
6
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
4
...
...
...
...
7
7
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
M.
646
170
106
101
13
36
426
1,072
137
12.8
73
6.8
96
8.9
F.
181
49
19
23
1
7
99
280
41
14.7
13
4.7
20.
7.2
T.
827
219
125
124
14
43
525
1,352
178
13.2
86
6.3
116
8.6