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APPENDIX.
STATEMENT No. I—continued.
1
YEARS.
CUTTACK.
1882 ...
1883 ...
1884 ...
1885 ...
1886 ...
1887 ...
1888 ...
1889 ...
1890 ...
1891 ...
1892 ...
2
Remaining on 1st
January.
M.
41
45
47
54
51
44
43
40
40
43
16
F.
7
5
5
7
7
8
6
8
9
9
3
T.
48
50
52
61
58
52
49
48
49
52
19
3
Admitted.
M.
14
20
16
11
13
13
10
8
10
4
1
F.
1
...
3
2
2
...
2
3
1
...
...
T.
15
20
19
13
15
13
12
11
11
4
1
4
Re-admitted.
M.
1
2
3
1
1
1
1
...
1
1
2
F.
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
2
2
4
1
1
1
1
...
1
1
2
5
Total population.
M.
56
67
66
66
65
58
54
48
51
48
19
F.
9
5
9
9
9
8
8
11
10
9
3
T.
65
72
75
75
74
66
62
59
61
57
22
6
DISCHARGED.
A.
Cured.
M.
6
7
6
7
9
8
5
3
1
23
1
F.
2
...
2
...
...
1
...
1
1
6
1
T.
8
17
8
7
9
9
5
4
2
29
2
B.
TRANSFERRED TO FRIENDS.
Improved.
M.
2
...
2
3
3
...
1
2
3
...
...
F.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
T.
3
...
2
3
3
...
1
3
3
...
...
Not improved.
M.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
C.
Otherwise.
M.
...
...
1 1
...
2*
2
1
...
3
1
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
1
1
...
2
2†
1
...
3
1
D.
Total.
M.
8
17
9
11
12
10
8
6
4
26
2
F.
3
...
2
...
...
1
...
2
1
6
1
T.
11
17
11
11
12
11
8
8
5
32
3
YEARS.
CUTTACK—concld.
1882 ...
1883 ...
1884 ...
1885 ...
1886 ...
1887 ...
1888 ...
1889 ...
1890 ...
1891 ...
1892 ...
7
Died.
M.
3
3
3
4
9
5
6
2
4
6
...
F.
1
...
...
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
T.
4
3
3
6
10
6
6
2
4
6
...
8
Remaining on 31st
December.
M.
45
47
54
51
44
43
40
40
43
16
17
F.
5
5
7
7
8
6
8
9
9
3
2
T.
50
52
61
58
52
49
48
49
52
19
19
9
Daily average strength.
M.
44.7
48.49
51.9
53.1
47.32
45.77
39.62
41.67
42.82
31.88
16.63
F.
6.1
5.0
6.8
66
7.43
6.61
6.76
7.40
8.49
6.38
2.64
T.
50.8
53.49
58.7
59.7
54.75
52.38
46.38
49.07
51.31
38.26
19.27
10
Daily average sick.
M.
2.24
3.35
2.95
3.23
3.94
2.34
2.82
3.20
2.57
2.73
.12
F.
.06
.07
...
.26
.18
.01
.91
1.07
1.91
1.78
...
T.
2.30
3.42
2.95
3.49
4.12
2.35
3.73
4.27
4.48
4.51
.12
11
PERCENTAGE TO—
DAILY AVERAGE STRENGTH.
A.
Cured.
M.
13.42
35.05
11.56
13.18
19.01
17.47
12.61
7.19
2.33
72.14
6.01
F.
32.78
...
29.41
...
...
15.12
...
13.51
11.78
94.04
37.87
T.
15.74
31.78
13.62
11.72
16.43
17.18
10.78
8.15
3.89
75.79
10.37
B.
Died.
M.
6.71
6.18
5.78
7.53
19.01
10.92
15.14
4.79
9.34
18.82
...
F.
16.39
...
...
30.3
13.45
15.12
...
...
...
...
...
T.
7.87
5.60
5.11
10.05
18.26
11.45
12.93
4.07
7.79
15.68
...
ADMISSIONS.
C.
Cured.
M.
40.
77.27
31.57
58.33
64.28
57.14
45.45
37.5
9.09
460.
33.33
F.
100.
...
50.
...
...
...
...
33.33
100.
...
...
T.
47.05
77.27
34.78
50.
56.25
64.28
38.46
36.36
16.66
580.
66.66
D.
Died.
M.
20.
13.63
15.78
33.33
64.28
35.71
54.54
25.
36.36
120.
...
F.
50.
...
...
100.
50.
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
23.52
13.63
13.04
42.85
62.5
42.85
46.15
18.18
33.33
120.
...
The capacity of the asylum is at 50 superficial feet per patient—42 for males, 7 for females : total 49.
The maximum number of lunatics confined in any one night was 17 males, 3 females : total 20.
* One transferred to the Dullunda Asylum.
†
Ditto
ditto.
24
APPENDIX.
STATEMENT No. II—concluded.
1
YEARS.
BERHAMPORE.
PROVINCIAL TOTALS.
1882
...
...
...
...
1883
...
...
...
...
1884
...
...
...
...
1885 ... ... ... ...
1886
...
...
...
...
1887
...
...
...
...
1888
...
...
...
...
1889
...
...
...
...
1890
...
...
...
...
1891
...
...
...
...
1892
...
...
...
...
1882
...
...
...
...
1883
...
...
...
...
1884
...
...
...
...
1885
...
...
...
...
1886
...
...
...
...
1887
...
...
...
...
1888
...
...
...
...
1889
...
...
...
...
1890
...
...
...
...
1891
...
...
...
...
1892
...
...
...
...
2
Remaining on 1st
January.
Males.
57
62
66
58
55
56
56
79
84
80
83
269
291
332
332
349
360
349
377
394
414
401
Females.
4
5
4
5
6
6
7
12
12
13
13
28
27
27
31
38
37
35
41
46
51
48
Total.
61
67
70
63
61
62
63
91
96
93
96
297
318
359
363
387
397
384
418
440
465
449
3
Admitted.
Males.
15
14
5
6
8
11
32
24
16
18
22
69
85
65
81
74
74
99
89
94
69
70
Females.
2
...
1
1
1
1
5
1
3
3
2
8
8
9
12
7
7
17
10
13
11
9
Total.
17
14
6
7
9
12
37(a)
25
19
21
24
77
93
74
93
81
81*
116†
99‡
107§
80
79
4
Re-admitted.
Males.
1
2
2
3
2
...
1
3
4
2
...
9
12
10
10
10
9
20
10
10
11
14
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
2
1
2
1
...
2
1
...
5
Total.
1
2
2
3
2
1
1
3
4
2
1
10
12
12
11
12
10
20
12
11
11
19
5
Total.
Males.
73
78
73
67
65
67
89
106
104
100
105
347
388
407
423
433
443
468
476
498
494
485
Females.
6
5
5
6
7
8
12
13
15
16
16
37
35
38
44
47
45
52
53
60
62
62
Total.
79
83
78
73
72
75
101
119
119
116
121
384
423
445
467
480
488*
520†
529‡
558§
556
547
6
Discharged,
transferred, &c.
Males.
6
7
11
8
7
6
7
11
20
12
15
35
44
56
46
54
68
70
51
61
72
58
Females.
1
1
...
...
1
1
...
1
1
1
1
6
6
5
4
6
8
8
5
8
11
7
Total.
7
8
11
8
8
7
7
12(b)
21(c)
13
16
41
50
61
50
60
76*
78†
56‡
69§
83
65
7
Died.
Males.
5
5
4
4
2
5
3
11
4
5
6
21
12
19
28
19
26
21
31
23
21
32
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
1
4
2
2
2
4
2
3
2
1
3
1
Total.
5
5
4
4
2
5
3
11
5
7
7
25
14
21
30
23
28
24
33
24
24
33
8
Remaining on 31st
December.
Males.
62
66
58
55
56
56
79
84
80
83
84
291
332
332
349
360
349
377
394
414
401
395
Females.
5
4
5
6
6
7
12
12
13
13
14
27
27
31
38
37
35
41
46
51
48
54
Total.
67
70
63
61
62
63
91
96
93
96
98
318
359
363
387
397
384
418
440
465
449
449
9
Daily average strength.
Males.
58.58
65.97
61.82
57.56
56.15
53.
74.51
75.05
78.07
81.93
80.5
278.7
314.52
301.81
336.74
359.2
355.57
356.96
380.33
394.36
402.37
394.73
Females.
3.86
4.27
4.56
5.70
5.46
6.75
9.9
12.63
12.7
12.42
12.8
27.05
28.3
30.24
36.22
37.45
35.31
35.60
44.17
48.85
48.52
50.04
Total.
62.44
70.24
66.38
63.26
61.61
59.75
84.41
87.68
90.77
94.35
93.3
305.75
342.82
332.05
372.96
396.65
390.88
392.56
424.50
443.21
450.89
444.77
(a) Inclusive
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
(b) Transferred to Dullunda Asylum
...
...
...
...
(c)
Ditto
to
ditto
...
...
...
...
* Inclusive of 1 transferred from one asylum to the other.
†
‡
§
Ditto
17
Ditto
3
Ditto
19
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto.
ditto.
ditto.
Males.
13
3
9
Females.
3
...
...
Total.
16 Received by transfer.
3
9
APPENDIX.
33
No. VII—concluded.
in the Asylums in Bengal during the year 1892—concluded.
38
39
40
41
42
43
CAUSES—concluded.
Loss of
money.
M.
1
...
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
2
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
1
...
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
2
...
...
...
Superstition.
M.
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
Total.
M.
24
5
4
33
1
...
1
26
...
1
27
3
...
2
15
1
1
17
1
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
13
1
1
15
2
...
1
79
7
7
93
7
...
4
F.
5
1
...
6
...
...
...
8
...
...
8
...
...
...
15
...
1
16
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
15
1
...
16
1
...
1
43
2
1
46
3
...
1
T.
29
6
4
39
1
...
1
34
...
1
35
3
...
2
30
1
2
33
3
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
28
2
1
31
3
...
2
122
9
8
139
10
...
5
Total
known.
M.
110
16
22
148
8
3
11
102
9
15
126
7
5
12
110
11
9
130
6
13
13
7
1
...
8
...
...
...
72
12
10
94
12
1
8
401
49
56
506
33
22
44
F.
9
2
2
13
...
...
...
26
3
...
29
1
... 2
23
...
2
25
2
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
20
1
...
21
1
...
1
79
6
4
89
4
...
3
T.
119
18
24
161
8
3
11
128
12
15
155
8
5
14
133
11
11
155
8
13
13
8
1
...
9
...
...
...
92
13
10
115
13
1
9
480
55
60
595
37
22
47
Total
unknown.
M.
104
5
8
117
6
8
8
94
9
3
106
5
2
9
90
9
5
104
3
4
12
9
2
...
11
1
...
...
73
10
1
84
6
...
5
370
35
17
422
21
14
34
F.
29
2
7
38
3
...
1
15
3
1
19
4
...
...
28
1
1
30
1
...
1
2
...
...
2
1
...
...
39
2
2
43
4
...
1
113
8
11
132
13
...
3
T.
133
7
15
155
9
8
9
109
12
4
125
9
2
9
118
10
6
134
4
4
13
11
2
...
13
2
...
...
112
12
3
127
10
...
6
483
43
28
554
34
14
37
GRAND
TOTAL.
M.
214
21
30
265
14
11
19
196
18
18
232
12
7
21
200
20
14
234
9
17
25
16
3
...
19
1
...
...
145
22
11
178
18
1
13
771
84
73
928
54
36
78
F.
38
4
9
51
3
...
1
41
6
1
48
5
...
2
51
1
3
55
3
...
1
3
...
...
3
1
...
...
59
3
2
64
5
...
2
192
14
15
221
17
...
6
T.
252
25
39
316
17
11
20
237
24
19
280
17
7
23
251
21
17
289
12
17
26
19
3
...
22
2
...
...
204
25
13
242
23
1
15
963
98
88
1,149
71
36
84
APPENDIX.
37
STATEMENT No. X.
Showing the sanctioned Establishment of the Asylums as it stood on the 31st December 1892.
Superintendent
...
...
...
...
Deputy Superintendent
...
...
Overseer
...
...
...
...
...
Matron
...
...
...
...
...
Writer
...
...
...
...
...
Civil Hospital Assistant
...
...
Compounder
...
...
...
...
Jemadar
...
...
...
...
...
Duffadar
...
...
...
...
...
Jemadarni ... ... ... ...
Keeper
...
...
...
...
...
„ female
...
...
...
...
„ for hospital ... ... ...
Durwan
...
...
...
...
...
Hurkara
...
...
...
...
...
Malee
...
...
...
...
...
Cook
...
...
...
...
...
Bhistee
...
...
...
...
...
Washerman ... ... ... ... ...
Barber
...
...
...
...
...
Mehter
...
...
...
...
...
Mehtrani
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Daily average number
of lunatics
...
...
Males ...
Females ...
Proportion of—
Jemadars to males
...
...
Jemadarni to females ... ...
Male keepers to males
...
...
Female keepers to females ...
DULLUNDA.
Number.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
2 at Rs. 10
...
...
20 at Rs. 8
...
2 at Rs. 8
2 at „ 8
1
1
1
1
1
‡1 1
1
1
8 at Rs. 7
5 at „ 8
55
Monthly wages.
Rs.
...
250
...
50
60
10
...
20
15
20
...
...
160
...
16
16
6
10
10
7
10
7
12
8
10
56
40
793
215.39
41.87
1 to 53.85
...
1 to 9.79
1 to 8.37
DACCA.
Number.
1
...
1
...
...
1
...
3 at Rs. 12
...
1
2 at Rs. 9
2 at Rs. 8
3 at Rs. 7-8
5 at Rs. 7
12 at Rs. 6
4 at Rs. 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
||4 at Rs. 6
...
40
Monthly wage3.
Rs.
250
A.
0
...
100 0
...
...
35 0
...
36 0
...
6
18
16
22
35
72
20
0
0 0
8
0
0
0
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
24
0
0
...
639 8
193.95
42.76
1 to 64.65
1 to 42.76
1 to 8.08
1 to 10.69
PATNA.
Number.
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
1
2 at Rs. 10
...
...
17 at Rs. 6
1
5 at Rs. 6
...
1
1
2 at Rs. 4
†2 at „ 5
1
1
1
...
5 at Rs. 5
2 at Rs. 4
48
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
...
100
25
40
20
...
12
20
...
...
102
7
30
...
5
5
8
10
5
10
5
6
25
8
693
193.08
51.53
1 to 64.36
...
1 to 11.35
1 to 8.59
CUTTACK.
Number.
1
...
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
...
4 at Rs. 6
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
2 at Rs. 5
1
17
Monthly wages.
Rs.
50
...
30
...
14
10
8
10
...
...
24
6
...
...
6
...
...
...
2§
2§
10
5
177
16.63
2.64
1 to 16.63
...
1 to 4.15
1 to 2.64
BERHAMPORE.
Number.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2 at Rs. 10-8
1
1
...
||4 at Rs.
6
2 at Rs. 5
3 at Rs. 5*
...
...
1
1
2 at Rs. 5
1
2 at Rs. 5
1
¶5 at Rs. 5
¶3 at Rs. 5
42
Montlly wages.
Rs.
150
...
100
...
...
35
...
21
8
7
...
84
10
15
...
...
5
5
10
5
10
5
25
15
510
145.55
57.18
1 to 36.39
...
1 to 9.09
1 to 19.06
* One female criminal lunatic acted as female keeper on Rs. 2 per mensem.
† One cook only was employed on Rs. 6 per mensem.
‡ One bhistee was not employed.
§ Pay reduced 8 annas each.
|| One sweeper was not employed.
¶ These were not employed, Asylum conservancy having been made over to the Municipality.
( 4 )
13. The rules for the control and management of Lunatic Asylums in
Bengal were last revised in 1878. Since then a new Code of Criminal Proce-
dure has been passed, the Acts relating to Lunatic Asylums have been amended
on several points, and a large number of executive orders have been issued on
the subject. A Committee was accordingly appointed during the year under
review to undertake the revision of the rules and to lay down a clear and distinct
procedure for the admission and discharge of both criminal and non-criminal
lunatics, and for the treatment and disposal of recovered criminal lunatics.
The report of the Committee is still awaited.
14. A set of rules was also prepared and submitted during the year
by the Committee appointed in 1891 to examine the system of guarding
lunatics in force in the Dallanda Lunatic Asylum, and to suggest improvements,
and also to draw up for adoption in all lunatic asylums in Bengal special
rules for the care and custody of criminal lunatics. On receipt of the Com-
mittee's report, the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals was requested to
obtain the opinion of the Superintendents of Asylums on their proposals, and
to submit a comprehensive report on the subject. His reply has not yet been
received, but it is shortly expected.
15. The report is submitted by Surgeon Colonel J. G. Pilcher, who
assumed charge of the office of Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal, in
November 1892. The thanks of the Lieutenant-Governor are due to Dr. Pilcher
for the report and for the punctuality with which it has been submitted. His
Honour is glad to observe that the Inspector-General is able to speak in
favourable terms of the work of the Superintendents of the Asylums and of
their subordinates.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
J. A. BOURDILLON,
Offg. Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.
No. 1537Med.
COPY forwarded to the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal, for
information.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
H. J. McINTOSH,
Under-Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.
CALCUTTA,
The 26th April 1893.
C. F. G.—Reg. No. 99C—344—27-4-93.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1893.
BY
SURGEON-COLONEL R. HARVEY, M.D., D.S.O.,
Offg. Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1894.
Not printed for sale.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1893.
BY
SURGEON-COLONEL R. HARVEY, M.D., D.S.O.,
Offg. Inspertor-General Of Civil Hospitals. Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1894.
REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1893.
No. 3717.
FROM SURGEON-COLONEL R. HARVEY, M.D., D.S.O.,
Offg. Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal,
To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated Calcutta, the 16th April 1894.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit the report on the lunatic asylums in
Bengal for the year 1893, with the returns and statements as modified in accord-
ance with Government of India Resolution No. 8Medl./393, dated 13th July 1893,
forwarded with your office No. 2467Med., dated 28th July.
2. Population.—The following abstract of statement I gives the main facts
as to the population of the five asylums for natives:—
A
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
3
Number of criminal lunatics in confinement
on the 31st December was—
1892.
449
1893.
445
Decrease.
4
Number of non-criminal lunatics in confinement
on the 31st December was —
1892.
502
1893.
471
Decrease.
31
3. Admissions.—The total admissions were 181 as compared with 158
distributed as follows: —
Dullunda ... ...
Dacca ... ...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack ... ...
Berhampore ...
Total ...
Admissions.
1892.
54
34
33
1
36
158
1893.
61
43
35
2
40
181
The increase was general, but is unimportant at Patna and Berhampore,
while the numbers at Cuttack are so small as to make percentages misleading,
the addition of one patient raising it 100 per cent. No satisfactory cause can
be assigned for the increase at Dullunda; that at Dacca was due to 14 lunatics
being sent from Cachar instead of two in 1892.
4. Re-admissions were as under:—
Dullunda ... ...
Dacca ... ...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack ... ...
Berhampore ...
Re-admissions.
1892.
10
9
5
2
2
28
1893.
5
8
3
...
8
24
The Resolution on the report for 1892 (paragraph 2) called on the Inspector-
General of Civil Hospitals to enquire whether the increase of re-admissions
in that year might not have been due to premature discharges in the previous
year. The results of the enquiry were forwarded to Government with Surgeon-
Colonel Pilcher's No. 6445, dated 20th June 1893, and showed that in the great
majority of cases the suggested explanation did not apply. The reports of
the Superintendents show that most of the re-admissions had not been dis-
charged in 1891, and that of those who had, all but two or three had been
discharged to stand their trial and had been re-admitted by order of Government
after the trial was over. In one case, a non-criminal, a hereditary tendency
previously unknown was discovered on re-admission, and shows the importance
of a careful enquiry into a patient's antecedents before his committal to an
asylum. Had. such a fact appeared on his admission-roll, he would probably
have been kept under observation longer. The case, as reported, proves that no
want of care or judgment was shown by the asylum authorities.
This year the only increase is in Berhampore, and six of the eight re-
admissions were lunatics sent back after trial.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore
1892.
32
25
30
3
24
114
1893.
78 + 46
20 + 1
34 + 4
2 — 1
23 — 1
163
5. Discharges.—One hundred and sixty-three patients were discharged, as
compared with 114 in 1892, an increase of 49. The
figures for the different asylums are given in the
margin. The great increase at Dullunda is explain-
ed by the Superintendent as being due partly to
greater efforts having been made to find out the
friends of harmless lunatics and induce them to
take charge of them, and partly to the class of
cases treated. Thirty-six were made over to the
custody of friends, against 12 so disposed of in 1892, while 16 recovered from
insanity caused by drugs, against four who recovered in 1892. The number
of recoveries in non-toxic cases was also larger, the balance being made
A 2
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
5
The remarks on this subject in last year's report and resolution were based
on the number remaining on 31st December, and require modification if the mean
daily strength, the only legitimate basis for comparison, is taken. The point is
whether the new rules of 1888 have led to increase or diminution of the
number of criminal lunatics. A glance at the last column in the above state-
ment will show that while yearly variations took place, both before and after the
issue of the rules, the five years previous to 1887 showed a daily average popu-
lation of 367.07, while the five years subsequent to 1888 show 440.96. It is
difficult to account for this increase, except by the operation of the rules, and as
these enjoin in many cases detention for a definite time after recovery, it seems
to me that their natural tendency would be to increase the average number of
detenus, since they now remain longer under observation than they did before.
The deductions from the supposed decrease in 1891 are founded on a fallacy,
the decrease being assumed because there were 16 fewer criminal lunatics at the
end of the year than in 1890, the fact being that there was an actual increase of
7.68 in the daily average strength as shown in the last column. This year again
shows a trifling decrease of 3.35 in a total of 441.42, but such fluctuations are
to be expected, and require no recondite explanations to account for them.
The proposed alterations in Statement II with a view to showing the
three classes of criminal lunatics under the heads of—
Dullunda ...
Dacca ... ...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore
Total ...
Category 1.
M.
45
56
18
7
34
160
F.
0
7
3
0
6
16
T.
45
63
21
7
40
176
Category 2.
M.
51
69
45
5
41
211
F.
6
11
6
2
6
31
T.
57
80
51
7
47
242
Category 3.
M.
11
3
2
F.
0
3
0
T.
11
6
2
...
7
23
1
4
8
27
Total.
M.
107
128
65
12
82
394
F.
6
21
9
2
13
51
T.
113
149
74
14
95
445
1. Those tried and acquitted on the ground of insanity,
2. Those insane on admission and found to be incapable of making a
defence,
3. Those who became insane during imprisonment,
were not accepted by the Government of India, but it was intimated that parti-
culars might be given in the body
of the report. The result is that
those remaining on 31st December
1893 fall into the three categories
as noted in the margin, and the
following table gives particulars for
each asylum for 1893 and the preced-
ing ten years: —
12
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
July 1893. It may still be interesting, however, to compare income and ex-
penditure in the same form as in the two previous years:—
INCOME.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Received from Treasury ... ...
Ditto from paying patients ...
Total ...
Ditto from Manufacturing Department...
Ditto from Public Works Department,
Medical Stores Depôt and Stationery
Office ... ... ...
GRAND TOTAL ...
1892.
Rs.
63,232
1,754
64,986
18,084
3,221
86,293
A.
6
7
14
14
3
0
P.
9
6
3
10
0
1
1893.
Rs.
62,020
2,355
64,376
16,273
6,138
86,789
A.
12
12
8
14
13
4
P.
4
6
10
4
3
5
EXPENDITURE.
Establishment proper ... ... ...
Superintendence ... ... ...
Diet ... ... ... ...
Clothing and bedding ... ... ...
Bazar medicines ... ... ...
Contingencies, proper ... ... ...
„
manufacture ... ...
Repairs and maintenance ... ...
Rates and taxes ... ... ...
Miscellaneous ... ... ...
Printed forms and stationery ... ...
English medicines ... ... ...
Public works ... ... ...
Total ...
1892.
Rs.
16,230
15,936
37,469
2,572
87
6,402
2
452
3,917
A.
11
12
13
7
8
7
1
14
0
P.
3
10
6
0
9
10
5
6
0
......
76
608
2,536
86,293
3
5
10
0
8
4
0
1
1893.
Rs.
16,629
16,586
36,155
2,318
85
4,934
A.
2
3
11
2
0
7
P.
8
10
7
0
4
1
......
527
3,414
4
7
8
0
......
120
737
5,280
86,789
11
13
4
4
1
6
8
5
19. The amount drawn from the Treasury, inclusive of the amounts
received from paying patients, shows a decrease of Rs. 610-5-5 : the value of
articles received from the Manufacturing Department, a reduction of
Rs. 1,811-0-6 : the book accounts with the Public Works Department, Medical
Stores Depôt and Stationery Department, which appear as both credits and
debits, show an increase of Rs. 2,917-10-3.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore ...
1892.
Rs.
34
31
33
109
27
A.
13
0
11
7
2
P.
7
3
4
1
6
1893.
Rs.
35
31
36
113
32
A.
9
15
4
1
2
P.
0
7
9
0
1
20. Superintendence cost Rs. 16,586-3-10 against Rs. 15,936-12-10, an
increase of Rs. 649-7. The increment is due to the additional allowance of
Rs. 100 a month to the Superintendent of the Berhampore Asylum, on the
opening of the new wards at the end of February. There was a saving of
Rs. 350-9 at Dullunda, due to two of the Officiating Deputy Superin-
tendents not drawing the full pay, so that this item will probably show an increase
next year. Establishment proper cost Rs. 16,629 2-8, an increase of Rs. 398-7-5.
The bulk of this was owing to the entertainment of a watchman for a paying
patient at Dullunda, to fewer fines there and at Dacca, and to the higher grade
pay of the Hospital Assistant at Berham-
pore. The average cost of each lunatic,
on account of establishment and supervision,
was as noted in the margin. This state-
ment is, however, very misleading, though
arithmetically correct, since the Superin-
tendent of Dullunda receives no allow-
ance, the Superintendent at Cuttack only Rs. 50, while the others get Rs. 250
each. If Dullunda were debited with a similar allowance, the cost would be
Rs. 47-11-2, while the Cuttack figures would rise to Rs. 241-8-8 under the same
circumstances. The high average at Cuttack is due to the small number of
inmates, the daily average having been 18.68 only. The Superintendent at