LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
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8. Statement II.—Criminal lunatics.—A. Numbers.—The main facts rela-
tive to criminal lunatics are shown in the table below: —
TABLE IV.
Table of Criminal Lunatics in the Native Asylums of Bengal for the year 1898 and ten
previous years.
YEAR.
1
1888 ...
1889 ...
1890 ...
1891 ...
1892 ...
1893 ...
1894 ...
1895 ...
1896 ...
1897 ...
1898 ...
REMAINING
ON 1ST
JANUARY.
Males.
2
349
377
394
414
401
395
394
408
412
417
423
Females.
3
35
41
46
51
48
54
51
55
58
60
62
Total.
4
384
418
440
465
449
449
445
463
470
477
485
ADMITTED.
Males.
5
85
86
75
69
70
83
83
79
81
94
63
Females.
6
14
10
13
11
9
4
12
8
10
10
6
Total.
7
99
96
88
80
79
87
95
87
91
104
69
RE-ADMIT-
TED.
Males.
8
20
10
10
11
14
15
11
13
12
10
8
Females.
9
...
2
1
... 5
1
2
2
1
...
1
Total.
10
20
12
11
11
19
16
13
15
13
10
9
TOTAL.
Males.
11
454
473
479
494
485
493
488
500
505
521
494
Females.
12
49
53
60
62
62
59
65
65
69
70
69
Total.
13
503
526
539
556
547
552
553
565
574
591
563
DISCHARGED,
TRANSFER-
RED, &C.
Males.
14
56
48
42
72
58
75
51
58
48
56
46
Females.
15
5
5
8
11
7
6
5
4
5
4
5
Total.
16
61
53
50
83
65
81
56
62
53
60
51
DIED.
Males.
17
21
31
23
21
32
24
29
30
40
42
30
Females.
18
3
2
1
3
1
2
5
3
4
4
5
Total.
19
24
33
24
24
33
26
34
33
44
46
35
REMAINING
ON 31st
DECEMBER.
Males.
20
377
394
414
401
395
394
408
412
417
423
418
Females.
21
41
46
51
48
54
51
55
58
60
62
59
Total.
22
418
440
465
449
449
445
463
470
477
485
477
DAILY AVERAGE
STRENGTH.
Males.
23
356.96
380.33
394.36
402.37
394.73
389.09
395.61
405.80
420.58
420.79
421.34
Females.
24
35.60
44.17
48.85
48.52
50.04
52.33
52.58
57.35
58.43
59.83
63.24
Total.
25
392.56
424.50
443.21
450.89
444.77
441.42
448.19
463.15
479.01
480.62
484.58
It will be seen that admissions and re-admissions were fewer by 36. The
number discharged were also less by 9 and deaths by 11. The daily average
strength, however, increased, showing that the average period of stay
of the lunatics in the asylums was greater than in 1897. The Committee's
rules regarding the disposal of recovered criminal lunatics, to which reference
was made in last year's report, have apparently not yet had any effect in reduc-
ing the numbers. It is now quite ten years since the rules were issued,
which is perhaps not long enough to judge of their merits.
Criminal lunatics.—B. Categories.—Details of the number of criminal lunatics
tried and acquitted on the ground of insanity, of those found insane on
admission and incapable of making a defence, and of those who became insane
during imprisonment, are given for 1898 and ten previous years, in the following
tables: —
TABLE V.
1
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna
...
Cuttack
...
Berhampore...
Total ...
CATEGORY 1.
Tried and acquitted on the
ground of insanity.
Males.
2
32
59
28
8
40
167
Females.
3
1
6
5
... 5
17
Total.
4
33
65
33
8
45
184
CATEGORY 2.
Insane on admission and
found incapable of mak-
ing a defence.
Males.
5
53
56
61
8
44
222
Females.
6
8
12
8
3
7
38
Total.
7
61
68
69
11
51
260
CATEGORY 3.
Became insane during
imprisonment.
Males.
8
9
5
7
1
7
29
Females.
9
...
1 1
...
2
4
Total.
10
9
6
8
1
9
33
TOTAL.
Males.
11
94
120
96
17
91
418
Females.
12
9
19
14
3
14
59
Total.
13
103
139
110
20
105
477