LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
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3. Admissions.—The total admissions numbered 158 against 197, and
occurred in the five asylums as follows :—
Dullunda ... ... ...
Dacca ... ... ...
Patna
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
Berhampore ... ... ...
1891.
65
51
41
4
36
197
1892.
54
34
33
1
36
158
With the exception of Berhampore, in which the admissions are the same
as in the previous year, there is a diminution in the number of lunatics sent
to the asylums in Bengal. And the decrease is no doubt attributable to the
instructions contained in Government of Bengal, Medical and Municipal
Department Circular No. 42 of the 3rd December 1891, in which greater
discrimination was enjoined upon local authorities in determining in each
case whether a patient would be more appropriately treated in an asylum, or
left to the care and treatment of relations or friends.
4. Re-admissions numbered 28 against 16 in 1891. All the asylums ex-
cepting Berhampore re-admitted a larger number of patients than in 1891.
5. Discharges.—The total number discharged was 114 as against 191 in
1891, showing a falling off of 77, the decline occurring chiefly under the head
of the " Cured," and was greatest at the Dullunda Asylum. The Superintendent
attributes the apparent diminution of the cured in 1892 when compared with
those of 1891 to the greater severity of the types of insanity treated in the past
year. The Superintendents of the other Asylums are unable to explain the
difference between the results of the two years. It will be of interest to compare
in the following figures the daily average strength, the number of recoveries, and
the percentage of recoveries on the daily average strength in the five asylums:—
NAME OF THE ASYLUM.
1
Dullunda ... ...
Dacca ... ...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack ... ...
Berhampore ...
Daily average strength.
1891.
2
261.15
236.87
254.40
38.26
206.69
1892.
3
257.26
236.71
244.61
19.27
202.73
Number of recoveries.
1891.
4
52
27
17
29
24
1892.
5
17
17
12
2
23
Percentage of recoveries
on daily average
strength.
1891.
6
19.91
11.39
6.68
75.79
11.61
1892.
7
6.60
7.18
4.90
10.37
11.34
6. Accommodation.—No additions were made to the capacity of dormitories
of any of the asylums during the year. The only asylum in which there was
any excess of total strength over capacity was at Dacca, but no inconvenience or
injury to health is said to have resulted from the temporary and slight over-
crowding. The new extensions at Berhampore will, when completed, afford
the means of relieving other asylums.
7. Statement II. Criminal Lunatics.—
Table of Criminal Lunatics in the Asylums of Bengal for the year 1892 and 10 previous years.
YEAR.
1
1882
... ...
1883
... ...
1884
... ...
1885
... ...
1886
... ...
1887
... ...
1888
... ...
1889
... ...
1890
... ...
1891
... ...
1892
... ...
REMAINING
ON 1ST
JANUARY.
Males.
2
269
291
332
332
349
360
349
377
394
414
401
Females.
3
28
27
27
31
38
37
35
41
46
51
48
Total.
4
297
318
359
363
387
397
384
418
440
465
449
ADMITTED.
Males.
5
69
85
65
81
74
73
85
86
75
69
70
Females.
6
8
8
9
12
7
7
14
10
13
11
9
Total.
7
77
93
74
93
81
80
99
96
88
80
79
RE-ADMIT-
TED.
Males.
8
9
12
10
10
10
9
20
10
10
11
14
Females.
9
1
...
2
1
2
1
...
2
1
...
5
Total.
10
10
12
12
11
12
10
20
12
11
11
19
TOTAL.
Males.
11
347
388
407
423
433
442
454
473
479
494
485
Females.
12
37
35
38
44
47
45
49
53
60
62
62
Total.
13
384
423
445
467
480
487
503
526
539
556
547
DISCHARGED,
TRANSFER-
RED, &c.
Males.
14
35
44
56
46
54
67
56
48
42
72
58
Females.
15
6
6
5
4
6
8
5
5
8
11
7
Total.
16
41
50
61
50
60
75
61
53
50
83
65
DIED.
Males.
17
21
12
19
28
19
26
21
31
23
21
32
Females.
18
4
2
2
2
4
2
3
2
1
3
1
Total.
19
25
14
21
30
23
28
24
33
24
24
33
REMAINING
ON 31st
DECEMBER.
Males.
20
291
332
332
349
360
349
377
394
414
401
395
Females.
21
27
27
31
38
37
35
41
46
51
48
54
Total.
22
318
359
363
387
397
384
418
440
465
449
449
DAILY AVERAGE
STRENGTH.
Males.
23
278.7
314.52
301.81
336.74
359.2
355.57
356.96
380.33
394.36
402.37
394.73
Females.
24
27.05
28.3
30.24
36.22
37.45
35.31
35.60
44.17
48.85
48.52
50.04
Total.
25
305.75
342.82
332.05
372.96
396.65
390.88
392.56
424.50
443.21
450.89
444.77
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