48
DACCA ASYLUM.
No. 12.
Mortuary return of the Dacca Lunatic Asylum, showing the causes of death together with the ratio per cent. of deaths to strength, and the mean average
temperature of each month of the year 1870.
Average strength during the month.
225.48
218.28
216.09
220.2
223.98
218.46
218.87
224.58
227.83
231.49
230.84
214.93
222.57
MONTHS.
January ...
February ...
March ...
April ... ...
May ... ...
June ... ...
July ... ...
August ...
September ...
October ...
November ...
December ...
Total ...
GENERAL DISEASES.
A.
Cholera.
1
...
2
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Sloughing phagedæna.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
B.
Phthisis pulmonalis.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
General dropsy.
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Tabes mesenterica.
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
LOCAL DISEASES.
NERVOUS
SYSTEM.
Brain and membranes.
Meningitis.
Inflammation
of the pia
mater and
arachnoid.
2
1
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
1
.........
1
3
8
Bed softening of the
brain.
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Congestive apoplexy.
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Of the
intellect.
Dementia
with
debility.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
3
......
3
Functional
disease of
the nervous
system.
Epilepsy
with
debility.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
......
......
2
3
RESPIRA-
----
SYSTEM.
Disease of
the lungs.
Pneumonia.
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM.
Disease
of the
intestine.
Dysentery chronic.
1
......
1
......
......
......
3
......
......
1
......
......
6
Disease
of the
liver.
Intussusception.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Cirrhosis.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
URINARY
SYSTEM.
Disease
of the
kidney.
Chronic
Bright's
disease.
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
2
ORGAN
OF LOCOMO-
TION.
Caries.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
Necrosis.
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
INJURIES.
GENERAL
INJURIES.
Asphyxia, b.
......
......
......
......
......
1
......
......
......
1
......
......
2
DEATHS.
Total number of deaths.
7
2
5
1
2
4
3
1
2
3
5
6
41
Ratio per cent. of deaths to daily
average strength.
3.15
.90
2.25
.45
.90
1.80
1.35
.45
.90
1.35
2.25
2.70
18.46
TEMPERA-
----.
Maximum monthly mean (in air).
83.70
87.50
92.61
92.8
93.90
92.7
93.22
89.38
89.3
91.12
86.63
82.19
89.36
Minimum monthly mean (in air).
54.35
62.60
67.41
72.56
79.25
76.7
77.67
77.64
76.2
79.29
70.5
57.87
70.89
ACCOMMO-
------.
Average cubical space per lunatic.
519.59
536.27
541.24
531.40
524.25
536.27
536.27
687.98
678.88
667.13
670.03
720.13
595.78
Average superficial area per lunatic.
32.09
32.21
33.43
32.82
32.38
32.21
32.21
42.95
42.38
41.65
41.83
44.96
36.76
REMARKS.
New wards of the female department were
occupied on the 3rd August 1870. They
consist of 20 separate wards, each of which
contains 120 square feet of superficial area,
and 1,860 cubical feet of space, and can thus
afford accommodation to 40 lunatics at 60
square feet superficial area and 930 cubical
feet of space per head.