10
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
17 against 9. Dysentery remains the same. Debility gave 2 admissions against
4 in 1894. Chest affections were less.
14. The following tables show the chief causes of sickness and mortality
in the towns and jails in or near which the asylums are situated:—
TABLE VIII.
Statement showing the Mortality among the general Population.
NAMES OF
LOCALITIES.
1
Calcutta
...
...
Dacca
...
...
Patna
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
Berhampore
...
Popula-
tion.
2
681.560
82,321
165,192
47,186
23,515
Fever.
1894.
3
8,963
1,115
3,220
671
474
1895.
4
11,345
1,346
2,581
500
406
Bowel-complaints.
1894.
5
3,136
324
1,062
245
23
1895.
6
3,269
383
975
163
34
Cholera.
1894.
7
1,695
152
316
133
65
1895.
8
2,999
605
364
196
2
Total deaths for
all causes.
1894.
9
22,441
2,342
6,236
1,403
651
1895.
10
27,031
3,026
5,731
1,272
575
Ratio per 1,000 of
population.
1894.
11
32.92
28.44
37.75
29.73
27.68
1895.
12
39.66
36.75
34.69
26.95
24.45
TABLE IX.
Statement showing Sickness and Mortality in the Jails near which the Asylums are situated.
1
Anæmia and debility ..
Cholera
...
...
...
Diarrhœa and dysentery
Fevers
...
...
...
Pneumonia ... ...
Phthisis
...
...
Other diseases ... ...
Total ...
Daily averag
strength
Daily average sick ...
PRESIDENCY
JAIL.
1894.
Total treated.
2
8
2
320
160
14
27
380
911
Died.
3
...
1
10
1
4
4
15
35
1,237.85
44.00
1895.
Total treated.
4
9
...
266
273
17
27
356
948
Died.
5
...
...
8
3 4
5
6
26
1,163.34
38.90
ALIPORE JAIL.
1894.
Total treated.
6
24
3
430
597
73
26
926
2,079
Died.
7
1
2
8
2
18
14
19
64
1,719.87
74.09
1895.
Total treated.
8
32
...
279
486
32
12
855
1,696
Died.
9
...
...
4
1
7
7
3
22
1,648.94
60.02
DACAA JAIL.
1894.
Total treated.
10
178
3
519
389
20
6
247
1,362
Died.
11
18
3
22
...
3
4
11
61
1,124.36
68.93
1895.
Total treated.
12
154
...
475
865
132
7
650
2,283
Died.
13
7
...
3
...
7
1
7
25
1,102.74
91.75
PATNA JAIL.
1894.
Total treated.
14
14
2
219
203
2
...
135
575
Died.
15
...
1
11
1
...
...
1
14
307.35
16.54
1895.
Total treated.
16
14
7
202
133
3
1
219
579
Died.
17
1
1
1
...
...
...
3
6
287.65
16.34
CUTTACK
JAIL.
1894.
Total treated.
18
3
1
43
92
1
1
41
182
Died.
19
...
1
3
2
...
1
1
8
279.86
4.56
1895.
Total treated.
20
2
...
72
75
8
3
24
184
Died.
21
...
...
5
1
1
1
3
11
244.67
6.29
BERHAMPORE
JAIL.
1894.
Total treated.
22
6
1
121
180
3
...
176
487
Died.
23
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
2
238.76
13.94
1895.
Total treated.
24
5
...
108
216
...
...
161
490
Died.
25
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
221.11
12.32
Cholera was prevalent in Calcutta and its amalgamated area, but both the
Presidency and Alipore Jails show a clean return. There was one case in the
Dullunda asylum. At Dacca also it was more prevalent in the Town than in
1894, but no case occurred in the jail or asylum. At the Patna Jail there were
7 cases of cholera and the asylum had one. There was no case in the Cuttack
and Berhampore Jails, nor in the asylums. The increased admissions to hospital
at the Dacca and Cuttack Asylums corresponded with the larger number of daily
sick in the jails. Taking the results of the year into consideration, it may be
stated that the health of the lunatics was not good in the year under review.
15. The total Mortality—Seventy-five = 8.15 per cent. against 75 = 8.19.
The figures for each asylum are as under:—
TABLE X.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore
...
Total ...
1894.
Deaths.
16
21
21
1
16
75
Percent-
age on
daily aver-
age strength.
7.17
8.72
9.41
5.26
7.63
8.19
1895.
Deaths.
21
22
17
...
15
75
Percent-
age on
daily aver-
age strength.
8.55
9.77
7.76
...
7.15
8.15