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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
kindness consistently advocated by Superintendents, and I hope and believe faithfully
practised by every subordinate official.
DULLUNDA
ASYLUM.
Superintendence.
REMARKS ON THE SEVERAL ASYLUMS.
62. Dullunda.—This asylum was under the superintendence of Surgeon-Major A. J.
Payne, M.D., during the entire year.
Statistics.
YEARS.
1870 ...
1871
...
1872 ...
1873 ...
1874 ...
Average ...
1875 ...
Daily
average
strength.
309
335
354
369
351
343.6
309.6
Admitted.
184
59.5
176
52.5
219
61.9
204
55.3
204
57.9
197.4
57.4
174
56.2
DISCHARGED.
Cured.
89
28.8
92
27.4
70
19.8
138
37.4
105
29.8
98.8
28.7
83
26.8
Improved.
30
9.7
21
6.2
41
11.6
36
9.7
23
6.5
30.2
8.8
22
7.1
Otherwise.
12
3.6
12
3.4
3
.8
98
27.8
25
7.3
8
2.5
Deaths.
39
12.6
43
12.8
44
12.4
40
10.8
47
13.3
42.6
12.4
49
15.8
Total
discharges
and deaths.
158
51.1
168
49.9
167
47.2
217
58.8
273
77.5
196.6
57.2
162
52.3
Note.—The smaller figures are percentages of mean strength.
63. The annexed table, which is in the same form as that given in last year's report,
shows the statistics of the
year in relation to popu-
lation as compared with
the five preceding years.
On the 1st of January
1875, 295 persons (males
228, females 67) were
" remaining" in the
asylum. This number
was less than that on the
corresponding date of
1874 by 69 (males 51,
females 18), and was
also less than the average
" remaining "
during
the past quinquennial
period by 39 (males 30,
females 9). It will be remembered that, in 1874, 85 persons were transferred from the
Dullunda to the Moorshedabad Asylum.
Admissions.
64. During 1875, 156 persons (males 116, females 40) were admitted, and this number is
less by 17 (males 9, females 8) than the average number of admissions of the five preceding
years.
Re-admissions.
65. The re-admissions, 18 (males 13, females 5), were also less than in any year of the
preceding quinquennial period, and, Dr. Payne states, arose mainly from cases of recurrent
intoxication. The re-admissions were at the rate of 10.34 per cent. of the total admissions and
re-admissions.
Total population.
66. The total asylum population was 469 (males 357, females 112). This was less than
the total population of 1874 by 99 (males 61, females 38), or than the average total population
of the preceding five years by 63 (males 46, females 17).
Daily average
strength.
67. The daily average strength of insane patients during 1875 was 309.69 (males
238.87, females 70.82). This is less than that of 1874 by 42.26 (males 30.86, females
11.40), or less than the average of the four preceding years by 43 (males 33, females 10).
Discharged cured.
68. The number of patients discharged " cured," 83 (males 55, females 28), was below
that of 1873 and 1874, and also below the average of the preceding five years by 15 males.
The proportion of those discharged " cured " to the mean strength of each sex was 23.02 per
cent. of males and 39.53 per cent. of females.
Transferred.
69. Twenty-two patients (males 18, females 4) were transferred to the care of their friends
as improved, five males were transferred to stand trial, and three males escaped.
Total sick treated.
70. The total number of patients treated in hospital during 1875 was 226 (males 174,
females 52), or at the rate of 72.84 per cent. of males on the daily average strength and
73.42 per cent. of females.
Daily average sick.
71. The daily average number of sick during the year was 11.5 (males 8.42, females
3.08), or at the rate per cent. of daily average strength for males 3.52, and females 4.34,
and was considerably higher than that of any of the three preceding years.
Diseases causing
greatest sickness.
72. The following table shows the diseases which caused the greatest amount of sickness
according to sex, and their proportion to the total sickness:—
DISEASES.
Dysentery ... ... ...
Malarious fevers ... ...
Diseases of the nervous system
Diarrhœa ... ... ...
Phthisis ... ... ...
Hæmoptysis ... ...
Anæmia ... ... ...
Cholera
... ... ...
MALES.
Number
treated.
85
12
12
10
7
5
5
4
Per cent. of total
treated in
hospital.
48.85
6 89
6.89
5.74
4.02
2.87
2.87
2.29
DISEASES.
Dysentery .. ... ...
Cholera
... ... ...
Diseases of the nervous system
Diarrhœa ... ... ...
Phthisis ... ... ...
Anæmia ... ... ...
Malarious fevers ... ...
FEMALES.
Number
treated.
10
10
5
4
3
3
3
Per cent. of total
treated
in hospital.
19.23
19.23
9.61
7.69
5.76
5.78
5.76
N.B.—Cases of choleraic diarrhœa are here entered as cholera.