FROM
W. A. GREEN, ESQ.,
Inspr. General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Service, L. P.,
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
FORT WILLIAM.
SIR,
I HAVE the honor to submit the several Annual Reports and
Returns from the Lunatic Asylums in Bengal for the year 1867.
The following is a Comparative Statement of the past five years of the
whole of the Asylums :—
|
1863. |
1864. |
1865. |
1866. |
1867. |
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The total number of insanes admitted |
261 |
389 |
438 |
308 |
372 |
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Total treated... ... ... ... ... |
770 |
919 |
1,067 |
940 |
946 |
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Total number cured and transferred to |
169 |
205 |
328 |
221 |
177 |
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Percentage of ditto to total treated ... |
21.94 |
17.66 cured; |
22.3 |
15.23 cured; |
30.74 |
23.52 cured; |
23.51 |
19.36 cured; |
18.71 |
15.75 cured; |
|
4.29 trans- |
7.07 trans- |
7.22 trans ferred to |
4.15 trans- |
2.96 trans- |
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The total of mortality of those years ... |
70 |
86 |
109 |
145 |
107 |
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Percentage of mortality to total treated |
9.09 |
10.6 |
10.21 |
15.43 |
11.31 |
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Daily average strength ... ... ... |
526 |
587 |
658 |
607 |
603 |
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Percentage of mortality to ditto ... ... |
13.31 |
14.65 |
16.56 |
23.89 |
17.74 |
Table No. 1 is a Comparative Table of Numerical Results of the several
Asylums.
No. 1.
General Numerical Results, 1867.
|
Daily average strength. |
Remained under treat- |
Admitted during the year. |
Re-admitted. |
Total. |
Discharged cured. |
Improved and transferred |
Escaped unrecovered in- |
Died. |
Remaining on 31st De- |
Ratio per cent. of cures |
Ratio per cent. of mor- |
Ratio per cent. of mor- |
|
|
Dullunda ... |
220 |
197 |
180 |
17 |
394 |
79 |
16 |
... |
51 |
248 |
24.11 |
12.94 |
23.18 |
|
Moydapore ... |
10 |
17 |
... |
... |
17 |
6 |
... |
... |
1 |
10 |
35.29 |
5.88 |
10. |
|
Dacca ... |
210 |
216 |
67 |
10 |
293 |
34 |
7 |
8 |
35 |
209 |
13.99 |
11.95 |
16.67 |
|
Patna ... |
130 |
116 |
75 |
2 |
193 |
22 |
2 |
2 |
16 |
151 |
12.44 |
8.29 |
12.31 |
|
Cuttack ... |
33 |
28 |
21 |
... |
49 |
8 |
3 |
... |
4 |
34 |
22.45 |
8.16 |
12.12 |
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Total ... |
603 |
574 |
343 |
29 |
946 |
149 |
28 |
10 |
107 |
652 |
18.71 |
11.31 |
17.74 |
The above exhibits more favorable results than were shown for the year
1866. The mortality has been less, with a total strength for the year differing
little from last year. The deaths this year have been 107 against 145 of 1866.
The total cured, and of those improved and transferred to their friends, has
been 177 this year against 221 last year. The re-admissions this year have
been twenty-nine against twelve last year.
B