LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL. 3
Comparison with
previous years.
6. In statement No. 2 the totals and averages for all the asylums are shewn in com-
parison with those of the preceding five years. This table is useful in readily supplying a
great portion of the material for this report, and, with those of previous and future years, will
assist in forming a series of tables from which the asylum statistics for any given period may
be readily and accurately compiled.
STATEMENT No. 2.
Comparison of 1875 with the five preceding years.
|
1870. |
1871. |
1872. |
1873. |
1874. |
Average |
1875. |
Increase. |
Decrease. |
||
|
1. |
Remaining on 14th January ... ... |
746 |
783 |
827 |
972 |
1,003 |
866 |
1,074 |
208 |
... |
|
2. |
Admitted during the year ... ... |
401 |
400 |
525 |
514 |
501 |
468 |
418 |
... |
50 |
|
3. |
Total treated ... ... ... ... |
1,147 |
1,183 |
1,352 |
1,486 |
1,504 |
1,334 |
1,492 |
158 |
... |
|
4. |
Daily average strength ... ... |
774.1 |
813.7 |
903.2 |
991.4 |
1,050.86 |
906.6 |
1,126.4 |
219.8 |
... |
|
5. |
Admissions per cent. of strength ... |
51.8 |
48.1 |
58.1 |
51.8 |
47.7 |
51.5 |
37.1 |
... |
14.4 |
|
6. |
Total discharged, transferred, &c. ... |
257 |
255 |
264 |
364 |
290* |
286 |
318 |
32 |
... |
|
7. |
Ditto per cent. of treated ... ... |
22.4 |
21.5 |
19.6 |
24.5 |
19.28 |
21.4 |
21.3 |
... |
.1 |
|
8. |
Ditto ditto of strength ... ... |
33.2 |
30.6 |
29.2 |
36.7 |
27.6 |
31.4 |
28.2 |
... |
3.2 |
|
9. |
Discharged cured ... ... ... |
187 |
200 |
178 |
278 |
209 |
210 |
155 |
... |
55 |
|
10. |
Ditto per cent. of admissions ... |
46.6 |
50 |
33.9 |
54.1 |
41.71 |
45.2 |
37.1 |
... |
8.1 |
|
11. |
Ditto ditto of total treated ... |
16.3 |
16.9 |
13.2 |
18.7 |
13.89 |
15.8 |
10.4 |
... |
5.4 |
|
12. |
Ditto ditto of daily average |
24.1 |
24.07 |
19.7 |
28.1 |
19.9 |
23.2 |
13.7 |
... |
9.5 |
|
13. |
Improved and transferred to care of |
49 |
38 |
67 |
65 |
51 |
54 |
46 |
... |
8 |
|
14. |
Improved per cent. of treated ... |
4.2 |
3.2 |
5.8 |
4.4 |
3.4 |
4.2 |
3.1 |
... |
1.1 |
|
15. |
Ditto ditto of daily average |
6.3 |
4.5 |
7.4 |
6.6 |
4.8 |
5.9 |
4.1 |
... |
1.8 |
|
16. |
Died ... ... ... ... ... |
107 |
101 |
116 |
119 |
140 |
116 |
127 |
11 |
... |
|
17. |
Ditto per cent. of treated ... |
9.3 |
8.5 |
8.6 |
8 |
9.3 |
8.7 |
8.5 |
... |
.2 |
|
18. |
Ditto ditto of daily average |
13.8 |
12.1 |
12.8 |
12 |
13.3 |
12.8 |
11.2 |
... |
1.6 |
|
19. |
Ditto from cholera ... ... ... |
10 |
7 |
4 |
11 |
11 |
8 |
13 |
5 |
|
|
20. |
Ditto per cent. of treated ... |
.9 |
.59 |
.29 |
.7 |
.7 |
.62 |
.87 |
.25 |
... |
|
21. |
Ditto ditto "of daily average |
17 |
.84 |
.44 |
1.1 |
1.05 |
1.02 |
1.1 |
.1 |
... |
|
22. |
Ditto from other causes ... ... |
97 |
94 |
112 |
108 |
129 |
108 |
114 |
.6 |
... |
|
23. |
Ditto per cent. of treated ... |
8.4 |
7.94 |
8.3 |
7.3 |
8.57 |
8.1 |
7.6 |
... |
.5 |
|
24. |
Ditto ditto of daily average |
12.5 |
11.32 |
124 |
10.9 |
12.3 |
11.9 |
10.1 |
... |
.8 |
|
25. |
Total discharges and deaths ... ... |
364 |
356 |
380 |
483 |
430 |
402 |
445 |
43 |
... |
|
26. |
Ditto per cent. of strength ... ... |
47 |
42.8 |
42.7 |
48.7 |
40.9 |
44.4 |
39.5 |
... |
4.9 |
|
27. |
Daily average sick ... ... |
56.6 |
66.3 |
43.2 |
56.1 |
77.2 |
59.9 |
84.4 |
24.5 |
... |
|
28. |
Ditto ditto per cent. of daily |
7.3 |
8.1 |
4.8 |
5.7 |
7.3 |
6.6 |
7.5 |
.9 |
... |
* Does not include " transfers " from one asylum to another.
Remaining on 1st
January 1875.
7. The total asylum population "remaining" on the 1st of January 1875 was 1,074
(males 833, females 241), and was in excess of that " remaining " on the same date of 1874 by
71 (males 51, females 20), and of the average of the preceding decennial period by 324 (males
238, females 86).
8. There has been a steady and progressive increase in the asylum population " remain-
ing " on the 1st of each year since 1868, and it will be observed in the following table that
the increase of each year has been a varying one:—
|
YEARS. |
SEX. |
Total. |
YEARS. |
SEX. |
Total. |
||
|
Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
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|
1868 ... ... ... |
63 |
15 |
78 |
1872 ... ... |
39 |
5 |
44 |
|
1869 ... ... ... |
23 |
13 |
36 |
1873 ... ... |
120 |
25 |
145 |
|
1870 ... ... ... |
49 |
9 |
58 |
1874 ... ... |
16 |
15 |
31 |
|
1871 ... ... ... |
11 |
26 |
37 |
1875 ... ... |
51 |
20 |
71 |
9. From these figures it has been found that the average yearly increase in the
asylum population since 1st January 1868 has been 62.5 (males 46.5, females 16).
10. I have already remarked that the annual increment was a varying one, and from the
table above given it is seen that in 1868, 1870, 1873, and 1875, it was in excess of that of the
preceding years, but I am unable to assign any cause why it was so. It will also be observed
that the annual increment of females did not bear any regular proportion to that of the
males, as in 1871 it was considerably in excess of, in 1874 it was almost equal to, and in the
other years it was considerably below, that of the males.