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" It is unfortunate that the project for rebuilding the Asylum has been delayed
on account of iinancial stringency, but the building of a pucca barrack, which will bo
handed over before the close of the financial year and the scheme of temporary
measures drawn up by the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Assam, will relieve
the overcrowding and improve matters generally."
A new pucca barrack for 26 inmates is nearing completion and will be ready for
occupation by the 1st April. In the scheme of improvements estimated to cost
Ks. 22,000 sanctioned by Government after my inspection of the Asylum in November
last provision has been made for the construe tionol" another barrack to accommodate
26, increasing the Asylucn enclosure area and the day-latrine accommodation and pro-
viding pucca floors for barracks, and cage pattern iron night-latrines.
The Superintendent has introduced the system of taking out daily as mauy of the
inmates as he can to the neighbouring maid .n within Asylum grounds keeping them
occupied the whole day and bringing them in lor meals. This relieves to a larger
extent the pressure on the enclosure accommodation.
The Superintendent remarks that the percentage of admissions in good health was
very small during the year, as many as 66 per cent, being in indifferent health.
Of the 52 deaths, one was clue to a non-criminal lunatic being suddenly kicked on
the head by another, death occuring within 10 minutes of haemorrhage and another to
suicide by hanging.
Of the remaining 50, 14 died of dysentery against 4 in 1915. The rest were due
to exhaustion after mania, or epileptic coma, diseases of the liver, heart or lungs and
other diseases.
The ratios of deaths per cent, of average strength amongst the inmates of the
Lunatic Asylums in the different provinces in India in 1915 and in 1916 were as
follows :—
1915.
1916.
Burma
United Provinces ...
Bombay
«.
Madras
Punjab
Central Provinces ...
Bengal
Bihar and Oricsa ...
Assam
Finance.
12. Excluding receipts for paying patients and miscellaneous receipts which are
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credited to Government the tolal expenditure for the up-
StatementsViH.lXandX.
keep of the Asylum amountod to Its. 71,028-0-3 against
Ks. 56,802-13-2 with an average cost per head of Rs„ 197-3-9 against Rs. 174-13-0
in 1915. The increase was due to a large increase in the number of inmates as also
to an increase in the price of dietary articles. It was also found necessary to issue
extras to a larger number of patients than in the previous year. Excluding the
Public Works Department charges, repairs and maintenance, rates and taxes, receipts
from paying patients, miscellaneous receipts and profits on manufactures, the average
cost per inmate works out to Us. 115-0-2 against Us. 104-5-11 in the previous year.
The profits in the manufactory department were Its. 8,403-2-4 against Rs. 7,240-9-9
or an average of Its. 61-15-0 per head of inmates employed on manufactures.
The cost of diet amounted to Rs. 26,551-7-11 against Its. 21,507-5-9 in 1915 or
an average cost of Rs. 79-4-6 against Rs, 66-3-1 per head of inmates.
Owing to the financial stringency the matron mentioned in the last report has
Hot yet been entertained.
Miscellaneous.
13. The male inmates are mainly employed on cultivation of vegetables, sugar-
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cane and paddy, repairs of buildings and palisading,
Employment of inmates.
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tailoring and manuiacture of molasses (gur). The females
ar e employed on paddy-husking, weaving and s/^i-pounding. No lunatics were
em ployed extrarnuraily.
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6-26
10-22
6-48
7-1
8-2
10-38
10-21
9'56
10-71
10-30
10-99
7-79
1114
13-00
11-28
8-92
14-44