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close of the year. Just as the work was about to be taken in hand an intimation
was received from the Supreme Government that the amalgamation of the
Lahore and Delhi Asylums was to be carried out. This necessitated the tem-
porary abandonment of the work. Alterations which would suffice for the
better lodgment of the present inmates would not be adequate when the num-
bers are increased by the transfer of the Delhi lunatics. The plans will now
require considerable modification and amplification, but it is hoped that the
necessary alterations in the buildings will soon be begun.
42. Delhi Asylum.—There were 11 deaths in this Asylum, a small number.
The percentage of deaths to the daily average strength was 9.88. In the pre-
vious ten years this percentage averaged 11.9.
43. The causes of death in 1895 were —
Secondary syphilis
...
...
...
...
Tubercle of the lungs ... ... ... ...
Clots in the heart ... ... ... ...
Pneumonia ... ... ... ...
Cirrhosis of the liver ... ... ... ...
Blight's disease ... ... ... ...
Ruptured spleen ... ... ... ...
Abscess of the lung ... ... ... ...
Total ...
1
1
2
3
1
1
1
1
11
44. With the exception of the death from rupture of the spleen, none of
the others seem to call for remark. There had been a squabble between two
lunatics; one of them an old man, with enlarged spleen, received, it is believed,
a blow on the abdomen and soon died in collapse.
STATEMENTS IX TO XI—EXPENDITURE.
45. Lahore Asylum.—The total expenditure amounted to Rs. 25,534-15-4,
an increase of Rs. 1,336-0-1 on the amount spent in the previous year; viz.,
Rs. 24,198-15-3. The cost of the establishment was Rs. 8,858-15-7, being practi-
cally the same as in 1894. Diet cost Rs. 9,936-14-0, and, compared with the figures
for the year preceding (Rs. 8,127-12-9), this was an increase of Rs. 1,809-1-3.
It was almost wholly due to the high prices which prevailed last year. Clothing
and bedding required an outlay of Rs. 1,624-6-8, which was less by Rs. 660-14-5
than the expenditure in 1894. This decrease in the amount paid for clothing
is, however, more apparent than real, for towards the close of the year large
purchases of clothes and blankets had to be made. The bills for these had not
been submitted before the accounts were closed. They will, therefore, appear in
next year's figures. Some part of the provision originally made for clothing
and bedding had also to be spent on diet in the past year.
Contingencies proper involved an expenditure of Rs. 940-14-3. In 1894,
contingencies amounted to Rs. 826-3-5, or Rs. 114-10-10 less than last year.
46. Delhi Asylum.—The
total expenditure was Rs. 9,639-6-3. When
compared with the outlay in 1894, a decrease of Rs. 129-5-3 is seen. Establish-
ment charges amounted to Rs. 3,439-14-8, being loss by Rs. 107-0-2 than in the
preceding year. The sum spent for diet was Rs. 4,146-6-8. Under this head
there was an increase of Rs. 595-12-9, due chiefly to the higher prices of food in
1895. The daily average strength was also higher than heretofore.
Clothing and bedding cost Rs. 680-0-9, or Rs. 337-5-11 more than in the
previous year. This was due to the purchase of blankets, the supplying of
munj mats, and the issue of new uniforms to warders.
On contingencies proper the expenditure came to Rs. 211-7-3. The
slight increase on the figures for 1894 was due to the purchase of small mis-
cellaneous articles—tin-plates for the food, straw for bedding, badges for warders,
&c.