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STATEMENT Æt i o l o g i c a l factors
and
associated conditions.
12. The principal predisposing and exciting causes
of the cases admitted were :—
Mental instability ...
Critical period ...
Mental stress
...
Physiological defects ...
Toxic ...
No cause ascertained—History defective ...
Predisposing.
28
9
7
11
12
0
Exciting.
2
1
16
15
32
28
The rest were from different other groups. The difficulty in grouping the
cases pointed out in previous years still exists, as in the majority of the cases the
replies to questions of the Medical History Sheet are filled in as "Not known."
In 73 cases there were both predisposing and exciting causes, ascertained from
the patients or their relatives after their admissions.
STATEMENT VIII.
Finance.
13. The total amount spent for the upkeep of the Asylum was Rs. 60,376
against Rs. 72,042 in the previous year. The increase
in the previous year was due to the construction of new
buildings which cost Rs. 16,700 in that year against Rs. 3,261 in the year under
report. Excluding the Public Works Department charges and other book
receipts, the expenditure during the year was Rs. 56,484 against Rs. 54,713 last
year. The figure for 1915 would have amounted to Rs. 58,525, or Rs. 2,041
more, had the contractor submitted his bills for articles of diet and other supplies
in the months of October and November 1915 before the close of the year under
report. The increase was mainly due to the purchase of articles of food at
higher prices required for the increased number of lunatics.
Expenditure under rates and taxes was Rs. 4,346 against Rs. 2,959 last
year, the increase being due to the quantity of water used for flushing the infected
wards and drains, and was unavoidable.
Receipts from paying patients were Rs. 5,234 against Rs. 4,591, and
miscellaneous receipts amounted to Rs. 4,090 against Rs. 3,128 in the previous
year. The increase under the former head was due to the admission of
5 inmates as paying patients, and under the latter head to the sale of old and
rejected cattle auctioned during the year under report.
Remittances to the Treasury were Rs. 9,324 against Rs. 7,719 last year.
The average cost per lunatic was Rs. 118-2-5 against Rs. 167-8-7 in the pre-
vious year. Excluding the Public Works Department charges it was Rs. 111-12-4
against Rs. 128-11-3 in 1914. Excluding the receipts from paying patients,
which are credited to Government, the cost per head was Rs. 107-14-6 against
Rs. 156-13-9.
STATEMENT IX.
Establishment.
14. The scheme for improving the pay and prospects of the Asylum staff
and for additional establishment was sanctioned during
the year under report, and the difficulty in filling up the
vacancies is gradually disappearing.
STATEMENT X.
Manufactures, etc.
15. The profits during the year from the farm and manufacturing depart-
ments amounted to Rs. 4,338 against Rs. 3,687 last
year.
The increase was, as mentioned against
Statement VIII, due to the amount realised by the auction of old and rejected
cattle during the year.
General remarks.
16. Administrative sanction to the plans and estimates, amounting to
Rs.33,800, for new buildings in the Asylum was received
during the year under report, but in view of the modified
scheme that has been decided on by the Hon'ble the Chief Commissioner at