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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
38. Establishment.—The total cost of establishment proper in 1884 was
Rs. 19,926, and of superintendence Rs. 18,520. These items in 1883
amounted to Rs. 20,102 and Rs. 17,325 respectively. The increase of
Rs. 1,195 under the head of superintendence was confined to Dacca and
Berhampore. At Dacca Rs. 1,135 had to be paid, on the asylum establishment,
to a lay overseer who was appointed in the place of the supernumerary
Assistant Surgeon who was paid by the Medical Department, and at Berham-
pore Rs. 60 was due to the annual increment in the pay of the overseer. There
is a decrease of Rs. 176 in the cost of establishment proper. The increase of
Rs. 340 at Dullunda, due to the entertainment of extra warders up to the
sanctioned scale for the increased population, was more than made up by the
decrease of Rs. 365 at Dacca, by substitution of recovered lunatics in the places
of paid cooks, malis, goalas and washermen. The following table shows the
expenditure on both heads for the two years:—
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
...
Total ...
1884.
Superinten-
dence.
Rs.
3,600
4,135
4,500
2,100
4,185
18,520
A.
0
7
0
0
0
7
P.
0
9
0
0
0
9
Establishment
proper.
Rs.
7,253
3,915
3,868
1,163
3,724
19,926
A.
13
15
15
8
2
5
P.
0
3
1
0
0
4
Total.
Rs.
10,853
8,051
8,368
3,263
7,909
38,446
A.
13
7
15
8
2
13
P.
0
0
1
0
0
1
1883.
Superinten-
dence.
Rs.
3,600
3,000
4,500
2,100
4,125
17,325
A.
0
0
0
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
Establishment
proper.
Rs.
6,913
4,280
3,970
1,161
3,775
20,102
A.
10
13
14
14
9
14
P.
6
10
1
9
8
10
Total.
R.
10,513
7,280
8,470
3,261
7,900
37,427
A.
10
13
14
14
9
14
P.
6
10
1
9
8
10
39. The annual cost per head in relation to establishment is shewn in the
following table:—
Dullunda ... ... ... ...
Dacca ... ... ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ... ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ... ... ...
Berhampore ... ... ... ...
ANNUAL COST PER HEAD.
1884.
Superinten-
dence.
Rs.
15
18
19
35
23
A.
13
2
6
12
13
P.
6
10
6
5
0
Establishment
proper.
Rs.
31
17
16
19
21
A.
14
3
11
13
3
P.
11
4
0
1
1
Total.
Rs.
47
35
36
55
45
A.
12
6
1
9
0
P.
5
2
7
6
1
1883.
Superinten-
dence.
Rs.
18
13
20
39
22
A.
0
8
2
4
14
P.
0
4
1
2
10
Establishment
proper.
Rs.
34
19
17
21
20
A.
9
4
12
11
15
P.
1
8
3
6
10
Total.
Rs.
52
32
37
60
43
A.
9
13
14
15
14
P.
1
0
4
8
8
It will be seen from this that the average cost at Dullunda, Patna and
Cuttack was less than that of the previous year. This was due to the larger
number of lunatics between whom the cost was divided in striking out the
average. The slight increase at Dacca and Berhampore has been explained
in the preceding paragraph.
40. Diet—The money outlay on diet was Rs. 21,187 against Rs. 20,294
in 1883. The increase of Rs. 893 was due partly to the increase in the
number of inmates at Dullunda and Cuttack, and partly to higher prices of
articles of food at Patna and Cuttack during the year. There was a slight
change in the diet scale of Dullunda, viz. addition of a seer of milk to ordinary
spoon diet and issue of finer quality of rice. At Dacca and Berhampore the
cost was less. The cost of articles of diet made over from manufacture depart-
ment during the year was also higher. The average cost of diet per head
is shewn below:—
Dullunda ... ... ...
Dacca ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ...
Berhampore ... ... ...
1884.
Rs.
45
35
31
20
31
A.
15
6
3
12
11
P.
4
2
4
7
7
1883.
Rs.
42
38
27
19
33
A.
14
4
15
11
2
P.
11
2
8
11
10
The average cost of a lunatic's daily food in 1884 was one anna six pie
against one anna and three pie in the previous year.