LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
13
The Annual Reports submitted by the several Superintendents have
been carefully prepared, and are characterized by conciseness and common
sense.
The asylums are Government institutions, and are, it may be said, entirely
maintained out of the public revenues. While economy has been judiciously
exercised in the expenditure, the inmates have been well fed, well clothed,
well housed, kindly and considerately treated, and those capable of work have
been given light and healthful occupations. In a word, the asylums are con-
ducted in the interests of the insane, every endeavour being made to
ameliorate their unfortunate condition.
37. Finance.—The following table shows money receipts and expenditure
in asylums during 1884, with detailed average cost of each patient :—
TABLE No. 14.
Showing the receipts and expenditure of each Asylum for the year 1884.
1
Dullunda ... ... .
Dacca ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ...
Berhampore ... ...
Total ...
2
Daily average strength.
227.17
227.52
231.84
58.7
175.73
920.96
3
Total expenditure.
Rs.
34,849
17,709
17,313
5,502
16,321
91,695
A.
6
7
1
12
0
12
P.
5
8
8
0
5
2
4
Realized from friends
of patients.
Rs.
1,309
1.69
208
115
A.
15
5
12
0
P.
8
5 0
0
......
1,803 1 1
5
Actual profit from
manufacture depart-
ment.
Rs.
* 87
3,087
* 362
185
383
3,207
A.
6
14
1
0
11
3
P.
2
7
0
1
6
0
6
Average cost of each
patient
as
per
column 3.
Rs.
153
77
74
93
92
99
A.
6
13
10
11
14
9
P.
6
4
10
10
0
0
7
Average cost of each
patient, deducting
columns 4 and 5.
Rs
147
63
73
88
90
94
A.
10
8
12
10
11
2
P.
3
3
5
1
1
0
8
9
10
11
12
13
AVERAGE COST OF BACH PATIENT IN RELATION TO
Establishment.
Rs.
47
35
36
55
45
41*
A.
12
6
1
9
0
11
P.
5
2
7
6
1
11
Diet
Rs.
45
35
31
20
31
35
A.
15
6
3
12
11
5
P.
4
2
4
7
7
0
Bazar medicines.
Rs.
0
0
0
0
0
0
A.
1
0
0
0
1
0
P.
2
6 2
7
5
9
Clothing.
Rs.
5
1
2
1
1
2
A.
2
13
9
14
9
12
P.
8
5
4
6
1
10
Contingencies.
Rs.
14
4
4
1
2
6
A.
1
6
2
6
2
1
P.
2
5
11
8
5
9
Other charges.
Rs.
40
0
0
14
12
13
A.
5
12
9
0
5
8
P.
9
8
6
0
5
9
* Loss.
The total sum expended was Rs. 91,695 against Rs. 82,835 in 1883, or an
excess of Rs. 8,860 over the previous year. Ordinary and extraordinary
expenditure are divided as follows:—
Ordinary expenditure ...
Cash expended (inclusive of money
expended for paying patients) ...
Value of articles made over for
asylum use ... ...
Extraordinary expenditure ... ... ...
Total ...
1884.
Rs.
65,005
14,214
12,476
91,695
1883.
Rs.
62,839
12,701
7,295
82,835
Thus from these figures it would appear that the increase of Rs. 8,860
occurred under both heads of expenditure, viz. of Rs. 3,679 under ordinary
and of Rs. 5,181 under extraordinary charges. The excess of Rs. 3,679
under the head of ordinary expenditure, which includes the charges on
account of establishment, diet, clothing and contingencies, and the value
of articles made over for asylum use for the same purpose, took place under
the heads of establishment, diet, and contingencies, which is explained
by the difference of numbers treated in the two years. The excess of
Rs. 5,181 under extraordinary charges is explained as follows. Expenditure
on account of buildings alone accounts for Rs. 4,995 (being Rs. 12,011 against
Rs. 7,016 in 1883). The difference in the cost of English stores and medicines
(viz. Rs. 202), which rose from Rs. 140 in 1883 to Rs. 342 in 1884, and of
stationery articles (viz. Rs.16), which fell from Rs. 94 in 1883 to Rs. 78 in 1884,
account for the remainder, viz. Rs. 186. The increase in the cost of English
stores and medicines was chiefly at Dullunda, the difference in the two years
being Rs. 191.