LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
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the charges for diet and servants were smaller than in the former year.
All the fluctuating charges indeed were smaller, except that for clothing, which
depends on other circumstances. The Superintendent's salary shows reduction.
One-half of the total is debited in this account. The total itself was halved
from the 9th September. There was no overseer for several months.
several classes.
53. The expenditure on diet in 1879 was separately recorded for the
The average daily cost was as follows:—
Paying-patients, first class ... ... ...
Do.
second
„ ... ... ...
Do.
third
„ ... ... ...
Pauper patients ... ... ... ...
Rs.
1
0
0
0
A.
2
9
6
4
P.
9
4
0
9
The dieting of the pauper class varies with the season and with individuals.
The cost is higher in the cold than in the hot weather. Alcoholic stimulants
are only used medicinally, and their cost in 1879 being nominal, is not included
in the above reckoning. The labouring diet of an European in the Presidency
jail costs 4 annas 5 pie, daily and the non-labouring diet 3 annas 1 pie. This
does not include vegetables supplied from the jail garden. It may be said that
an average non-labouring lunatic does not require more food than an average
labouring prisoner. The difference of cost due is to difference of quality.
Statement showing the average daily number of Lunatics for the year, the total yearly expenditure,
average cost of each inmate, and the average cost of each item of the charge per man during
the year 1879.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Average daily number of inmates throughout the year
Ditto
ditto
employed in labour ...
Total expenditure for the year ... ... ...
Rs.
21
22,095
Income from lunatics, labour, including profits and estimated
value of labour
...
...
...
...
...
Payments by friends of lunatics for maintenance ... ...
Average yearly cost of each inmate as per item 3 ... ...
Ditto
ditto
each lunatic after deducting item 5 ...
Rs.
„
„
12,976*
1,052
434
Average yearly expenditure of each patient in relation to—
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Establishment ... ... ... ... ...
Died
...
...
...
...
...
Bazar medicine ... ... ... ...
Contingencies ...
Clothing ... ... ... ... ...
Rs.
„
Rs.
„
721
144
......
59
41
* Including Rs. 2,270-5-4 outstanding.
Financial Statement for the year 1879.
DESCRIPTION OF CHARGES.
Superintendent
... ...
Deputy Superintendent ...
Matron
... ... ...
Overseer ... ... ...
Hospital Assistant ... ...
Clerk
... ... ...
Servants
... ... ...
Diets of patients ... ...
Wines and spirits
... ...
Public clothing ... ...
Private „
...
...
Lighting
...
... ...
Other items ... ... ...
Private servants
... ...
Municipal assessed rates ...
House service ... ...
Total ...
January.
Rs.
609
250
110
...
35
24
300
272
...
65
41
47
79
93
30
...
1,955
February.
Rs.
609
250
110
...
35
25
297
216
...
45
5
23
58
93
30
...
1,796
March.
Rs.
609
250
110
......
35
25
322
276
1
57
4
25
125
101
30
......
1,970
April.
Rs.
609
250
110
80
......
25
334
275
1
5
......
19
77
100
30
......
1,915
May.
Rs.
609
250
110
100
70
20
340
236
......
46
61
16
62
100
30
......
2,050
June.
Rs.
609
250
110
100
35
25
321
249
......
444
60
20
41
114
30
......
2,408
July.
Rs.
609
250
110
......
35
25
273
256
1
......
......
20
50
125
30
1,784
August.
Rs.
609
250
110
......
35
25
268
268
1
46
......
20
36
131
30
......
1,829
September.
Rs.
362
250
110
......
35
25
272
218
......
4
5
19
64
116
30
1,510
October.
Rs.
273
250
110
......
35
25
280
223
2
108
......
21
47
92
30
1,496
November.
Rs.
273
250
110
63
35
25
309
252
......
31
......
35
218
90
30
......
1,721
December.
Rs.
273
250
110
100
35
25
295
261
8
......
......
33
81
82
30
78
1,661
Total.
Rs.
6,053
3,000
1,320
443
420
294
3,611
3,002
14
851
176
298
938
1,237
360
78
22,095
54. From the comparative absence of the higher classes of patients, the
receipts in 1879 were reduced more largely than the expenditure. In 1878
there was credited as income Rs. 16,266 inclusive of outstandings, in 1879 the
corresponding amount was Rs. 12,976, this gives in 1879 a net outlay of
Rs. 9,119 against Rs. 8,840. The large debt of Captain Andrews, of the Invalid