LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
11
have, however, deemed it proper to put in the form of table the different diets at
present in use.
Meat diet.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Berhampore ...
Hazaribagh ...
Fish diet.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Berhampore ...
Hazaribagh ...
Sunday ...
Milk diet.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Berhampore ...
Hazaribagh ...
Soup diet.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Berhampore ...
Hazaribagh ...
Spoon diet.
Dullunda ...
Dacca
...
Patna ...
Berhampore ...
Hazaribagh ...
Attah.
Ch.
5
...
...
5
...
...
...
Dâl.
Ch.
1
2
2
1
2
...
1
Rice.
Ch.
4
11
9½
6
8½
8
11
Mutton.
Ch.
2
2
2
2
2
...
...
Ghee.
Ch.
½
¼
...
¼
...
½
¼
Oil.
Ch.
½
¼
½
4
⅜
½
¼
Vegetables.
Ch.
2
7
1½
2
3
2
7
Mussala.
Ch.
⅝
¾
⅛
4
⅛
⅝ ¾
Salt.
Ch.
⅛
5/16
⅛
4
3/16
⅛
5/16
Bread.
Ch.
...
1½
...
...
...
...
1½
Betelnut.
Ch.
...
1/32
...
...
...
...
1/32
Tobacco.
Ch.
...
⅛
...
...
...
...
⅛
Fuel.
Ch.
7½
12
Not
stated.
16
12
7½
12
Pán.
Ch.
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Fish.
Ch.
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
Milk.
Ch.
...
...
...
2.18
...
...
Nil.
...
7
...
...
2
2
2
...
11
3½
8½
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
½ ⅜
⅜
...
2
4
4
...
½
⅛
⅛
...
¼
3/16
3/16
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
16
12
12
7½
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
2.18
2.18
32
Nil.
Nil.
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
2.18
6
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Chittacks of milk given every day,
irrespective of other articles
of diet.
8 ... ... ... ½ ⅛ ... ... ...
16
12
7½
...
...
...
...
...
...
32
...
...
Nil.
Nil.
... ...
6
6 ... ... ...
¼ ¼ ... ... ...
Nil
16
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
2 seers of sago allowed with one chittack of sugar.
Nil.
Nil.
2 chittacks of soojee and sago allowed with 8 chittacks of milk and
one of sugar.
Nil.
REMARKS.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays. On Tuesdays, Thurs
days, and Saturdays 7 chittacks
of attah is given with 4½ chit
tacks of rice. On Sunday 94
chittacks of rice is given with
2 chittacks of dâl and the other
articles.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, but 2.18 chittacks of
milk allowed every day. On
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur
days 7 chittacks of attah is given
with 3½ of rice. The other
articles of diet do not vary.
...
This diet is given instead of fish
on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays.
One chittack of sugar is also
supplied.
One chittack of sugar.
Half-chittack of barley and 1/16
chittack of pepper are also allowed.
32. In order to show the differences of price at the various asylums, the
following table has been put together in illustration of the cost of the chief arti
cles of the diet used as furnished for January 1879. This information I obtained
from the Superintendents of the asylums concerned.
The table shows differences of price in certain articles : —
ARTICLES.
Rice, per maund ... ... ...
Attah „ ... ... ...
Dâl
„
...
...
...
Mutton
„
...
...
...
Ghee
„
...
...
...
Oil
„
...
...
...
Vegetables „ ... ... ...
Mussala
„
...
...
...
Salt
„
...
...
...
Fish
„
...
...
...
Milk
„
...
...
...
Dullunda.
Rs.
4
5
4
12
32
16
3
6
4
12
6
A.
0
0
0
8
0
0
8
3
8
8
11
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Patna.
Rs.
3
3
5
5
32
A.
7
6
5
0
0
P.
Rs.
0 to 4
0
0
0
0
......
......
5
4
0
12
0
0
......
2 6 0
A.
12
P.
0
wheat.
to 5 10 0
Cuttack.
Rs.
2
A.
2
P.
3
......
2 13 8
......
......
22
1
13
14
9
0
......
3
5
3
12
10
5
0
0
4
Berham
pore.
Rs.
4
6
A.
0
0
P.
0
0
......
10
31
17
0
3
12
0
6 6/41
5 1/3
......
7
4
6
12
0
0
5⅓
0
1
......
Dacca.
Rs. A. P.
......
6
4
10
35
17
1
8
4
6
4
7
15
0
7
8
15
0
5
4
15
0
Rs.
0 to 7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
A.
7
P.
0
Hazari
bagh.
Rs.
2
5
A.
15
10
P.
0
0
......
12
24
14
1
8
10
4
12
0
0
0
0
......
5 0 0
......
2 8 0
33. The following gives the average cost of each diet in the different
asylums as supplied by the Superintendents, and obtained by dividing the total
annual cost of diet by the aggregate number of diets served out:—
Dullunda ... ... ... ... ... ...
Patna
...
... ... ... ... ...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
...
...
Berhampore ... ... ... ... ... ...
Dacca ... ... ... ... ... ...
Hazaribagh
...
...
...
...
...
...
Rs.
0
0
0
0
0
0
A.
2
2
1
1
2
1
P.
5
5
6¾
11⅓
10
9.2