( 4 )
maniacs, there were 33 deaths; in the Patna Asylum, with 280 inmates and
161 maniacs, there were 30 deaths; while in Dacca, though the number of
inmates was 226, the number of maniacs was only 88, and the deaths only
reached the number of 10.
8. During the past year the expenditure amounted to Rs. 93,783. The
total cost during the year 1880 was, as stated in the report for that year,
Rs. 81,412-6-11. In comparing the amount of expenditure in the two years
it must, however, be borne in mind that the expenditure for 1880 as shewn
did not include the expenditure under certain heads of extraordinary outlay
which are included in the accounts of the past year. Under the head of
extraordinary expenditure were included in 1880 the amount spent on (1) the
charges on account of work done by the Public Works Department; (2) the
rates and taxes on buildings attached to asylums; (3) the cost of printed forms
and stationery, and (4) the cost of European medicines. The total outlay
under these heads in 1880 was Rs. 8,605-10-1, and this amount added to the
expenditure shewn in the statements which had at that time received the sanc-
tion of Government amounted to Rs. 90,018-1-0. After omission of fractions of
rupees, the expenditure for the two past years on account of ordinary and
extraordinary charges stands as follows:—
Ordinary expenditure
Cash expended (inclusive of
money expended for pay-
ing patients)
...
Value of articles made over
for asylum use ...
Extraordinary expenditure
...
...
Total ...
1880.
Rs.
70,494
10,919
8,606
90,019
1881.
Rs.
66,398
11,257
16,128
93,783
These figures show that, while the total expenditure was greater by Rs. 3,765
than that in the preceding year, the increase was altogether under the head of
extraordinary expenditure, the amount which was expended under the head of
ordinary expenditure showing decrease of Rs. 3,757. The chief causes of
the increase under the head of extraordinary expenditure during 1881 as
compared with 1880 were (1) an increase under the head of building charges
from Rs. 7,329 in 1880 to Rs. 15,328 in 1881, and (2) the increase in cost of
medical stores from Rs. 362 in 1880 to Rs. 570 in 1881.
The amount received from friends of patients during the year was
Rs. 1,977-1-4, and the actual profit from manufactures was Rs. 7,511-14-6.
9. The total cost on account of establishment, inclusive of establishment
proper and superintendence, was Rs. 41,725 against Rs. 42,590 in 1880, the
cost per head being reduced from Rs. 48-4-10 to Rs. 47-15-2. The following
statement shows the actual cost of superintendence and of establishment proper,
as well as the average cost per head:—
ASYLUM.
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
...
Total ...
ACTUAL COST OF
SUPERINTENDENCE.
1880.
Rs.
6,876
4,200
4,500
2,100
3,960
21,636
1881.
Rs.
6,876
3,800
4,500
2,100
4,020
21,296
ACTUAL COST OF
ESTABLISHMENT PROPER.
1880.
Rs.
7,565
4,769
4,050
1,163
3,405
20,954
A.
8
7
5
8
13
10
P.
6
9
1
0
0
4
1881.
Rs.
7,147
4,814
3,992
1,163
3,311
20,429
A.
11
6
8
0
7
0
P.
0
0
4
0
5
9
COST PER HEAD.
Superinten-
dence.
Rs.
33
18
20
40
22
A.
4
2
7
12
0
P.
1
0
4
5
8
Establish-
ment proper.
Rs.
34
22
18
22
18
A.
9
15
2
9
2
P.
2
6
5
4
6
Total.
Rs.
67
41
38
63
40
A.
13
1
9
5
3
P.
3
6
9
9
2
In the Resolution on the report for 1880, the Lieutenant-Governor remarked
on the difference in the strength of the establishments in the various asylums,
and observed that there appeared to be at Dullunda a want of economy both as
regarded the strength of the establishment and the rate of pay. The Lieute-
nant-Governor is glad to observe that some improvement has been effected
under this head; in the Dullunda Asylum the services of one jemadar, four