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cost of a lunatic's daily food was one anna six pies against one anna
and three pies in 1883. The charge for clothing fell from Rs. 2,836 in 1883
to Rs. 2,579 in 1884.
11. The amount expended on raw materials for manufacture was Rs 26,543;
the value of raw materials, manufactured goods, and plant and machinery on
1st January 1884 was Rs. 61,523. The total debit thus stood at Rs. 88,066.
On the other hand, the amount paid into the treasury was Rs. 15,967 ;
manufactured goods to the value of Rs. 14,214 were consumed in the asylums,
and the estimated value of the stores in stock when the year closed was
Rs. 61,308, making a total credit of Rs. 91,489. The excess of credit over
debit therefore amounted to Rs. 3,423, but after adjusting certain items
shown in Statement XI appended to the report, the net profit on manufactures
stood at Rs. 3,207 against Rs. 5,547 in the previous year. This decrease is
attributed to the abolition of the castor-oil industry at Dullunda, the diminution
in the sale of products at Patna, the employment of a smaller number of luna-
tics, and the cessation of work for three months at Berhampore, and to the wear
and tear of tools and plant, and the purchase of raw materials at a higher
rate at Cuttack. As explained in previous years, the net profit of a year is no
proper measure of success, the articles consumed in the asylums being charged
at cost price, profit being allowed on outside sales only.
12. The number of patients at the beginning of the year in the
Bhowanipore European Asylum, which is not considered in the foregoing
paragraphs, was 29, viz. 15 males and 14 females. During the year
25 persons were admitted, of whom 19 were males and six females Of
the 54 patients under treatment, three were discharged cured, three were
made over to the Military authorities, 11 were sent to Europe under the
Merchant Shipping Act or otherwise, four were transferred to the care
of friends, and two died. Of the two deaths, one was due to decay in a
hard drinker, while the other resulted from acute mania in a woman Thirty-
one persons remained in the asylum at the close of the year, of whom 14 were
Europeans, 14 East Indians, and 3 Armenians. The female ward was as
usual overcrowded, and admission had to be refused to several applicants. The
total expenditure amounted to Rs. 19,804 against Rs. 19,860 in 1883. The
total amount contributed by the friends of paying patients was Rs. 14,414, and
the average net cost of each lunatic to the State was Rs. 186.
13. The report is full and satisfactory, and shows that the different
asylums have been well managed by the officials, and efficiently supervised by
the superior officers. The management of the asylums also reflects credit on
the head of the Medical Department.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
J. WARE EDGAR,
Offg. Secretary to the Government of Bengal.
No. 1334T—M.
COPY of the Resolution, with a copy of the Report, submitted to the
Government of India, in the Home Department, for information.
No. 1335T—M.
COPY of the Resolution forwarded to the Inspector-General of Civil Hos-
pitals, Bengal, for information.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
G. K. LYON,
Offg. Under-Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.
DARJEELING,
The 25th August 1885.
C. E. G.—Reg. No. 66930—130—4-9-85.