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The total expenditure was Rs. 88,110 against Rs. 86,279 in 1885.
The increase was due to extraordinary expenditure on repairs and
alterations to the asylum buildings during the year. The cost of estab-
lishment and superintendence was Rs. 20,061 and Rs. 18,400, respectively, or
nearly the same as it was in the previous year. Dullunda is still by far the
most costly of all the asylums. The total amount expended on diet was
Rs. 22,060 against Rs. 20,613 in 1885, showing an increase of Rs. 1,447,
which was distributed among the Dullunda, Dacca, Cuttack, and Berhampore
Asylums, and was mainly due to the rise in the price of provisions. The value
of articles of diet made over from the Manufacture Department during the
year was less than that of the previous year. The average cost of a lunatic's
daily diet was one anna and five pies, against one anna and six pies in
1885. The cost of clothing and bedding, including articles received from
the Manufacture Department, was Rs. 2,780, against Rs. 3,103 in 1885.
The expenditure on account of manufactures was Rs. 22,791 against Rs. 29,248
in the previous year.
8. The foregoing paragraphs do not refer to the European Asylum at
Bhowanipore the figures for which are given separately. There were in this
asylum on the 1st January 1886, 29 lunatics, of whom 13 were males and 16
females. During the year 17 persons were admitted and 1 readmitted; of these
16 were from the civil population and two soldiers; four persons were discharged
cured, one was made over to the Military authorities, four were despatched to
Europe under the Merchant Shipping Act, six were transferred to the care of
friends, one was sent to Europe as still insane, and two died, leaving 29 patients
under treatment in the asylum at the close of the year. " Heredity " and " in-
temperance " were found to be the chief causes of insanity. The total expendi-
ture incurred in the asylum during the year was Rs. 20,271 against Rs. 19,731,
the expenditure of the previous year. The receipts from paying patients fell
from Rs. 9,233 in 1885 to Rs. 6,722 in 1886.
9. The management of the asylums appears to have been conducted
with efficiency, and the subordinate establishments are favourably reported on.
The insanes were well cared for and kindly treated.
ORDER —Ordered that a copy of this Resolution, together with a copy of
the Report, be submitted to the Government of India, in the Home Department,
for information.
Ordered also that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the Inspector -
General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal, for information and guidance; and that
extract paragraph 6 of the Resolution, and paragraph 5 of the Report, be for-
warded to the Public Works Department for consideration.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
J. WARE EDGAR,
Offg. Chief Secy. to the Government of Bengal.
No. 3074P.
COPY of the Resolution, with a copy of the Report, submitted to the Gov-
ernment of India, in the Home Department, for information.
No. 3075P.
COPY of the Resolution forwarded to the Inspector-General of Civil Hos-
pitals, Bengal, for information and guidance.
No. 3076P.
EXTRACT paragraph 6 of the Resolution, with extract paragraph 5 of the
Report, forwarded to the Public Works Department for consideration.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
H. W. C. CARNDUFF,
Offg. Under-Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.
CALCUTTA,
The 3rd October 1887.
C. E. G.—Reg. No. 7589C—277—4-10-87.