LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
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29. Manufactures.—The amount expended on raw materials and other
items was Rs. 27,038, which includes Rs. 212 debited to contingencies of
manufacture. The total in 1881 was Rs. 24,317. In the Department of
Public Works there was expended on buildings for manufactures Rs. 1,512
in 1882, but nothing in the previous year. The value of raw materials,
manufactured goods, and plant and machinery on 1st January 1882 was esti-
mated at Rs. 58,439. The total debit was therefore Rs. 86,989. The sum paid
into the treasury was Rs. 20,722, against Rs. 19,444 in 1881. Manufactured goods
were consumed in the asylums to the value of Rs. 10,776, against Rs. 11,257.
The value of goods and property at the end of the year was Rs. 61,404,
making a total credit of Rs. 92,902. There is thus an excess of credit
over debit, amounting to Rs. 5,913, against Rs. 6,947 in 1881. Actual profit,
reckoned in the manner noted at foot of statement XI, was Rs. 8,878, against
Rs. 7,511 in 1881, viz., for the several asylums :—
Dullunda
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
Patna
...
... ...
Cuttack
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
1882.
Rs.
1,752
1,535
3,561
608
1,422
1881.
Rs.
1,975
3,218
1,394
143 (loss)
1,067
At Dullunda the manufacture of castor-oil, a source of former profit,
has nearly ceased. There also prices of raw materials were higher in 1882
than before. In comparing profits of the several asylums, the remarks made
in previous reports should be considered. Thus at Dullunda manufactured
articles to the value of Rs. 6,141 were made over for the cost of materials
to the asylum ; no profit was allowed on them. At Patna the corresponding
amount was Rs. 2,025. Profits are now determined by outside sale only, and
are therefore no measure of success. At Dacca decrease was due to large
outlay on repair of buildings. The increase of profit at Patna chiefly repre-
sents value of stores at the end of the year. At Berhampore and Cuttack
there were increased profits in 1882.
30. General management, alterations, improvements, &c.—At Dullunda it is
reported that the failure of water-supply had not been remedied when the year
closed. The shower-baths erected at considerable cost stood useless. The
new hospital ward, noticed in the last report, was brought into use. At Dacca
a cooking-stove was fitted up to replace the open fires. Filtered water was
introduced towards the close of the year. At Patna filtration of water came
to be practised, and at Berhampore a filter was completed during the year.
31. Establishment.—In June the Dullunda asylum passed into the hands of
the First Resident Surgeon, General Hospital. The Patna asylum was managed
during the greater part of the year by Dr. Shaw, for short intervals by
Dr. Simpson, and from the beginning of December by Dr. French. The Superin-
tendents all report favourably of the conduct of their subordinate officers.
The overseership at Dacca was in the hands of an Assistant Surgeon, as no
application for the berth has been received from a European since it fell
vacant. The Assistant Surgeon's capacity for management did not quite come
up to Dr. Crombie's standard.
EUROPEAN INSANE ASYLUM, BHOWANIPORE.
32. Population.—On the 1st January there remained in the asylum from
the previous year 20 persons, viz., 7 males and 13 females, which was less
by 4 than the corresponding number of 1881. There were admitted 17
persons, 13 males and 4 females. Two of the former and one of the latter
were admitted a second time, making a total of 20 admissions and re-admis-
sions, against 20 in 1881. The female ward was again crowded throughout the
year, and admission was unavoidably refused to several applicants. Of
the persons admitted 10 were Europeans, natives of Great Britain, one was
a Russian, and 6 were Eurasians. One soldier was admitted and four
seamen. The rest came from the civil population in Government service and
private life. The total number of persons treated in 1882 was 40, including
three re-admissions, against 44 in the previous year. The average number