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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
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41. Clothing and bedding.—The cost under this head, including articles
received from manufactures, was Rs. 2,579 against Rs. 2,836 in 1883, or less
by Rs. 257.
42. Bazar Medicines.—The cost is insignificant and needs no comment.
43. Contingencies.—The charge for contingencies proper, as well as for
repairs and maintenance, was higher than that of the previous year. The total
amount rose from Rs. 4,760 to Rs. 5,323. In the several asylums the charges
stand as follows:—
Contingencies proper ... ... ...
Ditto
repairs and maintenance ...
Ditto
of manufacture ... ...
Total ...
1884.
Rs.
4,016
1,300
7
5,323
1883.
Rs.
3,649
1,101
10
4,760
The cost of contingencies per man is shown in the following table:—
Dullunda ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Dacca ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Berhampore ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
1884.
Amount.
Rs.
*2,891
1,001
969
83
377
5,323
A.
15
1
9
1
15
11
P.
3
4
3
4
10
0
Cost per head.
Rs.
12
4
4
1
2
5
A.
11
6
2
6
2
12
P.
8
5
11
8
5
5
1883.
Amount.
Rs.
*2,420
919
893
116
379
4,759
A.
10
15
4
2
14
15
P.
9
3
10
9
0
7
Cost per head.
Rs.
12
4
3
2
2
5
A.
1
4
10
2
1
6
P.
8
6
7
9
9
8
* Exclusive of the amount received from Maintenance Fund for paying patients.
The slight variations in the average cost of contingencies per man in the
two years do not call for special remark. The increase in the gross expendi-
ture however, at Dullunda was due to the repairs and extension of water-pipes,
purchase and fixing of pumps, and repairs to zinc fittings of female ward and
dining shed; at Patna, to the purchase of brass plates and latrine tin-pans ; and
at Dacca to the inclusion of price of pân, tobacco and betel-nut under this head.
44 Maintenance.—There was a considerable rise in the receipts from
paying patients, viz., from Rs. 959 in 1883 to Rs. 1,803 in 1884. All the
asylums excepting Berhampore, where no money was received, showed an
increase The sum debitable to the administration of Assam for maintenance
of lunatics in the Dacca Asylum was Rs. 3,387-6-0. It is not entered in
the statements.
.
45 Manufactures.—Expenditure on raw materials and contingencies
of manufacture in 1884 was Rs. 26,543, or less than that of 1883. No
charges were incurred by the Public Works Department on account of
manufacture buildings. The estimated value of raw materials, manufactured
goods and plant and machinery on 1st January 1884 was Rs. 61,523.
The total debit was therefore Rs. 88,066. There was paid into the treasury
during the year Rs. 15,967, a sum much less than that of the previous year.
Manufactured goods were used in the asylums to the value of Rs. 14,214 against
Rs 12,701 in 1883. Goods and property at the end of the year were valued
at Rs. 61,308 in total, making a total credit of Rs. 91,489 and a net profit on
manufactures of Rs. 3,207 distributed as follows:—
Dullunda ... ... ...
Dacca ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ...
Berhampore ... ... ...
Total ...
1884.
Rs.
—87 (Loss)
3,088
—362
(Loss)
185
383
3,207
1883.
Rs.
1,881
2,367
544
259
496
5,547
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
17
49. The several forms of insanity are exhibited in the following table:—
107 Dementia (b) ... ... ... ... ...
105 Mania (a) ... ... ... ... ...
105
Do. (b) ... ... ... ... ...
106 Melancholia ... ... ... ... ...
110 Imbecility ... ... ... ... ...
Not insane ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
ADMITTED.
Males.
4
3
5
3
......
4
19
Females.
1
1
2
1
......
1
6
Total.
5
4
7
4
.....
5
25
TOTAL TREATED.
Males.
9
6
10
5
......
4
34
Females.
4
1
11
2
1
1
20
Total.
13
7
21
7
1
5
54
50. The disposal of lunatics was as follows:—
Discharged cured ... ...
Made over to military authorities ...
Bent to Europe under Merchant Shipping Act
Transferred to care of friends ... ...
Sent to Europe as still insane ... ...
Died ... ... ...
Total ...
Males.
3
3
9
1
1
1
18
Females.
......
......
......
3
1
1
5
Total.
3
3
9
4
2
2
23
The ratio per cent. of cures and transfers on the total treated was
38.88, and on the daily average number 72.41.
Of the two deaths that occurred, one was due to decay in a hard drinker;—
phthisis was the cause of death. The other resulted from acute mania in a
woman. The case terminated fatally four days after admission from exhaus-
tion.
51. On the 31st December there remained in the asylum 31 persons—
16 males and 15 females. Of the total remaining 14 were Europeans, 14 East
Indians, and 3 Armenians.
The female ward is still overcrowded. The increase is among pauper
patients. For want of room several applications for the admission of paying
patients were refused. The chief income is derived from female paying
patients.
52. Causes of insanity.—The alleged causes of the insanity treated during
the year are given by the Superintendent in the following table:—
PARTICULARS.
Congenital ... ... ... ... ... ...
Not insane ... ... ... ... ... ...
Exposure to sun ... ... ... ... ...
Unknown ... ... ... ... ... ...
Fever ... ... ... ... ... ...
Paralysis ... ... ... ... ... ...
Intemperance ... ... ... ... ... ...
Venereal ... ... ... ... ... ...
Masturbation ... ... ... ... ... ...
Domestic trouble ... ... ... ... ...
Hereditary ... ... ... ... ... ...
Study ... ... ... ... ... ...
Epilepsy ... ... ... ... ... ...
Child-birth ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total
...
TOTAL TREATED.
Males.
2
4
2
8
1
2
3
1
4
......
4
1
2
......
34
Females.
......
1
......
2
......
......
2
......
......
3
10
......
......
2
20
Total.
2
5
2
10
1
2
5
1
4
3
14
1
2
2
54
ADMITTED.
Males.
1
4
2
5
1
1
1
1
3
......
......
......
......
19
Females.
......
1
......
1
......
......
......
......
......
2 2
......
......
......
6
Total.
1
5 2
6
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
......
......
......
25
53. Finance.—The total expenditure was Rs. 19,804 as compared with
Rs. 19,860 in 1883, or a decrease of Rs. 56.
The average expenditure on diets including extras and stimulants was
as follows:—
First class ... ... ...
Second „ ... ... ...
Third „ ... ... ...
Fourth „ ... ... ...
1884.
Rs
1
0
0
0
A.
7
10
5
3
P.
8
1
4
10
1883.
Rs.
1
0
0
0
A.
3
10
5
3
P.
3
4
4
9
18
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
The average daily cost of diet per patient therefore in 1884 was Rs. 0-10-9
as against Rs. 0-9-8 in 1883. It is not possible to compare these figures with the
expenditure in former years, as the outlay on stimulants which were " only used
medicinally " were not always included in the reckoning, and nowhere itemized
in the accounts.
54. The subjoined statement shows the average daily number of lunatics
for 1884, the total yearly expenditure, average cost of each insane, and the
average cost of each item of out-goings per individual during the year:—
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Average daily number of inmates throughout 1884 ...
Ditto
ditto
employed on labour ditto ...
Total expenditure
ditto
...
Rs.
Total income from lunatics' labour, including profits „
and estimated value of labour
...
...
„
Payment by friends of lunatics for maintenance
„
Average yearly cost of each inmate, as per column 3
„
Average cost of each lunatic after deducting item 5
„
Average yearly expenditure of each patient in relation to—
Establishment
...
...
...
„
Dite
...
...
...
„
Bazar medicines
...
...
...
„
Contingencies
...
...
...
„
Clothing
...
...
...
„
29
Nil.
19,804
Nil.
14,414
683
186
395
136
Nil.
69
33
55. From the increase of pauper patients, the receipts in 1884 were reduced
more largely than the expenditure. In 1883 there was credited as income
Rs. 15,226 inclusive of all outstandings; in 1884 the corresponding amount
was Rs. 14,414; this gives in the latter period a net outlay of Rs. 5,390 as
against Rs. 4,634. The large debt of Captain Andrews continues to increase.
The average cost of diet remained the same in both years, viz. Rs. 136. Con-
tingencies naturally increase with the increase of paupers, while the cost of
clothing shows a small reduction.
56. The total receipts from paying patients as given above amounted to
Rs. 14,414 in 1884 against Rs. 15,226 in 1883. This sum includes outstandings
which amount to Rs. 3,252, the greater portion of which is due from Captain
Andrews, of the Invalid Establishment, whose debt has now accumulated to
Rs. 2,858. No possible advantage would be gained by pressing payment here;
nor can it be said that any possible good is likely to accrue to the asylum by
carrying forward from year to year such unpaid claims. They now only encumber
the accounts. The balance of outstandings, viz. Rs. 393-10-5 will, it is reported,
be shortly realized.
57. Establishment.—The services of Mr. and Mrs. Devere, the Deputy
Superintendent and Matron, are still highly spoken of by the Superintendent.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
A. J. COWIE,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
APPENDIX.
33
STATEMENT No. VIII—concluded.
Number.
15a
49-1
318a
331
466
486
905
15
37a
49-1
65
57
64
65a
306
332
484
604
803
904
905
995f
1000
1104
1115
1
DISEASES.
Ague quotidian
...
...
Phthisis pulmonalis ...
Hæmoptysis ... ... ...
Pieurisy
...
...
...
Dysentery
...
...
...
Colic
...
...
...
...
Debility
...
...
...
Total ...
Ague
...
...
...
...
Lumbago
...
...
...
Phthisis pulmonalis ...
Anæmia ... ... ...
General dropsy
...
...
Abscess of the brain ...
Apoplexy ... ... ...
Bronchitis ... ... ...
Chronic pleurisy
...
...
Diarrhœa ... ... ...
Congestion of the liver ...
Exhaustion of mania ...
Old age ... ... ... ...
Debility
...
...
...
Asphyxia from crushing ...
Contusion of the head ...
Fracture of the forearm ...
Contusion of leg
...
...
Total ...
GRAND TOTAL ...
2
Remaining
in hospital
from previ-
ous year.
Males.
1
...
...
...
...
1
2
4
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
4
33
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
Total.
1
...
...
...
...
1
2
4
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
4
39
3
Admitted dur-
ing the year.
Males.
10
2
1
1
2
...
...
16
12
1
3
...
...
1
1
2
1
3
...
...
1
2
1
...
1
1
30
303
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
6
62
Total.
10
2
1
1
2
...
...
16
13
1
3
...
...
1
1
2
1
5
1
1
1
2 1
1
1
1
36
365
4
Total.
Males.
11
2
1
1
2
1
2
20
12
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
1
4
...
...
1
3
1
...
1
1
34
336
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
6
68
Total.
11
2
1
1
2
1
2
20
13
1
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
40
404
5
6
7
8
RESULTS.
Discharged
cured.
Males.
10
...
...
...
1
...
...
11
12
1
1
1
1
...
...
2
...
4
...
...
...
3
...
...
1
1
27
238
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
......
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
4
35
Total.
10
...
...
...
1
...
...
11
13
1
1
1
1
...
...
2
...
6
...
...
...
3
...
1
1
1
31
273
Discharged
otherwise.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
Died.
Males.
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
3
...
...
2
...
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
7
65
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
22
Total.
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
3
...
...
2
...
...
1
1
...
1
...
1
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
9
87
Remaining
sick.
Males.
1
1
1
...
...
...
1
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
29
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
Total.
1
1
1
...
...
...
1
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
38
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APPENDIX.
STATEMENT No. IX.
Showing the Cash Accounts of the Asylums for the year 1884.
ASYLUMS.
1
Dullunda ... ... ... ...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
Cuttack ... ... ... ...
Berhampore
...
...
...
Total ...
RECEIPTS.
Received from
treasury.
2
Rs.
17,032
16,481
14,885
4,663
11,939
* 65,005
A.
2
15
3
11
0
1
P.
9
3
5
9
6
8
Received from
paying-patients.
3
Rs.
1,309
169
208
115
A.
15
5
12
0
P.
8
5
0
0
......
1,803 1 1
Value of articles
received from
manufacture
department.
4
Rs.
8,649
1,044
2,290
17
2,213
14,214
A.
0
3
2
3
9
3
P.
6
0
0
11
11
4
Total.
5
Rs.
26,991
17,608
17,384
4,795
14,152
81,022
A.
2
7
1
15
10
6
P.
11
8
5
8
5
1
EXPENDITURE.
FROM TREASURY ON ACCOUNT OF—
Establishment.
Establishment
proper.
6
Rs.
7,253
3,915
3,868
1,163
3,724
19,926
A.
13
15
15
8
2
5
P.
0
3
1
0 0
4
Superinten-
dence.
7.
Rs.
3,600
4,135
4,500
2,100
4,185
18,520
A.
0
7
0
0 0
7
P.
0
9
0
0 0
9
Diet.
8
Rs.
3,867
7,232
5,425
1,212
3,449
21,187
A.
15
7
4
11
5
12
P.
0
10
10
6
0
2
Clothing and
bedding.
9
Rs. A. P.
......
418
119
110
215
864
14
3
15
1
2
9
3
0
0
0
Bazar
medicines.
19
Rs.
16
4
2
0
15
38
A.
0
3
3
4
10
6
P.
6
7
0
11
0
0
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper.
11
Rs.
1,748
734
700
76
308
3,568
A.
1
12
14
4
2
3
P.
6
10
3
4
3
2
Contingencies
of manufacture.
12
Rs. A. P.
......
......
......
......
......
......
Repairs and
maintenance.
13
Rs.
241
43
268
A.
9
1
11
P.
0
3
0
......
41
595
12
1
3
6
Total.
14
Rs.
16,727
16,484
14,885
4,663
11,939
64,700
A.
7
15
3
11
0
5
P.
0
3
5
9
6
11
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
Berhampore ... ... ...
Total ...
EXPENDITURE-concluded.
FROM MANUFACTURE DEPARTMENT ON ACCOUNT OF—
Diet.
15
Rs.
6,572
818
1,810
7
2,125
11,333
A.
14
0
0 6
3
9
P.
9
3
2
6
7
3
Clothing and
bedding.
16
Rs.
1.173
A.
13
P.
0
......
480
0
60
1,715
1
15
5
3
10
2
0
0
Bazar
medicines.
17
Rs. A. P.
......
2 15 6
......
2 1 3
......
5 0 9
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper.
18
Rs.
271
167
A.
0
14
P.
9
3
......
2
6
448
7
11
1
0
5
5
Contingencies
of manufacture.
19
Rs. A. P.
......
......
......
4
2
7
6
11
1
0
6
6
Repairs and
maintenance.
20
Rs.
631
55
A.
4
5
P.
0
0
......
......
18
705
10
3
5
5
Total.
21
Rs.
8,649
1,044
2,290
17
2,213
14,214
A.
0
3
9
3
9
3
P.
6
0
0
11
11
4
From
maintenance
fund, for paying-
patients.
22
Rs.
304
A.
11
P.
9
......
......
......
......
304 11 9
Remitted to treasury
on account of paying,
pntients.
23
Rs.
1,309
169
208
115
A.
15
5
12
0
P.
8
5
0
0
......
1,303 1 1
Charges an account of
works done by Public
Works Department.
24
Rs.
8,877
93
120
770
2,149
12,011
A.
9
5
6
12
4
5
P.
8
1
3
0
6
6
Rates and taxes on
buildings attached to
the asylums.
25
Rs. A. P.
......
......
......
45 0 0
......
45 0 0
Cost of printed forms
and stationery.
26
Rs.
33
32
7
3
A.
14
11
14
8
P.
6
2
0
4
......
78
0 0
Cost of English stores,
medicines, &c.
27
Rs.
256
54
9
2
19
343
A.
11
5
8
8
1
1
P.
0
2
0
0
6
8
GREND TOTAL.
28
Rs.
36,159
17,878
17,521
5,617
16,321
93,498
A.
6
13
13
12
0
13
P.
1
1
8
0
5
3
APPENDIX.
35
STATEMENT NO. X.
Showing the sanctioned Establishment of the Asylums as it stood on the 31st December 1884.
Superintendent ... ... ...
Deputy Superintendent ... ...
Overseer
...
...
...
...
Matron
...
...
...
...
Writer
...
...
...
...
Native doctor
...
...
...
Compounder
...
...
...
Jemadars
...
...
...
...
Jemadarni
...
...
...
...
Keepers
...
...
...
...
Ditto for hospital
...
...
Ditto, female
...
...
....
Ditto, ditto, for hospital ...
Darwan
...
...
...
...
Lamplighter
...
...
...
Harakara
...
...
...
...
Mallee ... ... ... ...
Cook ... ... ... ...
Baker
...
...
...
...
Bhistis
...
...
...
Washerman
...
...
...
Barber
...
...
...
...
Mehter
...
...
...
...
Milkman ... ... ... ...
Mehtrani
...
...
...
...
Daily average number
of lunatics ... ...
Males ...
Females
Proportion of—
Jemadars to males ... ...
Jemadarni to females ...
Male keepers to males ...
Female keepers to females ...
DULLUNDA.
Number.
1
1
...
1
1
1
...
1
5
2
24
2
5
1
4
1
1
1
1
2
*1
1
2
1
2
1
11
...
...
Monthly wages.
Rs. A.
P.
......
250 0 0
......
50
60
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
20
15
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
8
8
8
8
8
8
6
10
10
7
9
10
7
30
6
10
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
187.09
40.08
1 to 37.42
......
1 to 7.8
1 to 8.02
DACCA.
Number.
1
...
1
...
1
1
...
3
1
4
8
12
...
5
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
2
2
10
1
...
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
A.
0
P.
0
......
100 0 0
......
40
30
0
0
0
0
......
12
6
8
7
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
......
5 0 0
......
......
......
5
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
......
4
4
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
186.21
41.31
1 to 62.07.
1 to 41 .31
1 to 7.76
1 to 8.26
PATNA.
Number.
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
3
...
17
...
1
2
3
...
1
...
1
2
2
1
3
2
1
5
...
2
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
A.
0
P.
0
......
100
25
40
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
12 0 0
......
6 0 0
......
6
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
5
5
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
5
5
4
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
4 0 0
177.
54.84
1 to 59.
......
1 to 10.41
1 to 9.14
CUTTACK
Number.
1
...
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
4
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
...
1
Monthly wages.
Rs.
150
A.
0
P.
0
......
25 0 0
......
10
10
12
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
6 0 0
......
6 0 0
......
......
......
6 0 0
......
......
......
2
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
5 0 0
51.9
6.8
1 to 51.9
......
1 to 12.97
1 to 6.8
BERHAMPORE.
Number.
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
3
...
23
...
1
...
...
...
1
2
5
...
6
3
3
8
...
†8
Monthly wages
Rs.
250
A.
0
P.
0
......
100
25
40
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
12 0 0
......
5 0 0
......
16 0 0
......
......
... ..
5
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
5
5
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
5 0 0
125.49
50.24
1 to 41.83
......
1 to 5.45
1 to 10.05
* Discharged; services not required.
† Five out of eight are employed as female keepers.
List of members of the sanctioned establishment who were not employed in the Berhampore Lunatic Asylum
during 1884—
Matron
...
...
...
...
...
1
Female keeper
...
...
...
...
1
Keepers
...
...
...
...
...
7
Cook
...
...
...
...
...
2
Barber
...
...
...
...
...
1
Mehter
...
...
...
...
...
1
Mehtrani
...
...
...
...
...
1
Bhistis
...
...
...
...
...
4
Gardener
...
...
...
...
...
1
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
INSANE ASYLUMS IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1885.
BY
A. J. COWIE, Esq.,
Inspector-General of Civil hospitals, Bengal.
Calcut ta:
BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1886.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
INSANE ASYLUMS IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1885.
BY
A. J. COWIE, Esq.,
Inspector-General of Civil hospitals, Bengal.
Calcutta:
BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1886.
No. 3654.
FROM A. J. COWIE, ESQ.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal,
To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
MEDICAL AND MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated Fort William, the 4th June 1886.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit my report on the condition and
working of the lunatic asylums of Bengal for the year 1885 as follows.
2. Lunatics in confinement.—Table No. I exhibits the following facts:
On the 1st January 1885 there were 919 persons in confinement—730 males
and 189 females—the total showing an increase by 12 more than the corre-
sponding number of the previous year. On the 31st December 1885 there
remained in confinement, males 757 and females 198, or a total of 955, or by
36 more than the opening figure. The increase was chiefly in the male ward.
3. Admissions.—In the year 214 persons—174 males and 40 females—
were admitted, or 6 more in total than the admissions in 1884. In 1885 there
were 16 males and 2 females re-admitted, against 20 males and 4 females
in 1884.
4. Daily asylum population.—The average daily number of persons in
confinement increased from 920.96, or 727.69 males and 193.27 females, in
1884 to 939.62, or 745.78 males and 193.84 females, in the year under review.
5. Disposal of lunatics.—(Discharges).—There were discharged cured 93
persons in 1885, viz. 74 males and 19 females, against 90, viz., 74 males and 16
females in 1884. 26, all males, were transferred to the care of friends, against
38 in 1884. Of the latter 36 were males and 2 females. On leaving the
asylums 25 of the former were declared to be improved, and one not improved.
4 were discharged "otherwise."
12
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
30. The total sum expended was Rs. 86,171 against Rs. 91,695 in 1884,
or Rs. 5,524 less than that of the previous year. Ordinary and extraordinary
expenditure are divided as follows:—
Ordinary expenditure ...
Cash expended (inclusive of money
expended for paying patients) ...
Value of articles made over for asy-
lum use
...
...
Extraordinary expenditure ... ... ...
Total ...
1885.
Rs.
65,826
17,264
3,081
86,171
1884.
Rs.
65,005
14,214
12,476
91,695
Thus it will be observed that there was an increase of Rs. 3,871 under
the head of ordinary expenditure, and a decrease of Rs. 9,395 under the
head of extraordinary expenditure, or a total decrease of Rs. 5,524 on the
whole. The major portion of the excess of Rs. 3,871 under the head of
ordinary expenditure, which includes the charges on account of establish-
ment, diet, clothing, and contingencies, and the value of articles made over
for asylum use, took place under the head of contingencies.
The items of extraordinary expenditure are as follows :—
Charges on account of work done by the Public
Works Department ... ... ...
Rates and taxes on buildings attached to the
asylums
...
...
...
Cost of printed forms and stationery ...
Cost of English stores, medicines, &c. ...
Total ...
1884.
Rs.
12,011
45
78
342
12,476
1885.
Rs.
2,595
45
86
355
3,081
31. Establishment.—The total cost of establishment proper in 1885 was
Rs. 20,028 and of superintendence Rs. 18,600. These items in 1884 amounted
to Rs. 19,926 and Rs. 18,520 respectively. Thus there was an increase under
both heads of expenditure, viz., Rs. 102 under the head of establishment
proper and Rs. 80 under the head of superintendence. The increase under the
head of establishment proper occurred at Dullunda (Rs. 239), at Patna(Rs. 29),
and at Berhampore (Rs. 20), or a total of Rs. 288, but Dacca having showed a
decrease of Rs. 167 and Cuttack of Rs. 19, the actual total increase was only
Rs. 102. At Dullunda the increase is said to have been mainly due to the
entertainment of an extra female warder, rendered necessary by the increased
female population; at Patna to differences in the amount of fines; and at
Berhampore to the entertainment of an extra gardener.
The excess (Rs. 80) under the head of superintendence is explained
as follows :—At Dacca, an increase of Rs. 65 was due to the Overseer having
drawn his pay for full twelve months, whereas in 1884, he was paid from the
21st January of that year. An increase of Rs. 15 at Berhampore is accounted
for by the overseer having drawn his maximum pay for twelve months at the
rate of Rs. 100 per mensem ; whereas in 1884 he was paid at Rs. 95 for three
months.