NationalLibraryOfScotland/medical-history-of-british-india huggingface dataset:
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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
52. The average cost of each diet, including all extras and stimulants,
was as follows:—
First class ... ... ...
Second „ ... ... ...
Third „ ... ... ...
Fourth „ ... ... ...
1885.
Rs.
1
0
0
0
A.
3
12
5
4
P.
3
7
6
1
1884.
Rs.
1
0
0
0
A.
7
10
5
3
P.
8
1
4
10
53. Dr. Murray remarks that the large proportion of the insanes confined
in this asylum " are chronic pauper cases, more or less harmless, who virtually
block the asylum against the admission of paying patients, much to the finan-
cial detriment of the institution." But what is to be done, unless a new
asylum is provided with increased accommodation for the reception of a larger
number of paying patients ? The present buildings were not all erected for
an insane asylum, and there is little or no room in the compound for any
great additions to them for this purpose, which, no doubt, is a want, and which,
if there were building room, I should much like to see made.
54. The following statement gives the daily average number of lunatics,
the total yearly expenditure, average cost of each inmate, and the average
cost of each item of the charge per head during the year 1885 :—
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Average daily number of inmates throughout the year
Average daily number of inmates employed in
labour throughout the year ... ...
Total expenditure for the year ... ...
Total income from lunatic's labour, including profits
and estimated value of labour ... ...
Payments by friends of lunatics for maintenance ...
Average yearly cost of each inmate, as per column 3
Average yearly cost of each lunatic, after deducting
item 5 ... ... ...
Average yearly expenditure of each patient in rela-
tion to—
Establishment ... ... ...
Diet ... ... ...
Contingencies ... ... ...
Bazar medicines ... ... ...
Clothing ... ... ...
30
.........
Rs. 19,731
.........
„ 12,338
„ 658
„ 246
„ 379
„ 130
„ 68
......
„ 37
55. The total amount received from paying patients in 1885 was
Rs. 12,338 against Rs. 14,414 in 1884. Of this sum, Rs. 2,858-13 is an out-
standing, and is due from Captain Andrews of the Invalid establishment for
his wife's maintenance. The Superintendent of Dehra Dun reports that there
is no chance of recovering this amount from Captain Andrews. In Bengal
Government letter No. 192, dated the 15th of January 1886, the amount
was directed to be written off. The remaining outstandings will be realised
in due course, except a sum of Rs. 4-9-9 due by a Mrs. Moses and Rs. 9-10-4
due from the Messrs. Groser.
56. Establishment—Mr. and Mrs. De.Vere, the Deputy Superintendent
and the Matron of the Asylum, have continued to merit the good opinion
hitherto formed of them. The clean, happy, and contented condition of the
insanes under their immediate charge is deserving of the highest praise.
They are kindness itself to the poor creatures.
The Overseer is a new man, but promises to be a good and efficient
supervisor.
Dr. Murray reports that the Native Doctor and the Clerk have performed
their respective duties to his complete satisfaction.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
A. J. COWIE,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
26
APPENDIX.
STATEMENT NO.
II—concluded.
1
YEARS.
CUTTACK.
BERHANPORE.
1875 ...
...
...
...
1876
...
...
...
...
1877
...
...
...
...
1878
...
...
...
...
1879 ... ... ... ...
1880 ... ... ... ...
1882
...
...
...
...
1883 ... ... ... ...
1884
...
...
...
...
1885 ... ... ... ...
1889
...
...
...
...
1875 ... ... ... ...
1876
...
...
...
...
1877
...
...
...
...
1878 ... ... ... ...
1879 ... ... ... ...
1880
...
...
...
...
1881 ... ... ... ...
1882
...
...
...
...
1883
...
...
...
...
1884 ... ... ... ...
1885
...
...
...
...
2
Remaining on 1st
January.
Males.
13
12
13
9
14
18
17
14
16
16
17
14
32
51
49
57
60
51
57
62
66
58
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
4
5
4
5
Total.
13
12
13
9
14
18
18
16
17
17
18
15
33
52
51
58
61
52
61
67
70
63
3
Admitted.
Males.
3
4
1
9
5
2
6
3
2
4
2
8
7
5
9
7
4
8
15
14
5
6
Females.
......
......
......
......
...... 1
1
1
......
......
1
......
1
1
......
......
......
3
2
......
1
1
Total.
3
4
1
9
5
3
7
4
2
4
3
8
8
6
9
7
4
11
17
14
6
7
4
Re-admitted.
Males.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
2
......
......
3
......
......
1
1
3
1
2
2
3
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Total.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
2
......
......
3
......
......
1 1
3
1
2
2
3
5
Total.
Males.
16
16
14
18
19
20
23
17
18
22
19
35
71
56
65
66
65
62
73
78
73
67
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
1
2
3
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
4
6
5
5
6
Total.
16
16
14
18
19
21
25
20
19
23
21
(a)36
(b)73
58
(c)67
(d)67
66
66
79
83
78
73
6
Discharged,
transferred, Ac.
Mal es .
2
......
3
1
1
2
6
......
2
4
3
2
17
4
5
3
7
3
6
7
11
8
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
2
......
......
......
......
1
......
1
......
......
......
1
1
......
......
Total.
2
......
3
1
1
2
6
2
2
4
3
2
18
4
6
3
7
3
7
8
11
8
7
Died.
Males.
2
3
2
3
......
1
3
1
......
1
2
1
3
3
3
3
7
2
5
5
4
4
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Total.
2
3
2
3
......
1
3
1
......
1
2
1
3
3
3
3
7
2
5
5
4
4
8
Remaining on 31st
December.
Males.
12
13
9
14
18
17
14
16
16
17
14
32
51
49
57
60
51
57
62
66
58
55
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
4
5
4
5
6
Total.
12
13
9
14
18
18
16
17
17
18
16
33
52
51
58
61
52
61
67
70
63
61
9
Daily average strength.
Males.
12.15
12.46
12.22
10.40
15.58
170
165
---
15.
16.7
15.
23.51
35.29
50.69
56.8
5765
56.36
52.92
58.58
65.97
61.82
57.56
Females.
......
......
......
......
...... .6
1.0
1.2
1.
1.
1.1
1.0
1.24
1.4
1.82
1.00
1.00
2.71
3.86
4.27
4.56
5.70
Total.
12.15
12.46
12.22
10.40
15.58
17.6
17.5
16.2
16.
17.7
16.1
24.51
36.53
52.09
58.62
58.65
57.36
55.63
62.44
70.24
66.38
63.26
(a) Inclusive of
...
...
...
...
...
...
(b)
Ditto
...
...
...
...
...
...
(c)
Ditto
...
...
...
...
...
...
(d)
Ditto
...
...
...
...
...
...
Male.
13
29
7
1
Female.
......
......
......
......
Total.
13
29
7
1
Received by transfer.
APPENDIX.
33
STATEMENT NO. VIII—concluded.
Asylums.
CUTTACK.
BERHAMPORE.
Number.
15
21
43B
49
49.1
84
318a
466
484
862
904
905
15
18
37
48 49.1
55
65a
306
316
466
484
803
905
1
DISEASES.
Ague ... ... ... ...
Mumps
...
...
...
Secondary syphilis ...
Scrofula
...
...
...
Phthisis pulmonalis ...
Paralysis ... ... ...
Haemoptysis ... ... ...
Dysentery ... ... ...
Diarrhœa ... ... ...
Carbuncle ... ... ...
Old age
...
...
...
General debility ... ...
Total ...
Ague ... ... ... ...
Malignant cholera ...
Muscular rheumatism ...
True leprosy
...
...
Phthisis pulmonalis ...
Anæmia ... ... ...
Congestive apoplexy ...
Bronchitis ... ... ...
Abscess of the lung ...
Dysentery ... ... ...
Diarrhœa ... ... ...
Exhaustion of mania ...
General debility ... ...
Total ...
GRAND TOTAL ...
2
Remaining
in hospital
from previ-
ous year.
Males.
1
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
29
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
Total.
1
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
38
3
Admitted
during the
year.
Males.
4
1
...
1
...
1
...
5
1
1
...
1
15
15
1
2
...
4
2
...
1
1
2
4
1
4
37
275
Females.
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
10
1
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
16
76
Total.
4
1
1
1
...
1
...
5
1
1
1
1
17
25
2
2
1
4
3
1
1
1
3
5
1
4
53
351
4
Total.
Males.
5
1
...
1
1
1
1
5
1
1
...
2
19
15
1
2
...
4
2
...
1
1
2
4
1
4
37
304
Females.
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
10
1
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
16
86
Total.
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
1
1
2
21
25
2
2
1
4
3
1
1
1
3
5
1
4
53
389
5
6
7
8
RESULTS.
Discharged
cured.
Males.
5
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
8
15
1 1
...
1
...
...
1
...
2
4
...
3
28
209
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
10
1 ...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
14
63
Total.
5
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
8
25
2
1
...
1
1
...
1
...
3
5
...
3
42
272
Discharged
otherwise.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Died.
Males.
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
2
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
3
2
...
...
1
...
...
1
1
8
59
Females.
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
14
Total.
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
2
....
...
1
...
6
...
...
...
1
3
2
1
...
1
...
...
1
1
10
73
Remaining
sick.
Males.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
2
1
1
...
2
7
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
31
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
Total.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
2
1
1
...
2
7
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
39
34
APPENDIX.
STATEMENT NO. IX.
Showing the Cash Account of the Asylums for the year 1885.
ASYLUMS.
1
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca ... ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ... ...
Berhampore ... ... ... ...
Total
...
RECEIPTS.
Received from
treasury.
2
Rs.
17,960
16,682
14,547
4,739
11,896
65,826
A.
7
12
5
9
1
5
P.
7
11
10
2
11
5
Received from
paying patients.
3
Rs.
440
144
200
135
A.
10
4
0
0
P.
1
6
0
0
.......
919 14 7
Value of articles
received from
Manufacture
Department.
4
Rs.
11,847
701
2,238
19
2,457
17,264
A.
9
14
7
2
2
4
P.
3
7
6
5
6
3
Total.
5
Rs.
30,248
17,529
16.986
4,893
14,353
84,010
A.
10
0
13
11
4
8
P.
11
0
4
7
5
3
EXPENDITURE.
FROM TREASURY ON ACCOUNT OF-
Establishment.
Establishhment
proper.
6
Rs.
7,493
3,749
3,897
1,143
3,744
20,028
A.
2
3
13
15
3
5
P.
3
5
4
9
2
11
Superinten-
dence.
7
Rs.
3,600
4,200
4,500
2,100
4,200
18,600
A.
0
0
0
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
Diet.
8
Rs.
4,208
6,411
5,343
1,318
3,331
20,613
A.
6
0
6
6
15
3
P.
11
3
6
8
6
10
Clothing and
bedding.
9
Rs.
85
735
2
116
205
1,145
A.
0
10
12
6
13
10
P.
0
6
5
0
0
0
Bazar
medicines.
10
Rs.
16
3
3
1
11
36
A.
6
2
12
14
6
10
P.
6
7
3
6
9
7
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper.
11
Rs.
1,758
1,469
640
58
334
4,260
A.
2
1
4
14
4
10
P.
0
8
6
3
6
11
Contingencies
of manufacture.
12
Rs. A. P.
..........
..........
..........
..........
..........
..........
Repairs and
maintenance.
13
Rs.
760
114
159
A.
0
10
4
P.
0
6
9
..........
68
1,102
7
6
0
3
Total.
14
Rs.
17,921
16,682
14,547
4,739
11,896
65,786
A.
1
12
5
9
1
15
P.
8
11
10
2
11
6
ASYLUMS.
Dnllunda
...
...
..
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
Cuttack ... ... ... ...
Berhampore ... ... ... ...
Total ...
EXPENDITURE-concluded.
FROM
MANUFACTURE
DEPARTMENT ON ACCOUNT OF–
Diet.
15
Rs.
7,029
696
1,687
8
2,335
11,755
A.
6
14
6
5
10
46
P.
9
7
8
9
2
35
Clothing and
bedding.
16
Rs.
1,288
A.
4
P.
0
.....
551
1
117
1,957
0
3
12
19
10
2
3
15
Bazar
medicines.
17
Rs. A. P.
2 8 0
2
8 0
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper.
18
Rs.
1,179
5
A.
8
0
P.
0
0
2
2
1,188
9
4
21
6
0
6
Contingencies
of manufacture.
19
Rs. A. P.
4 8 0
4
8 0
Repairs and
maintenance.
20
Rs.
2,350
A.
7
P.
6
1
2,351
8
15
0
6
Total.
21
Rs.
11,847
701
2,238
19
2,457
17,261
A.
9
14
7
2
2
34
P.
3
7
6
5
6
27
From
maintenance
fund
for
paying
patients.
22
Rs.
39
A.
5
P.
11
39 5
11
Remitted to treasury
on account of paying
patients.
23
Rs.
440
144
200
135
A.
10
4
0
0
P.
1
6
0
0
210 14
7
Charges on account of
works done by Public
Works Department.
24
Rs.
1,643
717
A.
8
1
P.
1
5
233
2,504
13
7
6
2
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.
27
28
7
4
17
86
A.
15
10
8
6
11
2
P.
0
7
0
0
3
10
Cost of English stores,
medicines, &c.
27
Rs.
271
42
8
3
29
354
A.
1
8
10
8
10
13
P.
0
9
0
0
2
11
GRAND
TOTAL.
28
Rs.
32,191
18,317
17,001
4,946
14,634
87,091
A.
3
4
15
1
7
0
P.
0
9
4
7
4
0
( 3 )
14 East Indians, and 2 Armenians. The total expenditure amounted to
Rs. 19,731 against Rs. 19,804 in 1884. The total amount contributed by
the friends of paying patients was Rs. 12,338.
10. It appears from the report that the different asylums were efficiently
managed during the year under review.
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.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
R. H. WILSON,
Offg. Secretary to the Government of Bengal.
No. 1974.
COPY of the Resolution, with a copy of the Report, submitted to the Govern-
ment of India in the Home Department for information.
No. 1975.
COPY of the Resolution forwarded to the Inspector-General of Civil
Hospitals, Bengal, for information.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
R. H. WILSON,
Offg. Secretary to the Government of Bengal.
CALCUTTA,
The 13th July 1886.
A. E. DeS.—Reg. No. 3830C—275-15-7-86.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
INSANE ASYLUMS IN BENGAL
FOR THE
YEAR
1886.
A. J. COWIE, Esq.,
Inspertor-General of Civil hospitals, Bengal.
Calcutta :
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1887.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE INSAN
FOR THE
YEAR
1886.
BY
A. J. COWIE Esq.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
Calcuata:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1887.
No. 5472.
FROM A. J. COWIE, ESO.,
Inspect or-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal,
To THE SECRETAEY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
MEDICAL AND MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated Calcutta, the 7th July 1887.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit my annual report on the working
of the lunatic asylums of Bengal, for the year 1886, for the information
of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor. The usual tables and statements
of figures are attached thereto.
2. Table No. I presents the following particulars: —
Lunatics in confinement—There were confined in all the asylums on the
1st January 1886, 955 persons, viz., 757 males and 198 females, the total
exhibiting an increase of 36 over the corresponding number of the previous
year. On the 31st December 1886, there remained under safe custody 956
persons, viz., 755 males and 201 females, or an increase of one only over the
opening figure, the increase being on the female side.
Admissions.—In the year 200 persons, viz., 159 males and 41 females, were
admitted, or 14 less in total than the admissions in 1885. The re-admissions
in the year under report were 18, viz., males 15, and females 3, against 18,
16 and 2, respectively, in 1885.
Daily Asylum Population.—The average daily number of persons in con-
finement increased from 939.62, or 745.78 males and 193.84 females, in 1885,
to 963. 9, or 764.12 males, and 199.78 females, in the year under report.
Disposal of lunatics —During the year 87 persons were discharged cured
—males 71 and females 16, the number being less in total by 6 than in
1885. Forty-one were transferred to the care of friends, viz., 37 males and 4
females, or 15 more than the number so disposed of in the previous twelve
months. In 1885 the transfers took place among males only. This year
of the total 41 transferred, four were females. Of the total discharges, 38 were
pronounced improved, 3 not improved, and 4 were sent out " otherwise."
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TABLE No. 2.
Discharges.
1876 to 1886 ...
1886
RATE PER CENT.
CALCULATED ON AVERAGE
STRENGTH
Of
recoveries.
10.87
9'02
Of those
of total,
improved.
4.93
3.94
15.8
12.96
CALCULATED ON TOTAL TREATED.
Of
recoveries.
8.7
7.41
Of those
improved.
3.95
324
Of total.
12.65
10.65
CALCULATED ON ADMISSION.
Of
recoveries.
43.9
39.9
Of those
improved.
19.94
17.43
Of total.
63.84
57.33
3. This table gives the percentage of recoveries calculated on the mean
daily population, also of recoveries on admissions and on total treated. The
recoveries reckoned on average strength were less by 1.85 than the average
of the previous ten years, and by .87 than the number of 1885. This ratio is
partly the outcome of the increase in the average strength of the population
in 1886.
TABLE No. 3.
Average number of days patients discharged were confined.
Dullunda
Dacca
Patna
Cuttack
Berhampore
Average
CURED.
Males.
279
174
401
1,970
1,441
853
Females.
305
347
71
660
346
IMPROVED.
Males.
944
2,104
817
667
1,108
Females.
47
4,287
1,980
2,105
4. This table is of no practical value. It simply, as I have before shown,
gives the average number of days those discharged were confined in the several
asylums.
TABLE No. 4.
Relation of Population to capacity of Asylums.
Dullunda
...
...
...
Dacca
Patna
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
Berhampore
Total
CAPACITY OF 50
SUPERFICIAL PEET.
Males.
246
167
190
32
147
782
Females.
47
50
70
11
55
233
Total.
293
217
260
43
202
1,015
MAXIMUM NUMBER
CONFINED IN ANY
ONE NIGHT.
Males.
229
195
190
50
126
790
Females.
57
31
58
8
57
208
Total.
286
226
248
58
180
998
AVERAGE DAILY
NUMBER CONFINED.
Males.
218.29
189.18
186.49
47.32
122.84
764.12
Females.
52.91
31.24
55.08
7.43
53.12
199.78
Total.
271.20
220.42
241.57
54.75
175.96
903.90
EXCESS OF AVERAGE
STRENGTH OVER
CAPACITY.
Males.
......
22.18
......
15.32
......
......
Females.
5.91
......
......
......
......
......
Total.
......
3.42
......
11.75
......
......
Bengal
Government
letter
No. 801 T—M, dated 8th June
1886.
Bengal
Government
letter
No. 452, dated 27th January 1887.
5. Here we have exhibited the available space in each asylum for the
occupation of patients, the maximum number confined on any one night, the
average daily number confined, and the excess of average strength over
capacity. The accommodation in the Dullunda, Dacca and Cuttack Asylums
was found insufficient. The excess of persons in the Dullunda Asylum,
occurred in the female ward. Under the late orders of Government, see
margin, this state of things is not likely to happen
again, for some time to come at any rate, the number
of districts supplying insanes to the asylum having
been considerably reduced. No immediate increase
to the present buildings is therefore necessary. Additional space is I understand
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almost total absence from the return ; and this is all the more remarkable, when
we consider to what use certain drugs are put in this country, drugs which, when
indulged to excess, are prominently among the chief causes of insanity
giving the largest admissions into our asylums.
8. Regarding the increase of criminal lunatics in the Dullunda Asylum,
Dr. Clarke, the superintendent, observes as follows :—" The year opened
with 111 criminals on the rolls and closed with 124, the daily average
strength being 118.3 in 1886, against 102.7 in 1885." * * "In 1884 criminals
constituted 39 per cent. of the daily average population of the asylum,
41 per cent. in 1885, and 43 per cent. in the year under report. The in-
crease in the criminal population is due to the necessity of retaining a
prisoner in the institution after he has been declared sane, longer than is
the case with the non-criminal. This is evidenced by the fact that, whereas
of the non-criminal population 17 per cent. were discharged during the year,
8 per cent only of the criminals left the asylum. Under these conditions
it is evident that while the non criminals form, as it were, a floating popu-
lation, the criminals are gradually, but surely, filling the asylum." He then
suggests the advisability of establishing a criminal asylum, as for many
reasons it is difficult to segregate, manage, or control criminal lunatics in an
ordinary asylum. This is a large and important question, and if the moment
has not yet arrived for its consideration, the steady increase of criminal lunatics,
and the providing separate accommodation for them, are matters which should
not be lost sight of. In my own opinion criminal lunatics differ in many
important respects from other lunatics. The nature and cause of their mental
aberration and the discipline and treatment requisite for its control and cure
raise the question of providing for them a separate asylum accommodation;
but, I do not think that, the want of an asylum for criminal lunatics is so much
a question of importance, as a separate arrangement for dangerous lunatics, or
those it is found troublesome and difficult to manage.
9. The Dullunda, Dacca, and Berhampore Asylums show an increase of
criminal lunatics of 13, 3 and 1, while, Patna and Cuttack exhibit a slight
decrease of 5 and 2, respectively.
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done by Public Works Department" (Rs. 98). Ordinary and extraordinary
expenditure are divided as follows :—
Ordinary expenditure ...
Cash expended (inclusive of money
expended for paying patients) ...
Value of artioles made over for
asylum use ... ...
Extraordinary expenditure ... ... ...
Total ...
1886.
Rs.
65,830
14,239
8,041
88,110
1885.
Rs
65,836
17,264
3,179
86,279
It will be observed from the above that there was a decrease of Rs. 3,031
under the head of ordinary expenditure, and an increase of Rs. 4,862 under
the head of extraordinary expenditure, or a net increase of Rs. 1,831 on the
whole.
28. The items of extraordinary expenditure are as follows:—
Charges on account of works done by 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 ... ...
1886.
Rs.
7,662
45
83
251
8,041
1886.
Rs.
2,603
45
86
355
3,179
It will be seen from the above that there was an increase of Rs. 4,969
under the head " Charges on account of works done by Public Works Depart-
ment" while there was a total decrease of Rs. 107 under the two last
items of extraordinary expenditure. The actual increase under this head of
expenditure is therefore represented by Rs. 4,862. The increase under the head
" charges on account of works done by Public Works Department" occurred at
Dacca (Rs. 3,435), at Patna(Rs. 982, and at Berhampore (Rs. 1,379), or a total
of Rs. 5,796 ; but Dullunda having shown a decrease of Rs. 816 and Cuttack
of Rs. 11, the actual increase was Rs. 4,969. At Dacca and at Patna the
increase was due it is said to the quadrennial repairs to the asylum buildings,
and at Berhampore to the construction of a new workshed to replace that which
fell down during a storm in 1884.
29. Cost of Establishment.—The total cost of establishment proper in 1886
was Rs. 20,061, and of superintendence, Rs. 18,400. These items in 1885
amounted to Rs 20,038 and Rs 18,600, respectively. Thus there was an
increase of Rs. 23 under the head of establishment proper, and a decrease of
Rs. 200 under the head of superintendence. The increase under the head of
establishment proper occurred at Patna (Rs. 49) at Cuttack (Rs. 8) and at
Berhampore (Rs. 86), or a total of Rs. 143 ; but Dullunda having showed a
decrease of Rs. 106 and Dacca of Rs. 14, the actual total increase was only
Rs. 23. The increase at Patna is said to have been due to less fines in
1886; at Cuttack to the writer's pay for 26 days not having been drawn in
1885, and to differences in the amount of fines, and at Berhampore to the pay
of the warders having been increased under the orders of Government.
The total cost of superintendence shows a decrease of Rs. 200. There was
an increase at Dullunda of Rs. 320 which is said to have been due to the
entertainment of the Officiating Deputy Superintendent during the absence of
the permanent incumbent on three months' privilege leave. This increase was,
however, more than made up by the decrease of Rs. 520 in the Dacca Asylum.