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7. The statement show1ng the rece1pts and expend1ture of each asylum
presents some very remarkable features. It 1s here reproduced 1n full.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Moydapore ...
Berhampore ...
Hazareebagh...
Total ...
1
Daily average strength.
290.62
206.87
226.63
60.73
53.58
182
204
1,224.43
2
Total expenditure.
Rs.
41,319
22,827
19,795
5,830
4,200
14,720
10,099
1,18,793
A.
8
2
5
10
3
3
13
15
P.
3
9
8
11
3
0
8
6
3
Realized from the
friends of patients.
Rs.
1,997
329
238
22
A.
3
5
9
8
P.
9
6
0
0
......
12 0 0
......
2,599 10 3
4
Actual profit from
Manufacture Depart-
ment.
Rs.
9,708
408
2,577
A.
3
11
9
P.
6
0
4
......
......
......
15
12,710
14
6
6
4
5
Average cost of each
patient as per co-
lumn 2.
Rs.
142
110
87
96
78
80
49
97
A.
2
5
5
0
6
14
8
0
P.
10
6
6
1
3
1
1
3
6
Average cost of each
patient, deducting
columns 3 and 4.
Rs.
101
106
74
95
78
80
49
84
A.
14
12
14
10
6
13
6
8
P.
4
5
8
2
3
0
10
2
7
8
9
10
11
AVERAGE COST OF EACH PATIENT IN
RELATION TO—.
Establishment.
Rs.
70
44
38
58
40
39
22
45
A.
3
4
5
13
2
4
13
8
P.
0
2
7
5
7
5
10
11
Diet.
Rs.
55
54
87
31
83
32
16
39
A.
3
3
1
10
8
7
4
11
P.
10
7
9
4
2
1
9
5
Bazar medi-
cines.
Rs.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
A.
2
4
1
2
0
1
4
2
P.
7
5
9
3
8
9
9
10
Contingencies.
Rs.
12
5
4
2
0
4
3
6
A.
8
7
15
4
14
8
12
12
P.
9
3
4
7
5
8
0
4
Clothing.
Rs.
4
6
6
3
3
4
3
4
A.
0
2
13
1
12
8
4
12
P.
8
1
1
6
5
2
9
9
The daily average strength of the Hazareebagh Asylum is given as 204.
This, however, is only the daily average for the seven months and six days
during which the asylum was open. Consequently the average cost of each
patient only extends over that period, and a modification of the figures is
required to find the annual average cost. The general annual averages are thus
vitiated. It appears also that the sum of Rs. 10,099, entered in the statement
as the total expenditure at Hazareebagh, has been taken inadvertently for the
sum of Rs. 10,119, of which the particulars are given in the Superintendent's
report. This error vitiates the averages calculated for Hazareebagh. The
very trifling sum realized from the friends of patients cannot fail to attract
attention. The inquiries which have now been set on foot will, it is honed,
effect better results in this respect for the future. Some explanation should
have been offered of the circumstances under which Dacca Asylum earned only
Rs. 408 from manufactures, while the actual profits in Patna were Rs. 2,577,
and in Dullunda Rs. 9,708. The statement shows no profits against Cuttack,
Moydapore, and Berhampore. It appears, however, from the Superintendents'
reports that the manufacture departments in those asylums earned Rs. 179,
Rs. 158, and Rs. 1,330 respectively during the year; and if this be the case,
the figures in the statement are incorrect. The gross average cost of maintain-
-ng each patient varies most markedly. Thus in Dullunda it is Rs. 142, in Dacca
Rs. 110, in Cuttack Rs. 96, in Patna Rs. 87, in Hazareebagh at the rate of about
Rs. 81, in Berhampore Rs. 80, and in Moydapore Rs. 78. The gross cost per
head on account of " establishment" ranged from Rs. 70 in Dullunda and
Rs. 58 in Cuttack to Rs. 39 in Berhampore and Rs. 38 in Patna. The annual
average charge for " diet," which was Rs. 55 per head in Dullunda and Rs. 54
in Dacca, was only Rs. 32 in Berhampore, Rs. 31 in Cuttack, and Rs. 27 in
Hazareebagh. The average charge for "contingencies" was Rs. 12-8-9 at
Dullunda, or much more than double the charge at any other asylum except
Hazareebagh, where the circumstances were exceptional, the asylum having
initial charges to meet. The Lieutenant-Governor sees no good reason why the
expenses of Dullunda, Dacca, and Cuttack should so largely exceed the average.
The variation of expenditure and earnings has been made the subject of a special
reference to the Surgeon-General, who has been requested to submit a full report
on the subject.
Dullunda.—The admissions into this asylum numbered only 158, against
195.4, the average of the previous five years. The percentage of " cured" to
the daily average strength was 22.3, against 28.3; of "mproved" 9-6, against
8.3; and of "otherwise discharged" 37.8, against 7.7. Dr. Payne ascribes the
fall in the percentage of recoveries to the decreased number of admissions.
The increase in the percentage of lunatics discharged without improvement is to
be attributed to large transfers to Hazareebagh and Berhampore. The sanitary