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LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
57. Expenditure.—The following table shows the expenditure of the year
under report and of the previous year :—
Average daily number of inmates throughout the year
Total expenditure for the year ... ...
Average yearly cost of each lunatic ... ...
Average yearly cost of each lunatic after deducting
payments by friends ... ... ...
1898.
Rs.
37
20,884
564
228
1899.
Rs.
36.49
20,452
560
161
The average cost per head under the different headings was as follows:—
Establishment
...
...
...
Diet
...
...
...
Contingencies ... ... ...
Clothing
...
...
...
Rates and taxes
...
...
...
Public Works charges ... ... ...
Printed forms and stationery ... ...
European medicines ... ... ...
1898.
Rs.
329
131
46
24
33
...
...
1
1899.
Rs.
333
132
44
15
33
1
...
2
58. The total expenditure was Rs. 20,452, against Rs. 20,884, or a decrease
of Rs. 432. The average gross cost per head was Rs. 560, against Rs. 564 in
the previous year. The net cost to Government also fell from Rs. 228 in 1898
to Rs. 161 in 1899, owing mainly to larger receipts from paying patients.
59. Superintendence cost Rs. 517 less than in last year, owing to the
retrenchment from the pay of the Deputy Superintendent, a portion of the
Exchange compensation allowance previously drawn by him, and to which it
was subsequently held he was not entitled, since his emoluments were increased
by the grant to him of the officiating allowance for the Dullunda Asylum.
Under the head of Establishment proper there was an increase of Rs. 501, due to
the entertainment of additional servants for paying patients. The increment of
Re. 1 granted by Government to the pay of all whole-time menial servants
drawing Rs. 5 and under was, by an oversight, not drawn during 1898.
The payment was made in 1899, which also explains the increase in the cost of
the establishment proper. There was a saving of Rs. 25 under the head of
Diet, Rs. 344 under clothing and bedding, and Rs. 97 under contingencies. The
amount spent on European medicines was more by Rs. 5 only. Quadrennial
repairs were commenced during the year, and cost Rs. 39. There was an
increase of Rs. 6 in the cost of printed forms and stationery. Rates and taxes
remained the same, viz., Rs. 1,198. Deducting this expenditure and the
Public Works charges from the total cost of the past two years, the net
cost to Government per patient is still further reduced to Rs. 127, against
Rs. 195 in the previous year.
First class ... ...
Second „ ... ...
Third „ ... ...
Fourth „ ... ...
1898.
Rs.
0
0
0
0
A.
9
8
5
5
P.
10
11
11
3
1899.
Rs.
0
0
0
0
A.
10
7
5
5
P.
8
3
7
2
60. The daily average cost of
each diet was 5 annas 9 pies, the same
as in 1898. The figures in the margin
represent the daily cost of diet of the
different classes of patients.
61. Income is shown in the following statement:—
Amount contributed by Government
Received from paying patients ...
Sale of manufactured goods ...
Total ...
1897.
Rs.
4,218
17,543
11
21,772
A.
0
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
0
1898.
Rs.
8,438
12,446
A.
0
0
P.
0
0
......
20,884 0 0
1899.
Rs.
5,867
14,585
A.
0
0
P.
0
0
......
20,452 0 0
62. The cost to Government was less by Rs. 2,571. The income from the
relatives of paying patients shows an increase of Rs. 2,139, due to the admission