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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
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23. Establishment.—The total cost of establishment proper in 1883 was
Rs. 20,102, and of superintendence Rs. 17,325. These items in 1882 amounted
to Rs. 19,817 and Rs. 19,884 respectively. The slight increase in the first was
due to the filling up of some offices at Dullunda which had been vacant in
1882, and to annual increments of salary at Berhampore. Of superintendence the
cost was reduced at Dullunda from Rs. 5,019 to Rs. 3,600. The effect of
transferring the asylum to the resident surgeon, general hospital, was felt
throughout the year 1883, but only for seven months of 1882. At Dacca a
fall of Rs. 1,200 was due to the salary of the officiating overseer being separately
paid from the departmental budget, as a supernumerary assistant surgeon.
The annual cost per head stands as follows:—
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
...
ANNUAL COST PER HEAD.
1883.
Superinten-
dence.
Rs.
18
13
20
39
22
A.
0
8
2
4
14
P.
0
4
1
2
10
Establishment
proper.
Rs.
34
19
17
21
20
A.
9
4
12
11
15
P.
1
8
3
6
10
Total.
Rs.
52
32
37
60
43
A.
9
13
14
15
14
P.
1
0
4
8
8
1882.
Superinten-
dence.
Rs.
26
19
20
41
21
A.
11
1
3
5
13
P.
9
6
6
5
7
Establishment
proper.
Rs.
35
20
17
22
19
A.
6
7
11
13
2
P.
10
0
7
4
8
Total.
Rs.
62
39
37
64
41
A.
2
8
15
2
0
P.
7
1
9
3
24. The higher cost at Dullunda has been explained in former years.
The reduction in 1883 is explained in the foregoing paragraph. The high figure
at Cuttack is due to the small number of lunatics, between whom the cost of
superintendence is divided in striking the average.
25. Diet.—The money outlay on diet was Rs. 20,294, showing a small
increase on that of 1882. The cost of articles of diet made over from manu-
factures was also higher. This was due to increase of prices, no material
change having been made in the dietaries. The larger sum drawn from the
treasury at Dacca is due to the small use made of the industrial department in
providing articles of food. The average cost of diet per head is shown
below:—
Dullunda ... ... ...
Dacca
... ... ...
Patna
...
...
...
Cuttack
... ... ...
Berhampore ...
...
...
1883.
Rs.
42
38
27
19
33
A.
14
4
15
11
2
P.
11
2
8
11
10
1882.
Rs.
37
36
25
19
30
A.
12
0
4
12
15
P.
11
1
3
6
0
The difference between the extremes here set down is considerable. On the
whole, however, it cannot be said that the charge is high, for the cost of an
average lunatic's daily food in 1883 was about one anna and three pie, which
includes hospital comforts and extras.
26. Clothing and bedding.—The cost under this head, including articles
received from manufactures, was Rs. 2,836, a little more than in 1882. Com-
parison of year with year, or of asylum with asylum in a single year, affords
no information concerning these items. The average cost was small on the
whole.
27. Bazar medicines.—Cost insignificant.
28. Contingencies.—The charge for contingencies proper fell slightly, and
that for repairs and maintenance more largely. The general result was a fall
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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
from Rs. 5,693 to Rs. 4,760. In the several asylums the charges stand as
follows:—
Contingencies proper ... ... ...
Ditto
repairs and maintenance ...
Ditto
of manufacture ... ...
1883.
Rs.
3,649
1,101
10
4,760
1882.
Rs.
3,773
1,910
10
5,693
The cost of contingencies per man is shown in the following table:—
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
1883.
Amount.
Rs.
2,420
949
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.
0
6
7
9
9
8
1882.
Amount.
Rs.
3,391
934
768
82
515
5,693
A.
8
9
15
6
9
1
P.
0
4
5
4
11
0
Cost per head.
Rs.
18
4
3
1
2
6
A.
1
4
7
9
12
9
P.
0
0
3
11
4
1
There was a fall at Dullunda. The absolute excess here is explained,
as before, by the greater variety of work done for Government in the asylum,
work which, elsewhere, would be done by the department public works. The
variations in the other asylums call for no special remark.
29. Maintenance.—There was again a fall in the receipts from paying
patients from Rs. 1,258 in 1882 to Rs. 959 in 1883. The sum debitable to the
Administration of Assam for maintenance of lunatics in the Dacca asylum was
Rs. 2,978-1-7. It is not entered in the statements.
30. Manufactures.—Expenditure on raw materials and contingencies of
manufacture in 1883 reached Rs. 27,376, the same practically as in 1882. No
charges were incurred by the public works department on account of manu-
facture buildings. The estimated value of raw materials, manufactured goods,
and plant and machinery on 1st January 1883 was Rs. 61,404. The total debit
was therefore Rs. 88,781. There was paid into the treasury during the year
Rs. 19,984, nearly the same amount as in 1882. Manufactured goods consumed
in the asylums cost Rs. 12,701 against Rs. 10,776. Goods and property at the
end of the year were valued at Rs. 61,524 in total, making a total credit of
Rs. 94,209 and a net profit on manufactures of Rs. 5,547 distributed as
follows :—
Dullunda
...
... ...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
Total ...
1883.
Rs.
1,881
2,367
544
259
496
5,547
1882.
Rs.
1,752
1,535
3,561
608
1,422
8,878
I would again draw attention to the fact that these figures depend on the
quantity of material supplied at cost price for asylum use. Profits are obtained
only on outside sales. The table does not therefore in any way represent the
value of the industries to Government nor furnish a ground of comparison
between the institutions.
31. General management, alterations, improvements, &c.—There is nothing to
record of accomplished work under this head. Progress was made at Dacca
towards an interchange of buildings between the jail and asylum. This will
probably be effected during the current year, and an endeavour will be made to
remedy the defects in the supply of water for bathing at Dullunda and Patna
noticed in the report.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
15
39. Receipts from paying patients, including outstandings, reached
Rs. 15,226 against Rs. 14,786 in 1882; outstandings, however, amounted to
Rs. 3,280, the greater portion of which is due from Captain Andrews of the
invalid establishment. His debt is now Rs. 2,633. The balance will, it is
expected, be shortly realized.
40. Mr. and Mrs. De Vere continue to earn the confidence and respect
of officers and patients alike. I ascribe it to Mr. De Vere's activity and deter-
mination that persons well able to pay for their own maintenance have not
been allowed to defraud the Government, and that the large sums, now
annually paid into the treasury, have been realized.
Mr. Lawton, the overseer, rendered valuable service during the year, and
his wife acted very satisfactorily as matron during the absence on sick leave
of Mrs. De Vere.
The superintendence of the asylum underwent the same changes in 1883
as befel that of the Dullunda Asylum.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
A. J. PAYNE, M.D.,
Surgeon-General for Bengal.
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APPENDIX.
STATEMENT No. II—concluded.
1
YEARS.
CUTTACK.
BEHRAMPORE.
1873 ...
...
...
...
1874 ...
...
...
...
1875 ...
...
...
...
1876 ...
...
...
...
1877 ...
...
...
...
1878 ...
...
...
...
1879 ...
...
...
...
1880
...
...
...
...
1881
...
...
...
...
1882 ...
...
...
...
1883
...
...
...
...
1874 ...
...
...
...
1875 ... ... ... ...
1876
...
...
...
...
1877 ...
...
...
...
1878 ...
...
...
...
1879
...
...
...
...
1880 ...
...
...
...
1881. ...
...
...
...
1883
...
1883
2
Remained on 1st
January.
Males.
11
12
13
12
13
9
14
18
17
14
16
......
14
32
51
49
57
60
51
57
62
Females.
2
1
......
......
......
......
......
1
2
1
......
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
4
5
Total.
13
13
13
12
13
9
14
18
18
16
17
......
15
33
52
51
58
61
52
61
67
3
Admitted.
Males.
1
3
3
4
1
9
5
2
6
3
2
......
8
7
5
9
7
4
8
15
14
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
1
1
......
......
......
1
1
......
......
......
3
2
......
Total.
1
3
3
4
1
9
5
3
7
4
2
......
8
8
6
9
7
4
11
17
14
4
Re-admitted.
Males.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
3
......
......
1 1
3
1
2
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Total.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
3
......
......
1
1
3
1
2
5
Total.
Males.
12
15
16
16
14
18
19
20
23
17
18
15
35
71
56
65
66
65
62
73
78
Females.
2
1
......
......
......
......
......
1
2
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
4
6
5
Total.
14
16
16
16
14
18
19
21
25
20
19
16a
36b
73c
58
67d
67e
66
66
79
83
6
Discharged
transferred
Males.
......
1
2
......
3
1
1
2
6
......
2
......
2
17
4
5
3
7
3
6
7
Females.
......
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
2
......
......
......
1
......
1
......
......
......
1
1
Total.
......
2
2
......
3
1
1
2
6
2
2
......
2
18
4
6
3
7
3
7
8
7
Died.
Males.
......
1
2
3
2
3
......
1
3
1
......
1
1
3
3
3
3
7
2
5
5
Females.
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Total.
1
1
2
3
2
3
......
1
3
1
......
1
1
3
3
3
3
7
2
5
5
8
Remaining on
31st December.
Males.
12
13
12
13
9
14
18
17
14
16
16
14
32
51
49
57
60
51
57
62
66
Females.
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
4
5
4
Total.
13
13
12
13
9
14
18
18
16 1
17
17
15
33
52
51
58
61
52
61
67
70
9
Daily average strength.
Males.
11.8
12.27
12.15
12.46
12.22
10.40
15.58
17.0
16.5
15.0
15.0
14.17
2351
35.29
50.69
56.8
67.65
56.36
52.92
58.58
66.97
Females.
1.25
.38
......
......
......
......
......
.6
10
1.2
10
1.0
1.0
1.24
1.4
1.82
1.00
1.00
2.71
3.86
4.27
Total.
13.05
12.65
12.15
12.46
12.22
10.40
15.58
17.6
17.5
16.2
16.0
15.17
24.51
36.53
52.09
58.62
58.65
57.36
55.63
62.44
70.24
(a)
(b)
(c) (d)
(e)
Inclusive of
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Ditto
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Ditto
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Ditto
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Ditto
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Male.
15
13
29
7
1
Female.
1
......
......
......
......
Total.
16
13
29
7 1
Received by transfer.
APPENDIX.
31
STATEMENT NO. VIII...-concluded.
Asylums.
BERHAMPORE.
Number.
15
34
48
49-1
55
57
65a
65b
93
306b
315
432
460
466
484
506
803
862
905
1000
1
DISEASES.
Ague
...
...
...
...
Acute rheumatism ... ...
Leprosy
...
...
...
Phthisis pulmonalis ...
Anæmia
...
...
...
General dropsy
...
...
Apoplexy
...
...
...
Ditto,
sanguineous ...
Epilepsy
...
...
...
Bronchitis
...
...
...
Pneumonia
...
...
...
Ulcer ... ... ... ...
Dyspepsia
...
...
...
Dysentery
...
...
...
Diarrhœa
...
...
...
Cirrhosis of liver
...
...
Exhaustion of mania ...
Carbuncle
...
...
...
Debility
...
...
...
Contusion
...
...
...
Total ...
GRAND TOTAL ...
2
Remaining
in hospital
from previ-
ous year.
Males.
...
...
...
...
3
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
2
...
7
26
Females.
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
4
Total.
...
1
1
...
3
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
2
...
9
30
3
Admitted
during the
year.
Males.
11
5
...
1
5
1
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
4
6
1
1
1
1
3
52
192
Females.
4
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
6
43
Total.
15
6
...
1
5
1
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
4
7
1
1
1
1
3
58
235
4
Total.
Males.
11
5
...
1
8
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
5
6
1
1
1
3
3
59
218
Females.
4
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
8
47
Total.
15
7
1
1
8
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
5
7
1
1 1
3
3
67
265
5
7
8
Results.
Discharged
cured.
Males.
11
5
...
...
6
1
...
...
1
1
...
3
2
5
5
...
...
1
2
3
46
142
Females.
4
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
8
30
Total.
15
7
1
...
6
1
...
...
1
1
...
3
2
5
6
...
...
1
2
3
54
172
Discharged
otherwise.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Died.
Males.
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
9
41
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
11
Total.
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
9
52
Remaining
sick.
Males.
...
...
...
...
1 1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
4
33
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
Total.
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
4
39
32
APPENDIX.
STATEMENT NO. IX.
Showing the Cash Accounts of the Asylums for the pear 1883.
ASYLUMS.
1
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
Total ...
RECEIPTS.
Received from
treasury.
2
Rs.
14,869
16,538
14,097
4,529
12,804
62,839
A.
7
6
9
6
4
1
P.
9
5
3
0
6
11
Received from
paying patients.
3
Rs.
740
26
172
20
A.
14
0
0
8
P.
9
0
0
0
......
959 6 9
Value of articles
received from
manufacture
department.
4
Rs.
7,434
1,238
2,273
19
1,736
12,701
A.
5
0
10
1
2
3
P.
6
3
0
9
5
11
Total.
5
Rs.
23,044
17,802
16,543
4,568
14,540
76,499
A.
12
6
3
15
6
12
P.
0
8
3
9
11
7
EXPENDITURE.
FROM TREASURY ON ACCOUNT OF¬
Establishment.
Establishment
proper.
6
Rs.
6,913
4,280
3,970
1,161
3,775
20,102
A.
10
13
14
14
9
14
P.
6
10
1
9
8
10
Superinten-
dence.
7
Rs.
3,600
3,000
4,500
2,100
4,125
17,325
A.
0
0
0
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
Diet.
8
Rs.
2,856
7,417
4,644
1,048
4,327
20,294
A.
3
6
14
15
8
15
P.
0
1
4
11
1
5
Clothing and
bedding.
9
Rs. A. P.
......
1,050
84
110
173
1,418
9
10
0
7
10
0
0
0
0
0
Bazar
medicines.
10
Rs.
10
3
3
1
34
53
A.
10
4
14
4
13
14
P.
0
6
0
7
9
10
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper.
11
Rs.
1,381
742
682
107
300
3,213
A.
11
2
8
2
3
13
P.
6
6
9
9
9
3
Contingencies
of manufacture.
12
Rs. A. P.
......
......
......
......
......
......
Repairs and
maintenance.
13
Rs. A. P.
.......
44
210
2
12
6
1
......
67
322
10
8
3
10
Total.
14
Rs.
14,762
16,538
14,097
4,529
12,804
62,731
A.
3
6
9
6
4
13
P.
0
5
3
0 6
2
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
Total
...
EXPENDITURE––concluded.
FROM MANUFACTURE DEPARTMENT ON ACCOUNT OF¬
Diet.
15
Rs.
5,729
1,071
1,608
7
1,638
10,054
A.
12
1
4
2
5
10
P.
3
3
2
8
11
3
Clothing and
bedding.
16
Rs.
665
A.
10
P.
0
......
665
1
85
1,418
5
5
12
1
10
4
6
8
Bazar
medicines.
17
Rs. A. P.
......
3 4 9
......
1 9 9
......
4 14 6
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper.
18
Rs.
314
112
A.
1
5
P.
9
3
......
3
5
435
0
10
1
0
0
0
Contingencies
of manufacture.
19
Rs. A. P.
......
......
......
6
4
10
0
2
2
0
0
0
Repairs and
maintenance.
20
Rs.
724
51
A.
13
5
P.
6
0
......
......
2
778
4
6
0
6
Total.
21
Rs.
7,434
1,238
2,273
19
1,736
12,701
A.
5
0
10
1
2
3
P.
6
3
0
9
5
11
From
maintenance
fund
for paying
patients.
22
Rs.
107
A.
4
P.
9
......
......
......
......
107 4 9
Remitted to treasury
on account of paying
patients.
23
Rs.
740
26
172
20
A.
14
0
0
8
P.
9
0
0
0
......
959 6 9
Charges on account of
works done by Public
"Works Department.
24
Rs.
1,824
1,872
3,085
176
57
7,015
A.
14
4
0
12
0
15
P.
6
3
0
3
1
1
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.
47
26
9
3
8
94
A.
0
3
0
9
11
8
P.
4
4
0
2
2
0
Cost of English stores,
medicines, &c.
27
Rs.
65
38
10
3
22
139
A.
3
6
10
0
8
12
P.
9
1
0
0
10
8
GRAND TOTAL.
28
Rs.
24,981
19,739
19,647
4,797
14,628
83,795
A.
14
4
13
5
11
0
P.
7
4
3
2
0
4
APPENDIX.
33
STATEMENT No. X.
Showing the sanctioned Establishment of the Asylums as it stood on the 31st December 1883.
Superintendent
...
...
...
Deputy Superintendent ... ...
Overseer
...
...
...
...
Matron
...
...
...
...
Writer
...
...
...
...
Native Doctor
...
...
...
Compounder
...
...
...
Jemadars ...
...
...
...
Jemadarni ... ... ... ...
Keepers
...
...
...
...
Ditto for hospital
...
...
Ditto female
...
...
...
Ditto ditto for hospital ...
Durwan ... ... ... ...
Lamp-lighter ... ... ...
Harkara
...
...
... ...
Mallee
...
...
...
...
Cook
...
...
...
...
Baker
...
...
...
...
Bhistees
...
...
...
...
Washerman
...
...
...
...
Barbers
...
...
...
...
Mehters
...
...
...
...
Milkman
...
...
...
...
Mehtranee
...
...
...
...
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
2
2
(1)24
2
(5)5
1
4
1
1
1
1
(3)2
(2)1
1
2
(4)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
......
......
163.22
36.76
1 to 32.64
......
1 to 7.42
1 to 12.25
DACCA.
Number.
1
...
1
...
1
1
...
3
1
4
8
l2
...
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
......
185.09
36.76
1 to 61.69
1 to 36.76
1 to 7.71
1 to 7.35
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 0 0
......
5
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
5
5
4
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
4 0 0
167.56
55.95
1 to 55.85
......
1 to 9.85
1 to 9.33
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
48.49
5.
1 to 48.49
......
1 to 12.12
1 to 5.
BERHAMPORE.
Number.
1
...
1
(a)1
1
1
...
3
...
(b)23
...
(a)l
...
...
...
1
(g) 2
(c)5
...
(f)6
3
(d)3
(e)8
...
(h) 8
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
A.
0
P.
0
......
95
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
127.31
52.53
1 to 42.44
......
1 to 7.96
1 to 13.13
(1) Two discharged.
(2) Discharged.
(3) One discharged.
(4) Pay reduced to Rs. 24.
(5) Two discharged.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
Not employed during the year.
7 not employed during the year.
2
ditto
ditto.
1
ditto
ditto.
1
ditto
ditto.
4
ditto
ditto.
1
ditto
ditto.
1
ditto
ditto. Of the total number 5 are
female keepers, of whom 4 were employed during
the year.
( 5 )
constantly full and admission had to be refused to several applicants. The
total expendi are amounted to Rs. 19,860 against Rs. 21,136 in 1882, the
decrease being chiefly due to the transfer of the asylum to the charge of the
Resident Surgeon, General Hospital, of which the effect was felt during the
entire year. There was also a decrease in the average cost of diets as compared
with the previous year, when a large number of patients had, under accidental
circumstances, been admitted into the asylum in a weak and emaciated condi-
tion, and had to be kept up by extra quantities of food. The average net cost
to the State of each lunatic was Rs. 165.
11. The Lieutenant-Governor is glad to acknowledge the care and
attention bestowed by the Superintendents on the Asylums under their
charge, and to find that they bear unanimous testimony to the good
conduct of the subordinate officers. He appreciates the labours of Mr. and
Mrs. DeVere, the Deputy Superintendent and Matron of the Bhowanipore
Asylum. Mr. Lawton, the Overseer, and Mrs. Lawton, who acted as Matron
during the absence, on sick leave, of Mrs. DeVere, are also well spoken of by
the Surgeon-General. The management of the asylums throughout the
Province during the year was excellent, and reflects credit on the Head of the
Department.
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 Surgeon-
General, Bengal, for information.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
E. N. BAKER,
Offg. Secretary to the Government of Bengal.
No. 474T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution, with a copy of the Report, submitted to the
Government of India, in the Home Department, for information.
No. 475T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution forwarded to the Surgeon-General, Bengal,
for information.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
E. N. BAKER,
Offg. Secretary to the Government of Bengal
DARJEELING,
The 6th May 1884.
G. E. C. Reg. No. 1533C—133—15-5-84.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
INSANE ASYLUMS IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1884.
BY
A. J. COWIE, Esq.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
Calcutta:
BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1885.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
INSANE ASYLUMS IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1884.
BY
A. J. COWIE, Esq.,
Inspector-General
of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
Calcutta:
BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1885.
No. 5424.
FROM A. J. COWIE, ESQ.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal,
TO THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
MEDICAL AND MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
Fort William, the 10th July 1885.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit my annual report on the lunatic
asylums of Bengal for the year 1884.
2. In the following table I, the results are compared with those of each
of the previous ten years.
3. Lunatics in confinement—On the 1st January 1884 there were in all the
asylums 907 persons. Of this number 724 were males and 183 females. The
corresponding numbers for 1883 were 849, 663, and 186.
4. Admissions.—Of primary admissions in 1884, there were males 166, and
females 42, or a total of 208 persons. In 1883 the numbers were 184, 25, and
209, the increase over 1883 being females 17, and a decrease among males
18. Under the head of readmitted, the total number was 24, or males 20
and females 4. There has been little or no fluctuations among the latter since
the year 1881, the total number readmitted in 1881, 1882, 1883, and 1884
being nearly the same.
5. Population.—The total population of 1884 exceeded that of 1883 by 58,
or males 40 and females 18, the total numbers being 1,139 and 1,081. As I have
stated, readmissions were about stationary during the past four years; not so,
however, the primary admissions, which had decreased to 165 in 1882, but
rose to 209 in 1883 and to 208 in 1884.
The total population in like manner decreased to 1,056 in 1882—the lowest
figure reached in the ten years period—rose to 1,081 in 1883, and to 1,139 in the
past twelve months.
6. Disposal of lunatics.—There were 90 in all discharged cured in 1884,
against precisely the same number in 1883 ; 38 were transferred to friends.
Of this number 36 were " improved " and 2 " not improved"; 5 were disposed
of otherwise. The deaths were 87 in 1884, against 52 in 1883, or the same
as obtained in 1882 with a total population of 1,056.
7. Remaining.—On the 31st December 1884 there were in the asylums 919
persons, viz., males 730 and females 189, against 907, 724, and 183 on the 31st
December 1883. Of this increase 6 were males and 6 females, 4 of the latter
being criminal lunatics.