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LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
which was due to the allowance of the Superintendent having been raised to
Rs. 250 per mensem.
37. Statement XI—Manufactures.—The
total amount expended on raw
materials and all other charges was Rs. 21,109-3-5, against Rs. 21,656-5-5 in 1890.
At Dacca there was expended again a large sum by the Public Works Depart-
ment on account of repairs to the cowsheds which were damaged by the
tornado of 1888. There was paid into the treasury from all the asylums
collectively Rs. 1,227-11-10 less than in 1890. The total value of manufactured
goods used in the asylums was greater by Rs. 1,347-2-9. The total profits
showed an increase of Rs. 1,506-5-8 in the year under report. The asylums at
Patna and Dullunda show larger profits, while Cuttack and Berhampore show
a decrease. But for the large expenditure incurred at Dacca on account of
repairs, the asylum would have shown a profit of Rs. 1,599-4-1 in 1891.
38. The following medical officers were in charge of the asylums during
the year:—
Dullunda,—Surgeon J. Clarke held charge throughout the year.
Dacca.—Surgeon-Major F. C. Nicholson held charge from 1st January to
28th April and again from 22nd November to the close of the year. Surgeon-
Major G. Price from 29th April to 21st November.
Patna.—Surgeon-Major E. G. Russell held charge throughout the year.
Cuttack.—Surgeon-Major J. M. Zorab held charge throughout the year.
Berhampore.—Surgeon-Major C. J. W. Meadows from 1st January to 19th
February; Assistant Surgeon Kristo Churn Bose from 20th to 23rd February;
Surgeon-Major E. Bovill from 24th February till the end of the year.
39. The report of the Superintendent of the Dullunda Asylum is very
favourable as regards the manner in which Mr. Fleming, the apothecary in
charge, performed his duties. He also speaks well of the matron, Mrs. Monteiro.
At Dacca the work of the establishment would have been very satisfactory
but for their conduct in connection with the case of the lunatic who died from
fracture of the ribs. Mr. Nowlan, the Overseer, and Mrs. Nowlan, the Matron,
of the Patna Asylum are spoken of most favourably by Dr. Russell, the Super-
intendent in charge; while at Cuttack the conduct of the establishment is
reported to have been good. At Berhampore Babu Mohendro Nath Roy, the
Overseer, is also reported on most favourably by the Superintendent, Dr. Bovill.
40. The attention given to sanitary matters by all the Superintendents
was highly commendable, and accounts in a great measure for the low rate of
mortality prevailing, and in a good measure for the almost entire absence of
cholera or any other serious epidemic disease.
EUROPEAN ASYLUM, BHOWANIPORE.
41. Population.—The following table gives the changes which have taken
place in this respect:—
Remaining on 1st January ... ...
Admitted during the year ... ...
Re-admitted ... ... ...
Total ...
Discharged cured ... ... ...
Despatched to Europe under Merchant Shipping Act
Transferred to care of friends ... ...
Made over to military authorities ... ...
Despatched to Europe as still insane ... ...
Died ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Remaning on 31st December ... ...
1890.
33
15
...
48
6
2
3
...
...
3
14
34
1891.
34
15
1
50
3
1
1
2
1
7
15
35
Of the 16 admissions, including 1 re-admitted, 9 were Europeans, 3
East Indians, 1 Armenian, and 3 Jews. The number of recoveries was