LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
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TABLE XVII.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore ...
1895.
Gross cost
Rs.
117
102
89
188
77
A.
0
7
2
0
12
Exclusive
of Public Works
charges.
P.
1
4
6
3
8
Rs.
104
89
82
161
76
A.
3
0
8
14
6
P.
6
11
11
7
7
1896.
Gross cost.
Rs.
113
107
93
190
84
A.
5
12
1
6
2
Exclusive
of Public Works
charges.
P.
11
4
5
0
5
Rs.
110
102
90
156
82
A.
12
8
12
10
11
P.
6
1
5
6
5
The total expenditure under all heads was Rs. 93,955-13-11, against
Rs. 91,378-10-11 in
1895, an increase of
Rs. 2,577-3. The
average cost per head
was
Rs.
102-12,
against Rs. 99-6-6.
Deducting
receipts
from paying patients,
the net cost was
Rs. 100-6-4, against
Rs. 97-3-1 in 1895,
and deducting as usual the expenditure on public works and for rates and taxes,
Rs. 92-5-2, against Rs. 83-9-3 in 1895. The variations under the different
heads of expenditure have already been explained, A comparative statement
of cost in each asylum is given in the margin.
33. Income.—The receipts from paying patients increased by Rs. 120-5-10.
Dullunda realised Rs. 199-0-10 more than in 1895. At Berhampore there was
a small increase, while Cuttack, which for a long series of years showed no
income, earned Rs. 17. The receipts at Dacca show a falling off, which was
due to arrears not paid by the friends of a paying patient. The matter was
referred to the Civil Court, where it has been pending for a long time. The
decrease at Patna is accounted for by the smaller number of paying patients
in 1896.
Superintendents are quite alive to the recovery of the cost of main-
tenance of lunatics wherever possible, but more might be done in this direction
if executive officers put pressure on the relations of the lunatics to provide
for their support, as is enjoined in Government Circular No. 42 Medical, dated
the 3rd December 1891. The following table shows the number of paying
patients treated in each asylum:—
TABLE XVIII.
Statement showing the number of Paying Patients treated in the Lunatic Asylums
in Bengal during the year 1896.
NAME OF ASYLUM.
1
Dullunda ... ...
Dacca
...
...
Patna
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
Berhampore ...
Total for 1896 ...
Total for 1895 ...
Remained
on 1st
January.
Males.
2
5
1
3
... 2
11
12
Females.
3
3
1
...
...
...
4
5
Total.
4
8
2
3
... 2
15
17
Admitted.
Males.
5
3
2
...
1
1
7
5
Females.
6
...
...
...
1
...
1
1
Total.
7
3
2
...
2
1
8
6
Readmitted.
Males.
8
3
...
...
...
...
3
1
Females.
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
10
3
...
...
...
...
3
1
Total
treated.
Males.
11
11
3
3
1
3
21
18
Females.
12
3
1
...
1
...
5
6
Total.
13
14
4
3
2
3
26
24
Discharged,
transferred,
&c.
Males.
14
5
1
...
...
...
6
6
Females.
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
16
5
1
...
...
...
6
7
Died.
Males.
17
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Females.
18
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
19
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Remaining
on 31st
December.
Males.
20
6
2
3
1
3
15
11
Females.
21
3
1
...
1
...
5
4
Total.
22
9
3
3
2
3
20
15
Daily average
strength.
Males.
23
5.76
1.8
3.
1.
2.68
14.24
12.03
Females.
24
3.
1.
... 1.1
...
5.1
4.33
Total.
25
8.76
2.8
3.
2.1
2.68
19.34
16.36
34. Statement X.—Establishment.—There was no change in the sanctioned
establishment during the year 1896.
35. Statement XI.—Manufactures.—The net profits from the manufac-
turing department were Rs. 6,252-5-5, against Rs. 8,252-10-11 in 1895, a
decrease of Rs. 2,000-5-6. There was a falling off of Rs. 940 10-9 at Dullunda,
which was chiefly due to less profits from the dairy and the garden, which
suffered much from the extreme drought in the early part of the year. More-
over, in 1895 Rs. 225-11-2 was realised from the Public Works Department for
labour and materials supplied for building purposes, but in the year under
report nothing was received on this account. Dacca showed a decrease of
Rs. 450-15-3 owing to the discontinuance of the manufacture of mustard oil,
which is now purchased from the local market. At Patna the diminution was
due to the stoppage of all manufactures requiring hard labour from the lunatics.