LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
9
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore ...
Total ...
CHARGES ON ACCOUNT
OF WORKS DONE BY
THE PUBLIC
WORKS
DEPARTMENT.
Total cost.
Rs.
5,612
2,051
2,344
1,439
96
11,544
A.
11
11
10
4
0
7
P.
10
9
8
8
6
5
Cost per head of aver-
age strength.
Rs.
21
8
9
37
0
11
A.
7
10
3
9
7
9
P.
11
7
6
11
5
2
RATES AND TAXES ON
BULIDINGS ATTACHED
TO THE ASYLUM.
Total cost.
Rs.
2,676
905
108
45
564
4,358
A.
6
1
0
0
0
10
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cost per head of aver-
age strength.
Rs.
10
4
0
1
2
4
A.
4
1
6
2
11
5
P.
0
3
9
9
8
11
COST OF PRINTED
FORMS AND STA-
TIONERY.
Total cost.
Rs.
31
20
12
3
13
80
A.
2
0
0
8
10
4
P.
0
0
0
6
3
9
Cost per head of aver-
age strength.
Rs.
0
0
0
0
0
0
A.
1
1
0
1
1
1
P.
11
4
9
6
1
3
Total expenditure, including all.
heads of expenditure.
Rs.
31,524
22,813
21,807
4,793
13,842
94,780
A.
7
0
3
12
4
12
P.
5
1
8
5
6
1
Cost per head of average strength.
Rs.
120
96
85
125
66
95
A.
11
4
11
4
15
0
P.
5
11
6
8
6
5
The total expenditure, including all heads of expenditure, was
Rs. 94,780-12-1, against Rs. 90,374-15-4 in 1890. The total average yearly cost
was Rs. 95-0-5, against Rs. 89-11-6 in the previous year, but if the amount
received from paying patients be deducted, the average cost to Government
would be Rs. 93-12-9 in 1891 and Rs. 88-6-7 in 1890. Excluding still further the
Public Works charges, the average stands at Rs. 82-3-7, against Rs. 79-2-2.
These averages then include the amount paid as rates and taxes, and if this
extraordinary expenditure be excluded, the average cost per lunatic is reduced
to Rs. 77-13-8, against Rs. 76-2 in 1890. It may be observed that a very
large amount, viz. Rs. 2,454, was paid at Dacca as water-tax in the year under
report which has been shown by the Superintendent under the head of
contingencies. If this amount be also excluded, the average cost per lunatic in
1891 is further reduced to Rs. 75-6-4.
34. Income.—There was a falling off of Rs. 86-1-3 in the total amount
received from the paying patients in the year under report. The diminution at
Dullunda of Rs. 85-2-9 was due to there having been no second class paying
patients in 1891. The decrease at Berhampore of Rs. 40 is attributed to the
inability of the only patient who was admitted to pay more than Rs. 2 per
mensem. At Dacca there was a slight increase. At Patna the amount paid by
the friends of paying patients was more by Rs. 32-1-6 owing to the increased
number of this class of lunatics.
35. Recently Government has issued a revised form of descriptive roll
of lunatics under which full inquiries will have to be made in regard to the
possibility of recovering maintenance charges of lunatics sent to asylums. It is
hoped that this will tend to increase the contributions of paying patients and
lighten the burden which is at present borne by Government. I give below a
statement showing the number of paying patients treated in each asylum in
Bengal during the year 1891:—
Statement showing the number of paying patients treated in the Lunatic Asylums
in Bengal during the year 1891.
Dullunda ...
Dacca
...
...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack ... ...
Berhampore ...
Remained
on 1st
January.
Males.
4
... 1
... 1
Females.
3
1
...
... ...
Total.
7
1
1
... 1
Admitted.
Males.
2
2
2
... 1
Females.
...
...
...
... ...
Total.
2
2
2
... 1
Re-admitted.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
Total
treated.
Males.
6
2
3
... 2
Females.
3
1
...
... ...
Total.
9
3
3
... 2
Discharged
transferred.
Males.
5
... 1
... 1
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
5
... 1
... 1
Died.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
1
...
...
...
...
Total.
1
...
...
... ...
Remaining
on 31st
December.
Males.
1
2
2
... 1
Females.
2
1
...
... ...
Total.
3
3
2
... 1
DAILY AVERAGE
STRENGTH.
Males.
2.36
1.25
2.35
... 1.06
Females.
2.40
1.
...
...
...
Total.
4.76
2.25
2.35
... 1.06
36. Statement X—Establishment.—This
statement differs very little from
that of the year 1890. It may be noticed, however, that owing to the transfer
of the conservancy of the Berhampore Asylum to the municipality, the mehters
and mehtranies belonging to the sanctioned scale were not employed. The
monthly cost of sanctioned establishment at Dacca shows an increase of Rs. 100,