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LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
29. The following is an abstract of the cash account of the different
asylums in 1893 :—
Abstract of Cash account for 1893.
1
Dullunda
...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore ...
Total for 1893...
Total for 1892...
ESTABLISHMENT.
Total cost.
2
Rs.
8,788
7,511
8,246
2,112
6,557
33,215
32,167
A.
5
0
9
0
7
6
8
P.
6
2
6
0
4
6
1
Cost per head of
average strength.
3
Rs.
35
31
36
113
32
35
33
A.
9
15
4
1
2
10
7
P.
0
7
9
0
1
3
10
DIET.
Total cost.
4
Rs.
10,278
10,504
7,315
718
7,338
36,155
37,469
A.
13
7
11
1
10
11
13
P.
6
5
0
2
6
7
6
Cost per head of
average strength.
5
Rs.
41
44
32
38
35
38
39
A.
9
11
3
7
15
12
0
P.
5
6
2
1
4
8
1
CLOTHING AND BED-
----.
Total cost.
6
Rs.
540
495
901
30
350
2,318
2,572
A.
0
1
15
13
4
2
7
P.
0
6
0
0
6
0
0
Cost per head of
average strength.
7
Rs.
2
2
3
1
1
2
2
A.
3
1
15
10
11
7
10
P.
0
8
6
4
6
9
10
MEDICINES.
Total cost.
8
Rs.
484
74
156
5
102
822
695
A.
1
4
8
7
8
13
14
P.
8
8
0
6
0
10
1
Cost per head of
average strength.
9
Rs.
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
A.
15
5
11
4
8
14
11
P.
4
1
0
9
1
2
7
CONTINGENCIES.
Total cost.
10
Rs.
2,018
1,805
1,003
72
561
5,461
6,857
A.
13
4
0
14
10
11
7
P.
6
1
11
9
6
9
9
Cost per head of
average strength.
11
Rs.
8
7
4
3
2
5
7
A.
2
10
6
14
12
13
2
P.
9
11
8
5
0
9
3
MISCELLA-
------
Total cost.
12
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cost per head of
average strength.
13
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
GRAND TOTAL.
Total cost.
14
Rs.
22,110
20,390
17,623
2,939
14,910
77,973
79,763
A.
2
1
12
4
8
13
2
P.
2
10
5
5
10
8
5
Rs.
89
86
77
157
73
83
83
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore ...
Total for 1893 ...
Total for 1892 ...
CHARGES ON ACCOUNT
OF WORKS DONE BY
THE PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT.
Total cost.
16
Rs.
1,928
1,048
A.
8
7
P.
2
3
...
145
2,157
5,280
2,536
10
11
4
10
3
0
8
0
Cost per head of aver-
age strength.
17
Rs.
7
4
A.
12
7
P.
10
5
...
7
10
5
2
12
9
10
10
9
2
8
3
RATES AND TAXES.*
Total cost.
18
Rs.
2,676
482
81
21
152
3,414
3,917
A.
6
10
0
8
15
7
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cost per head of aver-
age strength.
19
Rs.
10
2
0
1
0
3
4
A.
13
0
5
2
11
10
1
P.
3
11
8
5
11
7
3
COST OF PRINTED
FORMS AND STA-
TIONERY.
Total cost.
20
Rs.
55
23
30
3
8
120
76
A.
2
9
0
7
8
11
3
P.
4
3
0
6
0
1
8
Cost per head of aver-
age strength.
21
Rs.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
A.
3
1
2
3
0
2
1
P.
7
7
1
0
8
1
3
Total expenditure, including all
heads of expenditure.
22
Rs.
26,770
21,944
17,734
3,109
17,229
86,789
86,293
A.
2
12
12
14
10
4
0
P.
8
4
5
2
10
5
1
Cost per head of average strength.
23
Rs.
108
93
78
166
84
93
89
A.
5
6
0
7
6
1
13
P.
2
8
10
9
9
11
4
* This is an item under " Contract Contingencies," but the charges being extraordinary, the heading has been kept
separate from " Contingencies."
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore
1892.
Gross cost.
Rs.
111
87
76
175
72
A.
15
3
4
4
15
P.
8
9
11
6
4
Exclusive
of public works
charges.
Rs.
106
83
76
155
72
A.
11
13
4
4
15
P.
8
7
11
10
4
1893.
Gross cost.
Rs.
108
93
78
166
84
A.
5
6
0
7
6
P.
2
8
10
9
9
Exclusive
of public works
charges.
Rs.
100
88
78
158
73
A.
8
15
0
11
13
P.
4
3
10
0
7
The total expenditure under all heads was Rs. 86,789-4-5, against
Rs. 86,293-0-1 in 1892, an increase of Rs. 496-4-4; and the average cost per
head Rs. 93-1-11, against Rs. 89-13-4 in 1892 and Rs. 95-0-5 in 1891. Deduct-
ing receipts from paying patients, the net cost was Rs. 90-9-5 against
Rs. 88-0-1 in 1892, and deducting the expenditure on Public Works and on rates
and taxes, Rs. 81-4-2
against Rs. 81-4-7.
The figures in the
margin
give the
comparative cost in
each asylum, but are
quite valueless as a
test of the economy
with
which
the
asylums are managed. Taking the bare figures, Cuttack would appear to be
extravagant. It is really the most economically managed of all, but the small
number of inmates makes the charges for establishment and superintendence
abnormally high. Dullunda seems to compare unfavourably with Dacca,
Patna, and Berhampore, but the difference would greatly diminish if rates and
taxes were excluded, Dullunda paying Rs. 2,676-6, or Rs. 10-13-3 per head;
while Dacca paid only Rs. 482-10, Patna Rs. 81, and Berhampore Rs. 152-15.
Wages, cost of provisions, &c., are also dearer in the capital than in the provincial