( v )
The ratio per cent. of mortality to average daily number of inmates, 15.6, has varied
but little from the 15.2 of 1868. Cholera in the latter year gave 14.5 per cent. of the deaths,
against 15.9 per cent. in the present year. The disease caused mortality at Dullunda, Dacca,
and Patna this year, whereas during 1868 Dacca was the only asylum attacked.
The table shews that 40.7 per cent. of the total mortality arose from diseases of the
nervous system, and by the debility or cachexia engendered by those complaints. Scrofula
and its allied complaints formed 13.2 per cent of the total.
No. 6.
Table showing the average number employed to average strength, the total yearly expenditure,
estimated value of lunatic labor, average cost of each inmate, and the average cost of each
item of the charge per man.
Dullunda
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack...
Moydapore
Totals
&
averages
1
Average daily number of inmates through-
out the year.
278.9
231.7
161
36.2
13.4
721.2
2
Ratio per cent. of daily average number
of inmates employed in labor.
97.52
83.38
90.43
62.15
89.55
89.47
The same ratio for the year 1868.
99.25
86.80
77.16
57.69
100.0
88.04
3
Total expenditure for the year.
R.
24,128
22,696
12,601
5,079
1,959
66,464
A.
6
6
3
0
14
15
P.
6
10¾
7
0
9½
9¼
4
Income from lunatic labor, including pro-
fits and estimated value of labor.
R.
23,455
6,741
3,059
1,135
563
34,955
A.
4
0
8
8
15
5
P.
5
10
6½
9
3
9½
5
Average sum gained by each lunatic
employed in labor.
R.
86
34
21
50
46
54
A.
3
14
0
7
15
2
P.
8
3
2
6
11
8
6
Average yearly cost of each inmate as
by column 3.
R.
86
97
78
140
146
92
A.
8
15
4
4
4
2
P.
2
3
3
10
2
6
7
Average yearly cost of each inmate for
1868.
R.
86
96
63
135
88
86
A.
0
11
11
6
4
10
P.
0
5
4
0
1
10
8
Average yearly cost of each lunatic
(deducting column 4) during the year.
R.
2
68
59
108
104
43
A.
6
13
4
14
2
11
P.
7
9
2
11
9
0
9
10
11
12
13
Average yearly expense of each patient in realation to
Establishment.
R.
31
37
29
103
119
38
A.
9
6
3
6
9
2
P.
7
9
11
1
5
11
Diet.
R.
50
47
38
31
21
45
A.
6
4
11
9
11
5
P.
5
8
10
5
10
2
Bazar medicines.
R.
0
0
0
0
A.
2
7
3
2
P.
4
0
9
3
...
0 4 1
Contingencies.
R
6
4
5
3
1
5
A.
4
14
7
3
15
6
P.
0
10
11
3
10
10
Clothing.
R.
2
7
4
1
2
4
A.
15
13
8
15
15
13
P.
1
10
8
8
0
4
The differences in calculating the average cost from the medical officer's returns are the
result of using the decimals of strength. The large proportion of profit gained at Dullunda,
column 5, is to be noted in reference to the remarks of the Deputy Inspector-General of
Hospitals, on the relation of food to labor, in his memorandum and annual inspection report.
The average cost in the asylums at Cuttack, and at Moydapore, under the heads of
columns 6, 8, and 9, is higher than that of other institutions—owing to the proportionate
increased cost of establishment in consequence of the appointments of Europeon overseers as
compared with the small number of inmates.
No. 7.
Abstracts of the admissions of the year 1869. The ages have been as follows for the five
asylums in Bengal.
Males ... ...
Females... ...
Total ...
10 to 20
42
5
47
20 to 30
163
32
195
30 to 40
99
21
120
40 to 50
29
12
41
50 to 60
7
4
11
60 to 70
1
2
3
70 to 80
...
1
1
Total.
341
77
418