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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
No. 1.—(Continued.)
16. Total died ... ... ...
17. Ditto
per cent. of total treated ...
18. Ditto
ditto of daily average strength
19. Died from cholera ... ... ...
20. Ditto
ditto per cent. of total treated
21. Ditto
ditto ditto of daily average
strength ... ... ...
22. Died from other causes ... ...
23. Ditto
ditto
per cent. of total treated
24. Ditto
ditto
ditto of daily average
strength ... ... ...
25. Total discharged and died ... ...
26. Ditto ditto per cent. to daily average
strength ... ... ...
1865.
109
10.2
16.5
7
1.06
1.06
102
9.5
15.5
437
66.4
1866.
145
15.4
23.8
29
3.0
4.7
116
12.3
19.1
366
60.2
1867.
107
11.3
17.7
2
.21
.3
105
11.1
17.4
294
48.7
1868.
103
9.5
15.2
15
1.3
2.2
88
8.14
13.0
393
58.1
1869.
113
10.2
15.6
18
1.6
2.4
95
8.5
13.1
361
50
Average of 5
years.
115.4
11.2
17.6
14.2
1.3
21
101.2
9.8
15.5
370.5
56.7
1870.
107
9.3
13.8
10
.9
1.7
97
8.4
12.5
364
47.0
Increase.
Decrease.
8.4
1.9
3.8
4.2
.4
.4
4.2
1.4
3
6.5
9.7
No. 2.
Comparison of the General Numerical Results at the several Asylums for the year 1870.
Dullunda ... ...
Dacca ... ... ...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ...
Moydapore ... ...
Total ...
Average daily number of in-
mates throughout the year.
309.16
222.57
183
38.49
20.92
774.14
Remained under treatment.
291
229
161
46
19
746
Admitted during the year.
162
72
86
20
17
357
Re-admitted.
22
5
13
2
2
44
Total treated.
475
306
260
68
38
1,147
Discharged cured.
89
34
40
17
7
187
Improved or transferred to
friends.
30
10
2
5
2
49
Discharged as not insanes.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Escaped unrecovered insanes.
...
11
...
...
1
12
Transferred to other asylums.
...
...
...
*9
...
9
Died.
39
41
18
2
7
107
Remaining 31st December 1870.
317
210
200
35
21
783
Average daily sick per cent. to
daily average number of in-
mates.
5.5
13.6
5.77
4.3
2.4
7.75
Ratio per cent. of cures and
transfers to total treated.
25.05
14.3
16.15
32.3
23.68
20.5
Ratio per cent. of mortality to
total treated.
8.21
13.3
6.9
2.9
18.4
9.3
Ratio per cent. of mortality to
daily average strength.
12.61
18.42
9.83
5.1
33.41
13.8
* To Dullunda.
3. It is obvious from the figures of statement No. 1 that the asylum population is an
increasing one: this is evident from the 1st of January census, the total treated, and average
daily strength.
Much of this increase is no doubt due to the accumulation of chronic lunatics of the
criminal class, about whose discharge there is a difficulty.
This is shown in the following statement, which gives the statistical history of this class of
lunatics in each asylum for the last five years. The increase over the average strength of
1865-69 is 34.05, which bears a higher ratio to 125.62, the average strength, than the total
corresponding increase of 121.3 does to 652.8, the average strength of five years, namely 27.1
per cent. against 18.5. The increase is most marked in the case of the Dullunda asylum,
though all show it to some extent.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL. 3
No. 3.
Return of Criminal Lunatics in the Asylums of Bengal for the years 1865-70.
ASYLUMS.
DULLUNDA ...
DACCA
...
...
PATNA
...
...
YEARS.
1865 ...
1866 ...
1867 ...
1868 ...
1869 ...
Average of five
years ...
1870 ...
1865 ...
1866 ...
1867 ...
1868 ...
1869 ...
Average of five
years ...
1870 ...
1865 ...
1866 ...
1867 ...
1868 ...
1889 ...
Average of five
years ...
1870 ...
REMAINING ON THE
1ST JANUARY.
Males.
44
38
35
46
54
43.4
65
45
41
40
28
34
37.6
44
15
19
18
22
26
20
24
Females.
1
1
2
4
4
2.4
4
6
7
6
3
3
5
3
1
1
2
2
1
14
2
ADMITTED.
Males.
16
9
25
17
21
17.6
35
20
12
5
13
18
13.6
13
4
1
7
7
10
5.8
5
Females.
2
1
2
3
1
1.8
3
2
2
......
......
1
1
2
......
1
1
......
2
.8
1
RE-ADMITTED.
Males.
......
......
......
4
1
1
4
......
......
1
1
3
1
3
......
......
......
......
......
......
Females.
......
......
......
1
......
2
3
......
......
1
......
......
.2
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
TOTAL.
Males.
60
47
60
67
76
62
104
65
53
46
42
55
52.2
60
19
20
25
29
36
25.8
29
Females.
3
2
4
8
5
4.4
10
8
9
7
3
4
6.2
5
1
2
3
2
3
2.2
4
DISCHARGED,
TRANSFERRED, &C.
Males.
15
4
10
9
11
9.8
26
8
9
10
4
6
7.4
11
......
2
1
2
9
2.8
4
Females.
1
......
......
4
1
1.2
4
1
3
2
......
1
1.4
......
......
......
......
1
1
.4
1
DIED.
Males.
7
8
4
4
......
4.6
4
16
4
8
4
5
7.4
7
......
......
2
1
3
1.2
2
Females.
1
......
......
......
.2
......
......
......
2
......
......
.4
......
......
......
1
......
......
.2
......
REMAINING ON THE
31ST DECEMBER.
Males
38
35
46
54
65
47.6
74
41
40
28
34
44
37.4
42
19
18
22
26
24
23.4
23
Females.
1
2
4
4
4
3
6
7
6
3
3
3
4.4
5
1
2
2
1
2
4.6
3
AVERAGE
DAILY
STRENGTH.
43.76
37
36.17
57.85
70.79
49.11
71.75
52.40
47.55
41.12
33.68
45.03
43.95
49.16
16.5
18.8
24
21
33.9
22.84
25.36
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL. 4
No. 3.—(Continued.)
ASYLUMS.
CUTTACK
...
MOYDAPORE
...
YEARS.
1865 ...
1866 ...
1867 ...
1868 ...
1869 ...
Average of five
years ...
1870 ...
1865 ...
1866 ...
1867 ...
1868 ...
1869 ...
Average of five
years ...
1870 ...
REMAINING ON THE
1ST JANUARY.
Males.
3
4
5
5
9
52
12
9
3
3
1
1
3.4
5
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
ADMITTED.
Males.
3
3
1
5
3
3
6
1
......
......
......
4
1
2
Females.
......
......
......
......
1
.2
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
RE-ADMITTED.
Males.
......
......
......
......
2
.4
1
1
......
......
......
......
.2
......
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
TOTAL.
Males.
6
7
6
10
14
8.6
19
11
3
3
1
5
4.6
7
Females.
......
......
......
......
1
.2
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
DISCHARGED,
TRANSFERRED, &C.
Males.
2
1
1
1
2
1.4
13
7
......
2
......
......
1.8
2
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
DIED.
Males.
......
1
......
......
......
.2
......
1
......
......
......
......
.2
1
Females.
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
REMAINING ON THE
31ST DECEMBER.
Males.
4
5
5
9
12
7
6
3
3
1
1
5
2.6
4
Females.
......
......
......
......
1
.2
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1
AVERAGE
DAILY
STRENGTH.
4.26
5.33
5.54
7.92
10.27
6.66
8.53
7.6
3
1.28
1
2.38
3.05
4.87
Summary of Five Years.
1865 ...
1866 ...
1867 ...
1868 ...
1869 ...
Average of five
years ...
1870 ...
116
105
101
102
124
109.6
150
8
9
10
9
8
8.8
10
44
25
38
42
56
41
61
4
4
3
3
5
3.8
7
1
......
1
5
6
2.6
8
......
......
1
1
......
.4
4
161
130
140
149
186
153.2
219
12
13
14
13
13
13
21
32
16
24
16
28
23.2
56
2
3
2
5
3
3
6
24
13
14
9
8
13.6
14
1
......
3
......
......
.8
......
105
101
102
124
150
116.4
149
9
10
9
8
10
9.2
15
124.52
111.68
108.11
121.45
162.37
125.62
159.67
8
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
varying number of deaths from cholera. Excluding this disturbing element, the diminution
and serial diminution is equally apparent. The increase of population, less prone to die, is,
as Dr. Payne points out, undoubtedly one cause of this; and the bar placed in 1868 on
the importation of weakly lunatics from a distance may account for it in part. It is
difficult, therefore, to estimate how much of the result is due to these circumstances, and how
much to improved sanitary conditions of residence, better care, and more successful treatment.
One set of data which might help in determining this question is wanting—namely, the
physical condition of the lunatics on admission as regards general health and the existence
or absence of positive disease. This want will be supplied in future. The simple fact of
length of residence of fatal cases supplies an element from which the state of lunatics on
admission, and the effect of asylum residence, might be inferred in conjunction with other
circumstances. The longer the admitted lunatics live in the asylum, the presumption is that
the better was their health on admission, and the more successful their care after admission.
It would be satisfactory to know that not only fewer have died, but that those fewer had lived
longer: in other words, that the presumption of life at certain asylum ages was increasing.
The diminished presumption of life as natural age increases would of course have to be
considered, and for this purpose the statement of age of persons admitted would be important.
We do not know, for the purpose of comparison, what the presumption of life of lunatics outside
asylums is, and should want this element of comparison; but one year might be compared with
another or several, and if there were no material disturbing cause elsewhere, this would be an
important gain in the precision of the means of recording results.
The data wanted to bring out this result are, simply, a statement of the daily average for
the year living at a certain asylum age, and the number of casualties, discharges, and
deaths happening according to time of residence. Thus, it would be possible to show that
among so many entering the asylum, so many died within a month, two months, &c., and
to give the ratio to number living for each period. The comparison of different years on
this principle would afford a basis for important and interesting deductions. The preparation
of such a table demands, however, a special daily reckoning for each period fixed upon.
It cannot be shown from data furnished this year, but will be prepared in future reports.
The following table, showing the information as regards fatal cases, is however of great
interest, showing how many more die in the earlier than the later periods of residence.
The statement is subject to the fallacy that there are a greater number living in earlier
than later periods; it is all that can be got at present, and confirms, with this reservation,
the belief in the greater fatality among recent admissions.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
9
No. 6.
Statement showing Duration of Confinement of Fatal Cases in the Asylums of Bengal for the last five years.
ASYLUMS.
DULLUNDA
...
...
...
DACCA
...
...
...
...
PATNA
...
...
...
...
YEARS.
1865
...
...
1866
...
...
1867
...
...
1868
...
...
1869
...
...
Average of five
years ...
1870
...
...
1865
...
...
1866
...
...
1867
...
...
1868
...
...
1869
...
...
Average of five
years ... ...
1870
...
...
1865
...
...
1866
...
...
1867
...
...
1868
...
...
1869
...
...
Average of five
years ... ...
1870
...
...
Under 1 month.
10
11
10
13
8
10.4
7
3
2
...
4
5
2.8
1
2
...
1
1
2
1.2
...
1 to 2 months.
7
10
9
7
2
7
2
1
1
...
1
1
.8
4
1
1
...
...
4
1.2
1
2 to 3 months.
4
6
6
6
2
4.8
3
1
1
2
4
2
2
1
...
2
1
...
2
1
2
3 to 4 months.
4
2
2
4
2
2.8
2
4
1
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
3
2
...
1.2
1
4 to 5 months.
2
5
5
1
1
2.8
2
1
5
...
5
4
3
2
...
1
...
...
2
.6
1
5 to 6 months.
6
7
...
...
...
2.6
2
...
1
3
2
1
1.4
2
...
1
...
...
1
.4
...
Under 6 months.
33
41
32
31
15
30.4
18
10
11
5
16
13
11
11
3
6
5
3
11
5.6
5
6 to 12 months.
9
9
2
10
10
8
7
3
8
4
3
7
5
6
2
5
2
1
3
2.6
5
Under 1 year.
42
50
34
41
25
38.4
25
13
19
9
19
20
16
17
5
11
7
4
14
8.2
10
1 to 2 years.
5
5
5
2
5
4.4
6
8
1
9
4
6
5.6
12
1
3
3
1
4
2.4
3
2 to 3 years.
1
1
5
1
1
1.8
...
1
8
...
2
1
2.4
4
...
6
1
1
...
1.6
3
3 to 4 years.
2
3
3
...
7
3
...
...
4
1
3
4
2.4
2
1
5
1
...
2
1.8
...
4 to 5 years.
1
...
1
2
2
1.2
...
...
...
5
5
1
2.2
...
...
...
1
...
...
.2
2
Under 5 years.
51
59
48
46
40
48.8
31
22
32
24
33
32
28.6
35
7
25
13
6
20
14.2
18
5 to 10 years.
5
5
2
2
3
3.4
4
2
3
6
6
3
4
4
1
4
2
...
2
1.8
...
10 to 15 years.
3
1
...
...
...
.8
3
2
1
1
3
3
2
...
...
3
...
...
...
.6
...
15 to 20 years.
1
...
...
...
3
.8
1
1
...
2
...
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Under 20 years.
60
65
50
48
46
53.8
39
27
36
33
42
40
35.6
39
8
32
15
6
22
16.6
18
20 to 30 years.
...
1
1
...
...
.4
...
1
1
1
2
1
1.2
2
...
...
1
...
...
.2
...
30 to 40 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
.2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
40 to 50 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
.2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Under 50 years.
60
66
51
48
46
54.2
39
28
37
35
45
41
37.2
41
8
32
16
6
22
16.8
18
Above 50 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
60
66
51
48
46
54.2
39
28
37
35
45
41
37.2
41
8
32
16
6
22
16.8
18
Mean duration.
Y.
2
1
1
0
2
1
2
3
2
5
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
1
3
2
1
M.
0
2
5
10
5
6
8
3
4
8
10
7
11
8
8
8
6
5
5
9
4
D.
5
4
6
5
2
23
3
21
26
17
24
16
27
12
20
0
2
3
6
0
23
C
10
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
No. 6.—(Continued.)
ASYLUMS.
CUTTACK
...
...
...
...
MOYDAPORE
...
...
...
YEARS.
1865
...
...
1866
...
...
1867
...
...
1868
...
...
1869
...
...
Average of five
years ... ...
1870
...
...
1865
...
...
1866 ... ...
1867
...
...
1868
...
...
1869
...
...
Average of five
years ... ...
1870
...
...
Under 1 month.
...
3
...
2
...
1
...
2
...
...
...
...
.4
1
1 to 2 months.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2 to 3 months.
...
...
1
...
...
.2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3 to 4 months.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2*
...
...
...
...
.4
...
4 to 5 months.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 to 6 months.
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
.2
2
Under 6 months
...
3
1
2
...
1.2
1
5
...
...
...
...
1
3
6 to 12 months.
1
2
...
...
1
.8
...
2
1
...
...
...
.6
1
Under 1 year.
1
5
1
2
1
2
1
7
1
...
...
...
1.6
4
1 to 2 years.
...
1
2
1
...
.8
...
3
2
1
...
...
1.2
1
2 to 3 years.
...
...
...
1
2
.6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3 to 4 years.
...
...
1
...
...
.2
...
2
...
...
...
...
.4
...
4 to 5 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Under 5 years.
1
6
4
4
3
3.6
1
12
3
1
...
...
3.2
5
5 to 10 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
1
.6
2
10 to 15 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
15 to 20 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Under 20 years.
1
6
4
4
3
3.6
2
13
4
1
1
3.8
7
20 to 30 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
30 to 40 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
40 to 50 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Under 50 years.
1
6
4
4
3
3.6
2
13
4
1
...
1
3.8
7
Above 50 years.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
1
6
4
4
3
3.6
2
13
4
1
...
1
3.8
7
Mean duration.
Y.
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
0
2
1
M.
8
7
6
0
11
1
4
11
6
9
D.
0
21
3
15
20
29
17
15
4
7
......
9
2
1
0
10
11
15
9
19
* One of these cases died out of asylum when en route to Patna.
Summary of Five Years.
1865 ... ...
1866
...
...
1867
...
...
1868
...
...
1869
...
...
Average of five
years ... ...
1870
...
...
17
16
11
20
15
15.8
9
9
12
9
8
7
9
7
5
9
10
10
6
8
6
10
4
5
6
2
5.4
4
3
11
5
6
7
6.4
6
7
9
3
2
2
4.6
6
51
61
43
52
39
49.2
38
17
25
8
14
21
17
19
68
86
51
66
60
66.2
57
17
12
20
8
15
14.4
22
2
15
6
5
4
6.4
7
5
12
6
3
13
7.8
2
1
...
7
7
3
3.6
2
93
125
90
89
95
98.4
90
9
13
10
8
9
9.8
11
5
5
1
3
3
3.4
3
2
...
2
...
5
1.8
1
109
143
103
100
112
113.4
105
1
2
3
2
1
1.8
2
...
...
1
...
...
.2
...
...
...
...
1
...
.2
...
110
145
107
103
113
115.6
107
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
110
145
107
103
113
115.6
107
1
2
2
1
4
2
2
8
0
8
5
1
4
5
24
28
7
9
5
18
11
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
13
and (2) how much of the fatal disease was directly dependent on the insanity, intimately
associated with it, modified by it, or apparently unconnected with it; but data are wanting,
and could only be obtained by an elaborate and careful study of each case. Dr. Saunders
makes a suggestion which will in future be adopted—namely, that as far as possible the
duration of the insanity and of the disease causing death should be noted.
12. Types of Insanity.—The types of insanity of the patients treated are given in the
statement following.
No. 8.
Types of Insanity, and Total Treated under each Form.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca ... ... ... ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ... ...
Moydapore ... ... ...
Total ...
Per cent to total ...
Discharged cured ...
Per cent. to total ...
Died ...
Per cent. to total ...
Total treated.
475
306
260
68
38
1,147
......
187
......
107
......
Mania acute.
105 a.
163
60
128
25
13
389
33.9
5.25
10.2
29
27.10
Mania chronic.
105 b.
195
82
63
23
21
384
33.4
24.1
3.9
26
24.29
Melancholia.
106.
5
33
13
15
......
66
5.7
3.7
.61
8
7.47
Dementia acute.
107 a.
......
3
23
1
......
27
2.3
2.1
.35
2
1.87
Dementia chronic.
107 b.
111
111
28
4
4
258
22.5
6.4
1.04
36
33.64
Paralysis of the in-
sane.
108.
......
3
......
......
......
3
.26
......
......
1
.93
Idiotcy.
109.
......
7
2
......
......
9
.78
......
......
2
1.87
Imbecility.
110.
......
7
3
......
......
10
.87
.5
.08
3
2.8
Puerperal.
1
......
......
......
......
1
.08
.5
.08
......
......
The classification is that of the official nomenclature of diseases which was adopted last
year. As compared with 1869, acute insanity constitutes 36.0 per cent. of total, against 32.3.
The majority of the cases under treatment was therefore of the kind least prone to recover
or die.
This is more clearly shown by the figures constituting the last four lines of the table in
which cures and deaths are shown under the mental disease. If all the chronic maniacs and
dements, who form the incurable class, remained in the asylums, a more rapid increase of
population would occur than has been recorded above; but good asylum management
contemplates, by moral agency, to beget habits of industry, cleanliness, and order, even if
complete sanity cannot be restored, which renders the discharge of lunatics and their location
with friends and relations possible and proper. The number of such discharges is therefore
a good index of successful asylum management.
D
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
15
Superintendent of the Dacca Asylum remarks on the greater suitability of out-door labour for
lunatics, and in this he is supported by the experiences of asylum management in Europe.
Amusements, which constitute so notable a feature in the moral treatment of lunatics in
Europe and America, are not so readily available in this country. Nautches were at one time
employed as a means of amusing patients in the Dacca and Patna asylums, but the reports
of 1870 are silent on the subject. Mechanical restraint is employed to a greater extent in
the treatment of patients in this country than in Europe, but in a very mild and modified
form, and generally with some specific purpose—to permit the undisturbed healing of a wound
or sore, &c.; still it would be well to have a return showing the number restrained, for what
causes, by what means, the duration and the apparent effect of it. Superintendents will be
called upon to furnish this information for the future.
16. Cost of Asylums.—The average cost of each lunatic is shown in the following table, and
the distribution of it under establishment, diet, bazaar medicines, contingencies, and clothing.
No. 10.
Table showing the average number employed to average strength, the total yearly expenditure, estimated value of lunatic
labour, average cost of each inmate, and the average cost of each item of the charge per man.
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ... ...
Dacca ... ...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack ... ...
Moydapore ...
Total and averages
1
Average daily number of inmates
throughout the year.
309.1
222.5
183
38.49
20.9
774.14
2
Ratio per cent. of daily average
number of inmates employed in
labour.
87.7
82.59
88.5
75.3
74.9
85.49
The same ratio for the year 1869.
97.52
83.38
90.43
62.15
89.55
89.47
3
Total expenditure for the year
Rs.
*28,402
22,560
14,802
4,485
1,714
71,965
As.
8
5
4
3
13
3
P.
4
4
6
6
11¼
7¼
4
Income from lunatic labour, includ-
ing profits and estimated value
of labour.
Rs.
16,543
12,854
3,748
814
724
34,686
As.
11
14
11
5
13
7
P.
3
4
0
4
8
7
5
Average sum gained by each
lunatic employed in labour.
Rs.
61
70
23
28
46
52
As.
0
3
2
1
4
6
P.
9
11
3
3
1
6
6
Average yearly cost of each inmate
as by column 3.
Rs.
91
101
80
116
81
92
As.
14
6
14
8
15
15
P.
8
3
2
0
6
4
7
Average yearly cost of each inmate
for 1869.
Rs.
86
97
78
140
146
92
As.
8
15
4
4
4
2
P.
2
3
3
10
2
6
8
Average yearly cost of each lunatic
(deducting column 4) during
the year.
Rs.
38
43
60
95
47
48
As.
6
9
6
5
5
2
P.
0¾
11
5
11¾
2
5
9
10
11
12
13
AVERAGE YEARLY COST OF EACH PATIENT IN
RELATION TO
Establishment.
Rs.
28
40
42
83
62
38
As.
11
7
0
6
5
13
P.
1¾
6
6
3
5
8
Diet.
Rs.
51
48
31
26
18
43
As.
2
9
8
14
6
11
P.
11¾
10
6
2½
8
0
Bazaar medicines.
Rs.
0
0
0
0
As.
2
8
1
3
P.
6¾
5
11
6
......
0 4 0
Contingencies.
Rs.
6
5
2
3
1
5
As.
14
8
8
6
3
2
P.
7
0
10
10¼
4
4
Clothing.
Rs.
4
6
4
2
0
5
As.
15
4
10
9
0
0
P.
4¾
6
5
2¼
0
2
* Exclusive of Rs. 973-9-3 paid by friends of paying patients into the treasury.
20
LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
Dr. Saunders writes approvingly of a proposal to bring the asylum into cantonments
and locate it in the European hospital.
The conduct of the native overseer is favorably reported on, and the proposal to increase
his salary by yearly additions of Rs. 5, supported by the Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.
This would encourage him to continued attention to his duties.
Bhowanipore.—The report of this asylum is very satisfactory, and indicates the same
humane and efficient management which has formed the subject of comment in former years.
The admissions have been fewer; the cause of this is partly explained in the report. There
is still a difficulty about accommodating insane soldiers at Bombay prior to their embark-
ation ; and until this difficulty has been overcome, Bhowanipore will probably continue to
admit insane soldiers from all parts of the Presidency. The Government of India in the
Military Department has, however, prescribed the Bombay rate as the usual one for soldiers
becoming insane up-country, and the question of temporary accommodation at Bombay is
under consideration.
The receipts have been less than in former years, but paying patients have been fewer,
and the cost of maintenance has been only Rs. 21-0-0 against Rs. 23-5-4 in 1869. Mr. and
Mrs. DeVere, the overseer and matron, continue to perform their duties with approval, and
the question of appointing an assistant to the matron, which is supported by the Deputy
Inspector-General of Hospitals, has been specially submitted for the orders of Government.
I have the honor to be
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
J. CAMPBELL BROWN,
Inspector-General of Hospitals,
Indian Medical Department.