LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
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16. Injuries and accidents numbered 17 in all, mostly of very trifling nature.
There were 10 in 1893, 11 in 1892, and 16 in 1891; 11 were at Dullunda; 3
were cases of assault by lunatics on lunatics; one man inflicted a slight scalp
wound on two others; another pushed over an old imbecile, fracturing his collar-
bone and iliac spine. The asylum staff were acquitted of blame by the Super-
intendent. The 8 remaining cases were accidents—3 sprains, a contusion, and
4 abrasions or wounds of fingers or toes in the workshops. At Dacca there were
two cases of fractured ribs, caused by kicks from other lunatics. In both cases
the assailants had up to that time been quiet, harmless, and non-aggressive. An
epileptic sustained slight burns by falling on his pipe in a fit, and a woman fell
and sprained her hip. At Patna one lunatic was thrown down by another and
broke his collarbone. The warder in charge was fined for not preventing the
assault. A woman broke the small bone of her left forearm in trying to escape.
Two female warders were dismissed and three fined for not reporting the
occurrence. Cuttack and Berhampore had no case of either assault or accident.
It will thus be seen that there was no case of assault on a lunatic by those in
charge of him in any of the asylums—a fact which says much for the general
excellence of the management. It is impossible for the most watchful discipline
to prevent the occasional occurrence of assaults by one lunatic on another; and
lunatics, like other people, are liable to accidents.
17. Escapes.—A criminal lunatic at Dullunda was allowed to escape through
the combined carelessness of a carpenter and a jamadar. The former was
dismissed: the latter, having succeeded in recapturing him, was fined and
warned. Two criminal lunatics escaped from Berhampore. Both were recap-
tured afterwards. A warder was dismissed and the head warder fined half
a month's pay. There were no escapes from Dacca, Patna, or Cuttack.
18. Statement IX.—Finance.—A general comparison of the figures for
1893 and 1894 according to the old form gives the following results:—
TABLE XI.
INCOME.
1. Received from treasury ...
2.
Ditto
paying patients ...
Total ...
3. Received from Manufacturing De-
partment ... ...
4. Received from Public Works De-
partment, Medical Stores Depôt
and Stationery Office ...
GRAND TOTAL ...
1893.
Rs.
62,020
2,355
64,376
16,273
6,138
86,789
A.
12
12
8
14
13
4
P.
4
6
10
4
3
5
1894.
Rs.
66,883
2,042
68,925
14,415
12,447
95,788
A.
14
0
15
4
8
12
P.
5
8
1
3
11
3
EXPENDITURE.
Establishment proper ... ...
Superintendence ... ...
Diet
...
...
Clothing and bedding ... ...
Bazar medicines ... ...
Contingencies proper ... ...
Repairs and maintenance ... ...
Rates and taxes ... ...
Miscellaneous ... ...
Printed forms and stationery ...
English medicines ... ...
Public Works ... ...
Total ...
1893.
Rs.
16,629
16,586
36,155
2,318
85
4,934
527
3,414
A.
2
3
11
2
0
7
4
7
P.
8
10
7
0
4
1
8
0
......
120
737
5,280
86,789
11
13
4
4
1
6
8
5
1894.
Rs.
16,415
17,588
35,813
2,409
59
5,183
334
5,537
A.
7
0
7
7
15
1
10
1
P.
5
6
11
6
3
2
1
6
124
804
11,518
95,788
8
8
8
12
6
5
0
3
19. The considerable rise in the total expenditure (Rs. 8,999-7-10) is
practically accounted for by the increased expenditure by the Public Works
Department (Rs. 6,238-3-4) and the increased demand for rates and taexs
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