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APPENDIX.
33
No. VII—concluded.
in the Asylums in Bengal during the year 1891—concluded.
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40
41
42
43
44
CAUSES—concluded.
Loss of
money.
M.
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
Failure of
business.
M.
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
Total.
M.
27
...
4
31
5
1
1
29
1
3
33
1
1
4
17
...
1
18
2
1
...
2
...
...
2
...
... ...
13
2
2
17
1
...
3
88
3
10
101
9
3
9
F.
7
1
2
10
2
1
2
9
1
...
10
2
...
...
10
1
2
19
3
...
1
1
...
...
1
1
... ...
11
3
1
15
...
...
...
44
6
5
55
8
1
3
T.
34
1
6
41
7
2
3
38
2
3
43
3
1
4
33
1
3
37
5
1
1
3
...
...
3
1
... ...
24
5
3
32
1
...
3
132
9
15
156
17
4
12
Total
known.
M.
120
8
24
152
28
7
5
109
9
15
133
14
2
12
120
5
13
138
12
8
8
22
1
1
24
13
... ...
69
11
10
90
9
1
8
440
34
63
537
76
18
30
F.
12
1
3
16
3
1
3
28
1
2
31
3
...
1
22
2
4
28
3
...
2
2
...
...
2
1
... ...
19
3
1
23
2
...
1
83
7
10
100
12
1
7
T.
132
9
27
168
31
8
8
137
10
17
164
17
2
13
142
7
17
166
15
8
10
24
1
1
26
14
... 3
88
14
11
113
11
1
9
523
46
73
637
88
19
43
Total
unknown.
M.
99
11
15
125
12
2
6
91
12
11
114
7
5
7
82
11
9
102
2
4
6
21
3
...
24
10
... 3
77
9
2
88
12
1
2
370
40
37
453
43
12
24
F.
36
1
6
43
9
...
5
14
3
2
19
3
...
1
31
...
1
32
...
...
4
7
...
...
7
5
... ...
40
...
3
43
1
...
3
128
4
12
144
18
...
13
T.
135
12
21
168
21
2
11
105
15
13
133
10
5
8
113
11
10
134
2
4
10
28
3
...
31
15
... 3
117
9
5
131
13
1
5
498
50
49
597
61
12
37
GRAND
TOTAL.
M.
219
19
39
277
40
9
11
200
21
26
247
21
7
19
202
16
22
240
14
12
14
43
4
1
48
23
... 6
146
20
12
178
21
2
10
810
80
100
990
119
30
60
F.
48
2
9
59
12
1
8
42
4
4
50
6
...
2
53
2
5
60
3
...
6
9
...
...
9
6
... ...
59
3
4
66
3
...
4
211
11
22
244
30
1
20
T.
267
21
48
336
52
10
19
242
25
30
297
27
7
21
255
18
27
300
17
12
20
52
4
1
57
29
... 6
205
23
16
244
24
2
14
1,021
91
122
1,234
149
31
80
42
APPENDIX.
STATEMENT No. IX.
Showing the Cash accounts of the Asylums for the year 1891.
ASYLUMS.
1
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca ... ... ... ...
Patna
... ... ... ...
Cuttack
... ... ... ...
Berhampore ...
...
...
Total ...
RECEIPTS.
Received from
Treasury.
2
Rs.
16,917
18,035
16,164
3,332
11,356
65,805
A.
4
5
0
9
0
3
P.
1
7
8
4
1
9
Received from
paying
patients.
3
Rs.
871
97
212
A.
4
8
1
P.
6
0
6
...
48
1,228
0
14
0
0
Value of articles
received from
Manufacture
Department.
4
Rs.
8,713
2,608
3,226
13
2,356
16,917
A.
7
4
8
1
1
7
P.
6
4
4
11
9
10
Total.
5
Rs.
26,502
20,741
19,602
3,345
13,760
83,951
A.
0
1
10
11
1
9
P.
1
11
6
3
10
7
EXPENDITURE.
FROM TREASURY ON ACCOUNT OF—
Establishment.
Establishment
proper.
6
Rs.
5,829
3,233
3,735
1,163
2,518
16,480
A.
6
9
13
0
5
2
P.
6
6
3
0
4
7
Superinten-
dence.
7
Rs.
3,522
3,964
4,500
960
3,000
15,946
A.
6
8
0
0
0
14
P.
4
3
0
0
0
7
Diet.
8
Rs.
2,563
6,208
5,736
1,061
5,013
20,583
A.
5
1
9
3
13
1
P.
3
6
10
7
3
5
Clothing
and
bedding.
9
Rs.
23
616
324
35
A.
0
6
4
11
P.
0
0
9
0
...
999 5 9
Bazar
medicines.
10
Rs.
33
3
11
0
16
64
A.
1
12
0
7
1
8
P.
9
6
7
9
6
1
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper.
11
Rs.
1,996
3,043
864
67
176
6,148
A.
7
11
0
3
13
4
P.
6
10
10
0
0
2
Contingencies
of
manufacture.
12
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Repairs
and
maintenance.
13
Rs.
273
A.
2
P.
9
...
884 3 5
...
66
1,224
15
5
0
2
Total.
14
Rs.
14,240
17,070
16,056
3,287
10,792
61,446
A.
14
1
0
9
0
9
P.
1
7
8
4
1
9
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
Dacca
... ... ... ...
Patna
... ... ... ...
Cuttack
... ... ... ...
Berhampore ...
...
...
Total ...
EXPENDITURE—concluded.
FROM MANUFACTURE DEPARTMENT.
Diet.
15
Rs.
7,328
2,514
2,308
7
1,851
14,010
A.
7
14
8
13
0
13
P.
6
1
11
11
9
2
Clothing
and
bedding.
16
Rs.
845
A.
7
P.
0
...
628 2 6
...
489
1,963
12
6
9
3
Bazar
medicines.
17
Rs. A. P.
...
5 10 0
...
0 14 0
...
6 8 0
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper.
18
Rs.
359
42
289
1
9
703
A.
1
12
12
10
13
1
P.
0
3
11
0
6
8
Contingencies
of
manufacture.
19
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
2 12 0
...
2 12 0
Repairs
and
maintenance.
20
Rs.
180
45
A.
8
0
P.
0
0
...
...
5
230
6
14
9
9
Total.
21
Rs.
8,713
2,608
3,226
13
2,356
16,917
A.
7
4
8
1
1
7
P.
6
4
4
11
9
10
From
maintenance
fund for paying
patients.
22
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remitted to treasury
on account of paying
patients.
23
Rs.
871
97
212
A.
4
8
1
P.
6
0
6
...
48
1,228
0
14
0
0
Charges on account of
works done by Public
Works Department.
24
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
* Rates and taxes on
buildings attached
to the Asylums.
25
Rs.
2,676
965
108
45
564
4,358
A.
6
4
0
0
0
10
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cost of printed forms
and stationery.
26
Rs.
31
20
12
3
13
80
A.
2
0
0
8
10
4
P.
0
0
0
6
3
9
Cost of English stores,
medicines, &c.
27
Rs.
249
97
60
5
20
433
A.
14
10
0
4
7
4
P.
0
5
0
0
11
4
GRAND TOTAL.
28
Rs.
32,395
22,910
22,019
4,793
13,890
96,009
A.
11
8
5
12
4
10
P.
11
1
2
5
6
1
* Paid out of the contingent grant of the asylum.
APPENDIX.
43
STATEMENT No. X.
Showing the sanctioned Establishment of the Asylums as it stood on the 31st December 1891.
Superintendent ... ...
...
...
Deputy Superintendent ...
...
Overseer
...
...
...
...
...
Matron ...
... ... ... ...
Writer
...
...
...
...
...
Native doctor
... ... ... ...
Compounder ... ... ... ...
Jemadar
...
...
...
...
...
Duffadar
...
...
...
...
...
Jemadarni ...
...
...
...
Keepers .
.
.
... ... ... ...
„ female
... ... ... ...
„ for hospital
... ... ...
Durwans
... ... ... ... ...
Hurkara
...
...
...
...
...
Malee
... ... ... ... ...
Cook
.
.
. ... ... ... ...
Bhistee
... ... ... ... ...
Washerman
... ... ... ...
Barber
... ... ... ... ...
Mehter
... ... ... ... ...
Mehtrani
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Daily average number
of lunatics ... ...
Males ...
Female ...
Proportion of—
Jemadars to males ... ...
Jemadarni to females ... ...
Male keepers to males
... ...
Female keepers to females ...
DULLUNDA.
Number.
1
1
...
1
1
1
...
1
1
2 at Rs. 10
...
...
20 at Rs. 8
...
2 at Rs. 8
2 at „ 8
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 8 at Rs. 7
5 at „ 8
55
Monthly wages.
Rs.
...
250
...
50
60
10
...
20
15
20
...
...
160
...
16
16
6
10
10 7
10
7 12
8
10
56
40
793
216.40
44.75
1 to 54.10
...
1 to 9.83
1 to 8.95
DACCA.
Number.
1
...
1
...
...
1
...
3 at Rs. 12
...
1
2 at Rs. 9
2 at Rs. 8
3 at Rs. 7-8
5 at Rs. 7
12 at Rs. 6
4 at Rs. 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
4 at Rs. 6
...
40
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
A.
0
...
100 0
...
...
25 0
...
36 0
...
6
18
16
22
35
72
20
0
0 0
8
0
0
0
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
24
0
0
...
629 8
195.27
41.6
1 to 65.09
1 to 41.6
1 to 8.13
1 to 10.4
PATNA.
Number.
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
1
2 at Rs. 10
...
...
17 at Rs. 6
1
5 at Rs. 6
...
1
1
2 at Rs. 4
2 at „ 5
1
1
1
1
5 at Rs. 5
2 at Rs. 4
48
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
...
100
25
40
20
...
12
20
...
...
102
7
30
...
5
5
8
10
5
10
5
6
25
8
693
201.21
53.19
1 to 67.07
...
1 to 11.83
1 to 8.86
CUTTACK.
Number.
1
...
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
...
4 at Rs. 6
1
...
...
1
...
...
... 1
1
2 at Rs. 5
1
17
Monthly wages.
Rs.
50
...
30
...
14
10
8
10
...
...
24
6
...
...
6
...
...
... 2
2
10
5
177
31.88
6.38
1 to 31.88
...
1 to 7.97
1 to 6.38
BERHAMPORE.
Number.
1
...
1
...
...
1
...
2 at Rs. 10-8
1
1
...
14 at Rs. 6
2 at Rs. 5
3 at Rs. 5*
...
...
1
1
2 at Rs. 5
1
2 at Rs. 5
1
†5 at Rs. 5
†3 at Rs. 5
42
Monthly wages.
Rs.
150
...
100
...
...
30
...
21
8
7
...
84
10
0 15
...
...
5
5
10
5 10
5
25
15
505
147.55
59.14
1 to 36.89
...
1 to 9.22
1 to 19.71
* A criminal female acted as female keeper on Rs. 2 per month.
† Not employed, Asylum conservancy having been made over to the municipality.
‡ One sweeper was not employed.
44
APPENDIX.
STATEMENT No. XI.
Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of Manufactures in each Asylum during the
year 1891.
1
ASYLUMS.
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack
...
Berhampore
Total ...
2
Mean population.
Males.
216.40
195.27
201.21
31.88
147.55
792.31
Females.
44.75
41.6
53.19
6.38
59.14
205.06
Total.
261.15
236.87
254.40
38.26
206.69
997.37
3
Average number
employed.
Males.
194.61
150.36
177.05
24.92
97.11
644.05
Females.
42.11
32.53
40.46
3.54
32.1
150.74
Total.
236.72
182.89
217.51
28.46
129.21
794.79
4
5
6
7
8
9
CREDITS.
Cash paid into Treasury
during the year for
articles sold.
Rs.
4,128
1,499
844
942
4,462
11,877
A.
9
13
13
3
2
11
P.
3
9
6
9
9
0
Value of manufactured
goods made over to
asylum for asylum pur-
poses.
Rs.
8,713
2,608
3,226
13
2,356
16,917
A.
7
4
8
1
1
7
P.
6
4
4
11
9
10
Value of raw materials
in store at the end of
the year.
Rs.
1,137
1,443
62
103
223
2,970
A.
11
10
3
6
0
0
P.
9
9
6
4
0
4
Value of manufactured
goods in store at the
end of the year.
Rs.
887
992
936
11
384
3,211
A.
1
3
11
11
0
10
P.
6
0
3
1
0
10
Value of plant and
machinery in store at
the end of the year.
Rs.
42,374
221
7,952
221
450
51,219
A.
0
9
10
2
0
5
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total credits.
Rs.
57,240
6,765
13,022
1,291
7,875
86,196
A.
14
8
14
9
4
3
P.
0
10
7
1
6
0
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore
Total ...
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
DEBITS.
Value of manufactured
goods in store on 1st
January.
Rs.
576
1,311
721
136
271
3,017
A.
6
0
15
8
10
8
P.
4
3
5
11
0
11
Value of raw materials in
store on 1st January.
Rs.
1,186
1,135
39
464
460
3,287
A.
9
15
13
1
13
4
P.
0
0
2
7
3
0
Value of plant and
machinery in store on
1st January.
Rs.
42,374
233
7,158
214
450
50,430
A.
0
11
6
2
0
3
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
Raw materials purchased
and all other charges.
Rs.
11,895
2,485
986
347
5,394
21,109
A.
14
10
0
0
9
3
P.
6
6
3
8
6
5
Contingencies of manufac-
tures, viz., indulgences
to lunatics as rewards
for works, &c.
Rs. A. P.
...
...
11 0 0
...
...
11 0 0
Charges for works done
by Public Works De-
partment.
Rs. A. P.
...
2,128 13 0
...
...
956
3,085
8
5
6
6
Total debits.
Rs.
56,032
7,295
8,917
1,161
7,533
80,940
A.
13
1
2
13
9
8
P.
10
9
10
2
3
10
17
Excess of credits or profits.
Rs.
1,208
A.
0
P.
2
...
4,105
129
341
5,785
11
11
11
3
9
11
3
1
18
Excess of debits or loss.
Rs. A. P.
...
529 8 11
...
...
...
529 8 11
19
Net profits as per memoran-
dum at foot.
Rs.
1,469
A.
14
P.
1
...
5,137
—348
216
+6,474
1
13
4
6
11
2
0
10
Profits as per above table, column 17 ...
Difference of raw materials in store ...
Total ...
Difference of manufactured goods in store
Total ...
Difference of plant and machinery in store
Net profit ...
Dullunda.
Rs.
1,208
—48
1,159
+ 310
1,469
A.
0
13
2
11
14
P.
2
3
11
2
1
...
1,469 14 1
Dacca.
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Patna.
Rs.
4,105
+ 22
4,128
+ 214
4,342
+794
5,137
A.
11
6
2
11
13
4
1
P.
9
4
1
10
11
0
11
Cuttack.
Rs.
129
—360
—230
—124
—355
+7
—348
A.
11
11
15
13
13
0
13
P.
11
3
4
10
2
0
2
Berhampore.
Rs.
341
—237
103
+112
216
A.
11
13
14
6
4
P.
3
3
0
0
0
...
216 4 0
Total.
Rs.
5,785
—624
5,160
+512
5,673
+801
6,474
A.
3
15
3
15
2
4
6
P.
1
5
8
2
10
0
10
R. D'R.—Reg. No. 5688J—200—31-3-92.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1892.
BY
SURGEON-COLONEL J. G. PILCHER, F.R.C.S.,
Offg. Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1893.
Not printed for Sale.
ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1892.
BY
SURGEON-COLONEL J. G. PILCHER, F.R.C.S.,
Offg. Inspector-General of Civil hospitals, Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1893.
REPORT
ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR 1892.
No. 3011.
FROM SURGEON-COLONEL J. G. PILCHER, F.R.C.S.,
Offg. Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal,
To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated Calcutta, the 23rd March 1893.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit the report of the lunatic asylums in
Bengal, together with the usual returns and statements for the year 1892.
2. Population.—For convenience of reference the main facts with regard
to the population of the five asylums is given in the following table, which is
an abstract of statement I:—
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
11
Cuttack.—Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Zorab from 1st January to
9th April, and again from 18th June to the close of the year. Surgeon-
Captain J. O. Pinto, 29th Regiment, from 10th April to 17th June.
Berhampore.—Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel E. Bovill from 1st January to
13th December, and Surgeon-Lieutenant Colonel C. J. W. Meadows from 14th
December to the end of the year.
35. I assumed charge of the office of Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals,
Bengal, in November, and have been unable to inspect any but the Dullunda
Asylum, and I am unable, therefore, from personal observation of the condition
of the asylums to judge of the comparative efficiency of each institution,
but from a careful examination of the returns of sickness, from the economy
of management, the comparative absence of injuries and accidents, and the
completeness and promptness with which all references have been replied to,
I am of opinion that the management of the five asylums has been diligently
and very creditably carried out. The Superintendents report in generally
favourable terms of the work and conduct of their Establishments.
EUROPEAN LUNATIC ASYLUM, BHOWANIPORE.
36. Population.—This is shown in the following table:—
Remaining on 1st January ... ... ...
Admittted during the year ... ... ...
Re-admitted
...
... ... ...
Total ...
Discharged cured ...
...
...
...
Despatched to Europe under Merchant Shipping Act
Transferred to care of friends ... ...
Made over to military authorities
...
...
Despatched to Europe as still insane ... ...
Discharged otherwise ... ... ...
Died
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Remaining on 31st December
...
...
1891.
34
15
1
50
3
1
1
2
1
0
7
15
35
1892.
35
23
3
61
17
1
4
0
1
1
2
26
35
37. Admissions.—The nationalities of the 26 admissions, including the one
case re-admitted, were as follows:—10 Europeans, 14 East Indians, and 2 Native
Christians. The number of recoveries in 1892 was the largest on record
during the past decade. This, as may be anticipated, was due to the mildness
of the 10 cases admitted. The percentage of recoveries accordingly reached
the high figure 45.93 in 1892, against 8.01 in 1891.
38. Accommodation.—There are 42 rooms for patients in the institution—23
for males and 19 for females. As the largest number in confinement in any one
night in the year was but 40, there was no overcrowding.
39. Criminal lunatics.—There were seven fresh cases against three in 1891,
the increase being due to the admission of five insane sailors. Two patients
only were re-admitted. There were nine criminal lunatics discharged in 1892,
none in 1891. The only death was due to tubercle of lungs. The daily
average of this class was 5.47 against 3.86 in 1891.
B 2
12
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
40. The causes of insanity are given in the table below: —
Study
... ...
Heredity ... ...
Epilepsy ... ...
Masturbation ...
Venereal ... ...
Blindness ... ...
Intemperance ...
Failure of business ...
Sunstroke ... ...
Family trouble ...
Fever ... ...
Childbirth ... ...
Congenital ... ...
Fall from tram-car ...
Religion ... ...
Love ... ...
Influenza ... ...
Grief ... ...
Anxiety ... ...
Unknown
... ...
Total ...
TOTAL TREATED.
Males.
2
3
1
4
1
1
5
1
4
5
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
37
Females.
...
8
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
24
Total.
2
11
1
4
1
1
6
1
4
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
15
61
ADMITTED.
Males.
...
1
...
2
...
...
3
...
4
5
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
19
Females.
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
1
1
7
Total.
...
2
...
2
...
...
3
...
4
6
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
1
4
26
The various causes of mental disorder in the above table may be accepted
as fairly accurate, but 15 is a large number to be returned as having no history
as to the cause of their lunacy. Heredity and intemperance are seen to be
the chief determining causes of mental disorder.
41. Types of insanity.—The remarkable feature of the figures given below is
the number of cases of mania under treatment. Experience shows this to be
the most common type, both among Natives and Europeans :—
129. Mania ... ...
130. Melancholia ...
131. Dementia,
including
acquired imbecility ...
133. General paralysis of the
insane ...
135. Epileptic insanity ...
139. Toxic insanity (spirit
drinking) ...
Total ...
Males.
16
8
6
1
1
5
37
Females.
14
4
5
...
1
...
24
Total.
30
12
11
1
2
5
61
42. Sickness and mortality.—The number of admissions into hospital was
smaller during the year, being 4 against 12 in 1891. There was no special sickness
of any kind. The two deaths against seven in the previous year were due in one
case to tubercle of lungs and in the other to disease of the heart terminating four
days after admission. The health of the patients is reported to have been good
throughout the year. There was one case of accident in the Asylum. A
male patient after taking his morning meal tried to break away from his
keeper, and in doing so fell upon the side of his head. It is interesting
to note that after the shock of this accident the patient rapidly recovered his
reason.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
13
43. The following table shows the expenditure of the Asylum:—
Average daily number of inmates through-
out the year ... ... ...
Total expenditure for the year ...
Average yearly cost of each lunatic ...
Average yearly cost of each lunatic after
deducting payments by friends of paying-
patients
...
...
...
1891.
37
Rs.
25,370
686
420
1892.
37
Rs.
22,831
617
325
The following shows the average yearly cost of each lunatic in rela-
tion to—
Establishment ... ... ...
Diet
...
...
...
...
Contingencies ... ... ... ...
Bazar medicines ...
... ... ...
Clothing ... ... ... ...
1891.
Rs.
312
134
46
...
22
1892.
Rs.
313
133
48
...
25
The total expenditure of the Asylum was less by Rs. 2,539 in 1892, the
decrease occurring under the head of Public Works and rates and taxes. The
cost of superintendence was Rs. 5,322 against Rs. 5,272 in 1891, showing
an increase of Rs. 50, which is attributed to the annual increment to the pay
of the matron. There was a slight increase under the head of Establishment
proper, the figures being Rs. 6,286 against Rs. 6,279 in the previous year. There
was a very small saving in the item of diet, which was as Rs. 4,940 to Rs. 4,942
in 1891. The daily average cost of diet for all classes together was annas 5-10
against annas 5-9 in 1891, and that for each class separately was as follows:—
First class ... ...
Second „ ... ...
Third
„ ... ...
Fourth „ ... ...
1891.
Rs.
1
0
0
0
A.
2
9
5
5
P.
1
2
9
1
1892.
Rs.
0
0
0
0
A.
9
8
6
5
P.
2
9
3
1
The total cost of clothing and bedding rose from Rs. 829 in 1891 to
Rs. 944 in 1892. The increase was due to the larger numbers dealt with and to
the special purchase of blankets. Contingent charges also increased by Rs. 119,
the figures being Rs. 1,808 against Rs. 1,689 in 1891. The increase is shown
in the purchase of lamps, the binding of books, &c. The Public Works
charges amounted to Rs. 2,461 against Rs. 4,321 in 1891, showing a reduc-
tion of Rs. 1,860. There was also a saving of Rs. 967 in rates and taxes,
the figures being Rs. 1,059 against Rs. 2,026 in 1891. The cost of printed
forms and stationery was Rs. 11 against Rs. 12 in the previous year. The
total average cost to Government of each lunatic was much less during the
year under report, having stood at Rs. 325 against Rs. 420 in 1891. Deduc-
ting the Public Works charges and the amount paid for rates and taxes, which
may be considered as special expenditure, the average cost per lunatic was
Rs. 230 in 1892 against Rs. 248 in the previous year:—
44. Income—
Amount contributed by Government ...
Amount received from paying patients ...
Profits from labour of patients ...
1891.
Rs.
15,531
9,839
...
1892.
Rs.
12,027
10,804
...
The receipts from paying patients showed an increase of Rs. 965 during
the year, which the Superintendent explains to be partly due to realisations
14
LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
from port dues for the maintenance of the sailor-patients. The following
table shows the number of paying patients treated in 1892:—
Statement showing the number of paying patients treated in the Lunatic Asylum at Bhowanipore during the year 1892.
ASYLUM.
Bhowanipore ...
REMAINED ON
1ST JANUARY.
Males.
2
Females.
8
Total.
10
ADMITTED.
Males.
13
Females.
3
Total.
16*
RE-ADMITTED.
Males.
2
Females.
...
Total.
2
TOTAL TREATED.
Males.
17
Females.
11
Total.
28
DISCHARGED,
TRANSFERRED.
Males.
15
Females.
5
Total.
20†
DIED.
Males.
...
Females.
...
Total.
...
REMAINING ON
31ST DECEMBER.
Males.
2
Females.
6
Total.
8
DAILY AVERAGE
STRENGTH.
Males.
4.66
Females.
5.78
Total.
10.44
* The actual number of paying-patients admitted during the year 1892 was 14. Two males were admitted as non-paying patients in 1891, but as during the year
payments were received for them they have been included in the number admitted.
† One male and one female transferred to pauper list.
45. General remarks.—During the year filtered water was laid on to the
asylum by direct communication with the municipal mains, drinking-water
having in the past to be brought from the General Hospital.
46. The events of the past year show that the asylum has been carefully
managed. The Superintendent has reported in favourable terms of the conduct
of the Establishment.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
J. G. PILCHER, F.R.C.S.,
Surgeon-Colonel,
Of f g. Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.