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LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
of the 3rd December 1891, will doubtless further relieve provincial funds. The
usual statement showing the number of paying patients treated in each Asylum
in Bengal during the year 1892 is given below:—
Statement showing the number of paying patients treated in the Lunatic Asylums
in Bengal during the year 1892.
NAME OF ASYLUM.
1
Dullunda ...
Dacca
...
...
Patna
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
Berhampore ...
Total for 1892 ...
Total for 1891 ...
Remained
on 1st
January.
Males.
2
1
2
2
...
1
6
6
Females.
3
2
1
...
...
...
3
4
Total.
4
3
3
2
...
1
9
10
Admitted.
Males.
5
11
3
1
...
2
17
7
Females.
6
1
1
...
...
1
3
...
Total.
7
12
4
1
...
3
20
7
Re-admitted.
Males.
8
...
...
2
...
...
2
...
Females.
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
10
...
...
2
...
...
2
...
Total
treated.
Males.
11
12
5
5
...
3
25
13
Females.
12
3
2
...
...
1
6
4
Total.
13
15
7
5
...
4
31
17
Discharged
transferred.
Males.
14
2
2
2
...
2
8
7
Females.
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
16
2
2
2
...
2
8
7
Died.
Males.
17
1
...
1
...
...
2
...
Females.
18
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
19
1
...
1
...
...
2
1
Remaining
on 31st
December.
Males.
20
9
3
2
...
1
15
6
Females.
21
3
2
...
...
1
6
3
Total.
22
12
5
2
...
2
21
9
Daily average
strength.
Males.
23
5.08
2.2
3.42
...
1.82
12.52
7.02
Females.
24
3.
1.41
...
...
.36
4.77
3.40
Total.
25
8.08
3.61
3.42
...
2.18
17.29
10.42
31. Statement X—Establishment.—There is practically no difference be-
tween this statement and that of 1891. The insignificant increase in the
monthly cost is due to the promotion of Civil Hospital Assistants.
32. Statement XI—Manufactures.—The total amount expended on raw
materials and on other charges was Rs. 21,475-1-4, against Rs. 21,109-3-5 in
1891. The total receipts credited to Government from the sale of articles
showed a falling off of Rs. 1,847-13-6 in the year under report. The
total value of manufactured goods used in the asylums, however, increased by
Rs. 1,167-7-0 in 1892. This is explained by the fact that the Manufacturing
Department supplied articles of diet to the value of Rs. 15,330-5-4, against
Rs. 14,010-13-2 in 1891. The total profits increased by Rs. 959-13-6 over those
of 1891. The asylums at Dullunda and Berhampore show larger profits,
while at Cuttack and Patna there was a falling off. Dacca shows a very satis-
factory amount of profit in the year under report. The diminution in Patna
was marked, and is chiefly attributed to a smaller sale of oil and to the high
price of mustard and castor seeds.
33. The attention of the Superintendents of the Asylums was drawn to
the feasibility of establishing dairy farms in connection with their institutions.
At Dullunda efforts are being made to extend the farm, and no doubt better
results will be shown in the current year. Dacca, too, is moving in the same
direction. At Berhampore and Cuttack the Superintendents are about to make
a beginning. At Patna there is at present no room in the Asylum itself for a
dairy.
34. The following medical officers held charge of the asylums during the
year:—
Dullunda.—Surgeon-Major J. Clarke from 1st January to 29th March.
Surgeon-Captain J. H. T. Walsh from 30th March to 12th July, and again from
13th October to the end of the year. Surgeon-Captain H. W. Pilgrim from
13th July to 12th October.
Dacca.—Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel F. C. Nicholson from 1st January to
24th March, and Surgeon-Major R. Cobb from 25th March to the close of the
year.
Patna.—Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Russell from 1st January to
3rd April, and Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel F. C. Nicholson from 4th April
to the end of the year.