LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
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towns. From a careful consideration of the figures, it seems to me that all the
asylums are carefully and economically managed, and that the trifling differences
in actual cost are due to local conditions varying from year to year, and making
now one, now another asylum more or less expensive.
30. Income.—The receipts from paying patients were Rs. 2,355-12-6, against
Rs. 1,754-7-6 in 1892 and Rs. 1,228-14 in 1891. Dullunda earned Rs. 1,984-1-9
against Rs. 1,214-14-9, an increase of Rs. 769-3, principally due to greater
efforts being made to recover the cost of maintenance from the friends of
lunatics, but partly to a larger number of paying patients. Surgeon-Captain
Walsh suggests that in the case of lunatics supposed to have no friends their
maintenance should be paid by the municipality from whence they came.
The other asylums show a falling off, which is, however, fully explained in the
reports, and all the Superintendents seem to do their best to secure payment
when possible. The attention of local authorities might again be called to
Government circular No. 42 of 3rd December 1891. The usual statement show-
ing the number of paying patients treated in each asylum is appended :
Statement showing the number of paying patients treated in the Native Lunatic Asylums
in Bengal during the year 1893.
NAME OF ASYLUM.
1
Dullunda ...
Dacca
...
...
Patna
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
Berhampore ...
Total for 1893 ...
Total for 1892 ...
Remained
on 1st
January.
Males.
2
9
3
2
...
1
15
6
Females.
3
3
2
...
...
1
6
3
Total.
4
12
5
2
...
2
21
9
Admitted.
Males.
5
3
2
2
...
2
9
17
Females.
6
3
...
...
...
...
3
3
Total.
7
6
2
2
...
2
12
20
Re-admitted.
Males.
8
1
...
...
...
...
1
2
Females.
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
10
1
...
...
...
...
1
2
Total
treated.
Males.
11
13
5
4
...
3
25
25
Females.
12
6
2
...
...
1
9
6
Total.
13
19
7
4
...
4
34
31
Discharged,
transferred,
&c.
Males.
14
6
3
1
...
1
11
8
Females.
15
1
...
...
...
1
2
...
Total.
16
7
3
1
...
2
13
8
Died.
Males.
17
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Females.
18
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
Total.
19
1
...
...
...
...
1
2
Remaining
on 31st
December.
Males.
20
7
2
3
...
2
14
15
Females.
21
4
2
...
...
...
6
6
Total.
22
11
4
3
...
2
20
21
Daily average
strength.
Males.
23
8.32
2.15
2.40
...
.7
13.57
12.52
Females.
24
4
2
...
...
...
6.
4.77
Total.
25
12.32
4.15
2.40
...
.7
19.57
17.29
31. Statement X—Establishment.—The sanctioned establishment remains
the same, but the allowance to the Superintendent at Berhampore was increased
by Rs. 100 when the new wards were opened, and a proposal to increase the
establishment there is under consideration.
32. Statement XI—Manufactures.—The net profits for 1893 were Rs. 499-6-0
less than in the previous year, but this was mainly due to extra expenditure on
plant, &c., which will add to future production and profits. At Dullunda
Rs. 920-9-6 were borrowed from the manufacture account to pay for public
works carried out by asylum labour. This will be recouped by the Public Works
Department, and will appear as a profit in 1894. A new workshed for females is
nearly finished. At Patna the diminution was due to a smaller demand for
castor and mustard oil. Dacca has an increase of Rs. 125-6-6. Berhampore
shows a small increase, and Cuttack, which in 1892 had a profit of Rs. 15-4-1,
now shows a profit of Rs. 148-0-9.
33. Dairy farms.—Last year's Resolution asks for special notice to be
taken of these. Dullunda bought 5 cows for Rs. 351 during the year, and
has now 17. Rupees 816 were spent in repairing the cowshed and roofing it with
corrugated iron. Rupees 1,232-0-5 were realized by the sale of milk to the public
and Rs. 547-7-0 worth supplied to the lunatics, the net profit being Rs. 342-9-3.
Surgeon-Captain Walsh considers the working unsatisfactory till the second
quarter of the year, in consequence of frequent changes in superintendence, but
expects to have greatly increased profits in 1894. At Dacca there are 26