LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF BENGAL.
7
EXPENDITURE.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Establishment proper
... ...
Superintendence
...
...
...
Diet
... ... ... ...
Clothing and bedding
... ...
Bazar medicines
...
...
...
Contingencies proper
... ...
Contingencies of manufacture ...
Repairs and maintenance ...
Rates and taxes on asylum build-
ings.
Total ...
Printed forms and stationery ...
English medicines
... ...
Public Works
... ... ..
GRAND TOTAL ...
Received from treasury on
account of—
1891.
Rs.
16,480
15,946
20,583
999
64
6,148
A.
2
14
1
5
8
4
P.
7
7
5
9
1
2
......
1,224
4,358
65,805
5
10
3
2 0
9
......
......
......
......
1892.
Rs.
16,230
15,936
22,139
785
81
5,613
A.
11
12
8
14
14
3
P.
3
10
2
6
9
3
......
281
3,917
64,986
13
0
14
6
0
3
......
......
......
......
Received from Manufacture
Department on account of—
1891.
Rs. A. P.
......
......
14,010
1,963
6
703
2
230
13
6
8
1
12
14
2
3
0
8
0
9
......
16,917 7 10
......
......
......
......
1892.
Rs. A. P.
......
......
15,330
1,786
5
789
2
171
5
8
10
4
1
1
4
6
0
7
5
0
......
18,084 14 10
......
......
......
......
1891.
Rs.
16,480
15,946
34,593
2,962
71
6,851
2
1,455
4,358
80
433
11,544
94,780
A.
2
14
14
12
0
5
12
3
10
4
4
7
12
P.
7
7
7
0
1
10
0
11 0
9
4
5
1
1892.
Rs.
16,230
15,936
37,469
2,572
87
6,402
2
452
3,917
76
608
2,536
86,293
A.
11
12
13
7
8
7
1
14
0
3
5
10
0
P.
3
10
6
0
9
10
5
6
0
8
4
0
1
19. The total amount drawn from the Treasury, including the receipts
from paying patients, for the maintenance of the five native lunatic asylums,
shows a reduction of Rs. 818-5-6, the figures being Rs. 64,986-14-3 against
Rs. 65,805-3-9 in 1891. The total sum representing the value of articles of
diet, etc., supplied by the Manufacturing Department rose from Rs. 16,917-7-10
in 1891 to Rs. 18,084-14-10 in 1892, the increase occurring under two heads
only, Diet and Contingencies proper, but principally under the former.
20. Under the head of Superintendence there was a small total saving
of Rs. 10-1-9 in 1892. Considering each asylum separately, it is found that
at Dullunda there was a decrease of Rs. 245-9-6, due to the fact that one
Deputy Superintendent did not draw any pay for the period he held charge,
and his successor only a portion of the pay of the office. Dacca shows an
increase of Rs. 235-7-9, the effect of the increase in the Superintendent's
allowance having been felt throughout the year under report, but only for about
ten months in 1891. There was a total saving of Rs. 249-7-4 under the head
of Establishment proper, which is shared by all the asylums except Patna,
where there was a small increase due to fewer fines being imposed in 1892
than in 1891. The average cost of each lunatic on account of Establishment,
including the cost of superintendence, is given below:—
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore
...
1891.
Rs.
35
30
32
55
26
A.
12
6
6
7
11
P.
11
2
0
10
2
1892.
Rs.
34
31
33
109
27
A.
13
0
11
7
2
P.
7
3
4
1
6
The average cost is usually in inverse ratio to the daily average strength,
and this is specially apparent at the Cuttack Asylum, where the total cost was
divided by a daily average of 19.27, with the result that the average cost of
each lunatic stood at Rs. 109-7-1 in 1892, compared with Rs. 55-7-10 in 1891,
in which year the daily average was 38.26.
21. The total amount expended on diet, including the value of articles of
food received from the Manufacture Department, rose from Rs. 34,593-14-7 in
1891 to Rs. 37,469-13-6 in 1892. The increase took place in all the asylums
except Cuttack. At Dullunda there was an increase of Rs. 1,123-5-3, at Dacca
Rs. 940-6-7, at Patna Rs. 388-9-0, and at Berhampore Rs. 791-4-9, the Superin-
tendents of all these Asylums attributing it to the higher rates of 1892. The
average cost of each lunatic on account of diet was as follows:—
Dullunda ...
Dacca ...
Patna ...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore ...
1891.
Rs.
37
36
31
27
33
A.
14
13
10
15
3
P.
1
2
0
1
5
1892.
Rs.
42
40
34
36
37
A.
13
13
7
6
12
P.
2
2
8
5
3