6
and Rs. 4,503-9-8 respectively being received under this head. The numbers
of paying patients were—at Colaba 86 Europeans and Eurasians (including
soldiers), 19 Native Christians, Parsees and Jews, and 8 Hindoos and Maho-
medans ; at Ahmedabad 11 Hindoos, —total Europeans 86, Natives 38. At
Poona, Dharwar and Hyderabad it is probable most of the patients are pau-
pers. It is, however, to be feared that hitherto insufficient attention has been
paid to this subject. There is no reason why, when a man is afflicted with in-
sanity, and Government afford him a lodging in an Asylum, they should also
feed him and treat him gratuitously if he has relatives able to pay for him.
The attention of all District Magistrates and of the Commissioner of Police,
Bombay, is to be drawn to this, and in future when Lunatics are sent by
them to Asylums they are distinctly to record in their proceedings whether
the Lunatic has relatives able to pay for him or not. If he has such relatives,
an engagement should be taken to pay such sum monthly as the Magistrate
thinks fair, not exceeding the estimated costof each Lunatic as certified by the
Superintendent of the Asylum. If the relatives refuse to pay the requisite
amount, application to the Court, under Section 15 of Act XXXVI. of 1858,
should invariably be made. The Magistrates should also, when sending
Lunatics to Asylums, not forget to inform the Superintendent whether they
are paying patients or not, and if they fail to give the information it will be
the Superintendent's duty to remind them of it. Government have no wish
that any harshness should be exercised in this matter, but Lunatics well able
to pay for themselves should pay.
13. Cash was received from labour in only two Asylums—Ahmedabad
and Hyderabad. At the former Rs. 811-1-9 were derived from sale of gar-
den produce, and Rs. 61-4-4 from grinding grain. At the latter, it is not
stated how the money was realized, but it apparently represents the payment
by a contractor who was working at the Asylum buildings for the help afford-
ed him by the inmates. The labour expended at Colaba appears to have
been entirely on articles and work for the benefit of the Asylum. The esti-
mated value of labour for which cash was not received was as follows :—
Colaba
Ahmedabad……………….
Hyderabad……………….
Rs.
934
1,013
547
a.
4
0
8
p.
6
1
0
At Colaba the labour was spent on coolies' and domestic work. At the two
other places the Superintendents have buildings to show, besides vegetables,
&c., consumed on the premises. It is probable that the Dharwar and Poona
Asylums might also have had something to record under this head, but the
columns relating to them are blank.
14. Miscellaneous receipts call for no remark.
15. As has been remarked in paragraph 3, besides the Lunatic popula-
lation in Asylums, a large number of deranged people receive relief at Civil
Hospitals, and the expenditure upon them is included in the accounts of
those institutions. The number in the year 1873-74 was large. It began
with 33 patients, and 343 were admitted during the year,—total 376. Of
these 106 were cured and discharged, 80 absented themselves, 71 were sent
to Asylums, 73 were transferred to friends, 9 died, and 30 remained.