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8. Diet.—The food was of fair quality; the flour is ground by the
lunatics, but it is made into bread and cooked in the jail, which receives
Rs. 5 a month for this. The bread is good. The meat is often of rather poor
quality and the butcher has several times been fined. The vegetables supplied
by the garden are of good quality and sufficient.
9. Clothing.—The blankets woven by the lunatics are shrunk in the
jail. The lunatics do not appear to have suffered from the late severe cold,
though their clothing and bedding is not so warm as that provided for the
prisoners in jail.
The warm clothing is changed twice a month. It is first soaked for 24
hours in cold water and then boiled for one hour.
The cotton clothing is changed weekly; it is also soaked for 24 hours
and then boiled for one hour.
10. Drinking and Bathing.—The drinking-water, which is supplied from
the jail well and is on pressure, is being analysed by the Chemical Examiner.
It contains nitrates and a large amount of chlorides. It does not appear to have
injuriously affected the lunatics' health.
11. Expenditure and Cost per head.—The total of expenditure, including
the cost of repairs by the District Board and on original works by Department
Public Works, was Rs. 11,862-7-5, as compared with Rs. 11,497-4-8 during the
previous year.
The average cost per head has been Rs. 98-2-7, being an excess of
Rs. 1-3-0 over the previous year, as shown in the cash abstract attached,—vide
Government of India, No. 9 Medical/67 , dated 25th February 1890.
The various items of expenditure compare as follows :—
Establishment
...
1890
...
...
... ... ...
1889
...
...
...
...
...
Rs.
4,537
4,573
a.
1
6
p.
1
0
the cost per head being Rs. 48-12-7 in 1890 and Rs. 47-8-1 in 1889. The greater
cost per head is due to the number of lunatics being smaller, while the establish-
ment remained equal, except that an extra sweeper was entertained from the 1st
November, the sanction of Government having previously been obtained. The
charges for establishment varied owing to variations in allowances.
Diet
...
1890 ... ... ...
1889
...
...
...
Rs.
3,426
3,355
a.
1
11
p.
3 =
5 =
Rs.
36
36
a.
13
14
p.
5 per head.
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„
The average cost per head was slightly less in 1890.
Clothing and Bedding
1890
...
...
...
1889
...
...
...
Rs.
569
514
a.
12
8
p.
2 =
7 =
Rs.
6
5
a.
2
5
p.
0
5
per head.
„
The increase of Rs. 55-3-7 is due to the fact that at the close of the year
1890, blankets valued at Rs. 45-15-0, and woollen thread worth Rs. 15-8-0, or
16-7-0 in all, were in stock, whereas nothing remained in stock at the close of
1889.
12. Paying Patients.—On the 1st January 1890, there remained 8 male
and 2 female paying patients. Five males and 2 females were admitted during the
year, 3 males and 2 females were discharged, 1 male and 1 female died, leaving
9 males and 1 female under treatment at the end of the year.
The following is the detail of money recovered for their maintenance :-—
Delhi
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Nasírabad ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Rohtak
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Hissár
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Jodhpur ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Jhallawar ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Patiála State, through the Deputy Commissioner, Umballa
Rs.
69
40
12
21
16
102
12
274
a.
13
0
8
0
12
3
7
12
p.
5
0
0
0
9
0
0
2