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nearer than the Yekki Gate, and that the total expenditure would not be less than Rs.
11,600. It was stated that the long distance of the point from which the supply was to be
taken was necessitated by the fact that the railway pipe, the only large pipe in the neighbour-
hood, was too small even for the Company's requirements.
For the present, therefore, I fear we must give up all hope of carrying out this much-
needed improvement. I may state that the water of the wells inside the Asylum is so bad as
to be unfit for drinking purposes, and that drinking water has to be brought from outside wells
by bhisties. Of course as the water of the Asylum wells is used for irrigating the grass
plots and garden, it is quite impossible to prevent the lunatics from sometimes using it for
drinking purposes.
Ward for European lunatics : workshet
in criminal ward.
8. The ward for European lunatics has been sanctioned ; so, I believe, has a workshed
in the criminal ward ; but from the want of funds neither
can be commenced during the current year. The former
is very urgently needed, and I trust nothing will occur
to prevent its being provided at the very commencement of next financial year.
Inadequate numbers of cells.
9. On several occasions during the year it has been found that the number of cells
has been inadequate. Altogether there are only ten cells
in the Asylum, and at least six more are required.
The necessity for an increased number of cells arises from the fact that we now impose
fetters, hand-cuffs, strait jackets, &c, much less frequently than was done sometime ago ;
indeed, it is only in most exceptional cases that physical restraint of that description is
resorted to. It is, therefore, absolutely necessary that lunatics in a state of violent excitement
should be each confined in a separate cell.
Cash acoount, statement IX.
10. From statement IX it will be seen that the
following has been the expenditure during the year :—
Establishment ... ... ...
Superintendence ... ... ...
Diet ... ... ...
Clothing and bedding ... ... ...
Bazar medicines ... ... ...
Contingencies ... ... ...
Stationery and printing ... ... ...
English medicines ... ... ...
Charges incurred by D. P. Works ... ...
Total ...
Rs.
8,846
3,000
10,355
2,650
65
1,751
54
463
1,491
28,678
A.
3
0
4
15
3
7
4
5
5
2
P.
9
0
8
10
10
5
0
4
3
1
In the previous year the total expenditure amounted to Rs. 28,553-14-6. In that
year's statement the total expenditure was erroneously entered as Rs. 29,329-2-10. The
mistake was made (as it had been made in former years) of entering the amount received
from paying patients under the head of expenditure, whereas it ought to be shown as a set
off against expenditure. The sums received from paying patients are regularly paid into the
Treasury to the credit of Government. The receipts under that head were in 1882
Rs. 775-4-4 ; in 1883 Rs. 670-11-8. They were almost entirely on account of the maintenance
of insane sepoys. If these amounts be deducted the total expenditure will be for 1882 Rs.
27,778-10 2; for 1883 Rs. 28,007-6-5.
The following is the average cost per head for two years:—
1882
1883
Establishment
Rs.
44
41
A.
11
10
P.
6
11
Diet.
Rs.
36
36
A.
14
6
P.
0
11
Clothing and
bedding.
Rs.
7
9
A.
6
5
P.
2
2
Bazár medi-
ciuos.
Rs.
0
0
A.
3
3
P.
1
8
Contingencies.
Rs.
6
6
A.
8
2
P.
6
7
Total cost per
head.
Rs.
94
93
A.
11
13
P.
3
4