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Statement X shows the sanctioned establishment during the year and
requires no remarks.
Statement XI.—From this it will be seen that the amount paid into the treasury
during the year for articles sold was Rs. 5,809-10-5 against Rs. 6,262-10-1
of last year. This decrease is due to the Rangoon Municipality suddenly and
without warning ceasing to purchase baskets and brooms from the asylum and
going for their requirements in this line to the Central Jail. This is to be
regretted very much as the asylum has been deprived of one of the chief forms
of labour suitable to criminal insanes, a form of labour much more suited to
lunatic criminals than to jail criminals, and as this class cannot be given
extra-mural labour of course the income from manufactures must diminish.
There was a slight loss in the sales of coir and native vegetables, the bazaar
being overstocked so that there was no demand.
The total credits were Rs. 8,731-10-5 as against Rs. 9,215-10-1 of last year,
and the total debits Rs. 4,693, thus leaving a net profit of Rs. 4,007-10-5 as
against Rs. 5,544-10-1 of last year.
This difference has already been accounted for in the foregoing lines.
Adding together the profit from the manufactures and receipts from other
sources and Municipalities a total of Rs. 17,366-1-4 is received as per details
below, and deducting this from the total expenditure, namely, Rs. 28,341-15-7,
leaves a balance of Rs. 10,975-14-3 as the actual cost to the Government for the
Lunatic Asylum during the year as against Rs. 12,467-6-7 of last year.
The following is a detailed statement of the money received for maintenance,
labour, sale of articles, which are produced or manufactured in the asylum, and
from miscellaneous sources as compared with the last year.
From these details it will be seen that the totals of 1891, compared with the
totals of 1890, show an increase of Rs. 2,120-1-11.
Vegetables ... ...
Flowers ... ...
Coir ... ... ...
Milk ... ... ...
Baskets and brooms ...
Broken rice ... ...
Oil tins ... ...
Fines ... ... ...
Carpenter's shop ... ...
Extra-mural labour ...
Maintenance ... ...
Total ...
1890.
Rs.
1,231
33
120
1,576
1,887
82
7
36
197
1,104
8,883
15,159
A.
3
14
0
8
0
8
5
4
5
9
5
15
P.
9
6
0
1
0
0
0
3
6
0
4
5
1891.
Rs.
1,013
15
35
1,558
1,627
67
9
86
202
1,280
11,471
17,366
A.
11
11
0
0
10
8
2
0
2
0
4
1
P.
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
General remarks.—The immediate medical supervision and care of the insanes
is insufficient owing to the gradual increase of the number of inmates of the
asylum. The Civil Surgeon with his many and important duties otherwise has
not the time to devote to the minute and constant care of all the inmates who
are more or less under treatment.
The only assistant he has is a 2nd class Hospital Assistant who, however
well he may do his work, is not sufficiently educated to cope with this most
difficult branch of medical practice. Thus there is a want of immediate care
and treatment of the inmates, the Hospital Assistant being only competent to
treat intercurrent diseases. The absence also of records of any peculiar cases and
failure to detect diseases in their earlier stages in a class of people who seldom
complain are serious drawbacks.
The addition to the staff of a good Assistant Surgeon who would devote his
whole time to the care and study of the diseases of the lunatics was recom-
mended. The visitors unanimously supported the recommendation, and the
local Government having been addressed the employment of an Assistant Surgeon
has been sanctioned as soon as one can be obtained.
Among the subordinate staff Mr. Goodwin has carried out his work well,
looking after the lunatics' cells, cottages, and grounds properly, and deserves
credit for his work. Great credit is also due to Jemadar Ismail Sheriff for
carrying out not only his own duties but those of the clerk of the institution.