( 7 )
Of the total number of deaths given in the above table (30) eight were
received into the Asylum in 1888, 6 in 1887, 7 in 1886, 1 in 1885, 1 in 1884, 3
in 1883, 2 in 1877, 1 in 1875, and 1 in 1871, so that the majority of those who
died, or 70 per cent., had not been in the Asylum more than three years.
Of the 30 deaths 14 are recorded as being in bad health, 10 in fair health,
and 6 in good health when they were first received into the Asylum.
Of the 21 recent admissions who died 12 were in bad health, 6 in fair health,
and 3 in good health.
Cash Account, Statement IX, Finance.—During the year it will be seen that
under the head " Received from paying-patients" the sum of Rs. 8,159-4-3 was
received. In this sum is included the sum of Rs. 8,009-5-8, received from the
Municipalities; the remainder was received from friends of patients, namely,
Rs. 149-14-7, or Rs. 457-7-9 less than last year. This is owing to some paying
patients having been discharged during the year and no other patients being
admitted to take their place.
The Municipalities and townships which have not paid for the support of
their lunatics were Moulmein, Prome, Amherst, and Tharrawaddy. It was ruled
that Municipalities in Upper Burma were not to pay for their lunatics.
There are now in the Asylum 40 lunatics for whom no payment is received.
These lunatics come from Moulmein 20, Prome 10, Amherst 4, Tharrawaddy 4,
Pagan 1, Bhamo 1.
The expenditure on account of establishment was Rs. 9,760 against Rs.
9,740, or a difference of Rs. 20. This increase is due to the lamplighter's pay
being increased by Rs. 2 per mensem.
The expenditure on account of diet was Rs. 10,399-4-10 against Rs.
9,831-0-10 of last year, or an increase of Rs. 568-4-0. This was owing to there
being a larger average number of patients under treatment, namely, 230.43 in
1888 against 223.74 in 1887, extra expenditure on white rice during the cholera
epidemic sanctioned by the Committee, and the price of paddy being Rs. 125
per 100 baskets in one month (December) against Rs. 97 for the previous eleven
months and again against Rs. 85 per 100 baskets charged during the same months
last year.
Rupees 771-12-2 was spent on clothing and bedding against Rs. 650 of last
year, being an increase of Rs. 121-12-2. This increase was owing to our having
to purchase woollen blankets instead of gunny covering condemned by the Com-
mittee. Flannel suits were also purchased during the year.
Bazaar medicine cost Rs. 101-13-0 as compared with Rs. 87-8-7, or an in-
crease of Rs. 14-4-5. This was owing to our having prescribed stimulants during
the epidemic of cholera.
Contingencies proper amounted to Rs. 687-9-6 against Rs. 737-0-3, or a
decrease of Rs. 49-6-9. This was owing to our not having to purchase coal-tar
and mud-oil, having a large quantity of these left after fulfilling the contract
taken from the Public Works Department to earth-oil the cottages in the Asylum.
The subjoined statement shows the daily average number of lunatics for
1888, the total yearly expenditure, average cost of each insane, and average
cost of each item of outgoings per individual during the year :—
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Average daily number of inmates ... ... ...
Average daily number employed on labour ... ... ...
Total expenditure throughout 1888 ... ... ...
Total income from lunatic labour and miscellaneous sources ...
Payments by friends of lunatics for maintenance ... ...
Received from Municipalities for maintenance of pauper lunatics ...
Average cost of each lunatic as per column 3 ... ...
Average cost of each lunatic after deducting items 5 and 6 ...
230.43
201
Rs.
24,029
6,451
149
8,009
104
68
A.
7
8
14
5
4
13
P.
4
8
7
8
6
11
Average yearly expenditure of each patient in relation to—
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Establishment ... ... ... ... ...
Diet ... ... ... ... ...
Bazaar medicine ... ... ... ... ...
Clothing and bedding ... ... ... ...
English medicines ... ... ... ... ...
Contingencies proper ... ... ... ...
Contingencies of manufacture ... ... ... ...
Cost of printed forms and stationery ... ... ...
42
45
0
3
2
2
7
0
5
2
7
5
2
15
4
9
8
1
0
7
9
9
7
0