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ANNUAL REPORT ON LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
(d.) Financial Statement —
—
Medical Officer's Salary.
Medical Subordinate's
Salary ... ...
Servants' Wages ...
Europe Medicines ...
Clothing and Bedding.
Dieting Sick
...
...
Wines and Spirits ...
Perishable Articles and
Contingencies ...
Total ...
1881-82.
Rs.
7,480
3,163
11,114
182
361
21,936
803
3,853
48,896
A.
2
2
8
5
8
15
10
12
1
P.
7
0
8
6
6
4
4
3
2
1882-83.
Rs.
7,800
3,411
12,850
195
687
27,520
797
4,104
57,967
A.
0
10
1
12
4
8
12
13
14
P.
0
9
1
9
0
4
0
11
10
Increase.
Rs.
319
248
1,735
13
325
5,583
A.
13
8
8
7
11
9
P.
5
9
5
3
6
0
...
851
9,077
1
12
8
0
Decrease
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 14 4
...
5 14 4
Remarks.
No Fund deductions have been
made in the Medical Officer's
salary in the current year,
because he does not belong to
the Fund.
A Second-class Assistant Apothe-
cary was doing duty in lieu of the
Civil Apothecary who went on
privilege leave for two months.
Owing to increase in the number
of attendants on account of
increase of patients, increase of
pay to the writer and the enter-
tainment of a caste cook.
Owing to increase of patients.
Owing to increase of patients and
the outbreak of scorbutic symp-
toms.
Owing to increase of patients.
(e.) Clothing and bedding of the value of Rs. 1,933-3-2 have been manufac-
tured and made up in the asylum.
(f.) A form of bond (made out by the Government Solicitor) for the mainte-
nance of private patients has been in use, and has frightened people into paying
for their friends.
No payment is received from the Madras Municipality.
The number of other patients for whom no maintenance is paid has been
reduced.
The following table shows how the patients have been maintained during the
year:—
Military
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Criminal ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Paupers from Madras Municipality maintained by Govern-
ment
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other patients maintained by Government ...
Paupers maintained by Local Fund Boards, Municipalities,
&c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Patients wholly maintained by friends ... ... ...
Patients partially maintained by friends ... ... ...
39
84
163
20
110
20
20
Of twenty cases for whom Government pays, five have been settled by Govern-
ment orders; eight are criminals whose sentences have expired; two are pilgrims
—the case of one is being disposed of by Government; two are soldiers' wives; one
is an old case from Rangoon ; one is a transfer from Trichinopoly Lunatic Asylum;
and the remaining case is Mr. Bacon, who has been in the asylum for 33 years.
III.—STAFF AND ESTABLISHMENT.
The responsibilities of the Superintendent are many. The responsibility in
money matters and food supply would, in an English asylum, be almost entirely
borne by the steward, who is a native on Rs. 70 a month.
The Senior Apothecary, Mr. J. J. Watts, has worked well in the management
of the asylum; and Civil Apothecary E. T. Jones has proved trustworthy in his
care of the sick and weakly patients.
Mrs. L. Hennon, Matron.
„ C. Gallagher, Assistant Matron.
Mr. H. McColeman, First-class European Attendant.
„ R. T. Lawrence, do.
do.
„ R. Leason, Second-class European Attendant.
„ W. Aldridge, do.
do.
The marginally noted Head Attendants have worked well, but require to
be kept up to their work. The European
Attendants, 1st and 2nd Class, are Eur-
asians. Their pay is not enough for equally
trustworthy Europeans. An Eurasian As-
sistant Steward has been appointed in place
of a native who resigned.