ANNUAL REPORT ON LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
7
On establishment, including the Superintendent's pay ...
On diet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
On clothing and bedding
...
...
...
...
On medicines and hospital necessaries
...
...
...
On contingencies proper, including cost of repair
...
...
On contingencies on manufacture ... ... ... ...
On Public Works charges
...
...
...
...
On remittances to treasury ... ... ... ...
On value of grains purchased, but not expended, remaining
in store ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
On raggi made over to Vizagapatam jail ... ... ...
Total ...
RS.
32,044
38,406
5,267
4,335
4,894
1,552
21,283
9,702
745
5
1,18,236
A.
1
9
1
9
6
1
7
11
9
4
14
P.
4
104
6
6
9
2
2
5
1½
4
2
Deducting from the above, the remittances to treasury, the outlay on buildings,
the expenses on grains, &c, in store, the value of raggi made over to the District
Jail, Vizagapatam, and the contingencies of manufacture, which represent the cost
of thread employed in weaving, the net charge for the year was Rs. 84,947-12-11 ½,
which represents an expenditure per head of average strength of Rs. 150-8-0 in
Madras, Rs. 100-4-7 in Waltair, and Rs. 107-12-6 in Calicut as shown in the
following statement: —
Years.
1889
1890
Names of Asylums.
Madras
...
...
Waltair ... ...
Calicut ... ...
Madras ... ...
Waltair
...
...
Calicut ... ...
Establish-
ment.
RS.
52
50
34
56
51
36
A.
10
13
2
4
4
13
P.
2
2
9
10
8
7
Diet.
RS.
68
41
51
69
36
47
A.
4
5
0
7
5
11
P.
8
2
1
6
9
4
Clothing and
bedding.
RS.
1
0
3
10
2
5
A.
5
5
2
2
7
6
P.
3
8
1
11
11
5
Medicines
and hospital
necessaries.
RS.
6
0
8
7
0
7
A.
13
7
14
11
9
4
P.
8
3
1
1
1
2
Contingen-
cies.
RS.
10
16
8
6
9
10
A.
5
2
7
13
9
9
P.
9
7
6
8
2
0
Total.
RS.
139
109
105
150
100
107
A.
7
1
10
8
4
12
P.
6
10
6
0
7
6
From this it appears that the charges during 1890 on " Establishment" and
on " Clothing and Bedding" were higher than in the previous year. The increase
in the former is principally due to the increased rank and pay of the Superin-
tendent in the Madras Asylum; to the arrears of pay paid to an Hospital Assistant
in Calicut who was reinstated from suspension; and in Waltair to the falling off
in the daily average strength. The rise in the expenditure under " Clothing and
Bedding " is due to the manufactured articles supplied by the asylums being
priced at market rates instead of at cost prices as in former years.
The proportionately large total expenditure per head of average strength in
the Madras Asylum is caused by the presence in it of European patients for whom
a more expensive diet is necessary.
The increase in the diet charges in the Madras Asylum is accounted for by
the large increase in the daily average sick which necessitated an increased expen-
diture in extras. In Calicut and Waltair the average expenditure was less than in
the previous year.
In Calicut alone was there an increase under Contingencies; this was due to
the expenditure for repairs executed during the year.
13. The net profits from manufactures has risen from Rs. 758-2-2 in 1889 to
Rs. 3,302-6-6 ; this is a satisfactory feature in the report, and was caused by the
articles manufactured being valued at market rates, instead of cost prices.
14. Statement X gives the sanctioned establishment of the three asylums,
and it will be seen on a reference to it that the established proportions of keepers
and totties have been kept up as far as practicable.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
W. F. DE FABECK, M.D.,
Surgeon-General with the Government of Madras.