18TH JUNE 1895, Nos. 1303, 1304, JUDICIAL.
sanctioned in G.O., dated 26th April 1895, No. 874. The delay in introducing an
adequate drainage system is partly due to the fact that the recommendations of the
committee appointed in G.O., dated 22nd February 1894, No. 454, were unaccom-
panied by detailed reasons for the various suggestions made or information sufficient
to enable Government to come to a decision on the matter. It was consequently
found necessary to return the report to the committee for amplification.
The daily average sick rate amounted to 104'89 against 108*08 in 1893. As the
daily average strength was considerably higher in 1894, these figures indicate a
general improvement in health. No reliable comparison can be made with the figures
relating to earlier years, as there is reason to suppose that it is only recently that
complete hospital returns have been maintained. There is a remarkable coincidence
between the figures showing the number of insanes remaining at the end of the year
in the Madras Asylum and the daily average strength {vide columns 8 and 9 of
Statement I). The same remark applies to the corresponding figures relating to
criminal lunatics (vide columns 8 and 9 of Statement II). The occurrence of integers
in columns 9 and 10 of Statement I and in column 9 of Statement II is also curious.
3. Statement No. IY contains what purport to be virtually complete figures
relating to the registration of the previous occupations of the patients admitted during
the year. Statement No. YII shows that the cause of insanity was believed to be
detected in 72 per cent, of the total number of cases under treatment during the year.
This percentage is considerably higher than in previous years and the improvement is
due to the fact that, while 222 insaues were admitted or re-admitted during the year,
the cause of insanity was thought to be undetected in only sixteen instances.
4. The next portion of the report to be discussed, is that which deals with finance.
Statistics comparing the average cost per patient under the main heads of expendi-
ture, during the past five years are shown below :—
Year.
Diet.
Madras.
2
Vi 5 d 8 u -
Calicut.
patam.
Clothing and Bedding.
Madras.
Vizaga-
patam.
Calicut.
7
Medicines.
Madras.
Vizaga-
patam,
9
dlicut.
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
us. A. r. US. A. u. US. A. v.
69 7 0 36 6 0 47 11 0
72 10 0 34 12 0 45 10 0 j
84 10 0 43 4 0 49 10 o
88 14 0 35 3 0 60 15 0
72 9 8 31 3
4
61 11 2 1
1
us.
10
9
11
15
6
1>. RS.
I'
Ufi.
Y
n
1
4
0
0
0
0
n
2 8 0
1 0
0
0
6
5 ti 0
4 11 0
3 6 0
5 13 0
3 7 11
! as. A. •'• as. A. p.
7 11 0
0 9 o )
7 2 0
0
0 0
, 8 7 0
• > 15 0
I 2 1 0
1
1 0
0 8 5
0 0 4
10
as. A.
7 4
7 12
9 1
3 1
2 10
i'.
0
0
0
0
5
Contingencies.
Total.
Year.
Madras.
Vizagapatarn.
11
12
Calicut.
Madras.
Vizagapatani.
15
Calient.
13
US. A. ]'.
10 9 0
6 10 I)
8 10 0
10 2 0
• 1G 4 1
14
16
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
US. A. 1'.
6 14 0
4 13 o
11 14 0
7 11 o
* S 12 4
US. A. 1'.
9 9 0
2 7 0
1G 11 0
6 13 0
* 2 1 6
us. A. r.
94 3 0
98 14 0
1
119 4 0
113 11 0
87 2 7
US. A. 1'.
49 0 0
45 9 0
66 15 0
47 S l)
35 10 8
KB. A. J'.
70 14 0
G4 11 0
70 1' 0
79 15 0
84 1 7
* These figures include the cost of hospital necessaries and miscellanies.
There has thus been a satisfactory improvement iu the Madras Asylum, while
even more economy than usual has been displayed in the administration of the Vizaga-
patani Asylum,—a circumstance which reflects much credit upon the (Superintendent
and the hospital assistant who has been in direct charge. The general decrease in
expenditure is no doubt partly due to the lower rates of grain prices, but it is to be
hoped that improved administration is the main cause. The diet scale sanctioned in
G.O., dated 26th June 1893, No. 1292, was in use in all the asylums and appears to