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ANNUAL REPORT ON LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
The subjoined statement is intended to show clearly in what items economy
has been effected and in what direction there is room for possible improvement :-L
Asylums.
Establishment.
Actual for
1894.
Actual for
1S95.
Cost per head of
average strength.
189-1.
1895.
Diet.
Cost per head of
average strength.
Actual for
1894.
Actual for
1895.
1894.
189J
Madras
Vizagapatam.
Calicut
RS. A. P. |
RS.
A. P.
32,382 13 1 j 28,307 8 11
2,500 13 5
2,038 13 5
4,059 7 8
4,191 13 5
RS. A. P. RS. A. P.
08 3 5 04 7 1
50 15 3 44 0 11
41 0 4 40 8 11
RS.
A. p.
34,414 5 3
1,535 8 6
6,050 14 2
RS.
A. p.
RS. A. p.
28,831 0 3 72 9 8
1,511 4 7 31 3 4
0,212 13 8 01 11 2
RS. A. P,
65 8 0
25 7 2
00 6 5
Asylums.
Clothing and bedding.
Actual for
1894.
Actual for
1895.
Cost per head of
average strength.
1894.
189i
Medicines.
Actual for
1894.
Actual for
1895.
Cost per head of
average strength.
1894.
1801
Madras
Vizagapatam.
Calicut
ns. A. p.
2,493 14 o
115 3 0
343 0 0
RS.
A. P.
2,744 15 6
123 10 0
075 6 10
RS. A. P.
RS. A. P.
5 4 2 0 3 9
2 5 6 2 14
3 7 11 0 8 0
RS. A. p.
248 13 3
1 1 8
259 15 8
RS. A. p.
519 4 4
33 13 7
42 3 0
!S. A. p.
0 8 5
0 0 4
2 10 5
RS. A. P.
1 2 10
0 9 1
0 0 G
Asvlums.
Contingencies.
Actual for
1894.
Actual for
1895.
Cost per head of average
strength.
1894.
1895.
Hospital necessaries and
miscellanies.
Actual for
1894.
Actual for
1895.
Madras ...
Vizagapatam
Calicut ...
RS.
A. P.
1,475 0 10
36 12 0
1,018 6 3
RS.
A. P.
5,498 8 4
49 12 1
799 13 11
RS. A. P.
3 19
0 11 11
10 6 2
RS. A. P.
12 7 10
0 13 5
7 11 10
RS.
A. P.
2,084. 4 5
00 4 8
575 13 2
RS.
A. P.
2,080 5 5
74 9 8
041 2 10
Asylums.
Cost per head of average
strength.
1891.
1895.
Grand Total.
Actual for
1894.
Actual for
1895.
Cost per head of average
strength.
1894.
1S95.
Madras ...
Vizagapatam
Calicut ...
I
RS. A. P.
5 10 7
15 7
5 13 11
RS. A. P.
0 18
14 1
0 3 2
RS.
A. P.
73,019 3 0
4,201 11 9
12,307 8 11
RS.
A. P.
08,048 0 9
4,431 15 10
8
RS. A. P.
155 0 0
80 9 11
125 7 11
RS. A. P.
155 15 2
74 10 0
From the above table it will be seen that there has been a satisfactory decrease
of expenditure per head under the headings of establishment and diet in the
Madras and Vizagapatam asylums and a slight decrease in Calient. The charges
under bedding and clothing in the Madras and Calicut asylums show an increase,
which the Superintendent of Madras Asylum explains as due to the fact that the
stock of bedding and clothing both cotton and woollen has been raised consider-
ably to cope efficiently with the wants of the asylum, a sum of Hs. 400 having
been spent on woolhm jerseys and flannel banyans alone. The Superintendent,
Calicut, in whose asylum the increase has been very high, explains the fact as having
been due to a large number of cumblies being purchased from the Jail department
at an increased price. In the Vizagapatam Asylum there has been a slight decrease
over last year. The increased expenditure under medicines in the Madras Asylum
is due to the adjustment of the cost of two years' supply, viz., 1894 and 1895
having been made in the year under report. There has been a very considerable
increase under the heading contingencies in the Madras Asylum; this is satis-
factorily explained by the Superintendent as having been due to (1) the payment
of Rs. 3,588-9-8 on account of two years' taxes, that for 1894 having been paid
in arrears; (2) funeral expeuses,extra servants, &c, during the cholera epidemic;