TRIENNIAL REPORT ON THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
(a) Establishment charges.—During the year 1902, the Superintendent and
the Deputy Superintendent of the Madras Asylum were on privilege leave for one and
three months, respectively, which necessitated the employment of a Commissioned
Medical officer in place of the former find a temporary Civil Assistant Surgeon and
a Civil Apothecary in place of the latter. This contributed largely to the increase
of expenditure as compared with that of the two previous years.
(b) Diet.—The staple articles of diet, such as rice, ragi, etc., were cheaper
during 1902 than in 1901, though they were dearer in both of these years than
they were in 1900.
(e) Book adjustments.—The expenditure on additions and alterations to the
asylum buildings undertaken by the Public Works Department in 1002, included
in "Book Charges," was markedly low during the triennium.
(d) The variations under other items, being trivial, call for no remarks.
(3) Gost per head.—The cost per head during the triennium calculated on
the daily average strength under the chief heads of expenditure stands thus :—
1900.
1001.
1902.
Establishment
Diet
Clothing and bedding
Medicines (European and country].
Contingencies and miscellaneous
Total
RS. A. P.
ES. A. 1'.
RS. A. p.
70 11 0
69 2 10
70 10 9
59 9 11
05 6 3
(50 8 1
4 9 0
0 9 (>
5 12 N
15 5
1 2 6
1 2 6
15 12 4
17 12 6
14 7 2
151 15 8
160 1 7
152 9 2
(4) Faying patients.—Eighty-four such were treated in the three asylums
during the year 1900 ; the numbers treated in 1901 and 1902 being 66 and 68
respectively. The admissions in Madras alone were 77 in 1900, 59 in 1901 and 61
in 1902. The total amounts collected from paying patients during each year
of the triennium were Rs. 12,605-15-9 in 1900, Rs. 15,461-9-5 in 1901 and
Rs. 13,818-10-11 in 1902.
(5) Manufacture* and gardening,—During the past three rears the total
credits were Rs. 13,294-5-11 in 1902, Rs. 13,013-5-1 in 1901. and Rs. 13,353-6-4
in 1900 : while the debits for the corresponding period amounted to Rs. 7,170-15-11,
Rs. 6,720-9-1 and Rs. 6,080-7-11, resulting in a profit of Rs. 6,114-6-0,
Rs. 6,297-12-0 and Rs. 7,272-14-5, respectively. The decrease in profit during
the triennium was due to the failure of the vegetable crop in 1901 and to the
diminished sale of manufactured goods in all the asylums during 1902.
(a) Profit per head.—In Madras during the year under review, out of a
mean population of 403*48, 160*50 inmates were employed on remunerative labour,
while in Vizagapatam and Calicut 19*04 and 24*97 out of 75 92 and 100*55 respect-
ively were so engaged. The actual number of working days was 314, during which
time the following amounts were earned :—
Rs. 4,809-2-9, Rs. 655-15-5 and Rs. 649-3-10, respectively, or
Rs. 29-15-5, Rs. 34-6-5 and Rs. 26-0-0 per head calculated on the average number
employed on manufactures as against Rs. ".47-15-0, Rs. 35-10-0 and Rs. 44-11-11 in
1901 ; and Rs. 28-1-10, Rs. 31-13-6 and Rs. 51-8-11 in 1900, respectively.
19. GMNEHAL ADMINISTRATION.—The general administration of all the asylums
was satisfactory. Captain C. B. Harrison, I.M.S., was in charge of the Madras
Asylum throughout the year with the exception of a month, when Captain P. C.
G-abbett, I.M.S., acted for him. Major W. C. Tickers, I.M.S., was in charge of
the VizagapatamAN3du.n1 throughout the year and Lieutenant-Colonel T. J, Hackott
Wilkins, I.M.S., held charge of the Calicut Asylum until October 12th, on which
date Captain R. Bryson, I.M.S., relieved him.
(1) Establishment.—In Madras the entire establishment is on a tix.ed scale
irrespective of the population. Nursing of the sick has been efficiently carried out
by the special nursing establishment. In Vizagapatam and Calicut no special