3
and debility 20 admissions and 8 deaths. The other diseases for which patients
were treated call for no special remark.
12. Statement No. 9 gives the receipts and expenditure of the different
Asylums during the year. The total receipts amounted to Rs. 1,13,116-4-1, of
which sum Rs. 99,731-3-11 were drawn from the Treasury; Rs. 11,654-13-2 were
received from paying patients; Rs. 776-1-10 were received as value for manufac-
tured articles; and Rs. 954-1-2 for garden produce and labour. Deducting the
sums remitted to the Treasury, viz. Rs 13,373-2-7, on account of paying patients,
garden produce, &c.,the actual net cost to Government was Rs. 86,358-1-4, or
Rs. 149-2-4 per patient. The following table gives the net cost per head in each
institution for the past two years: —
Colába...
Poona ...
Dhárwár
Ahmedabad ...
Hyderabad
Average cost...
...
Average daily strength
1879.
Rs.
175
150
210
110
110
149
a.
1
12
5
13
0
2
p.
10
2
2
10
3
4
579.0
1878.
Rs.
170
155
213
121
108
149
a.
8
14
13
8
0
0
p.
0
8
4
4
6
11
594.2
13. Statement No. 10 gives the sanctioned establishment, the monthly
cost of which amounted to Rs. 3,387-8-0, against Rs. 3,313-8-0 in 1878 and
Rs. 3,455 in 1877. The increase is due nearly altogether to the increased pay
drawn by the apothecary at Colába owing to his having received a step
in rank.
14. Statement No. 11 gives the receipts and expenditure on account of
manufactures. There was a mean population averaging 578.5, males 463.7 and
females 114.8; and of these there was employed a number averaging 333.5, males
280.4 and females 53.0. The total credits, including cash received for articles
sold, value of manufactures handed over for Asylum use, raw material in use,
and value of plant, amounts to Rs. 4,168-9-0. The largest cash receipts ac-
count was in Ahmedabad, viz. Rs. 941-3-8, the next at Colába, Rs. 656-1-10,
while at Hyderabad, Poona, and Dhárwár, it was Rs, 297-12-0, Rs, 122-4-6, and
Rs. 120, respectively. The total debits, including value of manufactured goods,
of raw materials, and of plant in store on 1st January, and also raw material
purchased during the year and other charges, amount to Rs. 3,024-13-7, leaving
an excess of credit or profit amounting to Rs. 1,143-11-5. The outstanding bills
amounted to Rs. 2-12-0, due to the Poona Asylum. For the year 1878 the total
credits were Rs. 3,947-2-11, and the debits Rs. 2,575-6-10, the excess of credit or
profit being Rs. 1,371-12-1.
15. In Statement No. 12 is shown the condition as regards marriage and
caste of the various lunatics treated during the year. The two following
tables summarize the statement, and give a relative analysis of condition and
caste for the past and preceding years:—
No. I.
Single ..
Married ..
Widowed ..
Unknown ..
Total ..
1878..
1879..
1878..
1879..
1878..
1879..
1878..
1879..
1878..
1879..
TOTAL NUMBER.
Treated.
Males.
857
807
308
214
88
81
88
80
681
692
Female.
22
28
71
66
87
40
18
20
148
149
Total.
879
890
274
280
75
71
101
100
829
841
Cured.
Males.
32
24
28
36
5
8
8
8
68
66
Females.
..
..
7
4
1
4
..
...
8
8
Total.
32
24
30
40
6
7
8
8
71
74
Died.
Males
13
28
9
16
6
1
6
9
33
54
Females
1
8
5
8
2
2
..
1
8
14
Total.
18
81
14
24
8
8
6
10
41
68
PECENTAGES OF
Cures to treated.
Males.
8.9
6.5
11.8
16.8
13.1
9.7
8.6
3.7
9.2
0.5
Females
..
..
9.8
6.1
2.7
10.0
..
..
5.4
6.3
Total.
8.4
6 2
10.9
15.7
8.0
9.8
2.9
3.0
8 6
8.8
Deaths to Treated.
Males.
8.4
7.6
4.4
75
15.8
8.2
7.2
11.2
4.8
7.8
Females.
4.5
23.0
7.0
12.1
5.4
5.0
..
5.0
5.4
9.3
Total.
8.4
7.9
5.1
8.6
10.6
4.2
5.9
100
4'9
8.1