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discharged otherwise, 48 died and 75 remained under treatment at the end of the
year. The more common diseases necessitating admission to hospital were ague
61, diarrhœa 37, debility 29, dysentery 14. The causes of the deaths were debility
17, diarrhœa 11, epilepsy 6, cholera 4, malarious fever 2, dropsy 2, and one each
from old age, dysentery, pneumonia, apoplexy, anœmia, phthisis and worms.
12. Statement No. IX. shows the cash accounts of the asylums for the year.
The total receipts were Rs. 1,39,518-3-10 against Rs. 1,30,126-9-7 in the previ-
ous year. Of this, Rs. 1,13,037-0-5 were received from the treasury, Rs.
14,672-10-4 was the sum adjusted by Government on account of works done by
the Public Works Department, water-supply, cost of English medicines and
stores and clothing supplied from the Jail Department, Rs. 8,814-14-4 were re-
ceived from paying patients and Rs. 2,993-10-9 was the value of articles received
from the Manufacture Department and used in the asylums. Deducting the
amount remitted to the treasury on account of paying patients from the sums
received from the Treasury and adjusted by Government and also from the value
of articles received from the Manufacture Department, the net cost was Rs.
1,21,888-7-2 as compared with Rs. 1,15,908-13-7 in the previous year; the chief
increase is in the charges incurred by the Public Works Department. The net
cost per patient was Rs. 186-9-7 against Rs. 185-0-7 in the year 1884. The
following table gives the net cost in each asylum for the past two years :—
Colába ...
Poona ...
Dhárwár ...
Ahmedabad ...
Hyderabad ...
Average cost ...
Average daily strength ...
1885.
Rs.
249
153
249
115
111
186
a.
7
0
12
10
10
9
p.
1
6
1
9
2
7
653.2
1884.
Rs.
262
132
233
119
86
185
a.
8
2
5
14
10
0
p.
6
8
4
5
10
7
626.4
The figures given in the above table for 1884 do not correspond with those
given in a similar table in last year's report, but are corrected in accordance with the
remark of the Government of India in their letter No. 369, dated 25th July 1885.
13. Statement No. X. shows the establishments as they stood at the end of
the year. The total monthly cost was Rs. 3,474-8-0 as compared with Rs. 3,852-8-0
in the previous year. The decrease is due to the Acting Superintendent of Colába
Asylum having been a junior officer and to certain reductions at Hyderabad.
14. Statement No. XI. shows receipts and expenditure on account of manu-
factures in the asylums. The mean population was 653.2—males 537.6 and females
115.6. The average number employed was 306.2—253 males and 53.2 females.
The total credits amounted to Rs. 5,814-2-4 and the total debits to Rs. 2,356-2-6,
showing an excess of credits of Rs. 3,492-10-0. The total net profits shown in
the memorandum below the table was Rs. 3,383-10-0 as compared with
Rs. 3,733-0-9 in the previous year.
15. Statement No. XII. gives the condition of the asylum population as to
sex, caste and marriage; the statement is summarized in the following tables :—
No. I.
Single
..
Married ..
Widowed ..
Unknown ..
1884
..
..
..
1885
..
..
..
1884
..
..
..
1885
..
..
..
1884
..
..
..
1885
..
..
..
1884
..
..
..
1885
..
..
..
Total ..
1884 ..
1885 ..
TOTAL NUMBER.
Treated.
Males.
389
397
215
203
62
53
97
107
763
760
Females.
19
17
70
60
39
37
29
25
157
139
Total.
408
414
285
263
101
90
126
132
920
899
Cured.
Males.
22
26
23
22
8
4
1
2
54
54
Females.
..
1
6
5
1
2
..
1
7
9
Total.
22
27
29
27
9
6
1
8
61
63
Died.
Males.
18
16
17
9
6
4
7
12
48
41
Females.
1
2
5
1
3
2
2
2
11
7
Total.
19
18
22
10
9
6
9
14
59
48
PERCENTAGES OF
Cured to Treated.
Males.
5.6
6.5
10.7
10.8
12.9
7.5
1.0
1.8
7.0
7.1
Females.
..
5.8
8.5
8.3
2.5
5.4
..
4.0
4.4
6.4
Total.
5.3
6.5
1.01
10.2
8.9
6.6
0.7
2.2
6.6
7.0
Deaths to Treated.
Males.
4.6
4.0
7.9
4.4
9.6
7.5
7.2
11.2
6.2
5.3
Females.
5.2
11.7
7.1
1.6
7.6
5.4
6.8
8.0
7.0
5.0
Total.
4.6
4.3
7.7
3.8
8.9
6.6
7.1
10.6
6.4
5.3