8
Lunatic Asylums report that the injuries were purely accidental, and were not
due to any laxity in supervision or want of vigilance on the part of any of the
establishment.
Statement No. IX is the cash account of the asylums during the year 1898.
The total income was Rs. 1,52,293-0-1. Of this, Rs. 1,22,012-9-0 were received
from the Treasury, Rs. 14,436-4-2 from paying patients, Rs. 2,726-3-10 from
the Manufacturing Department, being the value at market rates, less cost of
raw materials, of articles supplied to the asylums and sold to the public and
labour of lunatics employed on grinding grain, and Rs. 12,897-6-7 were "book
receipts" on account of works done by the Public Works Department and
supply of Europe medicines, stores, stationery and printed forms; the corre-
sponding figures for the previous year being Rs. 1,29,691-9-6, Rs. 14,510-3-2,
Rs. 2,710-11-11 and Rs. 10,640-4-7. Rs. 220-8-6 were got from miscellaneous
sources as compared with Rs. 63-10-3 in 1897.
The total expenditure was Rs. 1,52,293-0-1, or Rs. 5,323-7-4 less than in
the previous year. The establishment cost Rs. 42,958-10-8, against Rs.
52,813-5-11 in 1897. Of this decrease the greater portion (Rs. 8,673-0-5) was
due to the temporary withdrawal of the full-time Superintendent. The expendi-
ture on diets was Rs. 63,804-6-11, the increase of Rs. 2,719-2-3 over the pre-
ceding year being due to a certain extent to higher contract rates prevailing
during the year under report and to a comparatively increased number of
patients. There is an increase of Rs. 516-10-8 in the cost of clothing and bed-
ding, due to the purchase of new articles at higher contract rates ; whereas
medicines and contingencies show a decrease of Rs. 388-2-4 and Rs. 816-12-7
compared with the preceding year.
If the amounts of Rs. 14,436-4-2 received from paying patients, Rs. 1,214-10-10
on account of the sale of manufactured goods to the public and the labour of
lunatics, Rs. 218-4-6 realized by the sale of unserviceable articles, Rs. 2-4-0 on
account of batta got by a warder from the Court, and Rs. 1,511-9-0 made over
to asylums for asylum purposes,—total Rs. 17,383-0-6,—be deducted from the
amounts received from the treasury and adjusted to Government as "book
receipts," the net cost to Government was Rs. 1,17,526-15-1 and the net cost
per head of daily average strength Rs. 149-5-8, as compared with Rs. 1,23,047-4-9
and Rs. 160-14-7 respectively in 1897.
The following is the abstract of cash account required by the Government
of India as per their memorandum No. 9—Medical—499, dated 25th July 1890
Home Department (Medical), embodied in the Bombay Government Resolution
No. 3149 of 9th August 1890, General Department:—
Colába ... ... ...
Ratnágiri
...
...
Poona
...
...
...
Dhárwár
...
...
Ahmedabad ... ...
Hyderabad (Sir Cowasji
Jehangir)
...
...
Total ...
Daily
average
strength
in 1898.
311.3
94.8
105.7
60.0
107.1
108.0
786.9
ESTABLISHMENT.
Total Cost.
Rs.
21,940
4,371
4,787
3,252
3,951
4,656
42,958
a.
3
4
0
6
12
0
10
p.
11
2
0
7
0
0
8
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
70
46
45
54
36
43
54
a.
7
1
4
3
11
1
9
p.
8
9
7
4
4
9
6
DIET.
Total Cost.
Rs.
37,943
6,311
6,067
2,966
5,434
5,081
63,804
a.
14
6
2
3
7
2
5
p.
7
10
11
9
1
9
11
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
121
66
57
49
50
47
81
a.
14
9
6
7
11
0
1
p.
3
3
5
0
10
9
4
CLOTHING AND BEDDING.
Total Cost.
Rs.
3,569
441
864
438
594
700
6,609
a.
8
6
14
14
10
0
4
p.
0
0
0
0
5
0
5
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
11
4
8
7
5
6
8
a.
7
10
2
5
8
7
6
p.
6
6
11
0
10
8
5