11
The total expenditure amounted to Rs. 1,51,866-11-11 against Rs. 1,52,293-0-1
in 1898. The establishment cost Rs. 46,264-3-8, the increase of Rs. 3,305-9-0
over the previous year being due to the employment of a whole-time Superin-
tendent at the Colába Lunatic Asylum except for three months during the year
1899. Rs. 60,435-6-0 were expended on diets, or Rs. 3,369-0-11 less than in
1898. There is an increase of Rs. 322-13-1 and Rs. 258-13-8, respectively, in
the charges for '' Contingencies " and '' Clothing and Bedding," due to the pur-
chase of new articles at Poona, Ratnágiri, "Dhárwár and Ahmedabad Asylums ;
whereas medicines show a decrease of Rs. 492-6-4 over the previous year.
If the amounts of Rs. 17,380-2-11 received from paying patients, Rs. 1,070-2-1
on account of the sale of manufactured goods to the public and labour of lunatics,
Rs. 1,985-14-11 made over to the asylums for asylum purposes, and Rs. 742-14-9
got from miscellaneous sources, total Rs. 21,179-2-8, be deducted from the
amounts received from the treasury and adjusted to Government as " Book Re-
ceipts," the net cost to Government was Rs. 1,09,508-6-7 against Rs. 1,17,526-15-1
in 1898, and the net cost per head of daily average strength Rs. 137-11-11 as
compared with Rs. 149-5-8 in the previous year.
The abstract of the cash account required by the Government of India is
given below.
Colába
...
...
...
Ratnágiri ... ... ...
Poona ... ... ...
Dhárwár
...
...
...
Ahmedabad ... ... ...
Hyderabad (Sir Cowasji
Jehangir)
...
...
Total ...
Daily
average
strength
in 1899.
315.0
102.7
100.9
58.7
109.1
108.6
795.0
ESTABLISHMENT.
Total Cost.
Rs.
24,568
4,637
4,653
3,641
4,086
4,678
46,264
a.
3
1
0
14
0
0
3
p.
1
10
9
0
0
0
8
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
77
45
46
62
37
43
58
a.
15
2
1
0
7
1
3
p.
11
5
10
8
3
2
1
DlET.
Total Cost.
Rs.
35,463
6,312
5,485
2,759
5,363
5,051
60,435
a.
10
1
2
9
3
9
6
p.
10
3
7
9
9
10
0
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
112
61
54
47
49
46
76
a.
9
7
5
0
2
8
0
p.
4
5
10
2
7
3
4
CLOTHING AND BEDDING.
Total Cost
Rs.
3,407
565
1,215
396
583
700
6,868
a.
4
5
4
13
8
0
2
p.
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
10
5
12
6
5
6
8
a.
13
8
0
12
5
7
10
p.
1
1
8
2
7
2
3
Colába
...
...
...
Ratnágiri
...
...
Poona
...
...
...
Dhárwár
...
...
...
Ahmedabad ... ...
Hyderabad (Sir Cowasji
Jehangir)
...
...
Total ...
MEDICINES.
Total Cost.
Rs.
956
38
24
190
120
61
1,393
a.
8
13
9
15
13
5
0
p.
1
0
0
1
7
7
4
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
3
0
0
3
1
0
1
a.
0
6
3
4
1
9
12
p.
7
1
11
1
9
0
0
CONTINGENCIES.
Total Cost.
Rs.
6,525
469
959
437
1,095
564
10,052
a.
7
8
5
14
11
8
7
p.
9
3
2
7
2
3
2
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
20
4
9
7
10
5
12
a.
11
9
8
7
0
3
10
p.
5
2
1
4
8
2
4
TOTAL.
Total Cost.
Rs.
70,921
12,022
12,337
7,427
11,249
11,055
1,25,013
a.
1
13
5
2
4
7
3
p.
9
5
6
5
6
8
3
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
225
117
122
126
103
101
157
a.
2
1
4
8
1
12
4
p.
4
1
4
5
9
10
0
From this it will be seen that there is a decrease in the cost of diets per
head of daily average strength, as compared with the previous year, in all the
asylums ; but the total cost per head at different asylums varied according to
the class of patients and the prices of food stuffs in the districts in which they
are situated. The asylums at Ratnágiri and Poona show an increase in the
cost of " Clothing and Bedding " per head of daily average strength, due to the
purchase of new articles to replace old ones. Excepting at Dhárwár, there is a
decrease in the cost of "Medicines" per head of daily average strength. The