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60 REPORT OF THE
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FEMALES ... ... |
Daily average number ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
50.91 |
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Wheat grinding ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
10 |
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Spinning ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
14 |
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Pounding soorkee... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
5 |
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Tailoring ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
1 |
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Preparing vegetable for food ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
2 |
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Leeping cells ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
1 |
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Assistant female keepers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
2 |
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Making arrowroot ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
.3 |
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Making tickeas ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
1 |
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Total ... |
36.3 |
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No. 18.
Annual expenditure incurred on account of the Patna Lunatic Asylum for the year 1871.
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Rs. |
A. |
P. |
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Establishment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
8,541 |
0 |
0 |
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Dieting ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
6,804 |
12 |
0 |
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Contingencies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
444 |
7 |
9 |
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Bazar medicines ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
22 |
13 |
11 |
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Clothing, bedding, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... |
731 |
11 |
2½ |
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TOTAL ... |
16,544 |
12 |
10½ |
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Daily average number of persons ... ... ... ... ... ... |
211.39 |
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Average yearly cost per man ... ... ... ... ... |
Rs. |
78 |
6 |
7 |
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Average yearly cost of dieting per man ... ... ... ... |
„ |
32 |
4 |
0 |
No. 19.
Statement of profit of labor of lunatics in the Patna Lunatic Asylum during the year 1871.
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Nature of Occupation. |
Amount. |
REMARKS. |
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Rs. |
As. |
P. |
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Garden produce ... ... ... ... ... ... |
843 |
6 |
3 |
Value of arrowroot in store Rs. 19-12. |
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Castor oil manufactured ... ... ... ... |
326 |
12 |
5½ |
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Mustard oil manufactured ... ... ... ... |
879 |
11 |
9 |
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Wheat grinding ... ... ... ... ... |
887 |
2 |
1 |
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Soorkee manufactured ... ... ... ... ... |
31 |
10 |
0 |
Exclusive of Rs. 188-2 value of soorkee expended |
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Weaving dosootie cloth ... ... ... ... |
496 |
4 |
0½ |
Exclusive of Rs. 94-14 value of cotton thread and |
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„ table covers ... ... ... ... ... |
157 |
1 |
9 |
Value of table covers in store Rs. 41. |
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„ gunny ... ... ... ... ... |
63 |
4 |
0 |
Value of gunny in store Rs. 16-8. |
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„ blankets ... ... ... ... ... |
300 |
3 |
0 |
Value of blanket in store Rs. 45. |
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Making suttrenges ... ... ... ... ... |
87 |
12 |
3 |
Value of suttrenges in store Rs. 16. |
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„ tape ... ... ... ... ... ... |
8 |
4 |
9 |
Value of tape in store Rs. 10. |
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Tailoring ... ... ... ... ... ... |
58 |
3 |
11 |
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Making tickeas ... ... ... ... ... ... |
25 |
1 |
0 |
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By the hire of a cart and bullocks ... ... ... |
136 |
4 |
0 |
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Maintenance paid by friends of patients ... ... |
48 |
0 |
0 |
Rs. 40 credited to diet and contingent bill for July |
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Total ... |
4,349 |
1 |
3 |
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Various works executed as detailed in form |
1,838 |
4 |
4 |
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Total value of lunatic labor ... ... |
6,187 |
5 |
7 |
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No. 20.
Abstract of estimated value of Lunatic Labor for which no payment is recovered for 1871.
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Nature of Work. |
Amount. |
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Rs. |
As. |
P. |
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45 lunatics employed for five months making bricks ... ... ... |
530 |
13 |
5 |
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18 lunatics employed for two months making new roads ... ... ... |
72 |
15 |
6 |
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A new work-shed erected ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
1,087 |
11 |
4 |
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Erecting a shower-bath ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
16 |
6 |
1 |
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Repairing sheds ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
13 |
9 |
6 |
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Erecting iron bowers in garden ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
9 |
12 |
6 |
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Two looms on the English style ... ... ... ... ... ... |
80 |
0 |
0 |
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One gunny loom ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
20 |
0 |
0 |
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Making three new country looms and repairing old ones ... ... ... |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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Total ... |
1,838 |
4 |
4 |
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