Report on the MacLaren Leper Asylum, Dehra Dun, U.P. India, for 1903 / by L.G. Fischer.

  • Fischer, L.G.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Report on the MacLaren Leper Asylum, Dehra Dun, U.P. India, for 1903 / by L.G. Fischer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    7. At the close of the year, of the 122 inmates remain- ing in the Asylum, there were 49 Christians viz :—30 men and 19 women. There were 16 men and 3 women under voluntary instruction prior to baptism, and 19 Christians ’were baptized during the year, 8. From the Financial statement appended it will be seen that the year opened with a cash balance of Rs. 14,430-14-2 and closed with a cash balance of Rs. 14,388-4-4. The decrease in funds is entirely due to the Mangoe crop being unsaleable, as it proved a failure. The sum of Rs. 220 is yearly realised by this sale alone. 9. On the 26th November, Sir Benjamin Franklin, Surgeon-General I. M. S. and Director-General, visited the Institution. His remarks recorded in the visitor’s book are as follows — I visited the MacLaren Leper Asylum this morning, ’v^dth Major Fischer the Civil Surgeon, and was very pleased with all I saw. The arrangements for the comfort and care of the inmates are excellent. The garden is so well cultivated, that it affords not only an ample supply of vegetables for the lepers, but I was told that a considerable sum is yearly realised from the sale of vegetables to the public. This Leper Asylum is without exception the best managed institution of its kind that I have seen in India, and reflects great credit on those responsible for its administration. November 1903. I (Sd.) B. FRANKLIN, Surgeon-General, I, M. S.. and Director-General. 10. The Expenditure on maintenance has been Rs. 7,422-2-11 which calculated on the daily average num- ber of inmates 118-94 shows that the average cost per head per annum has been Rs. 57-2-6 an increase of Rs. 4-14-4, over the cost per head during 1902, due to the payment of the salary given to the European, acting as Assistant Superin- tendent of the Asylum, beside the cost of his food. Also owing to the rationing of the inmates as there are a larger num- ber remaining throughout the year, than the previous.