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are said to want repair and separate accommodation for the segregation of violent or
noisy patients. The execution of the necessary repairs and the provision of the
requisite accommodation will be considered in the Public Works Department. Dr.
Nanney, on leaving the Madras Asylum after 5½ years' experience, alludes in his report
to the great necessity that exists for strong cottages for violent patients, and the
Public Works Department will be requested to allot the necessary funds for their
erection as early as possible.

9.    There has been no change in the system of treatment adopted ; occupation,
recreation, and appropriate diet with plenty of fresh air are the remedies chiefly trusted
to in promoting recovery. The means of recreation at the Madras Asylum are reported
to be capable of improvement. The Superintendent should make definite proposals to
this end, which is of so much importance to the health of the inmates.

10.    The financial results compare with those for 1878-79 as follows:—

11. The annual net cost to Government per head, the gross cost and the cost
per head in each asylum is shown for
both 1878-79 and 1879-80 in the margin.
In the case of Waltair alone is there any
increase. Part of the saving in Madras
is due to the employment of a Medical
Officer of a lower grade as Superintendent.
The great disparity in the cost per head
in the Madras Asylum as compared with those at Waltair and Calicut is due to the
employment of a Medical Officer as specially in charge of the asylum, while the two
latter are in charge of the Civil Surgeon of the station.

                                                (True Extract.)

                                                            R. DAVIDSON,
                                                                            Chief Secretary.