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STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
STATEMENT
Statement showing the Admissions , Discharges, etc., of
1
Years.
2
Remained at
the beginning
of the year.
Males.
Females.
Total.
3
Admitted.
Males.
Females.
Total.
4
Re-
admit-
ted.
Males.
Females.
Total.
5
Total
population.
Males.
Females.
Total.
6
Discharged.
A.
Cured.
Males.
Females.
Total.
B.
Transferred to
friends.
Im-
proved.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Not
improved.
Males.
Females.
Total.
C.
Other-
wise.
Males.
Females.
Total.
D.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Total.
7
Died.
Males.
Females.
Total.
8
Remaining
at the end
of the year.
Males.
Females.
Total.
MADRAS.
1924.
C.
V.
487
2
176
...
663
2
168*
2
51
...
219*
2
10
...
1
...
11
...
665
4
228
...
893
4
75
...
19
...
94
...
24
...
10
...
34
...
8
1
2
...
10
1
22
1
2
...
24
1
129
2
33
...
162
2
The capacity of the Madras Mental Hospital at 60 square feet per European patient equals...
Do.
do.
at 45 square feet per Indian
do.
...
50
...
19
...
69
...
486
2
For Males ...
For Females ...
For Males ...
For Females ...
Total ...
176
...
662
2
91
81
444
108
724
VIZAGAPATAM
1924.
C.
V.
77
...
19
...
96
...
19
...
2
...
21
...
4
...
1
...
5
...
100
...
22
...
122
...
9
...
2
...
11
...
2
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
12
...
2
...
14
...
15
...
5
...
20
...
73
...
15
...
88
...
The capacity of the Vizagapatam Mental Hospital at 50 square feet per Indian patient equals—
Males ... ... ... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
79
17
96
CALICUT.
1924.
C.
V.
160
...
37
...
197
...
39
...
17
...
56
...
15
...
8
...
23
...
214
...
62
...
276
...
33
...
11
...
44
...
8
...
3
...
11
...
2
...
...
...
2
...
3
...
...
...
3
...
46
...
14
...
60
...
15
...
3
...
18
...
153
...
45
...
198
...
The capacity of the Calicut Mental Hospital at 50 square feet per Indian patient equals—
Males
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
200
62
262
PRESIDENCY.
Grand Total
for 1924.
Grand Total
for 1923.
Grand Total
for 1922.
726
739
726
232
227
216
958
966
942
228*
232
243
70
72
69
298*
304
312
29
22
28
10
4
4
39
26
32
983
993
997
312
303
289
1,295
1,296
1,286
117
139
123
82
33
34
149
172
157
34
44
47
18
12
11
47
56
58
11
7
11
2
2
2
13
9
13
27
11
15
229
112
520
189
201
184
49
48
54
238
249
238
80
66
74
27
23
8
107
89
82
714
726
739
236
232
227
950
958
966
C. = Compulsory.
V. = Voluntary.
*
Three observation cases included.
STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
5
No. I.
Mental Hospitals in the Madras Presidency during the year 1924 and the two previous years.
9
Daily average
strength.
Males.
Females. Total.
10
Daily average
sick.
Males. Females. Total.
11
Percentage to
Daily average strength.
A.
Cured.
Males. Females. Total.
B.
Died.
Males.
Females. Total.
Admission.
C.
Cured.
Males.
Females. Total.
D.
Died.
Males.
Females. Total.
471.28 173.00 644.28 82.79 33.77 116.56 15.92 10.98 14.60 10.62 10.98 10.70 11.11 7.69 10.34 5.00 5.77 5.17
The maximum number of lunatics confined during any one night was on the night of the 18th November 1924, viz. :—
Recoveries on new admissions ...
Deaths on new admissions ...
Males.
20
Females.
4
3
Total.
24
12
Males
...
Females
...
Total ...
494
175
669
76.68
17.37
94.05
6.3
1.14
7.44 11.74 11.51 11.69 19.56 28.78 21.26 17.39
...
15.38 13.04
...
11.54
The maximum number of lunatics confined during any one night was on the night of the 20th February 1924, viz. : —
Admissions cured
...
Admissions died ...
Males.
4
3
Females.
...
...
Total.
4
3
Males
...
Females
...
Total ...
80
19
99
160.46 42.79
203.25 3.31
1.16
4.47 20.57 25.71 21.65 9.35 7.01
8.86 24.07 20.00 22.78
5.56
5.06
The maximum number of lunatics confined during any one night was on the night of the 16th July 1924. vis. :—
Admissions
cured
...
Admissions died ...
Males.
13
3
Females.
5
1
Total
18
4
Males
...
Females ...
Total ...
166
46
212
708.42
725.82
745.70
233.16
233.25
221.76
941.58
959.07
967.46
92.40
94.35
100.50
36.07
31.12
24.77
128.47
125.47
125.27
16.52
19.15
16.49
13.72
14.15
15.33
15.82
17.93
16.23
11.29
9.09
9.92
11.58
9.86
3.61
11.36
9.27
8.48
14.40
16.92
17.58
11.25
15.78
54.16
13.65
16.66
12.79
5.84
9.44
4.42
5.00
13.15
1.58
5.64
10.30
1.90
2
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STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
STATEMENT No. I-A.
Statement showing cases admitted for observation into the Mental Hospitals during the year 1924 and
the Provincial totals for the two previous years.
Name of hospital.
Madras
...
...
Waltair ... ...
Calicut ...
...
Total for
Total for
Total for
Year.
1924
1924
1924
1924
1923
1922
Remained on 1st
January.
3
...
2
5
3
1
Admitted.
100
6
31
137
128
159
Re-admitted.
...
1
20
21
25
17
Certified
and
admitted into
hospital.
88
6
46
140
142
161
Certified
and
released under
section 14, Act
IV of 1912.
7
...
...
7
...
1
Released as un-
certifiable.
5
1
4
10
7
12
Died.
...
...
...
...
2
...
Remaining on
31st December.
3
...
3
6
5
3
Remarks.
STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL
HOSPITALS
7
STATEMENT No. II.
Return of Criminal Lunatics in the Mental Hospitals of the Madras Presidency for the year 1924 and the Provincial totals for the two previous years.
1
Years.
2
Remained at the
beginning of the
year.
Males.
Females.
Total.
3
Admitted.
Males.
Females.
Total.
4
Re-admitted.
Males.
Females.
Total.
5
Total.
Males.
Females.
Total.
6
Discharged,
transferred,
etc.
Males.
Females.
Total.
7
Died.
Males.
Females.
Total.
8
Remaining at
the end of the
year.
Males.
Females.
Total.
9
Daily average
strength.
Males.
Females.
Total.
MADRAS.
1924
...
...
...
1923
...
...
...
1922
...
...
...
148
157
146
9
10
10
157
167
156
32
34
45
1
3
4
33
37
49
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
180
191
192
10
13
14
190
204
206
35
27
21
2
4
4
37
31
25
10
16
14
1
...
...
11
16
14
135
148
157
7
9
10
142
157
167
137.39
148.53
150.48
7.78
9.8
10.97
145.17
157.61
161.45
WALTAIR.
1924 ... ... ...
1923 ...
...
...
1922
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
CALICUT.
1924
...
...
...
1923
...
...
...
1922
...
...
...
Grand total for 1924.
Grand total for 1923.
Grand total for 1922.
...
...
...
148
157
146
...
...
...
9
...
10
...
...
...
157
167
156
...
...
...
32
34
45
...
...
...
1
3
4
...
...
...
33
37
49
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
180
191
192
...
...
...
10
13
14
...
...
...
190
204
206
...
...
...
35
27
21
...
...
...
2
4
4
...
...
...
37
31
25
...
...
...
10
16
14
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
11
16
14
...
...
...
135
148
157
...
...
...
7
9
10
...
...
...
142
157
167
...
...
...
137.39
148.53
150.48
...
...
...
7.78
9.08
10.97
...
...
...
145.17
157.61
161.45
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STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
STATEMENT No. V.
Return showing the Ages of Patients admitted into the Mental Hospitals in the Madras Presidency
during the year 1924 and the Provincial totals for the two previous years.
1
Name of Mental
Hospital.
Madras
...
Waltair
...
Calicut
...
C.
V.
C.
V.
C.
V.
Total for 1924 ...
Total for 1923 ...
Total for 1922 ...
2
Under 20 years.
Males.
8
...
3
...
3
...
14
17
19
Females.
6
...
1
...
...
...
7
7
6
Total.
14
...
4
...
3
...
21
24
25
3
20 to 40.
Males.
127
2
16
...
32
...
177
169
168
Females.
30
...
2
...
16
...
48
52
29
Total.
157
2
18
...
48
...
225
221
217
4
40 to 60.
Males.
39
...
4
...
18
...
61
65
69
Females.
15
...
...
...
9
...
24
15
17
Total.
54
...
4
...
27
...
85
80
86
5
Upwards of 60
years.
Males.
2
...
...
...
1
...
3
...
12
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
Total.
2
...
...
...
1
...
3
2
13
6
Total.
Males.
176
2
23
...
54
...
255
251
268
Females.
51
...
3
...
25
...
79
76
73
Total.
227
2
26
...
79
...
334
327
341
Note.— Observation cases are excluded.
C. = Compulsory. V.= Voluntary.
STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
17
[For local circulation only.]
APPENDIX TO STATEMENT No. VI.
(Ordered in G.O. No. 836, Public, dated 28th May 1915.)
Showing the Admissions and Deaths from the Chief Diseases among the Patients in the
Mental Hospitals of the Madras Presidency during the year 1924.
1
Serial number.
1
2
3
2
Mental
Hospitals.
Madras ...
Waltair ...
Calicut ...
Total ...
3
A
Cholera.
A.
...
...
42
42
D.
...
...
11
11
B
Dysentery
A.
129
9
18
156
D.
10
2
...
12
C
Malarial
fevers.
A.
29
14
1
44
D.
...
2
...
2
—
Influ-
enza.
A.
68
...
...
68
D.
2
...
...
2
D
Tubercle of
the lungs,
tuberculosis
pthisis and
hæmoptysis
due to
tubercle.
A.
61
3
3
67
D.
22
2
...
24
E
Anæmia
and
debility.
A.
27
17
2
46
D.
2
4
...
6
F
All other
general
diseases.
A.
17
3
14
34
D.
...
1
...
1
G
Disease
of the
nervous
system.
A.
354
...
...
354
D.
12
...
...
12
H
Other
respira-
tory
diseas-
es.
A.
32
3
1
36
D.
3
...
1
4
I
Diar-
rbœa.
A.
66
4
48
118
D.
10
...
...
10
J
Diseases
of the
connec-
tive tissue.
A.
5
3
2
57
D.
...
...
1
1
—
Diseases
of the
circula-
tory
system.
A.
8
...
...
8
D.
4
...
...
4
—
Digest-
ive
diseases.
A.
207
...
...
207
D.
3
...
...
3
Serial number.
1
2
3
Mental
Hospitals.
Madras ...
Waltair ...
Calicut
...
Total ...
3—cont.
K
All other
causes.
A.
270
32
27
329
D.
1
9
5
15
L
Total.
A.
1,320
88
158
1,566
D.
69
20
18
107
4
Ratio of admissions and of deaths per mille of average strength from
Cholera.
A.
...
...
206.64
206.64
D.
...
...
54.12
54.12
Dysentery.
A.
200.22
95.69
88.56
384.47
D.
15.52
21.26
...
36.78
Malarial
fever.
A.
45.01
148.84
4.92
198.77
D.
...
21.26
...
21.26
Abscess
and
ulcers of
all kinds.
A.
...
...
...
...
D.
...
...
...
...
Diarrhœa.
A.
102.44
...
236.16
305.60
D.
15.52
...
...
15.52
Influ
enza.
A.
105.54
...
...
105.54
D.
3.10
...
...
105.54
Tubercle
of the
lungs.
A.
94.68
...
...
94.68
D.
34.15
...
...
34.15
All other
causes.
A.
1,500.90
340.24
777.37
2,618.51
D.
38.80
95.69
88.56
223.05
Daily average strength.
644.28
94.05
203.35
941.68
5
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Order—No. 1505-P.H., dated 22nd July 1925.
Recorded.
2. The total accommodation in the three mental hospitals remained the same
(1,082) as in the previous year. The construction of twenty single rooms for
Indian civil males in the Madras Mental Hospital sanctioned last year was not
put in hand and presumably the additional cells which were reported to have
been under construction at Waltair last year were not completed.
3. The total number of civil patients dealt with in the hospitals was one less
than in the previous year and the daily average strength showed a further decline.
There was a slight fall in the number of criminal patients also.
4. There was an outbreak of cholera in the Calicut Hospital which led to
11 deaths. The death-rate in all the three hospitals rose from .3 to 11.4 per cent
of the daily average strength, pulmonary tuberculosis as usual accounting for the
largest number of deaths.
5. The fall in the percentage of cures (from 17.9 to 15.8) has not been
explained in the report. Now that the officer who was deputed to England for
special training in mental diseases has returned, improvement in this respect may
be expected in future.
6 The Sanitary Engineer has been requested to prepare, in consultation with
the Surgeon-General, rough plans and approximate estimates for a proper drainage
scheme for the Madras Mental Hospital.
7. The Government note with pleasure the gifts made by the Honorary
Secretary of the Indian Red Cross Society (Madras Branch) of hospital require-
ments, shirts, toilet requisites, etc., for the use of the patients in the Calicut
Hospital.
8. The Surgeon-General is requested to address the Government separately
regarding—
(1) the provision for single room accommodation and space for the separa-
tion of classes and types of cases in the female enclosure of the Madras Hospital
and for additional accommodation in the Waltair Hospital and
(2) appointment of a weaving master in the Madras Hospital.
(By order of the Government, Ministry of Local Self-Government)
C. B. COTTERELL,
Acting Secretary to Government
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ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE WORKING OF THE
MENTAL HOSPITALS
MADRAS PRESIDENCY
FOR THE YEAR 1925
MADRAS
PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRESS
PRICE
,
6
annas
1926
No. R. 595 General of 1926.
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON-GENERAL
WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF MADRAS,
No. 81, MOUNT ROAD,
MADRAS, the 16th March 1926.
From
MAJOR-GENERAL T. H. SYMONS, C.S.I.,O.B.E., K.H.S., I.M.S.,
SURGEON-GENERAL WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF MADRAS,
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MADRAS,
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT (PUBLIC HEALTH) DEPARTMENT.
SIR,
I have the honour to submit, for the information of Government, the
Annual Report on the working of the Mental Hospitals in the Madras
Presidency during the year 1925.
2. Population.—The total population of the three mental hospitals
during the year was 1,303 (990 males and 313 females) as against 1,295
(983 males and 312 females) in the previous year. Of these, the number of
patients remaining at the commencement of the year was 950, and the
number admitted and re-admitted during the year was 349. Of the total
treated, 165 were cured, 42 improved, 16 discharged not improved and 16
discharged otherwise and 1,001 remained at the end of the year. The
treatment adopted in the Mental Hospital, Madras, now is, as far as
possible, in keeping with the latest methods of treating mental cases.
The total population may be classified as follows:—
Civil patients ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Voluntary boarders ... ... ... ... ... ...
Criminal patients ... ... ... ... ... ...
1,119
7
177
Of the total number of patients admitted during the year, 16 were
Europeans and Anglo-Indians, 53 were Christians, 209 were Hindus,
58 were Muhammadans and 13 were other castes. There was no escape of
inmates during the year in any of the three mental hospitals.
3. Age and previous occupation of the inmates.—Of the 349 inmates
admitted and re-admitted during the year under report, 19 were under 20
years of age, 231 were between 20 to 40 years, 89 were between 40 to 60
years and 10 above 60 years. As usual, the number of inmates between
the ages of 20 and 40 was the largest. As regards the previous occupation
of the inmates, the number of general labourers was the largest, i.e., 54,
and next came cultivating tenants numbering 24.
4. Causes of insanity.—Among the causes of insanity, mental stress,
mental instability and heredity account for the largest number of
admissions.
5. Types of insanity.—The principal types of insanity in their order of
frequency were as follows :—
Mania (other forms) ... ... ... ... ... ...
Dementia præcox
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dementia (secondary or terminal) ... ... ... ...
Melancholia (other forms)
...
...
...
...
...
Insanity due to Cannabis indica
...
...
...
...
Circular insanity
Alternating insanity
... ...
Delusional insanity
...
...
Mania (Epilepsy)
...
...
...
Insanity due to alcohol
...
...
258
157
133
115
99
95
77
50
42
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ANNUAL REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE MENTAL HOSPLS. IN THE MADRAS PRESIDY.
1925, Civil Assistant Surgeon M.R.Ry. C. Totadri Avargal, L.M.S., from 9th
May 1925 to 9th June 1925, Civil Surgeon M.R.Ry. T. S. Tirumurti
Avargal, B.A., M.B., C.M., from 10th June 1925 to 29th July 1925, and
Major A. S. Leslie, I.M.S., from 30th July 1925 to 31st December 1925.
Major A. P. G. Lorimer, I.M.S., held charge of the Mental Hospital,
Calicut, throughout the year.
18. Visitors.—As usual during the year under report, official and
non-official visitors inspected the respective hospitals. A remark has to be
made in this connexion as regards the official visitors of the Mental
Hospital, Waltair. Some of the official visitors of this institution were
irregular in their attendance at the monthly meetings of visitors.
Meetings had sometimes to be postponed for want of a quorum. This
was brought to the notice of Government who have issued the necessary
instructions to the officials concerned. Among those that visited
the Mental Hospital, Madras, during the year were Her Excellency
Viscountess Goschen and the Surgeon-General. While the Mental
Hospital at Waltair was visited by the Surgeon-General, Inspector-
General of Prisons, Huzur Deputy Collector and the Treasury Deputy
Collector, Vizagapatam. The Inspector-General of Prisons visited the
Mental Hospital at Calicut.
19. Verification of service registers and stock books.—In all the
hospitals, service registers were verified and found correct. The stock
was verified periodically and found correct.
20. General remarks.—During the year the question of giving proper
treatment to mental defectives, especially cases of definite insanity, in the
early stages where there is some prospect of cure was raised in the shape
of a resolution in the Council of State. To cope with this problem the
Madras Government called for certain proposals, i.e.—
(1) Teaching and propaganda.
(2) Improvement of existing mental hospitals.
(3) Complete separation of criminal from non-criminal lunatics
and
(4) Establishment of mental clinics in General Hospital.
Certain suggestions, such as the rebuilding of the existing Mental
Hospital, the training of medical officers in the treatment of mental
diseases, the reorganization of the staff of the hospitals and the building
of a small home for the treatment of the mental defectives, made by
the Superintendent of the Mental Hospital, Madras, were submitted to
Government. The Government, however, are of opinion that the question
of rebuilding the existing Mental Hospitals and the establishment of a
fourth one for the southern districts is impracticable at present on
financial grounds. The other suggestions are under consideration.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
T. H. SYMONS, C.S.I., O.B.E., K.H.S., I.M.S.,
Surgeon-General with the Govt. of Madras.
STATEMENTS Nos. I TO X.
2
6
STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
STATEMENT
Statement showing the Admissions, Discharges, etc., of mental patients in the
1
Years.
2
Remained at
the beginning
of the year.
Males.
Females.
Total.
3
Admitted.
Males.
Females.
Total.
4
Re-
admit-
ted.
Males.
Females.
Total.
5
Total
population.
Males.
Females.
Total.
6
Discharged.
A.
Cured.
Males.
Females.
Total.
B.
Transferred to
friends.
Im-
proved.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Not
improved.
Males.
Females.
Total.
C.
Other-
wise.
Males.
Females.
Total.
D.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Total.
7
Died.
Males.
Females.
Total.
8
Remaining
at the end
of the year.
Males.
Females.
Total.
MADRAS.
1925.
C.
V.
486
2
176
...
662
2
174
3
48
1
*222
4
9
...
...
...
9
...
669
5
224
1
893
6
79
1
16
...
95
1
21
2
9
...
30
2
13
...
2
...
15
...
9
...
2
...
11
...
122
3
29
...
151
3
41
...
8
...
49
...
506
2
187
1
693
3
The capacity of the Madras Mental Hospital at 60 square feet per European patient equals ...
Do.
do.
at 45 square feet per Indian
do.
For males ...
For females ...
For males
For females ...
Total ...
85
70
452
101
708
V1ZAGAPATAM.
1925. C.
V.
73
...
15
...
88
...
20 4
...
24
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
93
...
19
...
112
...
13
...
3
...
16
...
2
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
3
...
18
...
3
...
21
...
6
...
3
...
9
...
69
...
13
...
82
...
The capacity of the Vizagapatam Mental Hospital at 50 square feet per Indian patient equals—
Males
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
79
17
96
CALICUT.
1925. C.
V.
153
...
45
...
198
...
47
...
18
1
65
1
23
...
5
...
28
...
223
...
68
1
291
1
39
...
14
...
53
...
6
...
2
...
8
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
†1
...
...
‡1
1
1
47
...
16
1
63
1
5
...
...
...
5
...
171
...
52
...
223
...
The capacity of the Calicut Mental Hospital at 50 square feet per Indian patient equals—
Males
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
200
62
262
Grand Total
for 1925.
Grand Total
for 1924.
Grand Total
for 1923.
714
726
739
236
232
227
950
958
966
244
228
232
72
70
72
*316
298
304
32
29
22
5
10
4
37
39
26
990
983
993
313
312
303
1,303
1,295
1,296
132
117
139
33
32
33
165
149
172
31
34
44
11
13
12
42
47
56
14
11
7
2
2
2
16
13
9
13
27
11
3
2
1
PRESIDENCY.
16
29
12
190
189
201
49
49
48
239
238
249
52
80
66
11
27
23
63
107
89
748
714
726
258
236
232
1,001
950
958
C. = Compulsory. V = Voluntary. * Four observation cases included, † Transferred to Mental Hospital, Madras (being a loper).
‡ No appreciable disease.
STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
7
No.1.
Mental Hospitals in the Madras Presidency during the year 1925 and the two previous years.
9
Daily average
strength.
Males.
507.58
Females.
181.71
Total.
689.29
10
Daily average
sick.
Males.
89.41
Females.
39.12
Total.
128.53
11
Percentage to
Daily average strength.
A.
Cured.
Males.
15.56
Females.
8.80
Total.
13.78
B.
Died.
Males.
8.08
Females.
4.40
Total.
7.11
Admission.
C.
Cured.
Males.
16.67
Females.
16.33
Total.
16.60
D.
Died.
Males.
7.53
Females.
2.04
Total.
6.38
The maximum number of patients confined during any one night was on the night of the 16th September 1925, viz. :—
Recoveries on new admissions ...
Deaths on new admissions ...
Males.
31
14
Females.
8
1
Total.
39
15
Males ...
Females ...
Total ...
525
188
713
68.22
14.90
83.12 6.10 1.47 7.57 19.06 20.13 19.25 8.79 20.13 10.83
15.00
...
12.5
25.00 4.17
The maximum number of patients confined during any one night was on the night of the 10th January 1925, viz.:—
Discharges.
Death.
In admissions, Col. 6-A.
Do.
Col. 6-B.
Do.
Col. 6-C.
Do.
Col. 7.
Males.
3
...
3
...
Females.
...
...
...
1
Total.
3
...
3
1
Males ...
Females
Total ...
75
15
90
160.30 48.02
208.32
2.08 0.83
2.91 24.33 29.15 25.44 3.12
...
2.40 25.71 20.83 24.47
2.86
...
2.13
The maximum number of patients confined during any one night was on the night of the 19th November 1925, viz.:—
Admissions cured ...
Admissions died ...
Males.
13
2
Females.
5
...
Total.
23
2
Males ...
Females ...
Total ...
173
54
227
736.10
708.42
726.82
244.63
233.16
233.25
980.73
941.58
959.07
97.59
92.40
94.35
41.42
36.07
31.12
189.01
128.47
125.47
17.93
16.52
19.15
13.49
13.72
14.15
16.82
15.82
17.93
7.06
11.29
9.09
4.50
11.58
9.86
6.42
11.36
9.27
18.84
14.40
16.92
16.88
11.25
15.78
18.41
13.65
16.66
5.80
5.84
9.44
2.60
5.00
13.15
5.10
5.64
10.30
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STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
STATEMENT No. I-A.
Statement showing cases admitted for observation into the Mental Hospitals during the year 1925 and
the Provincial totals for the two previous years.
Name of hospital.
Madras
...
...
Waltair
...
...
Calicut ... ...
Total for
Total for
Total for
Year.
1925
1925
1925
1925
1924
1923
Remained on 1st
January.
3
...
3
6
5
3
Admitted.
109
8
56
173
137
128
Re-admitted.
...
...
28
28
21
25
Certified
and
admitted into
hospital.
106
5
81
192
140
142
Certified
and
released under
section 14, Act
IV of 1912.
...
...
...
...
7
...
Released as un-
certifiable.
2
3
6
11
10
7
Died.
...
...
...
...
...
2
Remaining on
31st December.
4
...
...
4
6
5
Remarks.