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STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
9
STATEMENT No. II.
Return of criminal Lunatics in the Mental Hospitals of the Madras Presidency for the year 1926 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.
1926
...
...
...
1925 ... ... ...
1924 ... ... ...
131
135
148
10
7
9
141
142
157
43
30
32
2
5
1
45
35
33
2
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
176
165
180
12
12
10
188
177
190
39
29
35
...
2
2
39
31
37
6
5
10
1
...
1
7
5
11
131
131
135
11
10
7
142
141
142
136.67
139.00
137.39
11.04
8.87
7.78
147.71
147.87
145.17
VIZAGAPATAM.
1926
...
...
...
1925
...
...
...
1924
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
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CALICUT.
1926
...
...
...
1925
...
...
...
1924
...
...
...
Grand total for 1926 ...
Grand total for 1925 ...
Grand total for 1924 ...
...
...
...
131
135
148
...
...
...
10
7
9
...
...
...
141
142
157
...
...
...
43
30
32
...
...
...
2
5
1
...
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...
45
35
33
...
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2
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... ...
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2
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176
165
180
...
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12
12
10
...
...
...
188
177
190
...
...
...
39
29
35
...
...
...
...
2
2
...
...
...
39
31
37
...
...
...
6
5
10
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
7
5
11
...
...
...
131
131
135
...
...
...
11
10
7
...
...
...
142
141
142
...
...
...
136.67
139.00
137.39
...
...
...
11.04
8.87
7.78
...
...
...
147.71
147.87
145.17
3
STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
13
STATEMENT No. IV—cont.
Return showing the previous Occupation of Patients admitted into the Mental Hospitals of the Madras Presidency during the year 1926 and the provincial totals
for the two previous years—cont.
1
Name of hospital.
Occupation of patients.
2
Madras.
Males.
Females.
Total.
3
Vizagapatam.
Males.
Females.
Total.
4
Calicut.
Males.
Females.
Total.
5
Total.
1926.
Males.
Females.
Total.
1925.
Males.
Females.
Total.
1924.
Males.
Females.
Total.
COMPULSORY INMATES—cont.
159 Police
...
... … …
161 Service of the State
…
…
162 Service of the Indian State …
162(a) Cooks, water carriers, etc. …
163 Municipal and other local service.
164 Village servants other than watch-
men
…
…
...
...
165 Priests, ministers, etc.
…
…
166 Religions mendicants
…
…
167 Labourers and workmen otherwise
unspecified
...
...
...
169 Pleaders … … … …
169(a) Beggars, vagrants, prostitutes,
etc.
...
...
…
...
170 Lawyers, clerks
…
…
…
171 Medical practitioners (quack) …
172 Compounders, nurses, etc. …
173 Teachers
…
…
…
…
174
Clerks
…
…
…
…
175 Stenographers
…
…
…
176 Engineer and other employees ...
177(b) Photographers … … …
178 Musicians
…
…
…
…
180 Pensioners ... … … …
181 Cooks and other in-door servants.
183 Motor drivers
…
…
…
185 Writers, unspecified
…
…
186 Mechanics, otherwise unspecified.
187 General labourers … … …
189 Beggars
…
…
…
…
190 Prostitutes
…
…
…
…
Of no occupation
Students … …
Others
... …
…
...
1
…
...
…
1
...
…
...
…
…
3
...
9
8
…
…
…
...
...
3
2
...
...
27
2
...
10
44
...
...
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...
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...
1
…
1
…
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…
...
3
…
...
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6
3
...
…
39
…
…
1
…
...
…
1
...
…
…
…
...
3
...
10
8
I
…
...
...
…
6
2
…
…
33
5
...
10
83
…
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3
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1
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1
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1
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2
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4
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1
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5
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4
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1
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1
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3
2
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2
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1
1
1
1
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1
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5
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2
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28
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1
4
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3
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3
4
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2
3
2
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2
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1
1
1
1
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1
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8
...
2
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31
4
...
1
6
3
2
1
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…
3
…
3
…
…
1
4
2
10
8
...
...
...
1
...
8
2
2
...
55
2
...
12
48
...
…
...
1
…
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…
2
…
4
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
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...
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6
…
...
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9
7
…
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41
3
2
1
1
…
…
3
...
5
...
4
1
4
2
11
8
1
...
...
1
...
14
2
2
...
64
9
…
12
89
…
10
...
...
...
1
3
3
...
...
...
...
1
...
5
3
...
1
…
1
4
4
1
4
2
38
6
...
14
58
...
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5
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11
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16
2
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34
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10
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1
3
3
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1
...
10
3
…
1
...
1
4
15
1
4
2
54
8
…
14
92
...
6
...
...
1
…
...
2
…
1
…
1
3
…
5
3
1
1
1
1
2
7
1
5
3
37
10
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11
56
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2
5
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6
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17
4
1
1
41
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6
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1
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2
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1
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1
3
2
10
3
1
1
1
1
2
13
1
5
3
54
14
1
12
97
4
14
STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
STATEMENT No. IV—cont.
Return showing the previous Occupation of Patients admitted into the Mental Hospitals of the Madras Presidency during the year 1926 and the provincial totals
for the two previous years—cont.
1
Name of hospital.
Occupation of patients
2
Madras.
Males.
Females.
Total.
3
Vizagapatam.
Males.
Females.
Total.
4
Calicut.
Males.
Females.
Total.
5
Total.
1926.
Males.
Females.
Total.
1925.
Males.
Females.
Total.
1924.
Males.
Females.
Total.
VOLUNTARY BOARDERS.
48 Other workers in iron ... ...
120 Postal service
…
…
…
161 Service of the State
…
…
169 Pleaders
...
…
…
…
171 Medical practitioners
…
…
174 Clerks
…
…
…
…
181 Cooks and other in-door servants.
Of no occupation
Students … ...
Others
...
...
Grand total ...
1
1
…
1
...
2
…
1
2
193
…
…
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
56
1
1
...
1
...
2
1
1
2
249
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
1
27
…
…
…
…
...
…
…
…
…
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
35
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
…
81
...
...
...
...
...
…
…
...
…
12
...
...
…
...
...
...
...
...
…
93
1
1
…
1
...
2
…
1
3
301
...
...
...
...
...
…
1
...
…
76
1
1
...
1
…
2
1
1
3
377
...
1
...
...
…
...
...
1
1
274
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
75
...
1
…
…
…
…
…
2
2
349
...
...
1
1
…
…
…
...
…
255
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
79
...
…
1
1
...
…
…
…
…
334
Note.—Three observation cases are excluded.
STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
15
STATEMENT No. V.
Return showing the Ages of Patients admitted into the Mental Hospitals in the Madras Presidency
during the year 1926 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 1926 ...
Total for 1925 ...
Total for 1924 ...
2
Under 20 years.
Males.
14
…
…
…
…
...
14
13
14
Females.
9
...
...
...
...
…
9
6
7
Total.
23
...
...
…
...
...
23
19
21
3
20 to 40.
Males.
136
7
12
...
56
...
211
189
177
Females.
32
1
4
…
6
...
43
42
48
Total.
168
8
16
...
62
...
254
231
225
4
40 to 60.
Males.
31
1
13
1
25
…
71
64
61
Females.
13
...
4
…
6
...
23
25
24
Total.
44
1
17
1
31
...
94
89
85
5
Upwards of 60
years.
Males.
4
...
1
...
…
...
5
8
3
Females.
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
Total.
5
...
1
...
…
...
6
10
3
6
Total.
Males.
185
8
26
1
81
...
301
274
255
Females.
55
1
8
...
12
...
76
75
79
Total.
240
9
34
1
93
...
377
349
334
Note.—Observation cases are excluded.
C. = Compulsory.
V. = Voluntary.
20
STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
[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 1926.
1
Serial number.
1
2
3
2
Mental
hospitals.
Madras ...
Waltair ...
Calicut ...
Total ...
3
A
Cholera.
A.
...
...
15
15
D.
...
...
2
2
B
Dysen-
tery.
A.
158
5
...
163
D.
2
...
...
2
C
Malarial
fevers.
A.
31
2
1
34
D.
...
...
...
...
D
Tuber-
cle of
the
lungs,
etc.
A.
32
2
12
46
D.
13
1
3
17
E
Anæmia
and
debility.
A.
72
2
11
85
D.
7
...
...
7
F
Other
general
causes.
A.
...
21
33
54
D.
...
4
3
7
G
Pneu-
monia.
A.
...
...
3
3
D.
...
...
2
2
H
Other
respira-
tory
diseas-
es.
A.
65
3
3
71
D.
5
1
...
6
I
Diar-
rhœa.
A.
101
1
19
121
D.
...
1
4
5
J
Abscesses
and
ulcers of
all kinds.
A.
...
2
10
12
D.
...
...
...
...
—
Chicken-
pox.
A.
1
...
...
1
D.
...
...
...
...
—
Enteric
fever.
A.
1
...
...
1
D.
1
...
...
1
—
Diseases
of the
nervous
system.
A.
324
...
3
327
D.
15
...
1
16
Serial number.
1
2
3
Mental
hospitals.
Madras ...
Waltair ...
Calicut ...
Total ...
3—cont.
—
Diseases
of the
connec-
ted tissue.
A.
29
...
2
31
D.
...
...
...
...
—
Diseases
of the
circula-
tory
system.
A.
8
...
12
20
D.
...
...
2
2
—
Digest-
ive
diseases.
A.
81
...
33
114
D.
15
...
...
15
K
All other
general
diseases.
A.
158
...
...
158
D.
1
...
15
16
—
All other
causes.
A.
312
21
1
334
D.
3
2
...
5
L
Total.
A.
1,203
59
172
1,434
D.
62
9
18
89
4
Ratio of admissions and of deaths per mile of average strength from
Cholera.
A.
...
...
...
...
D.
...
...
...
...
Dysentery.
A.
221.70
...
65.19
286.89
D.
2.81
...
8.69
11.50
Malarial
fever.
A.
...
...
4.34
4.34
D.
...
...
...
...
Pneu-
monia.
A.
...
...
13.04
13.04
D.
...
...
8.69
8.69
Diarrhœa.
A.
...
11.1
82.58
93.68
D.
...
11.1
17.38
28.48
Serial number.
1
2
3
Mental
hospitals.
Madras ...
Waltair
...
Calicut
...
Total ...
4—cont.
Ratio of admissions and of deaths per mile of average strength from
Enteric
fever
A.
1.42
...
...
1.42
D.
1.42
...
...
1.42
Tubercle
of the
lungs.
A.
44.90
...
52.15
97.05
D.
18.24
...
13.0
31.28
Debility and
anæmia.
A.
101.03
...
...
101.03
D.
9.82
...
...
9.82
All other
general
diseases.
A.
221.70
...
...
221.70
D.
1.42
...
...
1.42
Diseases of
the nervous
system.
A.
454.63
...
...
454.63
D.
21.05
...
...
21.05
Other
respiratory
diseases.
A.
91.21
...
...
91.21
D.
7.02
...
...
7.02
Digestive
diseases.
A.
112.25
...
...
112.25
D.
21.05
...
...
21.05
Other
causes.
A.
487.79
...
530.25
968.04
D.
4.21
...
30.42
84.63
Total.
A.
1,688.02
233.07
747.55
2,668.64
D.
87.00
22.20
78.22
187.42
Daily average strength.
712.67
90.10
230.08
1,032.85
STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
25
STATEMENT No. VIII—cont.
Statement showing the Cash Account of the Government Mental Hospitals for the year 1926 and the
Provincial totals for the two previous years—cont.
(z)
Mental hospital clothing
...
...
...
Local purchase including adjustment ...
Total ...
(A)
Pay of menials
...
...
...
...
...
House-rent
...
...
...
...
...
Office expenses
...
...
...
...
...
Amusement and recreation of patients ...
Purchase and repair of furniture
...
...
Purchase of books
...
...
...
...
Total ...
(B)
Received from paying patients
... ...
By sale of manufactured goods
...
...
By sale of garden produce ... ... ...
Live-stock
...
...
...
...
...
...
Miscellaneous receipts ... ... ... ...
Total ...
(C) Hospital necessaries and hospital miscel-
laneous excluding book charges in
column 19
...
...
...
...
...
RS.
1,361
39
1,400
1,286
144
471
218
151
72
2,345
1,535
1,121
770
66
196
3,690
1,716
A.
1
9
10
2
0
12
13
15
13
8
13
13
8
6
1
10
6
P.
6
3
9
0
0
1
11
3
3
6
3
6
0
0
3
0
9
(D)
(E)
Public Works Department for original
works ... ... ... ... ... ...
Public Works Department for repairs ...
Public Works Department for locks
supplied under hospital necessaries ...
Jail Department under cumblies and mats
supplied
...
...
...
...
...
...
Jail Department for bandage cloth
supplied
...
...
...
...
...
...
Jail Department for aluminium vessels and
iron vessels supplied under Hospital
necessaries
...
...
...
...
...
Jail Department for quinine supplied ...
Government Fisheries Department for salt
fish supplied
...
...
...
...
...
Government Fisheries Department for salt
supplied
...
...
...
...
...
...
Jail Department for furniture
...
...
„
seeds supplied under
miscellaneous contingencies
...
...
Service postage and telegram charges ...
Total ...
Adjustment on account of medicines
supplied by the Government Medical
Stores
...
...
...
...
...
...
RS.
6,821
623
34
547
10
114
41
112
106
75
0
115
8,606
1,294
A.
6
3
15
10
14
12
0
15
7
12
2
0
6
14
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
8
0
4
0
Note.—(1) Details should be given of columns 4 and 6 under Receipts, and columns 13, 17, 19 and 21 under Charges.
(2) The cost of European and Native diets as also hospital and ordinary diets should be specified in footnotes.
(3) Manufactured goods should be valued at market rates in accordance with G.O. No. 1852 of 21st November 1890.
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STATEMENTS OF THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
27
STATEMENT No. IX—cont.
Showing the Sanctioned Establishment of the Mental Hospitals as it stood on the 31st
December 1926—cont.
Establishment.
Maistry Toti at Rs. 15 per mensem ...
Male Totis at Rs. 15 per mensem ...
Female Totis at Rs. 12 per mensem ...
Male Toti for Indian Attendants' lines at
Rs. 15 per mensem ... ... ...
Female Toti for Indian Attendants' lines
at Rs. 12 per mensem
...
... ...
Temporary Establishment.
Weaving Master
...
...
...
...
Male-keepers ...
...
...
...
...
Male Totis ...
...
...
...
...
Night Watchman
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Daily average number of males
...
...
Do.
females ...
Proportion of Jamadars to males ...
Do.
Jamadarnis to females ...
Do.
Male-keepers to males ...
Do.
Female-keepers to females.
Madras.
Number.
1
20
7
1
1
...
...
...
...
140
Monthly
wages.
RS.
15
300
84
15
12
A.
0
0
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
...
...
...
...
6,235 8 0
517.11
195.56
1 to 51.71
1 to 195.56
1 to 11.00
1 to 10.29
Waltair.
Number.
1 at
Rs.
10
1 at
Rs.
11
each
2 at
Rs.
12
each
...
...
1 at
Rs.
10
...
...
...
...
31
Monthly
wages.
RS.
10
11
24
A.
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
...
...
10 0 0
...
...
...
...
628 0 0
75.38
14.72
1 to 75.38
Nil.
1 to 7.54
1 to 7.36
Calicut.
Number.
1
6
2
...
...
1
1
2
1
57
Monthly
wages.
RS.
13
72
22
A.
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
...
...
25
12
24
12
1,435
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
181.70
48.38
Nil.
1 to 48.38
1 to 9.85
1 to 9.68
Total.
Number.
32
9
1
2
1
1
2
1
228
Monthly
wages.
RS.
445
106
15
22
25
12
24
12
8,298
A.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
...
...
...
...
...
...
Government
of Madras
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT (PUBLIC HEALTH) DEPARTMENT.
G.O. No. 1324-P.H., 8th July 1927
Mental Hospitals—Report for 1926—recorded with remarks.
READ—the following:—
Letter from Major-Genl. F. H. G. HUTCHINSON,
C.I.E., K.H.S.,
I.M.S., Surgeon-General with the Government of Madras, to the
Secretary to Government, Local Self-Government (Public Health)
Department, dated 15th March 1927, R. No. 600-G.
Order—No. 1324-P.H., dated 8th July 1927.
Recorded.
2. Accommodation.—The accommodation in the Madras Mental
Hospital is still insufficient in spite of the addition of a block of 20 single
rooms in 1925. The construction of wards of 16 and 8 beds for male and
female tubercular patients, respectively, and of a new dispensary and
operation theatre, to which sanction had been accorded in 1926, was not
taken on hand, as the Surgeon-General reported that these works would
be included in the general scheme for the improvements of the mental
hospitals. The general scheme for the improvements of the three mental
hospitals in the Presidency will be carried out as early as possible with
reference to the availability of funds, and when this scheme has been
completed the present congestion will disappear.
3. Strength.—There was an appreciable increase both in the number
of patients under treatment and in the daily average strength (1,385 and
1,033, respectively, compared with 1,303 and 981 in 1925).
4. Sick rate and mortality.—The death rate increased from 6.4 to 8.6
per cent, while the percentage of cures fell from 16.8 to 14.4. This is
accounted for by the fact that the majority of the patients admitted
during the year were in a low state of health at the time of their admis-
sion and that in some cases the relatives of the patients insisted upon
their removal before they had been completely cured. There was one
case of chicken-pox in the Madras Mental Hospital which was im-
mediately segregated, and with this exception there were no epidemic
diseases in any of the mental hospitals.
5. Water-supply and drainage.— The water-supply to the Madras
Mental Hospital is now adequate as a result of improvements sanctioned
during the year at a cost of Rs. 14,000. Arrangements are being made to
proceed with the investigation of the drainage scheme for the hospital.
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6. Buildings.—The following major works were under construction
during the year:—
(a) Mental Hospital, Madras—
(i) Administrative block.
(ii) Quarters for the nursing staff.
(b) Mental Hospital, Calicut—
An industrial workshop.
No other works of importance were undertaken during the year, as
the Government proposed to provide for all the future requirements of
these hospitals in the general scheme of improvements, which would be
carried out during future years.
7. General.—In connection with the general question of reorganizing
the three mental hospitals so as to convert them from mere asylums into
up-to-date hospitals for the scientific treatment of insane persons, the
Surgeon-General submitted during the course of the year an approximate
estimate amounting to over nine lakhs of rupees for the construction of
additional buildings. The Government considered that the only item
which could be regarded as immediately essential was the improvement
of the accommodation in the female section of the Madras Mental
Hospital. They have accordingly sanctioned the construction of a new
enclosure for European females and the conversion of the existing female
enclosure into an enclosure for Indian female patients, at a cost of over
Rs. 2 lakhs and necessary funds have been provided to enable the work to
be started during 1927-28. In regard to the works necessary to effect an
improvement in the accommodation in the mental hospitals at Calicut
and Waltair, the Surgeon-General has been requested to submit in con-
nection with the budget for 1928-29 proposals for such of them as he
considers to be specially urgent. During the year under report, a matron
specially trained in the treatment of mental diseases was recruited
from England for employment in the Madras Mental Hospital and one
of her duties will be to train the nursing staff of the hospital in their
work. The Deputy Superintendent of the Mental Hospital, Calicut—an
officer of the grade of Civil Assistant Surgeon—was deputed to the Madras
Mental Hospital for the purpose of studying the working of the hospital
with a view to improving the running of the institution at Calicut. The
Government also sanctioned in April 1926 the employment of a qualified
weaving-master in the Mental Hospital, Madras.
(By order of the Government, Ministry of Public Health.)
C. B. COTTERELL,
Secretary to Government.
To the Surgeon-General.
„
District Magistrate, Malabar.
„
District Magistrate, Vizagapatam.
„
Government of India, Home Department (with C.L.).
„
Secretary and Librarian, School of Economics and Sociology,
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ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE WORKING OF THE
MENTAL HOSPITALS
IN THE
MADRAS PRESIDENCY
FOR THE YEAR 1927
MADRAS
PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRESS
1928
PRICE, 10 annas
R. No. 460-G.
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON-GENERAL
WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF MADRAS,
MADRAS, 12th April 1928.
From
MAJOR-GENL. F. H. G. HUTCHINSON, C.I.E., K.H.S., I.M.S.,
SURGEON-GENERAL WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF MADRAS,
To
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT (PUBLIC HEALTH) DEPARTMENT,
MADRAS.
SIR,
I have the honour to submit, for the information of Government,
the Annual Report on the working of the mental hospitals in this
Presidency for the year 1927.
2. Population.—The total population of the three mental hospitals
during the year under report was 1,512 (1,155 males and 357 females)
against 1,385 (1,055 males and 330 females) during the previous year. The
number of patients remaining at the commencement of the year in all
the three hospitals was 1,043 (777 males and 266 females), while the
figure for the previous year was 1,002 (748 males and 254 females). Four
hundred and sixty-nine patients were admitted and re-admitted during
the year. Of the total treated 143 were cured, 43 improved, 39 discharged
not improved, 52 discharged otherwise, 80 died and 1,155 remained at
the end of the year. Of the total number of patients admitted during
the year 19 were Europeans and Anglo-Indians, 54 were Christians, 293
were Hindus, 82 were Muhammadans and 11 were other castes.
The total population is classified as follows:—
Civil patients
Voluntary boarders
Criminal patients
...
Total ...
1,300
18
194
1,512
There was one escape in the Mental Hospital, Madras, and two in the
Mental Hospital, Waltair, during the year. The patients who escaped
from the Mental Hospital, Waltair, were subsequently traced and re-
admitted.
3. Age and previous occupation of the inmates.—Of the inmates
admitted and re-admitted during the year, 21 were under 20 years of age,
290 were between 20 and 40 years, 138 were between 40 and 60 years and
10 were upwards 60 years of age. Patients between the ages of 20 and
40 constituted the largest number among the patients admitted. Persons
whose previous occupations are not known, numbered 150 among the
admissions, general labourers numbered 57 and cultivating tenants 37.
4. Causes of insanity.—The main causes of insanity were : heredity,
privation and starvation, mental stress, changes during puberty and
adolescence, alcohol, senility, epilepsy, congenital mental deficiency and
Cannabis Indica.
5. Types of insanity.—The principal types of insanity treated were
mania, dementia praecox, delusional insanity, dementia, insanity due to
Cannabis Indica, confusional insanity, melancholia, and imbecility.