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ANNUAL REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE
(3) The grant of bonus to the male and female totis at Rs. 2 per
head per month sanctioned in G.O. Ms. No. 938 P.H., dated 14th April
1930, also contributed to the increase.
Waltair.—One compounder from 19th April 1930.
Calicut—One additional cook.
Diet—The increase in the expenditure under this head over that for
the previous year is due to the marked increase in the number of inmates
and also to the enhanced rates of tenders accepted for some articles of
diet in the case of the Mental Hospital, Calicut.
Treatment—The methods adopted in the three mental hospitals were
on the usual lines.
17. General administration.—Dr. H. S. Hensman, L.M.S., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.,
M.P.C., was in charge of the Mental Hospital, Madras, throughout the
year except for a short period of one month from 23rd April 1930, when
Captain G. R. Parasuram, A.I.R.O., B.A., L.M.S., M.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., L.R.F.P. & S.,
Dipl. Psych., the Deputy Superintendent acted for him. M.R.Ry.
P. R. Venkatarama Ayyar Avargal, M.B., C.M., who was the Superintend-
ent of the Mental Hospital, Waltair, at the commencement of the year
handed over charge to M.R.Ry. C. Ramakamath Avargal, M.B., C.M., on 9th
April 1930, on his transfer to Kistna district and the latter officer con-
tinued to be the Superintendent of the hospital throughout the remaining
period of the year. Lt.-Col. P. L. O'Neill, C.L.E., I.M.S., held charge of the
Mental Hospital, Calicut, at the beginning of the year. He handed over
charge to M.R Ry. T. V. Gopala Menon Avargal, M.B., B.S., on 28th May
1930, from whom M.R.Ry. B. Rama Baliga Avargal, B.A., M.B., C.M., took
over charge on the 18th September 1930 and continued as Superintendent
till the end of the year.
18. Visitors.—All the official and non-official visitors attended the
monthly meetings of the hospitals by turn. The Surgeon-General and
the Inspector-General of prisons visited all the three mental hospitals
during the year. Mr. K. Ahmed, Bar.-at-law, M.L.A., and the Headquarters
Deputy Collector, Vizagapatam, also visited the Mental Hospital,
Waltair.
19. Verification of service books and stock registers.—The annual verifi-
cation of service books of establishment and stock registers was carried out
during the year in all the three hospitals.
20. General remarks.—To cope with the work on account of the
increased population, 30 additional attendants, 9 additional totis, 2 addi-
tional cooks and 1 additional dhobi were added to the staff of the
Mental Hospital, Madras. In view of the difficulty experienced in pro-
curing draught bullocks, the bullock carts and coach were replaced by a
motor lorry at the Mental Hospital, Madras. A compounder was added
to the staff of the Mental Hospital, Waltair, and an additional cook was
sanctioned to the Mental Hospital, Calicut.
As the dairy farm opened at the Mental Hospital, Calicut, in 1926 was
working at a loss the Superintendent was requested to close the dairy
farm when the one remaining she-buffalo in the farm was disposed of.
A conference of Superintendents of Mental Hospitals and Rao Sahib
Dr. S. Venkatasubba Rao, M.D., D.P.M., was held in the Surgeon-General's
Office in August 1930, to consider
(1) the report of Dr. S. Venkatasubba Rao, M.D., D.P.M., the officer
who has undergone special training in Psychiatry in Europe and America,
(2) the question of treatment of borderline cases, i.e., early cases
of mental disorder—opening of psychiatric clinics in general hospitals
attached to Medical Colleges,
(3) proposals for establishing a home for mentally defective
children, and