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STATEMENT No. IV.
Return showing the previous occupation of patients admitted into the Mental Hospital at Tezpur during
the year 1928 and the two previous years.
Occupation of patients.
Carpenter
Cobbler
Cook
Cooly (tea garden)
Cultivator
Daily labourer ...
Dependent on others
Domestic servant
Domostic life
PiBh seller
Forest guard
Garden Mohorrir
Goldsmith
Policeman
Potter
Painter
Railway Signallor
R.fleman
Shopkeeper
Student
Tailor
Teacher
Vagabond
Village chaukidar
Unknown
Total
1928.
M.
F.
12
25
3
47
1927.
M.
17
25
.
...
F.
7926.
M.
F.
9
21
4
11
7
58
3
2
1
2
1
1
7
oa
11
22
6
2
1
1
5
19
4
2
3
2
1
2
1
1
S
63
44
T.
1
6
19
2
5
2
48
The figures in the stateinont exclude observation cases.
STATEMENT No. V.
tie turn shozving the ages of patients admitted into the Mental Hospital at Tezpnr during the year
1928 and the Provincial totals for the two precious years.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Undor 20
20 to 40.
40 to 60.
Upwards of 60.
Total.
Name of Mental Hospital.
M. F.
2
1
T.
M. F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
'1928 ...
...
2
43
8
51
4
1
5
...
...
...
47
11
58
Mental
Hospital,-
iezpur.
1927 ...
4
5
43
4
47
7
5
3
10
1
...
1
55
8
63
v
.1926 ...
4
4
35
3
86
1
6
... | ...
44
4
48
The figures iutho stuicnunt exclude observation cases.
VI
STATEMENT I y 0 . VI
Showing the types of insanity of the Lunatics in the I Mental ffospi
1
2
3
I.—Errors of development. |
II.—Disorder
Mania (acute, intermittent, chronic) associated with
Cases.
Idiocy.
Imbecility.
Parturition |
Pregnancy.
and lactation
Epilepsy.
1 (pueipcvi.1).
Old age.
Other forms.
M. F.
T. M. F.
T.
M . F.
T. M. F.
T.
M. F.
T.
M. F.
T. M. F.
T.
Remaining on 31st December of the
preceding year.
2
1
3
2 ...
2 .. . ...
...
4
4 10
3
13 ...
... lit 57
171
Admitted during the year
2
1
...
... ...
4
5
5 ...
...
16
8
2-1
195
8
Total treated
3
2 ...
2 .
4 15
3
18 ...
130 65
("Recovered
...
... ...
. ...
1
1 ...
...
5
3
Improved
...
...
...
. ...
...
... ...
...
...
1
1
Discharged
Not
im-
proved.
.Otherwise
...
...
...
...
:
...
. ...
...
...
...
...
... i ... ...
...
Escaped
... ...
...
... ...
...
. ...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Died
1
1 ... ...
...
...
... ...
| 2
2 ... ...
12
4
1C
Remaining on 31st December 1928
1
1
2
S
3(a) •
...
...
3
3 13
3
16 ...
1
...
... 112 57
169
7
7(a)
|
8
s
10
11
12
II.—Disorde
of functions
cmicld.
|
III.—Insanity of infective, toxic
Casos.
Syphilitic insanity.
Delusional
Total of
Columns
2 to 7.
Acute
deliriun
Insanity
associated
it
with acute
infective
diseases.
Confusional
insanity.
P
t
Ineanity due to
alcohol.
(
P
nsanity
acute or
chronic)
eranois.
General
aralysis of
le insane.
Dementia
from local
cerebral sy-
philis.
M. F. T. M. P. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. (V I. F. T. M. F. T. M.
F.
T.
remaining on 31st December of the
preceding year.
•
13
13
...
... ...
...
...
...
Admitted during the year
2
1
3 ... ... ...
...
... ...
...
...
Total treated 15
1 16
...
...
...
...
i 'Recovered
... ... ... ... ...
...
...
'•••
...
...
Discharged ...
...<
Improved
Not im-
proved.
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
(.Otherwise ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ...
...
...
...
Escaped
...
...
... ... ... ...
... ... ...
... ... ...
...
...
Diod
... ...
...
... ... ...
...
...
...
Remaining on 31 at December 1928... 16
1 16
"|
... ...
... ... ...
...
...
...
s
ions.
Agitated.
Stupi
V. T. M.
13
11
land other general cond
Insanity
due to
. munabis
Pjndiea
or
I ™ prepara-
tions or
derivatives.
r.
Insanity
other ca
It.
1
1
1
57
10
67
3
1
6
57
3
3
...
3
(a) 2 cases were shown as •'not yet diagnosed " under column 17 iu 1927, of whom, 1 case was diagnosed and added with the remain'"'
" Declued to have recovered or not yet diagu.-ised."
Eures mralnat "imix
vii
y>. vi
tfenidi Hospital at Tezpur during the year 1928.
171
21
1H,1
1
1G
1(19
0 f functions.
Melancholia (acute, intermittent, chronic).
Circul ar
Stupor.
Agitated.
Stuporous. Hypochon-
driacal.
Associated
with
pregnancy.
Associated
with parturi-
tion and
lactation
(puerperal).
Associated
with
old age.
Other forms.
insanity,
alternating
insanity.
Energic.
Delusional.
M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. V.
T.
At. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
f
148
16
164
3
1
14
146
17
3
20
1
1
18
165
19
—
...
...
...
...
...
184
...
...
...
...
4
2
14
164
...
:
...
...
...
...
13
14
15
1
1G
17
18
ictive, toxio I | and other genera! conditions.
Insanity
due to
I. p aunabiR
indica
or
lts prepara-
tions or
derivatives.
Insanity from
other causes.
Dementia
priecox.
Dementia (Primary or Secondary).
Secondary
or terminal
dementia.
From or-
ganic
cerebral
diseases
other than
syphilis.
From arte-
rial diseases;
senile.
From epi-
lepsy.
From in-
jury.
Declare^! to have
recovered, or not
yet diagnosed.
Total of columns
7(a) to 17.
«. I
It.
T. M. F.
M.
T. M.
V.
M. V. T. M.
M. ! F.
M.
0
57
—
...
]
1
1
2
352
85
487
49
12
61
...
2
401
1)7
498
...
11
5
1(1
...
o
o
4
1
1
...
...
96
4
40
l(») 351 ' 80 437
I
ai ' aillHt "Imbecility under column S." Honco figure 3 was nhown in place of I under " Imuocility" uud figure 1 in place of 2 umlor
Vlll
STATEMENT No. VII
"/lowing /Etiological Factors and Associated Conditions in the patients admitted in the Meut 1
Hospital at Tezpur during the year 1928.
Predisposing cause.
Exciting cause.
rotal.
^tiological Factors and Associated Conditions.
1
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F. 1
1
2
3 i 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A.—Heredity—
1. Insane ...
...
3
...
3
...
...
...
3
...
3
2. Epileptic
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3. Neurotic
...
...
...
.
4. Marked eccentricity
...
...
...
...
...
5. Alcoholism
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Total
3
...
3
...
...
...
3
...
B.—Mental instability, as revealed by
1. Moral deficiency ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2. Congenital mental defect
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3. Eccentricity
...
...
■ •.
...
...
...
,
4. Previous attack
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
1
1 1
1
Total
1
...
1
...
...
1
C,—Deprivation of special senses—
I. Smell or taste
...
...
...
•..
...
...
...
...
...
2. Hearing
...
...
...
...
...
...
>*•
3. Sight ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
D,—Criiiral periods —
1. Puberty and adolescence
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2. Climacteric
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3. Senility
...
...
...
.—
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total
...
E.— Child bearing—
j
1. Pregnancy
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2. Parturition
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3. Lactation
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
JF.—Mental stress—
1. Sudden
...
...
...
2
...
2
3
...
3
5
5
2. Prolonged
...
...
4
...
4
3
...
3
7 ■ ...
7
12
Total
6
6
6
6
12
G-—Diseases due to disorders of
metabolism—
nutritio?i or
1. Malnutrition (in early life)
• i.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2. Privation and starvation
...
...
1
...
1
...
1
1
3. Over-exertion (physical)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4. Sexual excess
; ..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
__—
1
Total
1
1
1
H.—Infective and Toxic—
1. Alcohol
...
...
...
2. Opium and morphia
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3. Cocaine
...
...
...
...
...
18
4. Cannabia indica
...
...
9
...
9
9
...
9
18
...
6. Acute infective diseases
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
•..
...
...
6. Tuberculosis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7. Syphilis, acquired ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
„
congenital
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8. Plague ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9. Infiuenza
...
...
...
••<
...
...
...
...
...
'"l
19
1U. Other toxins
• •<
I
...
...
1
...
1
1
__^-
Total
9
9
10
10
19
I-— Traumatic—
1. Injuries
...
...
...
...
... 1 ...
...
2. Operations
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3. Sunstroke
...
...
...
...
...
...
-Jl—
... -H
Total
... | ...
...
J.--Diseases of the nervous system—*
1, Disease of the brain
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2.
„
of the spinal cord ai d nerves
...
... i "'
...
...
...
if
3. Epilepsy
...
...
5
5
5
...
0
10
.«•
4. Other defiued neuroses
...
...
...
... 1 - ... • • ... ... ._
Total
...
...
5
...
6
5
...
6
10
...
i^
id
i
J
Carriod over
tx»
...
25
...
26
21
... |
21
40
...
|l,—iVb cause ass
\t-No cause asi
In nineteen ci
I Jreslx admissions.
Sa mo of Mental
IX
•••
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 :
T
...
/
...
12
...
1
...
STATEMENT No. VII—conclcl.
mowing &tiological Factors and Associated Conditions in the patients admitted in the Mental llosp ital
at Tezpur during the year 1928.
.ZEtiological Factors and Associated Conditions.
Predisposing causo.
Exciting causo.
Total.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
M.
F.
T.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 I
1
9
ID
Brought forward
l-Other bodily afflictions—
1. Diseases of the blood
2.
,,
,, circulatory system
3.
„
,, valves of the heart
4.
>»
it digestive system
5.
„
„ urinary organ
6.
„
„ generative system (excluding syphilis)
7.
,,
,, other general affections ...
25
...
25
21
...
21
46
16
25
••
HIT
...
...
...
...
...
••
...
Total
...
25
...
21
46
20
...
46
[,-$o cause assignable—Vnknoion
l-No cause ascertained—history defective
Grand total
1
25
r
...
...
20
11
31
11
31
...
25
41
1
11
52 1
GG 1
11
I
1
77
In nineteen cases there were both an exciting and predisposing cause, thus accounting for a total of 77 against 58
liresli admissions.
N.B.—Observation cases are excludod from this statement.
STATEMENT No. VIII
Shotving the Cash Account of the Mental Hospital at Tczpur for the year 192S.
I Same of Mental
Hospital.
Receipts.
Charges.
S
s o u
H
a
o u
1 s
u
o
M
.03
P.
bD
C
! i
p.
o
m .
t> m
sg
Sf i
u a rt
<H P<d
|ft|e
"S bo"
fc! " 3
"m 3 £
s s3.
c,2
2 o> c3
1-s
(3
<M
TO - 39
a S3
Sa
o
o
o
o
o
M
<H O
O <J
.2* '5 o o m
n
o
ID
s
o
3
Total.
Establishment.
u
o
ft
o
-*3
(3
A
a>
®
T3
a
a
J3
0
43
a
^3
c3
0
-*a
P<
<n
0
w
CO
o
o
Diet.
to
p
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a
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m
0>
S
t-i
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N
as
4
10
ITEZPTJR MEN-
TAL HOSPI-
TAL, 1928 ...
Es. a. p.
(a)
87,470 6 3
KB. a. p.
575 0 0
Es. a. p.
0,884 11 0
Ks. a. p. Rs.a.p.l !Rs. a. p.
3,74,104 8 0 45 13 9 4,09,080 7 0
Es. a. p. Es. a. p
28,080 5 0 3,000 0 0
Es. a. p.
47,190 9 0
Es. a. p.
315 7 3
^mo of Mental
Hospital.
Charges—conchl.
Contingencies.
©
o
p.
m
03
'3
a
<u
bo
c
o
13
S3
o
a
T3
0
to
u •
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a a
o
M
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a
a
P3
fl to"
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«
a
o
to
0
o
01
I
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to
00
to
(2
o
u
o
o
Book Charges.
3
«-l 0) ^>
o ja ,-4
»
to
M
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o .2 .
03 o d a>
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s
o
"S3 tA
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u o
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-WO
9 §
to
o
o
to
B to
W2
^^3
to SJ
° a
Total of columns
18-21.
14
10
17
18
19
20
21
UUS PITAL, 1928
Es. a. p.
H.451 2 0
Es. a. p
1,589 11 0
Es. a. p.' Es. a. p
2,615 5 0 020 13 9
Es. a. p.
2,470 7 0
Es. a. p,
94,975 15 0
Es. a. p
11,70,593 0 0
Es. a. p.
(h)
■10 0 0
Es. a. p.
(<•)
9,471 8 0
Es. a. p.
9,080 7 0
* N.B.—Charges for observation casos aro included in this statemont.
(!,> f, UCUl doB amounts of Jail and other dopartmontal bills adjustod by " Book Transfer " excluding that shown against note (<•) bolow.
(J ~{J st for printed forms not known to this office
^;6ttim *'■» ^° amoun t drawn for English Stores undor the Budget Head—'' Supplios and Servioos—Votod—Adjusted by Book T»
•aeat Medical Stores Depot", and also cost of cash purchaso of Local Medical Stores such as liycol, crudo kerosino oil, etc.
ansfer with
STATEMENT No. IX
Sl/owinj the sanctioned establishment of the Mental Hospital at Tezpnr ac it stood on ths Zlsl
December 1928.
Establishment.
4
Number.
PERMANENT.
Superintendent
Deputy Superintendent
Second Sub-Assistant Surgeon..
Steward
...
Assistant Steward...
Matron
Compounders
Head keepers (Jamadars)
Male keepers
Female keepers
Barber
Sweepers
TEMPORARY.
Head keepers (Jamadars)
Male keepers
Total
• »•
C Males including
Daily average number of \ observation cases.
&
] Females including
V. observation cases.
Monthly wages.
Remarks.
1
1
1
1
51
18
1
12
Rs. a. p.
250 0 0
215 0 0
160 0 0
93 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
85 0 0
Includes a special pay of
Us. 75.
Includes a special pay of
Rs. 40.
129 0 0
1,035 8 0
266 8 0
18 8 0
IJas a bouse-rent allow-
ance of Rs. 10 per men-
Fern in addition.
Not entertained yet for
want of quarters.
1 at Rs- 34.
1 at Rs. 31 with a special
pay of Rs. 10 to each.
1 at Rs. 36.
3 at Rs. 31 each.
31 at Rs. 20-8-0 each.
20 at Rs. 20 each.
At Rs. 20-8-0 each.
222 0 Of
2
14
105
35370
84-45
55 0 0
280 0 0
2,909 8 0
9 at Rs. 19 each.
3 at Rs. 17 eaoh.
1 at Rs. 30.
1 at Rs. 25.
At Rs. 20 each.
Total 438-16
C Jamadars to males
Proportion of \ Jjnjadarnis to females
...
r
I Male keepers to males
L Female ke epers to females ...
58-95
(There is no jamadami.)
541
6"50
TKZPUR MEN
TAL HOSPI-
TAL, 1928 ...
TEZPTJR MEI
HOSPITAL, :
XI
STATEMENT No. X
Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of Manufactures in the Mental Hospital at Tazpnr daring the
year 1928.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Mean population.
Credits.
Debits.
fame of Mental
Hospital.
Males. Females. Total.
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TEZPUB MEN-
TAL HOSPI-
TAL, 1928 ...
35370
84-45
438-16
E.s. a. p.
1,412 10 9
Es. a. p.
19,676 0 0
Es. a. p.
579 6 8
Es. a. p.
137 7 0
Es. a. p.
2,455 3 11
Es. a. p.
24,260 12 4
Es. a. p.
608 15 0
i 10 11 12 13 14
15
16
17
18
Debits—concld.
Eesults.
Average number of mental
patients omployed in
the
Manufacturing
Department.
Name of Mental
Hospital.
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SHILIOKG : Printed and published by 0. M. EOT, Superintendent, Assam Government
Press : (I. G.C. H.) No. 5-115-*-1-10-8-1929.
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REPORT
ON THE
STATISTICAL BETUBN8 OF THE PROVINCIAL
MENTAL HOSPITAL IN" ASSAM
FOR THE TEAR
I929
BY
COLONEL G. HUTCHESON, I.M.S.,
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF CIVIL HOSPITALS, ASSAM.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Introductory
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General.
Admissions, re-admissions, discharges
Escapes, and daily average strength
Admissions classified according to—
{a) Criminal lunatics
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(b) Nationality, religions, sex and residence
(c) Previous occupation
(d) Types and alleged causes of insanity
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Vital.
Sickness and mortalitv
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Finance.
Expenditure and cost per inmate
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Employment of inmates
Accommodation
Inspections
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General remarks
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Water-supply
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ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
STATISTICAL RETURNS OF THE PROVINCIAL
MENTAL HOSPITAL AT TEZPUR IN ASSAM
TOR THE YEAR
1929.
Lieut.-Colonel "W. D. Ritchie, I.M.S., held charge from 1st January to 25th
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March and from 1st to 31st December.
Introductory.
Major 0. H. P. Allen, I.M.S., held charge from 26th March to 30th November.
Sub-Assistant Surgeon Khan Sahib Mokhtar Hussain was Deputy Superinten-
dent, and Sub-Assistant Surgeon Krishna Earn Das was the 2nd Sub-Assistant
Surgeon throughout the year.
2. The general staff remained the same as in 1928 with the exception of the
additional appointment of a Matron—Miss Rachel Thomas—who was appointed on
7th June 1929.
GENERAL.
3. The number of inmates remaining at the end of 1928 was 438, of whom 352
were males and 86 females. During the year under
review, 48 (37 males and 11 females) were admitted and
3 (males) were re-admitted into the Mental Hospital.
There were 12 discharged "cured", 1 discharged " not improved " and 40 died,
leaving 436 at the end of the year.
TLe percentage of recoveries calculated on the daily average strength was 271
against 3*65 in 1928. The low percentage of recovery is explained under General
Remarks " II—Admission ".
4. There were 3 re-admissions against 3 in 1928. All were criminal lunatics.
Two of these escaped in 1922 and 1928, and the third was
a regular re-admission, who had been discharged in
November 1927.
The intervals since discharge (or escape) varied from 1 year and 8 months to 7
years and 7 months.
5. There were 2 escapes against 2 in 392S. One of them was a criminal mental
patient and the other a non-criminal; both escaped from
inside the stockade and were recaptured.
6. The daily average strength was 439*66 against 438*13
in 1928.
7. No case was admitted for observation for alleged
lunacy.
8. This statement deals with criminal lunatics:—
Ee^admission.
Escapes.
Daily average strength.
Statement No. I A.
Statement II.
On 31st December 1928, there were 216 criminal lunatics, 17 were admitted and
* re-admitted during the year under review.
, Of these 236, four were discharged and 19 died, leaving 213 on the 31st December
1929.
The*daily average strength was 21537 against 214*56 in 1928.
9. Out of a total of 48 new admissions classified by religion, 32 were Hindus,
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12 Mahomedans and 4 of other castes. Thirty-seven were
^TCl UI~mismh se " males and 11 females.
Of these, 24 were natives of the province and 24 natives of other Provinces
including 10 whose residences were unknown.
In the province itself, the districts of Sylhet, Sibsagar and Lakhimpur were
responsible for the largest number of patients, viz., 6, 5 and 4 respectively.
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10. Cultivators and tea garden coolies furnished th*
^Statement IV-Pravaous occupa- ^^ number ^ admissions
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Statement V—Age.
Statement VI,
11. As usual the largest number of admissions was
between 20 and 40 years of age.
12, The following types of insanity were admitted and
re-admitted during the year :—
Mama
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Melancholia
Delusional insanity
Insanity due to cannabis Indica or its preparations or derivatives
Dementia (Secondary) ...
Total
25
21
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51
13. Predisposing causes were known in 15 cases and exciting causes in 13. Of
. ^T 1r .., • , x,
these, in 12 cases both predisposing and exciting causes
No cause was assignable in 32 cases.
VITAL.
14. (a) The total number of admissions to hospital was 182 against 245 in J.928
. ...
. with a daily average sick rate of 58"39 against 60*38 in
Sickness and mortality.
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^^ rf epUepsy arQ excludedj the dai]y ay
of these being 31-81 against 32*66 in 1928.
{b) The statement below compares admissions for the more prevalent diseases
during the last 3 years :—
Diseases.
1927
1928
1929
Remarks.
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3
4
5
Tuberculosis ...
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11
14
22
Dysentery
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102
61
6:3
Malaria
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4
4
14
Diarrhoea
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17
6
16
Anorexia due to melancholia
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4
4
5
Exhaustion after mania ...
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5
3
Influenza
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104
9
All other diseases
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83
47
50
Total
226
245
182
The fall in the number of admissions is duo to influenza being less prevalent than
in 1928.
The number of admissions from dysentery and tuberculosis is still Ligh owing to l
continued over-crowding.
The dysentery figures mostly include re-admissions for relapses.
dent diseases
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(c) The statement below shows the percentage of inmates admitted in good,
indifferent and bad health during the last 3 years :—
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Years.
Good health.
Indifferent health.
Bad health.
Remarks.
1
2
3
4
5
1929 ...
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37*25
41-18
21-57
1923 ...
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35-49
40-32
24*19
1927 ...
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31-82
54-54
13-64
MORTALITY.
(d) There were 40 deaths against 39 in 1928.
One patient was admitted on the 15th September with tuberculosis of lungs and
died on the 18th December.
The causes of deaths were—
Tuberculosis of lungs and intestines -^9, dysentery 13, exhaustion after mania 2,
and cirrhosis of liver, gastroenteritis, leprosy, meningitis, pneumonia and status
epilepticus, one each.
FINANCE.
15. (a) Excluding receipts from paying patients and miscellaneous receipts
„ _ TT _ T _ , _ which are credited to Government, the total expenditure
Statements Nos. VIII, IX and x. fop fe up . keep of the Mental Hospital amounted to
Rs. 2,51,713-14-6 against Rs. 4,68,459-9-3 in 1928. The average cost per head was
Rs. 572-9-4 against Rs. 1,069-2-5 in the previous year.
The decrease is due to:—■
Less " Special expenditure " amounting to Rs. 1,50,576 for Public Works Depart-
ment charges for " Original Works ", such as re-building of the Mental Hospital, etc.,
against Rs. 3,6^,263 in 1928.
The total expenditure for the up-keep, therefore, of the Mental Hospital for the
year 1929 amounted to Rs. 1,01,167-14-3 against Rs. 1,02,196-9-3 or an average cost
per head of Rs. 230-1-8 against Rs. 233-3-10 in 1928. The decrease is due to less
expenditure under " Rates and Taxes " and " Miscellaneous items ".
Excluding Public Works Department charges, repairs and maintenance charges,
rates and taxes, receipts from paying patients and profits on manufactures, the
average cost per inmate was Rs. 199-3*9 against Rs. 196-7-9 in 1928.
The principal item of expenditure was the cost of " Diet " which amounted to
Rs. 46,978-8-0 against Rs. 47,190-9-0 in 1928. The average cost per head was
Rs. 106-13-7 against Rs. 107-11-2.
Receipts from paying patients were Rs. 540-0-0 against Rs. 575-0-0 in 1928.
(b) The profits in the manufactory department were Rs. 8,270-15-9 against
Rs. 7,614-14-7 in 1928 or an average of Rs. 128-5-8 per head of inmates emploj T ed
on manufactures against Rs. 138-8-2. A larger number of inmates were employed
in. 1929 and therefore the average profit per head was less.
MISCELLANEOUS.
16.(a) Male lunatics are employed on cultivation of vegetables, turmeric, sugar-
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cane, jute, manufacture of gur, repairs of buildings, car-
tog, etc.
pentry, tailoring and the ordinary daily routine of clean-
Pemales are employed on paddy husking, preparation of spices, grinding of pulse
for cattle food and sanitary duties.
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(b) The Mental Hospital garden continues to do well,
yielding some profit and an essential part of the dietary.
As reported in 1928, the cultivated area is much reduced. Shortage of vegetables
f°r sometime is unavoidable and purchase during the rains is necessary.