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MISCELLANEOUS.
16. The male lunatics are employed onJcultivation of vegetables including arum
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turmeric, sugarcane, iute, manufacture of qur, renaii*
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oi buildings and palisadmgs, carpentry, tailoring, daily
routine of cleaning and disinfection of buildings, clothing and cots, cooking of food
and cleaning of utensils, etc.
Females are employed on paddy husking (sifting, boiling, sunning and huskino),
preparation of spices, grinding of pulse for cattle food, cleaning and disinfection of
their clothing.
The Mental Hospital garden continues to do well, bringing in a good profit, and
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relieves Government of some expenditure in the matter
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of dietary.
But owing to the reservation of several garden plots for reconstruction of the
hospital, the cultivated area is much reduced and unfortunately the best tilled land has
been given up for rebuilding. It will take several years to bring areas of new land
to the 'ftflie standard of fertility and a shortage of vegetables for some time is unavoid-
able.
In fact it was necessary to buy vegetables durinej the rainy season.
The amount of destruction as before is very high. All
that could be done to prevent it was done by repairing
clothes and taping blankets.
There was no addition to the accommodation for male inmates during the year
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under review. The new section for female inmates was
taken over on the 3rd September 1928. Thus, accommo-
dation available at the end of the year including filthy ward, cells, hospitals and
tubercle wards was 366 for males and 118 for females or a total of 474.
The maximum number confined on any one night during the year under review
was 443, the same as in 1927.
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hospital land outside the enclosure wall and lnlected stoois
are incinerated.
There is a filtered water supply from the Tezpur Water Works. Supply is very
insufficient. It has to be supplemented by well
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Prom 1st December 1928 Tezpur Municipality is supplying water separately for
the female section by extra pumping at night. It is sufficient for this section.
The food is good and sufficient. Extras consisting of milk, dahi, rum, eggs, fruits
and mustard oil are given to the inmates in poor health
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and to tubercular cases.
Great care is taken in the matter of personal cleanliness, all inmates getting a
bath daily and in addition a shower bath is provided for
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male inmates. Their clothing is boiled and washed
weekly and cots of each barrack are regularly scalded.
Destruction of clothing hy luna
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Discipline.
Good and sufficient.
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Lunatics are kept amused with various musical instruments as well as games.
Literate lunatics are provided with books, newspapers
Amusement and recreation.
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and pictorial magazines.
The hospital was inspected during the year under review
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(1) His Excellency the Governor of Assam—once.
(2) Inspector General of Civil Hospitals, Assam—twice.
Twelve meetings of visitors were held during the yea 1 *
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I.—GENERAL REMAUKS.
The general health of the inmates was not good throughout the year oWifl?'
causes detailed under u Vital—Sickness and mortality." I have mentioned in p lM3^
reports overcrowding leads to an increase of tuberolo and dysentery ; this has