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No. VIII
Bombay Presidency for the year 1929, and provincial totals,
previous years.
Miscellaneous
Receipts
6
Rs.
(a) 398
(b) 343
(d) 5,170
(g) 68
(i) 2,085
(l) 607
8,671
7,179
13,358
Total
7
Rs.
1,30,061
40,059
5,05,001
44,630
60,157
62,916
8,42,824
8,06,159
7,45,265
CHARGES
Establishment
Establish-
ment
proper
8
Rs.
33,316
14,269
66,876
14,992
16,510
12,959
1,58,922
1,55,879
1,52,601
Superin¬
tendence
9
Rs.
8,662
1,800
26,706
......
1,800
1,800
40,768
41,861
41,906
Diet
10
Rs.
44,142
(c) 14,134
(e) 1,27,216
15,144
20,388
21,331
2,42,355
2,50,635
2,47,751
Clothing and
Bedding
11
Rs.
3,556
2,902
19,507
2,654
1,565
1,314
31,498
30,145
40,101
62
STATEMENT
Name of Mental
Hospital
1
Naupada,
Thana
(Narotamdas
Madhavdas).
Ratnagiri ...
Central Mental Hospi-
tal, Yeravda.
Dharwar ...
Ahmedabad ...
Hyderabad
(Sir
Cowasji Jehangir).
Total
...
1929 ...
1928 ...
1927 ...
CHARGES
Bazar
Medi-
cines
12
Rs.
995
...
1,286
...
6
102
2,389
2,689
1,451
Contingencies
Contingencies
proper
13
Rs.
8,130
745
(f) 34,131
1,958
2,421
2,556
49,941
63,435
65,983
Repairs
and
Mainte-
nance
14
Rs.
...
85
4,010
...
...
105
4,200
214
115
Rates
and
Taxes
15
Rs.
1,951
64
...
674
600
...
3,289
5,416
21,560
Remitted into
the Treasury
on account of
paying
patients, etc.
16
Rs.
13,384
3,057
89,296
5,417
11,854(j)
15,949
1,38,957
1,25,098
1,07,097
Mis-
cellaneous
items
17
Rs.
387
343
2,305
......
1,856(k)
600
5,491
3,770
2,181
(a) Sale of tender forms (Rs. 5), sale of grass (Rs. 265), sale of proceeds of dead-stock
(b) Sale of tender forms (Rs. 28) and interest accumulated on patients deposits (Rs. 315).
(c) This amount includes (Rs. 822), as value of vegetables supplied from Hospital gardens for
(d) On account of sale of vegetables, etc., sold to the public (Rs. 4,991) contractor's fines (Rs. 30).
(e) Includes (Rs. 6,665), on account of vegetables, supplied to the Hospital.
(f) Includes (Rs. 3,043), on account of value of stores received from manufacturing departments.
(g) Sale of tender forms (Rs. 41) and sale proceeds of unserviceable articles (Rs. 27).
(h) Vegetables used for inmates including maize and plantains Rs. (1.435).
(i) Sale-proceeds of garden produce (Rs. 491), grinding charges (Rs. 493), sale of unserviceable
(j) Includes (Rs. 10,857) from paying patients, sale of garden produce (Rs. 491), Bale of unservi
(k) On account of railway fare to cured discharged lunatics (Rs. 45), discretionary grant
(l) Includes Rs. 600 on account of fodder suppl
Note.—Inclusive of the cases
63
No. VIII—concld.
—contd.
Total of
Columns
8-17
18
Rs.
1,14,523
37,898
3,71,334
40,839
57,000
56,716
6,77,810
6,79,141
6,80,749
Book Charges
Charges on
account
of works
done by the
Public
Works De-
partment
19
Rs.
13,421
2,071
1,30,677
3,452
2,134
5,890
1,57,645
1,17,895
60,248
Cost of
Printed
Forms
and Sta-
tionery
20
Rs.
47
57
195
23
38
36
396
382
397
Coat of
English
Stores,
Medicines,
etc.
21
Rs.
2,070
533
2,795
316
985
274
6,973
8,741
3,874
Total of
Columns
18—21
22
Rs.
1,30,061
40,059
5,05,001
44,630
60,157
62,916
8,42,824
8,06,159
7,45,265
Remarks
23
articles (Rs. 53), proceed of patients labour (Rs. 75).
diets.
sale-proceeds of unserviceable articles (Rs. 45), sale of tender forms (Rs. 78) water supply (Rs. 26).
articles (Rs. 13), fodder supplies to bullocks (Rs. 1,088).
ceable articles (Rs. 13), grinding charges (Rs. 493).
(Rs. 455), postal charges (Rs. 100), fodder supplied to bullocks (Rs. 1,088), pay of menials (Rs. 168).
under observation.
64
STATEMENT
Showing the Sanctioned Establishment of the Mental Hospitals of
Establishment
Superintendent ... ... ...
S. M. S. Officer in sub-charge ... ...
Do.
II Assistant ... ...
Steward ... ... ...
Clerk
...
...
...
Compounder
...
...
...
Matron
...
...
...
Nurses ... ... ...
Head Overseer
...
...
...
Junior
do. ... ... ...
Head Male Attendants, 1st Class ...
Do.
2nd Class ...
Do.
3rd Class ...
Male Attendants, 1st Class ... ...
Do.
2nd Class ... ...
Do.
3rd Class ... ...
Do.
4th Class ... ...
Do.
5th Class ... ...
Head Female Attendants, 1st Class ...
Do.
2nd Class ...
Do.
3rd Class ...
Female Attendants, 1st Class ...
Do.
2nd Class ... ...
Do.
3rd Class ... ...
Do.
4th Class ... ...
Female Attendant for escort duty ...
Carpenter ... ... ...
Caneman ... ... ...
Peon
...
...
...
Tailors ... ... ...
Master Cook ... ... ...
Ordinary Cook ... ... ...
Head Washerman ... ... ...
Washerman ... ... ...
Naupada (Thana)
Narotamdas
Madhavdas
No.
1
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
1
1
1
2
...
6
12
24
...
...
1
1
...
3
7
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
4
1
2
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
750
130
105
85
45
190
......
90
80
45
60
......
150
264
480
......
......
25
22
......
60
126
......
......
......
......
......
16
21
......
77
21
36
Ratnagiri
No.
1
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
3
5
12
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
4
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
1
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
150
176
154
......
65
......
......
......
......
......
30
......
......
69
105
228
......
......
......
......
......
22
20
72
16
......
......
......
......
18
16
16
14
Central Mental
Hospital,
Yeravda
No.
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
4
1
4
1
1
1
4
4
16
20
21
1
...
...
5
7
10
10
...
1
...
...
2
2
3
1
3
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
1,262
635
282
350
255
55
230
630
305
850
55
45
43
128
108
400
440
441
32
a.
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
......
125
154
210
200
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
40 0 0
......
......
45
60
68
22
51
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
65
No. IX.
the Bombay Presidency as it stood on 31st December 1929.
Dharwar
No.
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
2
4
12
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
7
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
3
...
2
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
150
365
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
30
...
...
46
84
228
...
...
...
...
...
22
20
126
...
...
...
...
16
...
...
50
...
30
Ahmedabad
No.
1
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
3
7
15
...
...
1
...
...
1
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
2
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
150
176
155
a.
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
......
55 0 0
......
......
......
......
......
45
30
0
0
0
0
......
78
161
285
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
......
24 0 0
......
......
20
90
0
0
0
0
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
21
18
0
0
0
0
......
32 0 0
Hyderabad
Sir Cowasji
Jehangir
No.
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
3
6
13
...
...
1
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
150
141
141
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
30
...
...
69
126
256
...
...
20
...
...
54
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
16
15
...
16
Total
No.
6
7
5
2
6
2
2
4
2
5
6
4
1
21
38
92
20
21
4
1
...
14
21
21
10
1
1
...
2
3
5
13
3
11
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
2,612
1,623
732
455
460
100
420
630
395
930
235
135
43
540
848
1,877
440
441
101
22
a.
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
303
410
408
200
16
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
32
66
115
244
59
179
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
o 9—9
66
STATEMENT
Establishment
Barbers
...
...
...
Mali
...
...
...
Sweepers, male ... ... ...
Do.
female ... ... ...
Store Boy ... ... ...
Bhisties ... ... ...
Engine Driver ... ... ...
Instructor of canework ... ... ...
Do.
of weaving ... ... ...
Ward Boy ... ... ...
Female Cook ... ... ...
Male Bathroom attendants ... ... ...
Female Bathroom attendant ... ... ...
Butler ... ... ...
Gate-keeper ... ... ...
Total ...
Daily average strength of male insanes.
Daily average strength of female insanes.
Proportion
of
Jamadars to males ... ...
Jamadarins to females ... ...
Male-keepers to males ... ...
Female-keepers to females ... ...
Naupada (Thana)
Narotamdas
Madhavdas
No.
1
2
11
2
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
92
240.6
94.5
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
16
65
230
38
18
......
......
......
40
......
......
......
......
......
......
3,286
335.1
1 to 130.3
1 to 94.6
1 to 5.3
1 to 7.8
Ratnagiri
No.
1
1
6
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
48
127.2
49.0
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
14
15
122
40
......
......
......
......
......
15
16
......
......
......
......
1,393
176.2
......
......
1 to 6.1
1 to 8.0
Central Mental
Hospital,
Yeravda
No.
3
4
10
7
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
1
1
...
162
445.2
240.4
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
60
86
167
112
18
a.
0
0
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
......
......
30
30
0
0
0
0
......
......
21
20
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
8,095 8 0
685.6
1 to 89.0
1 to 48.1
1 to 6.5
1 to 7.3
67
No. IX—contd.
Dharwar
No.
1
1
6
3
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
49
115.9
54.8
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
15
16
81
48
......
16
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
16
1,359
170.7
......
......
1 to 6.4
1 to 6.1
Ahmedabad
No.
...
2
7
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
54
153.2
43.3
Monthly
Wages
Rs. a. p.
......
39
119
48
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1,546 0 0
196.5
......
......
1 to 6.2
1 to 7.2
Hyderabad
Sir Cowasji
Jehangir
No.
1
1
6
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
44
164.2
31.6
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
14
22
108
18
...
...
...
...
...
15
...
...
...
...
15
1,226
195.8
Total
No.
7
11
45
18
2
1
...
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
449
1,246.3
513.6
......
......
1 to 7.5
1 to 10.5
Monthly
Wages
Rs.
119
243
827
304
36
16
a.
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
30
70
30
16
21
20
30
31
16,904
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,759.9
1 to 178.0
1 to 73.4
1 to 6.1
1 to
7.2
68
STATEMENT
Statement showing the Receipts and Expenditure on account of
during the year 1929 and Provincial
1
Name of Mental
Hospital
Naupada,
Thana
(Narotanidas Ma¬
dhavdas).
Ratnagiri ...
Central
Mental
Hospital, Yeravda.
Dharwar ...
Ahmedabad ...
Hyderabad
(Sir
Cowasji Jekan¬
gir).
Total ...
1929 ...
1928 ...
1927 ...
2
Mean Population
Male
231.0
127.2
445.2
100.0
151.3
211.0
1,265.7
1,182.4
1,104.0
Female
88.0
49.0
240.4
53.8
42.2
40.0
413.4
463.6
429.8
Total
319.0
176.2
685.6
153.8
193.5
251.0
1,679.1
1,646.0
1,533.8
3
4
5
6
7
8
CREDITS
Cash paid into the Trea-
sury during the year for
articles sold
Rs.
75
733
4,991
78
491
2,777
9,145
5,604
7,813
Value of manufactured
goods made over to
Hospitals for Hospital
purposes
Rs.
1,593
822
10,160
1,565
1,435
600
16,175
19,121
18,039
Value of raw materials in
store at the end of the
year
Rs.
68
...
160
130
...
...
358
431
260
Value of manufactured
goods in store at the
end of the year
Rs.
581
...
57
...
...
...
638
2,176
2,348
Value of
plant and
machinery in store at
the end of the year
Rs.
300
491
923
...
...
...
1,714
1,596
1,586
Total, Credits
Rs.
2,617
2,046
16,291
1,773
1,926
3,377
28,030
28,923
30,046
Note.—The figures shown in this statement are
69
No. X
Manufactures in the Mental Hospitals of the Bombay Presidency
Totals for two previous years
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
DEBITS
Value of manufactured
goods in store on 1st
January
Rs.
238
...
1,938
...
...
...
2,176
2,348
3,143
Value of raw materials in
store on 1st January
Rs.
108
...
161
130
...
...
399
317
174
Value of plant and machi-
nery in store on 1st
January
Rs.
300
491
800
...
...
1,591
1,586
1,580
Raw materials purchased
Rs.
1,226
115
1,051
...
...
...
2,392
2,321
2,829
Contingencies of manu-
factures
Rs.
...
...
1,022
...
...
...
1,022
4,423
4,705
All other Charges
Rs.
...
...
2,188
78
...
...
2,266
164
443
Total, Debits
Rs.
1,872
606
7,160
208
...
...
9,846
11,159
12,874
16
17
RESULT
Excess of Credits or
Profits
Rs.
745
1,439
9,131
...
1,926
3,377
16,618
17,763
17,172
Excess of Debits or Loss
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
18
Average number
of Insanes
employed during
the year
Male
12.7
24.0
37.9
58.2
73.7
112.0
318.5
324.7
352.0
Female
6.4
6.0
39.8
25.7
19.3
3.0
100.2
114.6
94.7
Total
19.1
30.0
77.7
83.9
93.0
115.0
418.7
439.3
446.7
19
Remarks
exclusive of cases under observation.
o 9—10
Annual Administration Reports.
Mental
Hospitals
in the
Bombay Presidency for the
year 1929.
GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY.
GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
Resolution No. P. 53.
Bombay Castle, 22nd November 1930.
Letter from the Surgeon General with the Government of
Bombay No. P. 8-B, dated the 24th September 1930 :—
" With reference to Government Memorandum, General
Department, No. P. 53, dated 1st August 1930, I have the honour
to forward herewith the Annual Report on the Mental Hospitals
in the Bombay Presidency for the year 1929, duly signed by me,
and to state for the information of Government that there is
nothing special in it to which the attention of Government need
be drawn."
RESOLUTION.—The report should be published.
By order of the Government of Bombay
(Transferred Departments),
R. B. EWBANK,
Secretary to Government.
To
The Surgeon General with the Government of Bombay,
The Director of Public Health for the Government of Bombay,
The Commissioner in Sind,
The Commissioner, Northern Division,
The Commissioner, Central Division,
The Commissioner, Southern Division,
The Collector of Ahmedabad,
The Collector of Thana,
The Collector of Poona,
The Collector of Dharwar,
The Collector of Ratnagiri,
The Home Department,
The Public Works Department,
[P.T.O.
o 9—11
2
The Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor,
The Superintendent, Mental Hospital, Ahmedabad ,
The Superintendent, N. M. Mental Hospital, Naupada , Thana ,
The Superintendent, Central Mental Hospital, Yeravda, Poona,
The Superintendent, Mental Hospital, Ratnagiri,
The Superintendent, Mental Hospital, Dharwar,
The Superintendent, Mental Hospital, Hyderabad,
The Secretary, Legislative Council,
The Director of Information,
The Government of India (by letter),
The Under Secretary of State for India (by letter).
BOMBAY : PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS.
Annual Report on Mental
Hospitals in the Bombay
Presidency
For the Year 1930
[Price—Annas 4 or 5d.]
BOMBAY
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS
1931
Obtainable from the Superintendent, Government Printing and Stationery,
Bombay, or through the High Commissioner for India, India House,
Aldwych, London, W.C.2, or through any recognized Bookseller
NOTE.—The maximum limit fixed for the text of the report—pages 6.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
REPORT ... ... ... ... ...
Introduction
...
...
...
...
Buildings
...
...
...
...
Water-supply ... ... ... ...
Population ... ... ... ...
Discharges and Cures ... ... ...
Sickness and Mortality ... ... ...
Cases admitted for observation ... ...
Criminal Insanes ... ... ... ...
Religion ... ... ... ...
Previous Occupation of the Insanes admitted ...
Ages of the Insanes admitted ... ... ...
Types of Insanity ... ... ... ...
Ætiological Factors and Associated conditions in the
Insanes admitted
...
...
...
Cash Accounts
...
...
...
Employment and Amusements
Visitors ... ... ... ...
Summarised Report of the Central Hospital for Mental
Diseases, Yeravda, for the year 1930 ... ...
...
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Showing the Admissions, Discharges, etc., of
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Return of Criminal Lunatics ... ...
Showing the religion, sex and Residence of Lunatics
admitted ... ... ... ...
Showing the previous occupation of Lunatics
admitted ... ... ... ...
Showing the ages of lunatics admitted ... ...
Showing the types of Insanity of the Lunatics ...
Showing Ætiological Factors and Associated
conditions in the Patients admitted ... ...
Showing the Cash Accounts of the Mental Hospitals.
Showing the sanctioned Establishment of the
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Showing the Receipts and Expenditure on account
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O 2—a
No. P/8-B OF 1931.
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON-GENERAL
WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY:
Poona, 15th April 1931.
From
MAJOR-GENERAL W. H. C. FORSTER, I.M.S.,
Surgeon-General with the Government of Bombay, Poona ;
To
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
General Department, Bombay.
Subject.—Annual Report on Mental Hospitals.
Sir,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report on Mental
Hospitals in the Bombay Presidency for the year 1930.
2. Buildings.—The buildings except at Hyderabad are in good
state of repairs. Minor additions were carried out at the Mental
Hospitals, Naupada, Ratnagiri, Dharwar and Hyderabad. The two
separate wards for Parsi Female patients which were under cons-
truction last year at the Central Mental Hospital, Yeravda, have
been completed and taken into use. The Civil Yard at Hyderabad
is in urgent need of repairs and steps are being taken to provide
funds to that end.
3. Water Supply.—The supply has been good and sufficient at
all the Mental Hospitals.
STATEMENT NO. I.
Population.
4. The total population of the Mental Hospital during the year
under review was 2,560 as compared with 2,428 in 1929. In this
connection it may be noted that in the last two years the rate of
increase of the population has been approximately 130 per annum.
Admissions including re-admissions numbered 583 males and 209
females during the year against 535 males and 193 females respec-
tively, in 1929. The increase was shared by all the Mental Hospi-
tals. The daily average strength was 1,857.2 as compared with
1,756.0 in the previous year.
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Discharges and Cures.
5. During the year under report 285 patients were discharged
cured, 127 improved, 54 not improved and 25 were discharged
otherwise.
Sickness and Mortality.
6. The daily average number of sick treated in hospital was 85.7
against 133.9 in 1929. The precentage of sickness to the daily
average strength was 4.6 against 7.6 in 1929. The health of the
patients was generally good during the year.
7. There were 152 deaths against 204 in 1929. The ratio of
deaths per cent. of the daily average strength was 8.1 as compared
with 11.6 in the preceding year. The sub-joined table gives the
ratio of deaths to the daily average strength at the several Mental
Hospitals :—
Mental Hospitals.
Naupada, Thana ... ...
Ratnagiri
Central Mental Hospital, Yeravda...
Dharwar
Ahmedabad
Hyderabad
Total ...
Males.
17.4
14
E.
1.8
I.
7.08
6.9
9.2
7.6
8.3
Females.
13.6
9.7
5.1
4.5
10.0
2.5
14.7
7.9
Total.
16.3
3.6
2.9
6-1
7.9
7.8
8.9
8.1
8. The chief causes of deaths at the various Mental Hospitals
during the year were Tuberculosis including Phthisis (10), Pneu-
monia (18), Malaria (22), Nervous diseases (14), Diarrhœa (7),
Dysentry (7), Enteritis (6), Anemia (4), Cerebral Atrophy (3) and
diseases of the Heart (2).
STATEMENT No. I-A.
Cases admitted for observation.
9. During the year, 354 cases were admitted to the various
Mental Hospitals for observation. Of these 293 were certified and
admitted into the Mental Hospitals and 58 were released as uncerti-
fiable. In the past, few such cases were admitted and the large num-
ber of admissions during the year is attributable to the recent orders
under which cases of alleged insanity at places where there are
Mental Hospitals are kept under observation at the Mental Hos-
pitals instead of at the Civil Hospitals.
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STATEMENT No. II.
Criminal Insanes.
10. The total number of criminal insanes confined in the Mental
Hospitals during 1930 was 195 (185 males and 10 females) with a
daily average strength of 123.9
STATEMENT No. III.
Religion.
11. Of the 792 cases admitted during the year, 52 were
Europeans and Eurasians, 43 Indian Christians, 456 Hindus, 166
Mahomedans and 75 belonged to other castes.
STATEMENT No. IV.
Previous occupations of the insanes admitted.
12. Domestic servants (146) including house wives furnished the
largest number of admissions followed by labourers (62), clerks (54),
Students (40), Agriculturists (20), Merchants (13), Mendicants (7),
and 284 other known occupation. In 69 cases the previous occu-
pation could not be ascertained and 97 had no occupation.
STATEMENT No. V.
Ages of insanes admitted.
13. Sixty-three insanes were under 20 years of age on admission
545 between 20 and 40, 172 between 40 and 60 and 12 were
upwards of 60 years.
STATEMENT NO. VI.
Types of insanity.
14. The principal types of insanity treated were Mania 775
against 742 in 1929, Melancholia 516 against 449, Delusional insanity
88 against 91, Dementia 329 against 356, insanity due to
Cannabis Indica or its preparations 136 against 149 and Idiocy 56
against 48.
STATEMENT No. VII.
Ætiological factors and associated conditions in the insanes
admitted.
15. The principal predisposing and exciting causes were mental
stress 113 against 75 in 1929, mental instability 157 against 111 and
toxic diseases 49 against 29. Owing to defective history the causes
of insanity could not be ascertained in 132 cases as compared with
85 in the previous year.
STATEMENT No. VIII.
Cash Accounts.
16. The receipts from paying patients amounted to Rs. 1,64,342
in 1930 against Rs. 1,29,511 in 1929. The value of stores
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received from the manufacturing department less cost of raw
materials was Rs. 19,162 against Rs. 16,007 in the previous year.
The total receipts under the two heads amounted to Rs. 1,83,504 as
compared with Rs. 1,45,518 in 1929—an increase of Rs. 37,986.
17. The total expenditure amounted to Rs. 8,22,634 as compared
with Rs. 8,42,824 in 1929. Deducting the receipts the net expendi-
ture was Rs. 4,39,356 against Rs. 5,34,446.
18. The following table shows the cost per annum per head of
the daily average strength in the several institutions during the
past two years :—
Institutions.
Naupada, Thana ... ... ...
Ratnagiri ... ... ... ...
Central Mental Hospital, Yeravda ... ...
Dharwar ... ... ... ...
Ahmedabad ... ... ... ...
Hyderabad ... ... ... ...
1929.
Rs.
348
210
606
230
249
240
1930.
Rs.
354
197
479
187
246
246
19. Employment and amusements.—The employment of patients
on such work as gardening, weaving and helping in the domestic
duties connected with the Mental Hospitals continues the same as
in previous years. Rs. 3,106 were expended during the year for the
amusements and recreation of the insanes against Rs. 2,516 spent
in 1929.
Visitors.
20. The official visitors were regular in their attendance at all
the Mental Hospitals.
21. A summarised report of the Central Mental Hospital,
Yeravda, is published as an appendix.
I
have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
W. H. C. FORSTER,
Major General, I.M.S.,
Surgeon-General with the Government of Bombay.