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STATEMENT IV.
Return showing the religion, sex and residence of patients admitted into the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke,
during the year 1939 and the two previous years.
1
District.
Azamgarh ... ... ...
Balasore
...
...
...
Bara Banki ... ... ...
Baripada
...
...
...
Bariaal ... ... ...
Begra
...
...
...
Caston (China) ... ...
Calcutta
...
...
...
Champaran ... ... ...
Chittagong ... ... ...
Dacca
...
...
...
Faridpur
...
...
...
2
Hindu.
Males.
1
1
...
...
3
...
...
11
1
...
1
1
Females.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
6
...
...
1
1
Total.
1
1
...
1
3
...
...
17
1
...
2
2
3
Muhammadam.
Males.
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
6
...
1
1
1
Females.
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Total.
...
...
1
...
2
1
...
6
...
1
2
2
4
Christians.
Europeans and
Eurasians.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Indiana.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
5
Other castes.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
6
Total.
Males.
1
1
1
...
4
1
...
17
1
1
2
2
Females.
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
8
...
...
2
2
Total.
1
1
1
1
5
1
1
25
1
1
4
4
29
Hazaribagh
...
...
...
Ganjam
...
...
...
Homeless
...
...
...
Hooghly ... ... ...
Howrah ... ... ...
Jessore
...
...
...
Jaunpur ... ... ...
Lahore
...
...
...
Madras
...
...
...
Manbhum
...
...
...
Midnapur
...
...
...
Monghyr
...
...
...
Murshidabad
... ... ...
Muzaffarpur ... ... ...
Mymensingh
...
...
...
Nadia
...
...
...
Nepal
...
...
...
Noakhali ... ... ...
Pabna (Bengal) ... ... ...
Patna
...
...
...
Pratapgarh ...
...
...
Ranchi ... ... ...
Santal Parganas ... ...
Saran
...
...
...
Saugor (C. P.)
...
...
Shahabad
...
...
...
Silchar
...
...
...
Sultanpur
...
...
...
1
...
2
1
1
1
1
1
...
1
2
1
3
1
2
...
1
...
1
1
...
5
1
1
1
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
...
1
2
...
1
...
1
2
...
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
5
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
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1
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1
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1
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1
5
...
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1
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1
1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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3
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1
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2
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3
...
1
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1
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1
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2
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...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
2
1
1
1
1
...
1
3
1
...
2
7
...
1
2
1
1
1
6
1
2
1
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
1
3
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
4
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
4
1
3
2
3
2
7
1
1
2
1
2
1
10
1
1
1
1
1
1
30
STATEMENT IV—concld.
District.
Tippera ... ... ...
Unknown ... ... ...
24-Parganas ... ... ...
Total, 1939 ...
Total, 1938 ...
Total, 1937 ...
Hindus.
Males.
2
4
4
57
82
79
Females.
1
2
...
22
29
17
Total.
3
6
4
79
111
96
Muhammadans.
Males.
1
1
...
24
46
28
Females.
...
1
...
5
4
7
Total.
1
2
...
29
50
35
Christians.
Europeans and
Eurasians.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Indians.
Males.
...
...
...
3
5
11
Females.
...
1
...
8
5
7
Total.
...
1
...
11
10
18
Other castes.
Males.
...
...
...
...
2
4
Females.
...
...
...
1
2
1
Total.
...
...
...
1
4
5
Total.
Males.
3
5
4
84
135
122
Females.
1
4
...
36
40
32
Total.
4
9
4
120
175
154
31
STATEMENT V.
Return showing the ages of patients admitted into the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke, during the year 1939 and
the two previous years.
1
Year.
1939
...
...
1938
...
...
1937 ... ...
2
Under 20.
Males.
5
4
12
Females.
4
4
7
Total.
9
8
19
3
20 to 40.
Males.
60
108
99
Females.
24
26
20
Total.
84
134
119
4
40 to 60.
Males.
14
21
10
Females.
6
9
5
Total.
20
30
15
5
Upwards of 60.
Males.
5
2
1
Females.
2
1
...
Total.
7
3
1
6
Total.
Males.
84
135
122
Females.
36
40
32
Total.
120
175
154
32
STATE
Showing the form of mental disorders in the admissions, discharges
Diseases.
1. Mental Deficiency ... ...
2. Maniac Depressive Insanity
...
3. Mania... ... ... ...
4. Melancholia ... ... ...
6. Sohizophrenia, including
Dementia
Præcox.
6. Secondary Dementia ... ...
7. Paranoia and Paranoid States ...
8. Epilepsy and Epileptic Insanity ...
9. Toxic Psychosis—
(a) Acute Confusional Insanity ...
(b) Alcoholic Psychosis ... ...
(c) Canabis Indica Psychosis ...
(d) Of Endocrine Origin ... ...
(e) In relation to child bearing ...
(f) In relation to other constitutional
diseases.
10. Organic Psychosis—
(a) General ... ... ...
(b) Cerebral Syphilis ... ...
(c) Encephalitis ... ...
(d) Arteriopathic and Senile Psychosis
(e) Other cerebral Lesions ...
11. Neurosis and Psycho-Neurosis ...
12. No appreciable disease ... ...
13. Not yet diagnosed—(discharged before
certification).
Total ... ...
Remaining on 31st
December of the
preceding
year.
M.
42
111
99
134
202
64
75
69
18
26
104
...
...
...
...
2
...
12
1
24
93
20
1,096
F.
16
42
40
27
62
14
12
5
9
6
1
...
1
...
...
1
...
8
...
...
13
5
262
T.
58
153
130
161
264
78
87
74
27
32
105
...
1
...
...
3
...
20
1
24
106
25
1,358
Admissions
during the year.
M.
8
21
9
1
22
...
3
1
1
2
3
...
...
...
...
6
...
3
...
1
1
2
84
F.
4
12
5
1
3
...
...
1
3
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
2
...
2
1
...
36
T.
12
33
14
2
25
..
3
2
4
2
4
...
...
1
...
6
...
5
...
3
2
2
120
Total.
M.
50
132
108
135
224
64
78
70
19
28
107
...
...
...
...
8
...
15
1
25
94
22
1,180
F.
20
54
45
28
65
14
12
6
12
6
2
...
1
1
...
1
...
10
...
2
14
5
298
T.
70
186
153
163
289
78
90
76
31
34
109
...
1
1
...
9
...
25
1
27
108
27
1,478
33
MENT VI
recoveries and deaths during the year 1939.
Discharges.
Recoveries.
M.
...
13
12
1
9
...
...
...
...
3
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
5
...
50
F.
...
8
8
3
3
...
...
...
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
26
T.
...
21
20
4
12
...
...
...
2
4
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
5
...
76
Otherwise.
M.
3
2
1
...
2
1
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
12
F.
1
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
T.
4
2
1
...
5
1
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
16
Deaths.
M.
...
6
1
1
8
6
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
24
F.
1
1
3
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
9
T.
1
7
4
1
9
7
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
33
Remaining on the 31st
December.
M.
47
111
94
133
205
57
78
68
19
26
101
...
...
...
...
7
...
13
1
24
89
22
1,094
F.
18
45
34
25
58
13
12
5
10
5
2
...
1
1
...
1
...
9
...
1
14
6
259
T.
65
156
128
158
263
70
90
73
29
30
103
...
1
1
...
8
...
22
1
25
103
27
1,353
Remarks.
34
STATEMENT VII
Showing the probable causes of insanity in the patients admitted during
the year ending 31st December 1939.
Ætiological factors and associated
conditions.
1
MENTAL STRESS—
Moral
... ... ...
Business worry ... ...
Domestic worry ... ...
Strain of military service
...
TOXINS—
Canabis Indica ... ...
Alcohol ... ... ...
Other Toxins ... ... ...
Physical ... ... ...
Opium
...
...
...
Bodily illness ... ...
Pregnancy ... ... ...
Childbirth ...
... ...
Climacteric ... ... ...
Epilepsy ... ... ...
Head injuries ... ...
INFECTIONS—
Encephalitis Lethargica ...
Influenza
...
...
...
Syphilis ... ... ...
Other infections ... ...
Old age ... ...
Hereditary Predisposition ...
Previous attacks ... ...
Unascertained ... ...
Predisposing
causes.
Male.
2
9
...
...
...
4
4
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
5
...
...
13
18
37
Female.
3
5
...
1
...
...
...
2
1
...
1
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
5
9
12
Total.
4
14
...
1
...
4
4
4
3
...
1
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
5
...
1
18
27
49
Exciting causes.
Male.
5
3
57
61
...
6
8
10
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
3
...
...
...
7
Female.
6
5
4
30
...
1
2
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
2
...
...
...
5
Total.
7
8
61
91
...
7
10
10
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
5
...
...
...
12
Total.
Male.
8
12
57
61
...
10
12
12
2
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
10
3
...
13
18
44
Female.
9
10
4
31
...
1
2
2
2
...
1
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
2
2
1
5
9
17
Total.
10
22
61
92
...
11
14
14
4
...
2
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
12
5
1
18
27
61
Remarks.
10(a)
36
STATEMENT
Showing the Cash Account of the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital,
1
Name of Asylum.
Indian Mental
Hospital, Kanke
(Ranchi).
1939 ... ... ...
1938 ... ... ...
1937
...
...
...
2
3
4
5
Receipts.
Received from
Treasury.
Rs.
4,20,443
3,97,113
4,11,425
a.
14
7
12
p.
3
6
6
Received from
paying patients.
Rs.
21,224
23,357
25,101
a.
2
6
11
p.
6
9
1
Value of stores
received from
the Manufac-
turing Depart-
ment less cost
of raw
materials.
Rs.
20,734
17,755
21,471
a.
15
5
6
p.
3
11
10
Book receipts,
i.e., the total
of expenditure
entered in
columns 19, 20
and 21.
Rs.
39,772
48,640
50,781
a.
7
4
2
p.
3
8
0
1
Name of Asylum.
Indian Mental
Hospital, Kanke
(Ranchi).
1939 ... ... ...
1938 ...
...
...
1937 ... ... ...
13
14
15
16
17
18
Charges—concld.
Contingencies.
Contin-
gencies
proper.
Rs.
65,156
61,881
61,744
a.
5
6
5
p.
0
8
10
Repairs
and
main-
tenance.
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
Rates and
taxes.
Rs.
1,085
1,085
1,085
a.
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
Remitted
to Treasury
on account
of paying
patients,
etc.
Rs.
21,224
23,357
25,101
a.
2
6
11
p.
6
9
1
Miscel-
laneous
items.
Rs.
3,928
2,101
2,320
a.
15
13
14
p.
0
3
3
Total of
columns
8—17.
Rs.
4,66,331
4,40,328
4,60,319
a.
15
1
12
p.
0
5
8
37
VIII
Kanke, for the year 1939, and the two previous years.
6
7
Miscellaneous
receipts.
Rs.
3,928
1,101
2,320
a.
15
13
14
p.
0
3
3
Total.
Rs.
5,06,104
4,83,968
5,11,100
a.
6
6
14
p.
3
1
8
8
9
10
11
12
Charges.
Establishment.
Establishment
proper.
Rs.
1,55,385
1,53,794
1,54,304
a.
11
9
12
p.
0
0
0
Superinten-
dence.
Rs.
36,197
36,251
35,003
a.
12
8
11
p.
0
0
0
Diet.
Rs.
1,50,134
1,46,233
1,58,523
a.
14
5
0
p.
3
6
6
Clothing and
bedding.
Rs.
32,185
14,256
21,588
a.
2
8
15
p.
6
6
9
Bazar
medicines.
Rs.
1,034
1,366
647
a.
0
7
6
p.
9
9
3
19 20
21
22
23
Book charges.
Charges on
account of work
done by the
Public Works
Department.
Rs.
37,059
43,386
45,755
a.
13
10
3
p.
0
0
6
Cost of printed
forms and
stationery.
Rs.
155
863
213
a.
13
5
0
p.
3
2
6
Cost of English
stores, medi-
cines, etc.
Rs.
2,556
4,390
4,212
a.
13
5
9
p.
0
6
0
Total of
columns 18—21.
Rs.
5,06,104
4,88,968
5,11,100
a.
6
6
14
p.
3
1
8
Remarks.
38
STATE
Abstract of Cash Account of the Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke,
Years.
1
1939 ...
1938 ...
1937 ...
Establishment.
Total cost.
2
Rs.
1,91,583
1,90,046
1,89,308
a.
7
1
7
p.
0
0
0
Cost per head of
Average strength.
3
Rs.
140
141
143
a.
13
5
1
p.
6
0
7
Diet.
Total cost.
4
Rs.
1,50,134
1,46,233
1,58,523
a.
14
5
0
p.
3
6
6
Cost per head of
average strength.
5
Rs
110
108
119
a.
5
11
13
p.
11
9
3
Years.
1
1939 ...
1938 ...
1937 ...
Miscellaneous.
Total
cost.
12
...
...
...
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
13
...
...
...
Grand Total.
Total cost.
14
Rs.
4,42,650
4,18,174
4,36,024
a.
10
2
12
p.
6
11
4
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
15
Rs.
325
310
329
a.
6
15
9
p.
8
0
5
Charges on account of works done by
the Public Works Department.
Total cost.
16
Rs.
37,059
43,386
45,755
a.
13
10
8
p.
0
0
6
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
17
RS.
27
32
34
a.
3
4
9
p.
11
2
5
39
MENT A.
Ranchi, for the year 1939 and the two previous years,
Bedding and clothing.
Total cost.
6
Rs.
32,185
14,256
21,588
a.
2
8
15
p.
6
6
9
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
7
Rs.
23
10
16
a.
10
9
5
p.
7
7
1
Medicines.
Total cost.
8
Rs.
3,590
5,756
4,859
a.
13
13
15
p.
9
3
3
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
9
Rs.
2
4
3
a.
10
4
10
p.
3
6
9
Contingencies.
Total cost.
10
Rs.
65,156
61,881
61,744
a.
5
6
5
p.
0
8
10
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
11
Rs.
47
46
46
a.
14
0
10
p.
5
2
9
Rates and Taxes.
Total cost.
18
Rs.
1,085
1,085
1,085
a.
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
19
Rs.
0
0
0
a.
12
12
13
p.
9
11
1
Cost of printing and
stationery.
Total cost.
20
Rs.
155
863
813
a.
13
5
0
p.
3
2
6
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
21
Rs.
0
0
0
a.
1
10
9
p.
10
3
10
Total expenditure, including all
heads of expenditure.
Total cost.
22
Rs.
4,80,951
4,63,509
4,83,678
a.
4
2
5
p.
9
1
4
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
23
Rs.
353
344
365
a.
9
10
9
p.
2
4
9
40
STATEMENT B.
Statement showing the number of paying patients treated in the Indian Mental Hospital at Kanke (Ranchi) during the
year 1939, and the two previous years.
Year.
1939 ...
1938 ...
1937
...
Remaining on 1st
January.
Male.
43
56
53
Female.
19
18
16
Total.
62
74
69
Admitted.
Male.
7
8
21
Female.
4
11
6
Total.
11
19
29
Re-admitted.
Male.
5
6
4
Female.
...
1
...
Total.
5
7
4
Total treated.
Male.
55
70
78
Female.
12
30
24
Total.
78
100
102
Discharged and
transferred.
Male.
7
25
21
Female.
6
10
6
Total.
13
35
27
Died.
Male.
...
2
1
Female.
...
1
...
Total.
...
3
1
Remaining on the
31st December.
Male.
48
43
56
Female.
17
19
18
Total.
65
62
74
Daily average
strength.
Male.
40.63
46.29
51.71
Female.
16.87
16.93
16.12
Total.
57.50
63.22
67.83
Remarks.
|
J. E. DHUNJIBHOY, LT.-COL., I.M.S.,
Superintendent,
Indian Mental Hospital,
Kanke (Ranchi).
BGP(IMH) 11—527—16-12-1940—HPG
THE ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital,
Kanke, in Bihar, for the year
1940
BY
DR. P. C. DAS, M.B.,
Superintendent, Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke (Ranchi).
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1940
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To
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
BIHAR, LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.
Dated Patna, the
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SUBJECT.—Annual report on the working of the Ranchi Indian Mental
Hospital for the year 1940-41 and also for the period from
1st January 1940 to 31st March 1940.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit for the information of
Government the Superintendent's report on the working of the
Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital for the year 1940-41 and also
for the period from 1st January 1940 to 31st March 1940,
together with the usual returns in the prescribed forms. The
reputation of the institution has been as efficiently maintained
as in the past.
I have the honour to be.
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
W. C. SPACKMAN,
F.R.C.S.E., F.C.O.G. COL., I.M.S.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals Bihar, Patna.
THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke,
in Bihar, for the year 1940-41 and
also for the period from 1st January
1940 to 31st March 1940.
1. Administration.—Lt.-Col J.E. Dhunjibhoy, I.M.S.,
held charge of the hospital for the period from 1st January 1940
to 15th February 1941, except for a short period from 1st
December 1940 to 1st January 1941, when the 1st Assistant
Superintendent, Dr. A. P. Varma, M.B., officiated in his place.
I took over charge from Lt.-Col. J. E. Dhunjibhoy, I.M.S., on
the 15th February 1941, on his reversion to military duty, and
continued till the end of the year.
2. Provinces served.—The hospital continued to receive
patients from the provinces of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, and
the allocation of beds to the provinces remained the same as in
the previous years, viz., Bengal 75 per cent, Bihar 20 per cent
and Orissa 5 per cent.
3. Accommodation.—The sanctioned accommodation of the
hospital, including 94 emergency beds was the same as in the
previous years, viz., males 1,108, females 272; total 1,380.
4. Patients—Statement no. I.—The number of patients resi-
dent in the hospital on the 1st January 1940 and the two previous
years together with the number remained on the 1st April 1940,
is shown in the table below : —
Year.
1st January 1940 .. ..
1st April 1940 .. ..
1939 .. ..
1938 .. ..
Male.
1,094
1,099
1,096
1,068
Female.
259
253
262
256
Total.
1,353
1,352
1,358
1,324
2
5. The total population of the hospital as per Statement
no. I during the following periods was as follows :—
Year.
1st January 1940 to 31st March 1940
1940-41 .. ..
1939
..
..
1938
..
..
Male.
1,113
1,163
1,180
1,203
Female.
261
289
298
296
Total.
1,374
1,452
1,478
1,499
6. The maximum number of patients resident in the hospital
on any one night during the periods under review and the two
previous years is shown below :—
Year.
1st January 1940 to 31st March 1940
1940-41 .. ..
l939
..
..
1938
..
..
Male.
1,095
1,101
1,103
1,102
Female.
260
260
266
264
Total.
1,355
1,361
1,369
1,366
7. The daily average strength of the patients during the
following periods is appended below :—
Year.
1st January 1940 to 31st March 1940
1940-41 .. ..
1939 .. ..
1938
..
..
Male.
1,094.53
1,098.72
1,096.94
1,086.23
Female.
256.51
256.33
263.33
258.65
Total.
1,351.04
1,355.05
1,360.27
1,344.88
8. Total admission.—The following table shows the number
of admissions into the hospital during the periods under review
and the two preceding years :—
Year.
1st January 1940 to 31st March 1940
1940-41 .. ..
1939
..
..
1938 .. ..
Male.
19
64
84
135
Female.
2
36
36
40
Total.
21
100
120
175
3
9. The ratio per cent of cases recovered to the daily average
strength during the periods under review and the two previous
years is shown below :—
Year.
1st January 1940 to 31st March 1940
1940-41 .. ..
1939
..
..
1938 .. ..
Male.
0.64
3.09
4.56
5.98
Female.
2.34
6.64
9.87
6.57
Total.
0.96
3.76
5.58
6.10
10. The following is the ratio per cent of cases recovered
to total admission for the periods under review and the
two previous years :—
Year.
1st January 1940 to 31st March 1940
1940-41 .. .. ..
1939 .. .. ..
1938 .. .. ..
Male.
..
25.00
26.19
28.15
Female.
..
27.78
30.56
27.50
Total.
..
26.00
27.50
28.00
As stated by Lt.-Col. J. E. Dhunjibhoy, I.M.S., in his
previous Annual Reports of this hospital, it is impossible to show
high recovery rates among the patients admitted, i.e., among the
so-called " new admissions". For statistical purpose such
patients are of course called " new " whereas in fact majority of
them were old and chronic cases and kept at home for several
years before they could get admission into this hospital. Hence
many of them were not even fit enough to be given some of the
most up-to-date treatment on admission. Thus the above
figures practically represent cure among those early cases who
were admitted soon after the onset of the disease.
Besides, there were several criminal cases who had recovered
from their mental illness but as they have to pass a certain
probationary period in a state of recovery in the hospital before
discharge, their number could not be included in the above
figure.
11. Death-rate.-The percentage of deaths to daily average
strength during the periods under review and the two previous
years was as follows :—
Year.
let January 1940 to 31st March 1940
1940-41 .. .. ..
1939 .. .. ..
1938 .. .. ..
Male.
0.45
2.55
2.19
2.95
Female
0.31
3.51
3.42
3.48
Total
0.44
2.73
2.43
3.05
4
12. Chief causes of death during the periods under report
were as follows :—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Status Epiletpicus, Dysentery,
Diarrhoea, General Paralysis of the Insane, Senile
Debility, Pneumonia, Malignant Malaria, Cardiac
Asthma, Gastric Ulcer and Cirrhosis of the Liver.
13. Duration of hospital life of those who died during the
periods is shown in the table below :—
Period.
1
Under 6 months
...
...
Over 6 months and under 1 year ...
Over 1 year and under 2 years
Over 2 years and under 3 years ...
Over 3 years and under 5 years ...
Over 6 years and under 7 years ...
Over 7 years and under 10 years ...
Over 10 years and under 15 years...
Over 15 years and under 20 years...
Over 20 years and under 25 years...
Over 25 years and under 30 years...
Over 30 years and under 35 years...
Over 35 years and under 46 years...
Over 46 years ... ...
Total...
1st January 1940
to
31st March 1940.
Male.
2
1
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
...
1
....
...
...
5
Female.
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
4
1
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
6
1940-41.
Male.
5
3
...
1
2
3
1
2
2
3
3
4
1
1
2
28
Female.
6
1
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
2
...
1
1
1
1
9
Total.
7
4
...
1
2
4
1
3
2
5
3
5
2
2
3
37
Many of the patients on admission were found in a very
poor state of physical health. This only emphasises the fact that
a sub-normal physiological condition is an invariable accompani-
ment of mental illness.