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24
STATEMENT IV.
Return showing the religion, sex and residence of patients admitted into the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke,
during the year 1935, and the two previous years.
1
District.
Afghanistan ... ... ...
Bankura ... ... ...
Barisal ... ... ...
Benares
...
...
...
Bilaspur (C. P.) ... ...
Birbhum
... ... ...
Burdwan ... ... ...
Calcutta
...
...
...
Champaran ... ... ...
Chittagong
...
...
...
Cuttack ... ... ...
2
Hindus.
Males.
...
1
3
...
...
1
1
12
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
3
2
...
...
Total.
...
1
4
1
..
1
1
15
2
...
...
3
Muhammadans.
Males.
1
1
1
..
...
1
...
2
...
2
...
Females.
..
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
Total.
1
2
2
...
...
...
...
3
...
2
...
4
Christians.
Europeans and
Eurasians.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Indians.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
..
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
1
5
Other castes.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
Females.
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
. . .
6
Total.
Males.
1
2
4
...
...
2
1
16
...
2
...
Females.
...
1
2
1
1
...
...
4
2
...
1
Total.
1
3
6
1
1
2
1
20
2
2
1
25
Dacca
...
...
...
Darbhanga ... ... ...
Darjeeling
...
...
...
Durg(C.P.) ... ... ...
Faridpur ... ... ...
Gaya ... ... ...
Hazaribagh
...
...
...
Hooghly
...
...
...
Howrah
...
...
...
Jalpaiguri ... ... ...
Jessore
...
...
...
Jhang (Punjab) ... ... ...
Joypur (Rajputana) ... ... ...
Khulna
...
...
...
Madras ... ... ...
Manbhum ... ... ...
Midnapur ... ... ...
Murshidabad ... ... ...
Mazaffarpur ... ... ...
Mymensingh ... ... ...
Noakhali ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ...
Poona ... ... ...
Puri ... ... ...
Rajshahi ... ... ...
2
2
4
1
2
2
4
3
4
...
2
...
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
..
1
1
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
2
2
4
1
2
2
5
4
4
...
3
...
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
6
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
6
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
2
1
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
3
4
1
3
2
4
3
4
1
3
1
1
2
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
...
2
..
...
...
4
1
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
2
...
...
...
8
3
6
1
3
2
8
4
4
1
5
1
1
2
1
1
4
2
2
2
1
3
1
1
1
26
STATEMENT IV—concld.
District.
Ranchi
...
...
...
Sambalpur ... ... ...
Santal Parganas ... ... ...
Saran
...
...
...
Seraikela State ... ... ...
Shahabad ... ... ...
Singhbhum ... ... ...
Sultanpur ... ... ...
Tippera
...
...
...
Unknown ... ... ...
24-Parganas ... ... ...
Total, 1935 ... ... ...
Total, 1934 ... ... ...
Total. 1933 ... ... ...
2
Hindus.
Males.
4
...
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
78
63
80
Females.
2
1
...
2
...
...
1
...
...
3
...
21
21
20
Total.
6
1
1
3
1
2
3
1
1
5
3
99
84
100
3
Muhammadans.
Males.
..
...
...
2
...
..
...
...
1
2
3
29
24
29
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
1
...
7
6
3
Total.
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
1
3
3
36
30
32
4
Christians.
Europeans and
Eurasians.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Indians.
Males.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
2
7
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
6
5
Total.
1
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
8
12
5
Other castes.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
..
..
Females.
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
4
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
3
4
..
6
Total.
Males.
5
...
1
3
1
2
2
1
2
4
6
110
89
116
Females.
2
1
...
2
...
...
1
...
...
4
...
36
37
28
Total.
7
1
1
5
1
2
3
1
2
8
6
145
126
144
27
STATEMENT V.
Return showing the Ages of Patients admitted into the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke, during the year 1935,
and the two previous years.
1
Year.
1935 ... ...
1934 ... ...
1933 ... ...
2
Under 20.
Males.
7
9
8
Females.
7
6
1
Total.
14
15
9
3
20 to 40.
Males.
79
67
84
Females.
18
24
14
Total.
97
91
98
4
40 to 60.
Males.
21
12
23
Females.
10
7
13
Total.
31
19
36
5
Upwards of 60.
Males.
3
1
1
Females.
...
...
...
Total.
3
1
1
6
Total.
Males.
110
89
116
Females.
35
37
28
Total.
145
126
144
28
STATE
Showing the form of mental disorder in the admissions, discharges,
Diseases.
1. Mental Deficiency .. ...
2. Maniac Depressive Insanity
...
8, Mania...
...
...
...
4. Melancholia ... ... ...
5. Schizophrenia, including
Dementia
Precox.
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 Indicac Psychosis
(d) Of Endocrine Origin ...
(e) In relation to childbearing
...
(f) In relation to other constitutional
diseases.
10. Organic Psychosis—
(a) General
...
...
...
(b) Cerebral Syphilis ... ... ...
(c) Arteriopathic and Senile Psychosis
(d) Encephalitis ... ... ...
(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.
84
82
102
132
189
82
81
52
22
21
107
...
...
1
4
2
7
...
2
25
98
1
1,044
F.
12
23
54
21
54
21
9
3
12
5
...
...
...
...
...
1
5
1
...
1
14
3
239
T.
46
105
156
153
243
103
90
55
34
26
107
...
...
1
4
3
12
1
2
26
112
4
1,283
Admissions
during the year.
M.
1
40
1
4
32
1
7
11
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
6
2
...
...
1
2
...
110
F.
1
10
5
3
10
...
1
4
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
35
T.
2
50
6
7
42
1
8
15
1
...
...
...
..
1
...
6
3
...
...
1
2
...
145
Total.
M.
35
122
103
136
221
83
88
63
23
21
107
...
...
2
4
8
9
...
2
26
100
1
1,154
F.
13
33
59
24
64
21
10
7
12
5
...
...
...
...
...
1
6
1
...
1
14
3
274
T.
48
155
162
160
285
104
98
70
35
26
107
...
...
2
4
9
15
1
2
27
114
4
1,428
NOTE.-Observation cases are excluded
29
MENT VI.
recoveries and deaths during the year ending 31st December 1935.
Discharges.
Recoveries.
M.
...
22
4
3
8
...
...
...
2
1
3
1
..
3
1
...
1
6
...
55
F.
...
4
2
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
10
T.
...
26
6
3
11
...
...
...
2
1
3
1
...
3
1
...
2
6
...
65
Otherwise
M.
...
1
1
...
6
...
2
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
12
F.
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
4
T.
...
2
1
...
6
...
2
1
2
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
16
Deaths.
M.
3
6
3
1
5
8
1
1
1
1
1
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
34
F.
...
3
3
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
11
T.
3
9
6
3
6
9
1
1
1
1
1
...
...
3
1
...
...
...
...
45
Remaining on the 31st
December.
M.
32
93
95
132
202
75
85
62
19
19
103
1
4
1
8
2
25
94
1
1,053
F.
13
25
54
22
60
20
10
6
11
5
...
...
...
1
5
...
...
14
3
249
T.
45
118
149
154
262
95
95
68
30
24
103
1
4
2
13
2
25
108
4
1,302
Remarks.
from this statement.
30
STATEMENT VII
Showing the probable causes of insanity in the patients admitted during
the year ending 31st December 1935.
Ætiological factors and associated
conditions.
1
MENTAL STRESS—
Moral ... ... ...
Business worry ... ... ...
Domestic worry ... ... ...
Stress of military service ...
TOXINS—
Canabis Indica
...
...
Alcohol
...
...
...
Other Toxin ... ... ...
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
...
..
...
...
2
5
...
...
2
2
...
...
...
6
...
...
...
19
...
...
25
20
35
Female.
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
...
...
...
4
...
...
7
7
14
Total.
4
...
...
...
...
2
6
...
...
2
2
...
...
...
10
...
...
...
23
...
...
32
27
49
Exciting causes.
Male.
5
2
10
34
...
4
6
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
6
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
44
Female.
6
...
..
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
...
4
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
11
Total.
7
2
10
49
...
4
6
2
..
...
7
..
4
...
7
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
55
Total.
Male.
8
2
10
34
...
6
11
2
...
2
4
...
...
...
11
...
...
...
...
20
...
...
25
20
79
Female.
9
...
...
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
...
4
...
6
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
7
7
25
Total.
10
2
10
49
...
6
11
2
...
2
9
...
4
...
17
...
...
...
...
24
...
...
32
27
104
Remarks.
10(a)
NOTE—
M.
2
In 24
„ 9
„ 21
„ 40
„ 14
110
F.
0
5
9
5
15
1
35
T.
2
29
18
26
55
15
145
cases were sane.
„ no cause could be ascertained.
„ there were exciting causes but no predisposing causes.
„ there were predisposing causes but no exciting causes.
„ there were both predisposing and exciting causes.
„ there were more than one predisposing and exciting faults.
„ were admitted during the year 1935.
32
STATEMENT
Showing the Cash Account of the Ranchi, Indian Mental Hospital,
1
Name of Asylum.
Indian Me nt a l
Hospital, Kanke
( Ranchi ) .
1935 ... ... ...
1934
...
...
...
1933
...
...
...
2
3
4
5
Receipts.
Received from
Treasury.
Rs.
3,92,345
3,95,185
4,07,865
a.
11
2
2
p.
9
3
9
Received from
paying patients.
Rs.
24,164
21,156
22,078
a.
4
4
8
p.
2
0
0
Value of stores
received from
the Manufac-
turing Depart-
ment less cost
of raw
materials.
Rs.
29,664
25,946
23,629
a.
0
10
0
p.
0
4
5
Book receipts,
i.e., the total
of expenditure
entered in
columns 19, 20
and 21.
Rs.
47,182
49,763
52,078
a.
12
12
14
p.
3
3
6
1
Name of Asylum.
Indian Mental
H ospital, Kanke
(Ranchi).
1935
...
...
...
1934
...
...
...
1933
...
...
...
13
14
15
16
17
18
Charges—concld.
Contingencies.
Contin-
gencies
proper.
Rs.
64,911
65,084
65,596
a.
8
6
5
p.
6
10
1
Repairs
and
main¬
tenance.
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
Rates and
taxes.
Rs.
1,085
2,020
240
a.
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
Remitted
to Treasury
on account
of paying
patients,
etc.
Rs.
24,164
21,156
22,078
a.
4
4
8
p.
2
0
0
Miscel-
laneous
items.
Rs.
2,008
2,571
1,933
a.
12
10
2
p.
6
3
6
Total of
columns
8—17.
Rs.
4,48,182
4,44,859
4,55,505
a.
12
10
13
p.
5
10
8
33
VIII.
Kanke, for the year 1935, and the two previous years.
6
7
Miscellaneous
receipts.
Rs.
2,008
3,571
1,933
a.
12
10
2
p.
6
3
6
Total.
Rs.
4,95,365
4,94,623
5,07,584
a.
8
7
12
p.
8
1
2
8
9
10
11
12
Charges.
Establishment.
Establishment
proper.
Rs.
1,52,780
1,49,292
1,47,515
a.
11
9
14
p.
0
0
0
Superinten-
dence.
Rs.
24,126
29,365
30,724
a.
14
6
1
p.
0
0
0
Diet.
Rs.
1,57,213
1,49,814
1,59,438
a.
1
0
5
p.
3
0
9
Clothing and
bedding.
Rs.
21,586
23,766
26,664
a.
8
0
1
p.
0
3
1
Bazar
medicines.
Rs.
306
1,789
1,315
a.
1
6
8
p.
0
6
3
19
20
21 22
23
Book charges.
Charges on
account of work
done by the
Public Works
Department.
Rs.
43,519
45,614
48,960
a.
11
2
6
p.
9
0
6
Cost of printed
forms and
stationery.
Rs.
937
781
687
a.
15
10
10
p.
6
3
0
Cost of English
stores, medi-
cines. etc.
Rs.
2,725
3,338
4,430
a.
1
0
14
p.
0
0
0
Total of
columns 18—21.
Rs.
4,95,365
4,94,623
5,07,584
a.
8
7
12
p.
8
1
2
Remarks.
34
STATEMENT
Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of manufactures in the
previous
Name of Asylum.
1
Indian Mental
Hospital, Kanke
(Ranchi).
1935 ... ... ...
1934 ... ... ...
1933 ... ... ...
Mean population.
Males.
Females.
Total.
2
1047.38
1048.51
1047.12
241.14
238.36
240.44
1288.52
1286.87
1287.56
Cash paid into
Treasury for
articles sold.
3
Rs.
1,563
1,698
1,380
a.
5
13
15
p.
6
0
0
Name of Asylum.
Indian Mental
H
ospital, Kanke
(Ranchi).
1
1935 ... ... ...
1934
...
...
...
1933
...
...
...
Debits—concld.
Value of raw
materials in store
on 1st January.
10
Rs.
7,258
6,695
5,312
a.
10
10
2
p.
0
2
7
Value of plant and
machinery in store
on 1st January.
11
Rs.
21,467
23,231
25,602
a.
0
9
5
p.
6
0
0
Raw
materials
purchased.
12
Rs.
8,348
9,143
11,240
a.
3
11
2
p.
3
0
3
Contingencies
of
manufacture.
13
...
...
...
NOTE—(1) The average number of inmates employed during the year on manufactures may be
(2) The " value " of materials, stores. etc., must be entered at market rates.
35
IX.
Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke, during the year 1935 and the two
years.
Credits.
Value of manu-
factured goods
made over to
Asylum for
Asylum purposes.
4
Rs.
39,217
31,527
33,485
a.
2
5
11
p.
0
6
1
Value of raw
materials in
store at the
end of the
year.
5
Rs.
6,053
7,258
6,695
a.
11
10
10
p.
3
0
2
Value of
manufactured
goods in store
at the end of
the year.
6
Rs.
1,474
3,083
10,036
a.
5
15
0
p.
9
6
3
Value of plant
and machinery
in store at the
end of the
year.
7
Rs.
19,807
21,467
23,231
a.
10
0
9
p.
9
6
0
Total credits.
8
Rs.
68,110
68,035
74,829
a.
3
12
13
p.
3
6
6
Debits.
Value of
manufactured
goods in
store on 1st
January.
9
Rs.
3,083
10,036
9,363
a.
15
0
1
p.
6
3
6
All
other
charges.
14
Rs.
37
38
39
a.
5
10
3
p.
0
9
0
Total debits.
15
Rs.
40,195
49,145
51,556
a.
2
9
14
p.
9
2
4
Results.
Excess of
credits
or profits.
16
Rs.
27,921
18,890
23,272
a.
0
3
15
p.
6
4
2
Excess of
debits
or loss.
17
...
...
...
Remarks.
Average number employed.
Male.
Female.
Total.
18
338
335
230
60
60
42
398
396
272
stated the columns for remarks or in a footnote.
36
STATE
Abstract of Cash Account of the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital,
Years.
1
1935 ...
1934 ...
1933 ...
Establishment.
Total
cost.
2
Rs.
1,76,907
3,78,657
1,78,239
a.
9
15
15
p.
0
0
0
Cost per head of
average strength.
3
Rs.
137
138
138
a.
4
13
6
p.
9
4
11
Diet.
Total
cost.
4
Rs.
1,57, 313
1,49,814
1,59,438
a
1
0
5
p.
3
0
9
Cost per head of
average strength.
5
Rs.
122
116
123
a.
0
6
13
p.
2
8
3
Years.
1
1935 ...
1934 ...
1933 ...
Miscellaneous.
Total
cost.
12
...
...
...
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
13
...
...
...
Grand Total.
Total cost.
14
Rs.
4,23,649
4,22,449
4,35,685
a.
12
12
1
p.
9
7
2
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
15
Rs.
328
328
338
a.
12
4
6
p.
7
5
1
Charges on account of works done by
the Public Works Department.
Total cost.
16
Rs.
43,519
45,644
46,960
a.
11
2
6
p.
9
0
6
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
17
Rs.
33
35
36
a.
12
7
7
p.
5
6
7
37
MENT A.
Kanke for the year 1935 and the two previous years.
Bedding and clothing.
Total
cost.
6
Rs.
21,586
23,766
26,664
a.
8
0
1
p.
0
3
1
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
7
Rs.
16
18
20
a.
12
7
11
p.
1
6
4
Medicines.
Total
cost.
8
Rs.
3,031
5,127
5,746
a.
2
6
6
p.
0
6
3
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
9
Rs.
2
3
4
a.
5
15
7
p.
7
9
5
Contingencies.
Total
cost.
10
Rs.
64,911
65,084
65,596
a.
8
6
5
p.
6
10
1
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
11
Rs.
50
50
50
a.
6
9
15
p.
0
2
2
Rates and Taxes.
Total
cost.
18
Rs.
1,085
2,020
240
a.
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
19
Rs.
0
1
0
a.
13
9
3
p.
6
1
0
Cost of printing and
stationery.
Total
cost.
20
Rs.
937
781
687
a.
15
10
10
p.
6
3
0
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
21
Rs.
0
0
0
a.
11
9
3
p.
7
9
6
Total expenditure, including all
heads of expenditure.
Total cost.
22
Rs.
4,69,192
4,70,895
4,83,573
a.
8
8
1
p.
0
10
8
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
23
Rs.
364
365
375
a.
2
14
9
p.
1
9
2
38
STATEMENT B.
Statement showing the number of paying patients treated in the (Ranchi) Indian Mental Hospital at Kanke during the
year 1935, and the two previous years.
Year.
1935 ...
1934 ...
1933 ...
Remaining on 1st
January.
Male.
51
49
43
Female.
14
16
17
Total.
65
65
60
Admitted.
Male.
20
14
12
Female.
19
5
8
Total.
39
19
20
Readmitted.
Male.
1
0
7
Females.
...
1
4
Total.
1
1
11
Total treated.
Male.
72
6
62
Female.
24
22
19
Total.
96
85
91
Discharged and
transferred.
Male.
14
10
13
Female.
4
8
12
Total.
18
18
25
Died.
Male.
3
2
...
Female.
1
0
1
Total.
4
2
1
Remaining on the
31st December.
Male.
65
51
49
Female.
19
14
16
Total.
74
65
65
Daily average
strength.
Male.
50.72
46.13
46.62
Female.
16.65
14.91
16.18
Total.
67.37
63.04
62.80
Remarks.
J. N. J. PACHECO, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., I.M.D.
Superintendent,
Indian Mental Hospital,
Kanke (Ranchi).
BGP(IGCH) 2—336—24-8-1936—HC and others
No. 8829-L. S.-G.
GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR.
MINISTRY OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT.
RESOLUTION.
Dated the 25th July 1936.
READ—
The triennial report on the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital for the
years 1933—35.
As in previous years the Indian Mental Hospital at Ranchi
continued to serve the provinces of Bengal and Bihar and Orissa.
The hospital provides accommodation for 1,014 male and 272
female patients. The 50 additional emergency beds for male
patients which were sanctioned by Government in 1929 were in
constant demand throughout the triennium under review. In
order to relieve the congestion of criminal insanes in several
prisons in the provinces, it has been found necessary to further
increase the accommodation by 44 additional beds and the matter
is under the consideration of Government.
2. The total population of the hospital during the years 1933,
1934 and 1935 was 1,424, 1,409 and 1,428 respectively. The
daily average strength of patients was 1287.56, 1286.87 and
1288.52 and the ratio per cent of cases cured to the daily average
strength was 6.06, 5.75 and 5.04 respectively during the years
1933, 1934 and 1935. The percentage of deaths to the daily
average strength during the year 1935 shows an increase of over
1 per cent against the percentages of the preceding five years,
apparently due to the occurrence of a large number of cases of
diarrhœa and dysentery in that year. The general physical health
of patients has, however, been good throughout the triennium.
3. The daily average strength of criminal patients for the
years 1933, 1934 and 1935 was 469.54, 469.81 and 481.34
respectively. This class of patients is treated without any differ-
ence from others and enjoy the same liberty and other amenities
available to the non-criminal psychotics. Every attempt is made
2
to teach them some handicraft and some of them are reported to
be amongst the best behaved and most industrious patients in
the hospital.
The average number of paying patients during the
triennium under review was 91 as against 83 of the last
triennium. Improved accommodation was provided for the 1st
class paying patients. The provision of special accommodation
for paying patients is still under consideration.
4. There was only one case of suicide during 1934. One
male criminal patient, a Kabuli, absconded from the Refractory
ward on the night of the 24th November 1935 and is still at
large. All attempts to recapture him failed. Those of the staff
who were guilty of negligence in the matter, have been
punished.
5. Treatment of Hydro-therapy was largely resorted to and
as many as 829 cases were treated as against 407 cases in the
previous triennium. The care of the teeth of patients has
received greater attention since the appointment of a visiting
dentist to the hospital from the beginning of 1935. The dentist
visits the hospital thrice weekly and during 1935 as many as
1,095 patients, both paying and non-paying, were treated. The
occupational therapy department was enlarged during 1935 by
the conversion of a large store room into a work shed. A high
standard of efficiency was maintained in all sections and many
indolent and truant patients were revived to activity. It is
satisfactory to note that at the local industrial exhibitions held
in 1934 and 1935, exhibits from the occupation department of
this hospital and from the garden secured prizes and a silver
medal. Gardening and poultry form parts of occupational
therapy. The primary object of this work is the uplifting of
the physical and mental condition of the patients though the
garden serves a materially useful purpose also.
6. The games department showed much progress under the
supervision of a game master. The attendance of patients at
daily out-door games increased and more new games had to be
provided. The two amusement halls were also fully attended by
patients each evening for music, indoor games, cinemas and
theatricals.
7. The total receipts from all sources amounted in round
figures to TRS. 24 in 1933, TRS. 23½ in 1934 and TRS. 26 in
1935 as against TRS. 22 in 1930, TRS. 24 in 1931 and TRS. 25 in
1932. The increase in 1935 was due to better realization from
paying patients, larger sales of vegetables and manufactured
3
articles and car hire. The total expenditure exclusive of the
amount received from paying patients and miscellaneous receipts
amounted to TRS. 484 in 1933, TRS. 4,71 in 1934 and TRS. 4,69
in 1935 as against TRS. 5,70 in 1930, TRS. 5,17 in 1931 and
TRS. 4,80 in 1932 and the average annual cost per patient was
Rs. 376 in 1933, Rs. 366 in 1934 and Rs. 364 in 1935 against
Rs. 453 in 1930, Rs. 410 in 1931 and Rs. 377 in 1932. The total
expenditure in 1935 fell by rupees one lakh as compared with
the year 1930 and the average annual cost per patient by about
Rs. 100.
8. In 1935, the Government of Bengal deputed one
Assistant Surgeon and two sub-assistant surgeons at this
hospital to undergo training in psychiatry for a period of
two years.
9. Government are pleased to record their sense of appre-
ciation of the valuable assistance rendered by the members of
the Managing Committee. Their thanks are also due to the
distinguished official and non-official visitors for the encourage-
ment which they have given to the patients by their visits and
contribution to the donation fund and to the publishers of the
newspapers and magazines which were supplied gratis to the
patients of the hospital throughout the triennium under review.
Government are also pleased to place on record their appreciation
of the good work done by Major Dhunjibhoy and during his
absence by Dr. Pacheco in efficiently carrying on the adminis-
tration of the hospital.
By order of the Government of Bihar
(Ministry of Local Self-Government),
V. K. R. MENON,
Offg. Secretary to Government.
ANNUAL REPORT
on the
Working of the Ranchi Indian
Mental Hospital, Kanke, in
Bihar, for the year
1936
BY
LT.-COL. J. E. DHUNJIBHOY, M.B., B.S., I.M.S.,
Superintendent, Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke (Ranchi).
SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING,
BIHAR, PATNA.
1938
[Price—Re. 1-4-0.]
ANNUAL REPORT
on the
Working of the Ranchi Indian
Mental Hospital, Kanke, in
Bihar, for the year
1936
BY
LT.-COL. J. E. DHUNJIBHOY, M.B., B.S., I.M.S.,
Superintendent, Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke (Ranchi).
SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING,
BIHAR, PATNA.
1938