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36
STATEMENT IV—concld.
1
District.
Pabna
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
Punjab ... ... ...
Rajshahi
...
...
...
Ranchi
...
...
...
Rangpore
...
...
...
Sambalpur ... ... ...
Santal Parganas
... ...
Saran
... ... ...
Singhbhum ...
... ...
Sultanpore ...
...
Tippera
...
...
...
Unknown
...
... ...
24-Parganas ... ... ...
Total, 1937 ...
Total, 1936 ...
Total. 1935
...
2
Hindus.
Males.
1
5
...
1
5
1
1
1
1
...
1
1
2
2
79
67
78
Females.
...
1
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
2
1
...
17
29
21
Total.
1
6
...
1
6
1
2
2
1
...
1
3
3
2
96
96
99
3
Muhammadans.
Males.
...
3
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
4
28
31
29
Females.
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
7
10
7
Total.
...
5
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
...
4
35
41
36
4
Christians.
Europeans and
Eurasians.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Indians.
Males.
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
11
3
2
Females.
...
2
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
7
4
5
Total.
...
2
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
18
7
7
5
Other castes.
Males.
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
4
3
1
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
Total.
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
5
3
3
6
Total.
Males.
1
8
1
1
9
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
8
122
104
110
Females.
...
5
...
...
2
...
1
1
...
...
...
3
2
...
32
43
35
Total.
1
13
1
1
11
1
2
2
1
1
2
4
4
8
154
147
145
37
STATEMENT V.
Return showing the ages of patients admitted into the Indian Mental Hospital during the year 1937, and the two
previous years at Kanke (Ranchi).
1
Year.
1937
...
...
1936 ... ...
1935 ... ...
2
Under 20.
Males.
12
4
7
Females.
7
6
7
Total.
19
10
14
3
20 to 40.
Males.
99
76
79
Females.
20
28
18
Total.
119
104
97
4
40 to 60.
Males.
10
22
21
Females.
5
8
10
Total.
15
30
31
5
Upwards of 60.
Males.
1
2
3
Females.
...
1
...
Total.
1
3
3
6
Total.
Males.
122
104
110
Females.
32
43
35
Total.
154
147
145
38
STATE
Showing the form of mental disorder in the admissions, discharges,
Diseases.
1. Mental Deficiency ... ...
2. Maniac Depressive Insanity
...
3. Mania... ... ... ...
4. Melancholia ... ... ...
6. Schizophrenia, 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) Arteriopathic and Senile Psyohosis
(d) Encephalitis ... ...
(e) Other cerebral Lesions ... ...
11. Neurosis and Psycho-Neurosis ...
12. No appreciable disease ... ...
18. Not yet diagnosed—(discharged before
certification).
Total
... ...
Remaining on 31st
December of the
preceding
year.
M.
33
107
92
140
202
70
81
61
19
19
100
...
...
...
2
1
8
...
2
24
94
7
1,062
F.
16
39
46
21
61
17
12
6
10
5
...
...
...
...
...
1
6
...
...
1
12
3
256
T.
49
146
138
161
263
87
93
67
29
24
100
...
...
...
2
2
14
...
2
25
106
10
1,318
Admissions
during the year.
M.
8
21
22
4
18
...
2
8
6
4
4
...
...
...
...
5
1
...
...
2
10
8
122
F.
1
9
3
2
6
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
3
3
32
T.
9
30
25
6
23
...
2
9
6
4
4
...
...
...
...
5
1
...
...
7
13
11
154
Total.
M.
41
128
114
144
220
70
83
69
24
23
104
...
...
...
2
6
9
...
2
26
104
15
1,184
F.
17
48
49
23
66
17
12
7
10
5
...
...
...
...
...
1
6
...
...
6
15
6
288
T.
58
176
163
167
286
87
95
76
34
28
104
...
...
...
2
7
15
...
2
32
119
21
1,472
39
MENT VI
recoveries and deaths during the year 1937.
Discharges.
Recoveries.
M.
3
16
7
5
6
...
3
1
4
3
3
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
1
2
10
1
68
F.
1
6
2
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
16
T.
4
22
9
5
9
...
3
1
4
3
3
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
1
6
10
1
84
Otherwise.
M.
...
5
2
1
6
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
17
F.
2
1
2
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
T.
2
6
4
1
9
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
25
Deaths.
M.
...
4
3
5
6
4
1
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
1
31
F.
...
2
3
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
8
T.
...
6
6
5
7
4
1
3
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
2
39
Remaining on the 31st
December.
M.
38
103
102
133
202
66
78
65
18
20
101
...
...
...
1
1
8
...
1
24
94
13
1,068
F.
14
39
42
23
59
17
12
6
10
5
...
...
...
...
...
1
6
...
...
2
15
5
256
T.
62
142
144
156
261
83
90
71
28
25
101
...
...
...
1
2
14
...
1
26
109
18
1,324
Remarks.
40
STATEMENT VII
Showing the probable causes of insanity in the patients admitted during
the year ending 31st December 1937.
Ætiological factors and associated
conditions.
1
MENTAL STRESS—
Moral
...
...
...
Business worry ... ...
Domestic worry
Stress of military service ...
TOXINS—
Canabis Indica
...
...
Alcohol
Other Toxins...
Physical
...
...
...
Opium
...
...
...
Bodily illness
Pregnancy ...
Childbirth ...
Climacteric ...
...
...
Epilepsy ... ... ...
Head injuries
INFECTIONS—
Encephalitis Lethargies ...
Infiuenia
...
...
...
Syphilis
...
...
...
Other infections ... ...
Old age
...
...
...
Hereditary Predisposition
Preylous attacks
Unascertained
...
...
Predisposing
causes.
Male.
2
14
...
...
...
...
4
3
5
...
3
...
...
...
4
...
...
...
4
1
...
13
11
57
Female.
3
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
I
21
Total.
4
16
...
...
...
...
4
3
6
...
4
1
...
...
5
...
...
...
4
1
..
17
13
78
Exciting causes.
Male.
5
8
53
77
...
9
12
7
...
...
17
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
5
...
1
...
...
16
Female.
6
5
1
19
...
...
...
...
1
...
4
3
2
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Total.
7
13
54
96
...
9
12
7
1
...
21
3
2
...
2
...
...
...
5
...
1
...
...
20
Total.
Male.
8
22
53
77
...
9
16
10
5
...
20
...
...
...
5
...
...
...
9
1
1
13
11
72
Female.
9
7
1
19
...
...
...
...
2
...
6
4
2
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
2
26
Total.
10
29
54
96
...
9
16
10
7
...
26
4
2
...
7
...
...
...
9
1
1
17
13
98
Remarks.
10(a)
NOTE—
In
„
„
„
„
M.
8
16
10
22
51
16
122
F.
3
5
6
7
8
3
32
T.
11
20
16
29
59
19
154
patients were sane.
„ no causes could be ascertained.
„ there were only exciting causes.
„ there were only predisposing causes.
„ there were both predisposing and exciting causes.
„ there were more than one predisposing and exciting causes.
„ were admitted during the year 1937.
42
STATEMENT
Showing the Cash Account of the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital,
1
Name of Asylum.
Indian Mental
Hospital, Kanke
(Ranchi).
1937 ... ... ...
1936 ... ... ...
1935 ... ... ...
2
3
4
5
Receipts.
Received from
Treasury.
Rs.
4,11,425
4,01,454
3,92,346
a.
12
13
11
p.
6
8
9
Received from
paying patients.
Rs.
25,101
25,253
24,486
a.
11
14
1
p.
1
6
2
Value of stores
received from
the Manufac-
turing Depart-
ment less cost
of raw
materials.
Rs.
21,471
22,549
25,124
a.
6
12
13
p.
10
9
8
Book receipts,
i.e., the total
of expenditure
entered in
columns 19,20
and 21.
Rs.
50,781
48,659
47,182
a.
2
9
12
p.
0
0
3
1
Name of Asylum.
Indian Mental
Hospital, Kanke
(Ranchi).
1937 ... ... ...
1936
...
...
...
1936 ...
...
...
1 3 14 1 5 16 17
18
Charges—conold.
Contingencies.
Contin-
gencies
proper.
Rs.
61,744
59,968
63,911
a.
5
5
12
p.
10
0
6
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.
25,101
25,253
24,486
a.
11
14
1
p.
1
6
2
Miscel-
laneous
items.
Rs.
2,320
2,136
2,004
a.
14
14
6
p.
3
9
0
Total of
columns
8—17.
Rs.
4,60,319
4,51,395
4,43,961
a.
12
7
0
P.
8
3
2
43
Kanke, for the year 1937, and the two previous years.
6
7
Miscellaneous
receipts.
Rs.
3,320
2,136
2,004
a.
14
14
6
p.
3
0
0
Total.
Rs.
5,11,100
5,00,055
4,91,143
a.
14
0
12
p.
8
3
5
8
9
10
11
13
Charges.
Establishment.
Establishment
proper.
Rs.
1,54,304
1,53,769
1,62,780
a.
12
9
11
p.
0
0
0
Superinten-
dence.
Rs.
35,003
32,849
24,126
a.
11
9
14
p.
0
0
0
Diet.
Rs.
1,58,523
1,50,963
1,54,253
a.
0
12
2
p.
6
3
6
Clothing and
bedding.
Rs.
21,588
23,072
21,087
a.
15
9
0
p.
9
3
0
Bazar
medicines.
Rs.
647
2,295
226
a.
6
13
1
p.
3
6
0
19 20
21
22
23
Book charges.
Charges on
account of work
done by the
Public Works
Department.
Rs.
46,755
41,558
43,519
a.
8
12
11
p.
6
0
9
Cost of printed
forms and
stationery.
Rs.
813
450
937
a.
0
9
15
p.
6
0
6
Cost of English
stores, medi¬
cines, etc.
Rs.
4,212
3,650
1,725
a.
9
4
1
p.
0
0
0
Total of
columns 18—21.
Rs.
5,11,100
5,00,055
4,91,143
a.
14
0
12
p.
8
3
5
Remarks.
NOTE.—The figures for 1936 have been revised in accordance with the remarks of the Auditor.
44
STATEMENT
Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of manufactures in the
previous
Name of Asylum.
1
Indian Mental
Hospital, Kanke
(Ranchi).
1937 ... ...
1936 ... ...
1935 ... ...
Mean population.
Males.
1067.40
1055.51
1047.38
Females.
2
255.53
252.33
241.14
Total.
1322.93
1307.84
1288.52
Cash paid into
Treasury for
articles sold.
3
Be.
2,078
1,631
1,563
a.
10
11
5
P.
9
0
6
Name of Asylum.
1
Indian Mental
Hospital, Kanke
(Ranchi).
1937
...
...
1936
...
...
1935 ... ...
Debits—concld.
Value of raw
materials in store
on let January.
10
Rs.
5,189
6,053
7,258
a.
18
11
10
p.
9
3
0
Value of plant and
machinery in store
on 1st January.
11
Rs.
17,910
10,807
21,467
a.
1
10
0
p.
6
9
6
Raw
materials
purchased.
12
Rs.
7,259
8,181
8,348
a.
8
8
3
p.
9
9
3
Contingencies
of
manufacture.
19
...
...
...
NOTE.—(1) The figures for 1935 have been revised in accordance with the remarks of the Auditor.
(2) The average number of inmates employed during the year on manufactures may be
(3) The '' value '' of materials, stores, etc., must be entered at market rates.
46
IX
Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke, during the year 1937 and the two
years.
Credits.
Value of manu-
factured goods
made orer to
Asylum for
Asylum purposes.
4
Rs.
28,677
31,545
34,677
a.
0
3
15
p.
6
0
8
Value of raw
material a in
store at the
end of the
year.
5
Rs.
5,244
5,189
6,053
a.
2
13
11
p.
10
9
3
Value of
manufactured
goods in store
at the end of
the year.
6
Rs.
1,601
1,234
1,486
a.
11
10
5
p.
6
0
9
Value of plant
and machinery
in store at the
end of the
year.
7
Rs.
16,615
17,910
19,807
a.
6
1
10
p.
7
6
9
Total credits.
8
Rs.
54,217
57,561
63,589
a.
0
7
0
p.
2
3
6
Debits.
Value of
manufactured
goods in
store on let
January.
9
Rs.
1,234
1,486
3,083
a.
10
5
15
p.
0
9
6
All
other
charges.
14
Rs.
48
41
37
a.
15
12
5
p.
0
0
6
Total debits.
15
Rs.
31,643
35,521
40,195
a.
1
0
2
p.
0
6
9
Results.
Excess of
credits
or profits.
16
Rs.
22,573
22,040
23,393
a.
15
6
13
p.
2
9
9
Excess of
debits
or loss.
17
...
...
...
Remarks.
Average number employed.
Male.
Female.
Total.
18
370
340
338
64
62
60
434
402
398
stated in the columns for remarks or in a footnote.
46
STATE
Abstract of Cash Account of the Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke,
Years.
1
1937 ...
1936 ...
1935 ...
Establishment.
Total
cost.
2
Rs.
1,89,308
1,86,619
1,76,907
a.
7
2
9
p.
0
0
0
Cost per head of
average strength.
3
Rs.
143
142
137
a.
1
11
4
p.
7
1
9
Diet.
Total
cost.
4
Rs.
1,53,523
1,50,963
1,5,253
a
0
12
2
p.
6
3
6
Cost per head of
average strength.
5
Rs.
119
115
119
a.
13
6
11
p.
3
10
5
Years.
1
1937 ...
1936 ...
1935 ...
Miscellaneous.
Total
cost.
12
...
...
...
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
13
...
...
...
Grand Total.
Total cost.
14
Rs.
4,36,024
4,26,569
4,19,110
a.
12
14
10
p.
4
0
0
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
15
Rs.
329
326
325
a.
9
2
4
p.
5
7
3
Charges on account of works done by
the Public Works Department.
Total cost.
16
Rs.
45,755
44,558
43,519
a.
8
12
11
p.
6
0
9
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
17
Rs.
34
34
33
a.
9
1
12
p.
5
2
5
NOTE —The figures for 1935 have been revised in accordance with the remarks of the Auditor.
47
MENT A.
Ranchi for the year 1937 and the two previous years.
Bedding and clothing.
Total
cost.
6
Rs.
21,588
23,072
21,087
a.
15
9
0
p.
9
3
0
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
7
Rs.
16
17
16
a.
5
10
5
p.
1
3
10
Medicines.
Total
cost.
8
Rs.
4,859
5,946
2,951
a.
15
1
2
p.
3
6
0
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
9
Rs.
3
4
2
a.
10
8
4
p.
9
9
8
Contingencies.
Total
cost.
10
Rs.
61,744
59,968
63,911
a.
5
5
12
p.
10
0
6
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
11
Rs.
46
45
49
a.
10
13
9
p.
9
8
7
Rates and Taxes.
Total
coat.
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.
13
13
13
p.
1
3
6
Cost of printing and
stationery.
Total
cost.
20
Rs.
813
450
937
a.
0
9
16
p.
6
0
6
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
21
Rs.
0
0
0
a.
9
5
11
p.
10
6
7
Total expenditure, including all
heads of expenditure.
Total cost.
22
Rs.
4,83,678
4,72,664
4,64,653
a.
5
3
5
p.
4
0
3
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
23
Rs.
365
364
360
a.
9
6
9
p.
9
6
9
48
STATEMENT B.
Statement showing the number of paying patients treated in the (Ranchi) Indian Mental Hospital at Kanke during the
year 1937, and the two previous years.
Year.
1937 ...
1936
...
1935 ...
Remaining on 1st
January.
Male.
53
55
51
Female.
16
19
14
Total.
69
74
65
Admitted.
Male.
21
13
20
Female.
8
7
19
Total.
29
20
39
Re-admitted.
Male.
4
2
1
Female.
...
...
...
Total.
4
2
1
Total treated.
Male.
78
70
72
Female.
24
26
24
Total.
102
96
96
Discharged and
transferred.
Male.
21
17
14
Female.
6
10
4
Total.
27
27
18
Died.
Male.
1
...
3
Female.
...
...
1
Total.
1
...
4
Remaining on the
31st December.
Male.
56
53
55
Female.
18
16
19
Total.
74
69
74
Daily average
strength.
Male.
51.71
49.82
50.72
Female.
16.12
15.91
16.65
Total.
67.83
65.73
67.37
Remarks.
J. E. DHUNJIBHOY, LT.-COL., I.M.S.,
Superintendent,
Indian Mental Hospital,
Kanke (Ranchi).
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Dated Patna, the 22nd Augus t 1 9 3 9 / 1 1 t h December 1939.
SUBJECT.—Annual report on the working of the Ranchi Indian Mental
Hospital for the year 1938.
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 1938, 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,
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Your most obedient servant,
H. STOTT,
O.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., D.P.H., V.H.S., COL., I.M.S.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bihar.
THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL
REPORT
OF THE
Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital,
Kanke, in Bihar, for the year
1938.
1. Administration.—I held charge of the hospital throughout
the year under report except for a period from 12th February
1938 to 18th April 1938, when Dr. S. A. Mozaffar, M.B., First
Assistant Superintendent, officiated in my place.
2. Provinces served.—The hospital continues to receive
patients from the Provinces of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The
allocation of beds to the Provinces being the same as in the
previous year, viz., Bengal 75 per cent, Bihar 20 per cent and
Orissa 5 per cent.
3. Accommodation.—The sanctioned accommodation of the
hospital including the emergency beds was the same as in the
previous years, viz., males 1,108, females 272, total 1,380.
Ever since the inception of the hospital (1925) we were not
short of any bed in the Female Section but this Section is now
full and a scheme to increase the accommodation of this Section
by 48 beds without prejudice to the health of the inmates is
under the consideration of Government.
4. Patients—Statement no I.—The appended table shows
the number of patients resident in the hospital on the 1st
January 1938 and the two previous years :—
Year.
1938 .. ..
1937 .. ..
1936 .. ..
Male.
1,068
1,062
1,053
Female.
256
256
249
Total.
1,324
1,318
1,302
2
5. The total population of the hospital as per statement no. I
during 1938 and the two previous years was as follows :—
Year.
1938 .. ..
1937 .. ..
1936 .. ..
Male.
1,203
1,184
1,157
Female.
296
288
292
Total.
1,499
1,472
1,449
6. The maximum number of patients resident in the hospital
on any one night during the year 1938 and the two previous
years was as follows :—
Tear.
1938 ..
1937 ..
1936 ..
Male.
1,102
1,086
1,061
Female.
264
258
262
Total.
1,366
1,344
1,323
7. The daily average strength of the patients during 1938
compared with the two previous years was as under :—
Year.
1938 ..
1937 ..
1936 ..
Male.
1086.23
1067.40
1055.51
Female.
258.65
255.53
252.33
Total.
1344.88
1322.93
1307.84
8. Total admission.—The following table shows the
admissions during the year 1938 and the two previous years :—
Year.
1938 ..
1937 ..
1936 ..
Male.
135
122
104
Female.
40
32
43
Total.
175
154
147
9. The ratio per cent of cases recovered to the daily average
strength during the year 1938 and the two previous years is
shown below:—
Year.
1938 ..
1937 ..
1936 ..
Male.
5.98
6.37
5.03
Female.
6.57
6.16
8.72
Total.
6.10
6.35
5.73
10. The following is the ratio per cent of cases recovered to
total admissions for the year 1938 and the two previous years :—
Year.
1938 ..
1937 ..
1936 ..
Male.
28.15
27.87
21.15
Female.
27.50
31.26
25.68
Total.
28.00
28.57
23.42
3
11. Advantages of early mental treatment—It appears that
the public mind in India has not yet been sufficiently educated
as to the advantages of early treatment of mental diseases.
During the year under review 175 patients were admitted into
the hospital as so-called " New Admissions" for treatment,
majority of whom were old chronic cases for whom nothing could
be done but the palliative treatment with no hope of recovery.
This has been our misfortune since the inception of this modern
Mental Hospital which has immense facilities for the treatment
of early cases with encouraging results. Mental disease is as
much curable as any general disease in its early stage. Those
hospitals in the West which are fortunate enough to receive
early cases for treatment, achieve 70 per cent recovery in their
cases. The problem of encouraging early treatment cannot be
solved without securing the co-operation of the public and any
measure which will conduce to this end is worthy of careful
consideration. Apparently a strong odium is attached by the
Indian public to mental disease and unless this is removed no
progress in the treatment of early mental cases is possible in
India.
12. Death rate.—The percentage of deaths to daily average
strength during the year 1938 and the two previous years was as
follows :—
Year.
1938
..
..
1937
..
..
1936
..
..
Male.
2.95
2.90
2.56
Female.
3.48
3.13
2.38
Total.
3.05
2.95
2.52
13. The chief causes of death during the year under report
were as follows :—
1. General paralysis of Insanes.
2. Chronic Dysentery.
3. Liver Abscess.
4. Epilepsy.
5. Rupture of Liver.
6. Anæmia and polyhelminthiasis.
7. Kala-Azar.
8. Malignant Malaria.
9. Acute Diarrhoea.
10. Gastric Ulcer,
4
11. Diabetes.
12. Heart Failure due to Acute Mania.
13. Heart Failure.
14. Oedema of Lungs.
15. Cerebral Thrombosis.
16. Tuberculosis of Lungs.
14. Duration of Hospital life of those who died during the
year is shown in the following table :—
Period.
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 5 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 45 years .. ..
Over 45 years .. .. ..
M.
4
1
5
..
3
..
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
..
32
F.
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
4
..
..
..
2
..
1
9
T.
5
1
5
..
4
..
3
8
3
3
2
5
1
1
41
15. The ages of patients died are shown below :—
Age.
Under 20 years of age .. .. ..
Between 20 and 40 years .. .. ..
Between 40 and SO years .. .. ...
60 years and upwards .. .. ..
M.
1
9
16
6
32
F.
1
3
2
3
9
T.
2
12
18
9
41
16. Health of patients.—The general health of patients was
good throughout the year under report and there were no
outbreaks of any kind of epidemic diseases during the year.
5
17. Sickness.—The daily average number of sick treated for
physical ailments during the year 1938 and the two preceding
years is shown below :—
Tear.
1938 .. ..
1937 .. ..
1936 .. ..
Male.
59.48
60.63
62.57
Female.
13.80
13.50
11.00
Total.
73.28
74.13
73.57
The following were the main types of physical disorders
treated in the Infirmaries during the year under report :—
Dysentery, Syphilis, Leprosy, Malaria, Influenza, Pneumo-
nia, Enteric fever, Diseases of ear, eye, nose, Circulatory System
Respiratory System, Intestines, Animal parasites and Epilepsy.
Besides, 2,572 patients were treated at the outdoor depart-
ments of the hospital for minor ailments during the year under
report.
18. Statement no. II—Cases under observation.—The total
number of patients held under remand for brief periods of
observation was 4 (2 males and 2 females) of which 3 (1 male
and 2 females) were certified and admitted and one was
discharged as uncertifiable.
19. Statement no. III—Criminal
Patients.—The
daily
average strength of criminal patients for the year 1938 and
the two previous years is shown below :—
Year.
1938
..
..
1937
..
...
1936 .. ..
Male.
439.86
433.69
432.71
Female.
44.13
41.24
41.03
Total.
483.99
474.93
473.74
The following table shows the number of criminal patients
admitted during the year under review and a classification of the
crimes committed by them :—
Crimes.
Murder .. .. ..
Culpable homicide .. ..
Hurt and grievous hurt .. ..
Petty offences .. ..
Attempt to murder .. ..
Total ..
Male.
29
4
6
15
1
55
Female.
2
...
..
3
..
5
Total.
31
4
6
18
1
60