NationalLibraryOfScotland/medical-history-of-british-india huggingface dataset:
36
STATE
Showing the types of insanity of the patients in the Ranchi Indian
Class.
Remaining on 31st December of tho preceding year ...
Admitted during the year
...
... ...
Total treated ...
Discharged
...
Recovered
...
...
...
Improved ... ... ...
Not improved ... ... ...
Otherwise
...
... ...
Escaped
...
...
... ...
Died
...
...
...
...
...
Remaining on 31st December 1931 ... ...
8 9 10 11 12 13
III— Insanity of infective, toxic and
Acute delirium.
M
5
...
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
F
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
T
6
...
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
Insanity associated with acute
infective diseases.
M
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Confusional insanity.
M
7
20
27
5
2
...
...
...
1
19
F
8
5
13
...
...
...
...
...
1
12
T
15
25
40
5
2
...
...
...
2
31
Syphilitic
insanity.
General paralysis of the insane.
M
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dementia from local cerebral
syphilis.
M
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
T
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Insanity due to alcohol.
M
20
3
23
2
...
...
...
...
...
21
F
6
...
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
T
26
3
29
2
...
...
...
...
...
27
Insanity due to Cannabis Indica or
its preparations or derivatives.
M
102
5
107
1
...
...
...
...
...
106
F
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T
102
5
107
1
...
...
...
...
...
106
NOTE.—Observation cases are
37
MENT VI—concld.
Mental Hospital during the year 1931.
14
15
16
other general conditions.
Insanity from other causes.
M
28
4
32
3
1
...
...
...
...
28
F
1
2
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
T
29
6
35
3
1
...
...
...
...
31
Dementia Prœcox.
M
184
12
196
...
8
5
...
...
6
177
F
53
3
56
...
3
...
...
...
2
51
T
237
15
252
...
11
5
...
...
8
228
Dementia (primary or secondary).
Secondary or Terminal De-
mentia.
M
93
...
93
...
...
2
...
...
3
88
F
23
...
23
...
...
...
...
...
1
22
T
116
...
116
...
...
2
...
...
4
110
From organic cerebral diseases
other than syphilitic.
M
2
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
F
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T
2
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
From arterial disease ; Senile.
M
4
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
F
6
...
6
...
...
...
...
...
1
5
T
10
...
10
...
...
...
...
...
1
9
From epilepsy.
M
8
...
8
...
...
...
...
...
1
7
F
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
T
9
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
1
8
From injury.
M
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
17
Declared to have recovered or not
yet diagnosed.
M
96
9
105
9
...
...
...
...
...
96
F
10
1
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
11
T
106
10
116
9
...
...
...
...
...
107
18
TOTAL.
M
1,034
97
1,131
43
13
7
1
...
23
1,045
F
222
35
257
14
7
2
...
...
7
237
T
1,256
132
1,388
57
20
9
1
...
30
1,272
included from this statement.
38
STATEMENT VII.
Showing Ætiological factors and associated conditions in the patients
admitted in the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital during the year 1931.
Ætiological factors and assciated
conditions.
1
A. HEREDITY—
1. Insane
...
...
2. Epileptic ... ...
3. Neurotic
...
...
4. Marked eccentricity ...
5. Alcoholism
...
...
Total ...
B. MENTAL INSTABILITY, AS REVEALED
BY—
1. Moral deficiency
...
...
2. Congenital mental defect
...
3. Eccentricity
...
...
4. Previous attack
...
...
Total ...
C. DEPRIVATION OF SPECIAL SENSES —
1. Smell or taste ... ...
2. Hearing
...
...
3. Sight
...
...
...
Total ...
D. CRITICAL PERIODS—
1. Puberty and adolescance
...
2, Climaceric
... ...
3. Senility ... ...
Total ...
Carried over
...
Predisposing
Cause.
Male.
2
23
...
...
...
2
25
...
2
1
5
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
34
Female.
3
4
...
...
...
...
4
...
2
1
5
8
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
13
Total.
4
27
...
...
...
2
29
...
4
2
10
16
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
2
47
Exciting Cause.
Male.
5
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
2
Female.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
1
...
4
4
Total.
7
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
1
...
5
6
Total.
Male.
8
23
...
...
...
3
26
...
2
1
5
8
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
2
36
Female.
9
4
...
...
...
...
4
...
2
1
5
8
...
...
...
...
4
1
...
5
17
Total.
10
27
...
...
...
3
30
...
4
2
10
16
...
...
...
...
5
1
1
7
53
Percentage
of patients
to total
admissions.
10(a)
39
STATEMENT VII—contd.
Showing Ætiological factors and associated conditions in the patients
admitted in the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital during the year 1931
—contd.
Ætiological factors and associated
conditions.
1
Brought forward ...
E. CHILD-BEARING—
1. Pregnancy
...
...
2. Puerperal ... ...
3. Lactation ... ...
Total ...
F. MENTAL STRESS—
1. Sudden
...
...
2. Prolonged
... ...
Total ...
G. PHYSICLOGICAL
OBJECTS AND
ERRORS.
1. Malnutrition (in early life) ...
2. Privation and starvation ...
3. Over-exertion (physical) ...
4. Sexaul excess
... ...
Total ...
H. Toxic—
1. Alcohol...
...
...
2. Opium and morphia
...
3. Cocaine
... ...
4. Ganja, charas or bhang ...
5. Fever ... ... ...
Carried over (to al up to G.) ...
Predisposing
Cause.
Male.
2
34
...
...
...
...
1
1
3
...
4
...
...
4
6
...
...
6
...
41
Female.
3
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
13
Total.
4
47
...
...
...
...
1
2
3
...
4
...
...
4
6
...
...
6
...
54
Exciting Cause.
Male.
5
2
...
...
...
...
16
6
22
...
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
8
4
25
Female.
6
4
...
1
...
1
3
...
3
...
1
1
...
2
2
...
...
...
2
10
Total.
7
6
...
1
...
1
19
6
25
...
2
1
...
3
3
...
...
8
6
35
Total.
Male.
8
36
...
...
...
...
17
8
25
...
5
...
...
5
6
...
...
14
4
66
Female.
9
17
...
1
...
1
3
...
3
...
1
1
...
2
2
...
...
...
2
23
Total.
10
53
...
1
...
1
20
8
28
...
6
1
...
7
8
...
...
14
6
59
Percentage
of patients
to total
admission.
10(a)
40
STATEMENT VII—contd.
Showing Ætiological factors and associated conditions in the patients
admitted in the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital during the year
1931—contd.
Ætiological factors and associated
conditions.
1
Brought forward (total up to G) ...
H. Toxic—concld.
6. Tuberculosis
... ...
7. Syphilis acquired
...
...
„
congenital ...
...
8. Plague
...
...
...
9. Other toxins ... ...
Total
...
I. TRAUMATIC—
1. Injuries ...
...
...
2. Operations
...
...
3. Sunstroke ... ... ...
Total ...
J. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM—
1. Lesions of brain
...
...
2.
„
of spinal cord and nerves
3. Epilepsy ... ... ...
4. Other defined neuroses
...
Total
...
Carried over
...
Predisposing
Cause.
Male.
2
41
...
2
...
...
1
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
3
58
Female.
3
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
13
Total.
4
54
...
2
...
...
1
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
3
71
Exciting Cause.
Male.
5
25
...
...
...
...
2
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
40
Female.
6
10
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
14
Total.
7
35
...
...
...
...
2
19
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
54
Total.
Male.
8
66
...
2
...
...
3
29
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
3
98
Female.
9
23
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
27
Total.
10
89
...
2
...
...
3
33
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
3
125
Percentage
of patients
to total
admissions.
10(a)
41
STATEMENT VII—concld.
Showing Ætiological factors and associated conditions in the patients
admitted in the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital during the year
1931—concld.
Ætiological factors and associated
conditions.
1
Brought forward ...
K. OTHER BODILY AFFLICTIONS —
1. Hæmopoletic system... ...
2. Cardio-vascular degenaration ...
3. Valvular heart disease ...
4. Castro-intestinal system ...
5. Renal and vesical system ...
6. Generntive system (excluding
syphilis).
7. Other general affection (e.g.,
diabetes).
Total ...
L. NO CAUSE ASSIGNABLE ... ...
M. NO CAUSE ASCERTAINED—History...
Grand Total ...
Predisposing
Cause.
Male.
2
53
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
53
111
Female.
3
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
21
34
Total.
4
71
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
74
145
Exciting Cause.
Male.
5
40
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
60
100
Female.
6
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
22
36
Total.
7
54
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
82
136
Total.
Male.
8
98
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
113
211
Female.
9
27
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
43
70
Total.
10
125
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
156
281
Percentage
of patients
to total
admissions.
10(a)
NOTE —
M.
In 32
„
8
„ 53
„ 4
97
F.
12
2
21
0
35
T.
44
10
74
4
132
cases there were both predisposing and exciting causes.
cases there were more than one predisposing and exciting causes.
cases of whom no cause could be ascertained.
cases were sane (no signs of insanity being detected).
patients admitted during 1931.
42
STATEMENT
Showing the Cash Account of the Indian Mental Hospital,
1
Name of Asylum.
Indian Mental
Hospital, Kanke
(Ranchi).
1931 ... ... ...
1930 ... ... ...
1929
...
...
...
2
3
4
5
Receipts.
Received from
Treasury.
Rs.
4,41,674
4,66,832
4,95,970
a.
10
2
12
p.
6
2
9
Received from
paying patients.
Rs.
21,704
18,274
16,029
a.
6
0
7
p.
0
0
6
Value of stores
received from
the Manufac-
turing Depart-
ment less cost
of raw
materials.
Rs.
22,531
19,629
24,344
a.
9
0
14
p.
1
9
1
Book receipts,
i.e., the total
of expenditure
entered in
columns 19, 20
and 21.
Rs.
52,692
83,714
2,40,662
a.
2
1
12
p.
2
8
3
1
Name of Asylum.
Indian Mental
Hospital, Kanke
(Ranchi).
1931 ... ... ...
1930 ... ... ...
1929 ... ... ...
13 14 15 16 1 7 18
Charges—contd.
Contingencies.
Contin-
gencies
proper.
Rs.
78,906
78,969
88,451
a.
1
12
4
p.
1
2
3
Repairs
and
main-
tenance.
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
Rates and
taxes.
Rs.
2,420
252
2,280
a.
0
0
4
p.
0
0
0
Remitted
to Treasury
on account
of paying
patients,
etc.
Rs.
21,704
18,274
16,029
a.
6
0
7
p.
0
0
6
Miscel-
laneous
items.
Rs.
2,174
3,394
4,036
a.
12
6
10
p.
6
6
6
Total of
columns
8-17.
Rs.
4,88,085
5,08,129
5,40,381
a.
6
9
12
p.
1
5
10
43
VIII.
Kanke (Ranchi), for the year 1931, and the two previous years.
6
7
Miscellaneous
receipts.
Rs.
2,174
3,394
4,036
a.
12
6
10
p.
6
6
6
Total.
Rs.
5,40,777
5,91,843
7,81,044
a.
8
11
9
p.
3
1
1
8
9
10
11
12
Charges.
Establishment.
Establishment
proper.
Rs.
1,47,600
1,47,103
1,45,326
a.
15
2
3
p.
0
0
0
Superinten-
dence.
Rs.
27,930
21,139
21,911
a.
12
7
3
p.
0
0
0
Diet.
Rs.
1,77,173
1,99,275
2,17,802
a.
4
8
4
p.
6
3
9
Clothing and
bedding.
Rs.
28,660
30,099
43,850
a.
4
6
3
p.
6
3
10
Bazar
medicines.
Rs.
2,114
622
694
a.
14
15
4
p.
6
3
0
19
20
21
22
23
Book charges.
Charges on
account of work
done by the
Public Works
Department.
Rs.
47,413
79,047
2,34,916
a.
12
0
15
p.
0
11
4
Cost of printed
forms and
stationery.
Rs.
807
1,010
594
a.
4
5
2
p.
2
0
11
Cost of English
stores, medi-
cines, etc.
Rs.
4,381
3,656
5,151
a.
2
11
10
p.
0
0
0
Total of
columns 18—21.
Rs.
5,40,777
5,91,843
7,81,044
a.
8
11
9
p.
3
1
1
Remarks.
44
STATEMENT IX.
Showing the sanctioned establishment of the Indian Mental Hospital as it
stood on the 31st December 1931.
Establishment.
1
Superintendent ... ... ...
First Assistant Superintendent ... ...
Second Assistant Superintendent ... ...
Steward ... ... ... ...
Matron ... ... ... ...
Male Sub-Assistant Surgeons 2 at Rs. 155, 1 at
Rs. 125 and 1 at Rs. 115.
Female Sub-Assistant Surgeon ... ...
Male Compounders at Rs. 45 ... ...
Female Compounder ... ... ...
Nurses at Rs. 151, Rs. 146 and 2 at Rs. 136...
Head Clerk ... ... ...
Accountant ... ... ...
Cashier ...
...
...
...
Second Clerk ... ... ...
General Clerk ... ... ...
Reference Clerk and Record-keeper ...
Typist at Rs. 46 and Rs. 36 ... ...
Head Store-keeper ... ... ...
Assistant Store-keepers at Rs. 60 and Rs. 50 ...
Weaving Instructor ... ... ...
Assistant Weaving Instructor ... ...
Basket-maker ... ... ...
Blacksmith ... ... ...
Fireman for Thresh Disinfector ... ...
Motor drivers at Rs. 80 and 60 ... ...
Motor cleaners at Rs. 21 ... ...
Daftary ... ... ... ...
Darwans 3 at Rs. 16 and 7 at Rs. 15 ...
Office peon 1 at Rs. 16 and 2 at Rs. 15 ...
Office orderlies 1 at Rs. 16 and 1 at Rs. 15 ...
Garden Overseer ... ... ...
Garden Jamadar ... ... ...
Head Jamadar ... ... ...
Jamadar at Rs. 30 ... ... ...
1st grade male attendants at Rs. 24 ...
Number.
2
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
3
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
10
3
2
1
1
1
17
43
Monthly
wages.
3
Rs.
1,650
500
300
325
266
550
170
135
54
569
130
170
64
68
46
49
82
70
110
55
32
34
30
26
140
42
20
153
46
31
110
30
45
510
1,032
45
STATEMENT IX—concld.
Establishment.
1
2nd grade male attendants at Rs. 21 ...
3rd grade male attendants at Rs. 18 ...
Head Jamadarin ... ... ...
Jamadarins at Rs. 30 ... ... ...
1st grade female attendants at Rs. 24 ...
2nd grade female attendants at Rs. 21 ...
3rd grade female attendants at Rs. 18 ...
CONTINGENT MENIALS.
2 cooks at Rs. 30 and 8 at Rs. 20 ...
Barbers at Rs. 18 ... ... ...
Carpenters at Rs. 30 ... ... ...
Mali 1 at Rs. 25 and 2 at Rs. 18 ... ...
Store coolies 2 at Rs. 15 and 2 at Rs. 14 ...
Tailors at Rs. 30 and Rs. 25 ... ...
Sweeper Jamadars at Rs. 16 ... ...
Sweepers at Rs. 14 ... ... ...
Cart drivers at Rs. 14 ... ...
Trench diggers at Rs. 14 ... ...
Sweeper Jamadarins at Rs. 16 ... ...
Sweepresses at Rs. 14 ... ...
GARDEN SCHEME.
Mali ... ... ... ...
Garden coolies at Rs. 15 ... ...
Total ... ...
Daily average number of males ... ...
„
„
females ... ...
Grand Total ... ...
Number.
2
Rs.
100
171
1
5
12
22
49
10
8
2
3
4
2
6
95
5
4
2
23
1
10
652
1033.34
226.07
1259.41
Monthly
wages.
3
2,100
3,078
45
150
288
462
882
220
144
60
61
58
55
96
1,330
70
56
32
322
32
150
17,335
...
...
...
Proportion of
Jamadars to males ...
Jamadarins to females ...
Male keepers to males ...
Female keepers to females ...
1: 57.41
1: 37.68
1: 3.29
1: 2.72
46
STATEMENT
Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of manufactures in the
previous
Name of Asylum.
1
Indian Mental
Hospital, Kanks
(Ranchi).
1931 ... ...
1930 ... ...
1929 ... ...
Mean population.
Males.
Females.
Total.
2
1033.34
1040.05
1048.31
226.07
218.08
208.81
1259.41
1258.13
1257.12
Cash paid into
Treasury for
articles sold.
3
Rs.
1,424
2,181
3,037
a.
8
1
15
p.
0
3
6
Name of Asylum.
1
Indian Mental
Hospital. Kanke
(Ranchi).
1931 ... ...
1930 ... ...
1929 ... ...
Debits—contd.
Value of raw
materials in store
on 1st January.
10
Rs.
3,284
5,352
4,643
a.
13
13
3
p.
4
9
2
Value of plant and
machinery in store
on 1st January.
11
Rs.
30,483
30,716
31,328
a.
14
0
11
p.
10
5
7
Raw
materials
purchased.
12
Rs.
12,926
8,767
11,395
a.
11
8
9
p.
0
0
0
Contingencies
of
manufacture.
13
...
...
...
47
X.
Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke, during the year 1931 and the two
years.
Credits.
Value of manu-
factured goods
made over to
Asylum for
Asylum purposes.
4
Rs.
32,146
30,464
35,029
a.
5
9
12
p.
0
2
6
Value of raw
materials in
store at the
end of the
year.
5
Rs.
6,644
3,284
5,352
a.
2
13
13
p.
2
4
9
Value of
manufactured
goods in store
at the end of
the year.
6
Rs.
11,601
9,349
4,296
a.
9
11
12
p.
9
3
0
Value of plant
and machinery
in store at the
end of the
year.
7
Rs.
27,653
30,483
30,716
a.
12
14
0
p.
0
10
5
Total credits.
8
Rs.
79,470
76,764
78,433
a.
5
1
6
p.
9
10
2
Debits.
Value of
manufactured
goods in
store on 1st
January.
9
Rs.
9,349
4,296
4,290
a.
11
12
2
p.
3
0
0
All
other
charges.
14
Rs.
47
54
73
a.
5
15
0
p.
9
9
3
Total debits.
15
Rs.
66,002
49,188
51,729
a.
8
1
10
p.
2
11
0
Results.
Excess of
credits
or profits.
16
Rs.
23,377
26,576
26,703
a.
13
15
12
p.
7
11
2
Excess of
debits
or loss.
17
...
...
...
Remarks.
Average number employed.
Male.
Female.
Total.
18
225
246
254
40
38
36
206
284
290
48
STATE
Abstract of Cash Account of the Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke (Ranchi),
Year.
1
1931 ...
1930 ...
1929 ...
Establishment.
Total
cost.
2
Rs.
1,75,531
1,63,241
1,67,237
a.
11
9
6
p.
0
0
0
Cost per head of
average strength.
3
Rs.
139
133
133
a.
6
11
0
p.
0
7
6
Diet.
Total
cost.
4
Rs.
1,77,173
1,99,275
2,17,802
a
4
8
4
p.
6
3
9
Cost per head of
average strength.
5
Rs.
140
158
173
a.
10
6
4
p.
10
3
1
Years.
1
1931 ...
1930 ...
1929 ...
Miscellaneous.
Total
cost.
12
...
...
...
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
13
...
...
...
Grand Total.
Total cost.
14
RS.
4,66,167
4,89,865
5,23,187
a.
5
13
0
p.
7
11
10
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
15
Rs.
370
389
416
a.
2
5
2
p.
4
9
10
Charges on account of works done by
the Public Works Department.
Total cost.
16
Rs.
47,443
79,047
2,34,916
a.
12
0
15
p.
0
11
4
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
17
RS.
37
62
186
a.
10
13
13
p.
9
3
11
49
MENT A.
for the year 1931 and the two previous years.
Bedding and clothing.
Total
cost.
6
Rs.
28,060
39,099
43,850
a.
4
6
3
p.
6
3
10
Cost per
head of
averages
strength.
7
Rs.
22
31
34
a.
4
1
14
p.
6
3
1
Medicines.
Total
cost.
8
RS.
6,496
4,279
5,485
a.
0
10
14
p.
6
3
0
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
9
Rs.
5
3
4
a.
2
6
10
p.
6
5
5
Contingencies.
Total
Cost.
10
Rs.
78,906
78,969
88,451
a.
1
12
4
p.
1
2
3
Cost per
head of
average
strength
11
Rs.
62
62
70
a.
10
12
5
p.
6
3
9
Rates and Taxes.
Total
cost.
18
Rs.
2,420
252
2,280
a.
0
0
4
p.
0
0
0
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
19
Rs.
1
0
1
a.
14
3
13
p.
8
2
0
Cost of printing and stationery.
Total
cost.
20
RS.
867
1,010
594
a.
4
5
2
p.
2
9
11
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
21
Rs.
0
0
0
a.
11
12
7
p.
0
10
6
Total expenditure including all
heads of expenditure.
Total cost.
22
Rs.
5,16,898
5,70,175
7,60,978
a.
5
4
7
p.
9
7
1
Cost per
head of
average
strength.
23
Rs.
410
453
605
a.
6
3
p.
9
0
5
50
STATEMENT B.
Statement showing the number of paying patients treated in the Indian Mental Hospital at Kanke (Ranchi) during the
year 1931, and the two previous years.
Year.
1931...
1930
...
1929
Remaining on 1st
January.
Male.
44
41
38
Female.
15
10
7
Total.
59
51
45
Admitted.
Male.
15
18
8
Female.
7
9
4
Total.
22
27
12
Readmitted.
Male.
2
1
2
Female.
3
...
1
Total.
5
1
3
Total treated.
Male.
61
60
48
Female.
25
19
12
Total.
86
79
60
Discharged and
transferred.
Male.
11
15
5
Female.
4
4
2
Total.
15
19
7
Died.
Male.
2
1
2
Female.
1
...
...
Total.
3
1
2
Remaining on the
31st December.
Male.
48
44
41
Female.
20
15
10
Total.
68
59
51
Daily average
strength.
Male.
46.00
40.54
39.88
Female.
16.11
13.30
7.57
Total.
62.11
53.84
47.45
Remarks.
J. E. DHUNJIBHOY, MAJOR, I.M.S.,
Superintendent,
Indian Mental Hospital,
Kanke (Ranchi).
The 17th August 1932.
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INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF CIVIL HOSPITALS,
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DEPARTMENT.
Dated Patna, the 15th November 1933.
SUBJECT.—Triennial report on the working of the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital at Kanke
for the years 1930-32.
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 at Kanke for the triennium
ending 1932 with the usual statistical returns in the prescribed
forms.
2. Whereas many improvements and expansion projects
have been shelved owing to financial reasons, it must be recorded
that the restriction in admissions imposed upon the magisterial
officers in the two provinces has had a salutary effect in
mitigating the problem of overcrowding in the institution.
3. This important question of admission into one institution
with an accommodation for 1,336 patients from two provinces
the total population of which amounts to 93,000,000 must appear
to more advanced nations as a form of discrimination which has
reached a fine art, or that the administration is neglecting an
important and obvious social duty.
4. There is an obligation on the administration to admit
criminal insanes into a mental hospital, and whereas the
accommodation for criminal insanes in this mental hospital is
limited, it imposes the retention of the overflow in the local jails.
ii
5. The average number of criminal insanes in this institution
for the years 1930, 1931 and 1932 were respectively 484, 467 and
468, and during these three years the average number of criminals
certified as insane to be detained in the jails of the two
provinces was—
Bengal ... ... ...
Bihar and Orissa...
1930.
53
10
1931.
53
20
1932.
65
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Even if some of these were admitted into the mental hospital
subsequently or some disposed of otherwise, one must conclude
that the administration has accomplished a difficult task with
a minimum of expenditure and a commendable modicum of
efficiency.
6. To what extent this degree of efficiency is maintained
can only be assessed on the number of recurrences amongst
criminals with a mental defect. The pitfalls in trying to collate
these figures will be evident if one endeavours to include all
habitual ' B ' class prisoners as suffering from a mental kink,
viz., anti-social tendencies. But even if all such cases were
brought within the purview of this classification, the aggregate
compared to the total population is not such an one as to call
for any drastic change in the administrative methods or to bring
down upon us the condemnation of that critical body of
Cosmopolitan Evangelists known as the League of Nations.
7. One must admit that in India the law is concerned with
the offence, and hardly at all with the individual, and in this
respect the policy in other countries is very much the same.
There are schools, Borstal institutions and prisons in which the
most appropriate methods of treating delinquency are followed
but no one can benefit unless he wishes to be cured. The
psychologist's problem therefore is to suggest some treatment
whereby an effective wish to be cured of anti-social tendencies
might be instilled—a very difficult problem.
8. On the other hand the admissions into this institution
of non-criminal insanes for the two provinces has been limited
to 69, 80, 85 for the years 1930, 1931 and 1932 respectively.
9. When one realises that the combined population of the
provinces of Bihar and Orissa and Bengal is about 93,000,000
and that such a small percentage of this enormous population are
taken from their surroundings and placed in one solitary mental
hospital for treatment, it is a matter for consideration whether