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No. VIII
Presidency for the year 1926, and provincial totals for two previous years
Miscel-
laneous
Receipts
6
Rs.
(a) 540
(b) 232
(d) 3,077
(g)
63
(j) 2,864
(n) 1,014
7,790
10,403
7,870
Total
7
Rs.
1,66,263
43,952
4,17,897
38,025
59,690
49,902
7,75,729
7,63,286
8,19,978
CHARGES
Establishment
Establish-
ment
proper
8
Rs.
31,297
13,855
65,193
10,395
16,393
12,623
1,49,756
1,50,646
1,46,335
Superin-
tendence
9
Rs.
7,560
1,800
27,891
1,800
1,800
1,800
42,651
43,948
46,503
Diet
10
Rs.
53,151
(c) 16,164
(e) 1,29,445
13,683
20,475
(o) 18,529
2,51,447
2,53,168
2,53,626
Clothing and
Bedding
11
Rs.
3,303
3,001
18,765
3,390
926
878
30,263
49,341
43,265
o 20—7
50
STATEMENT
Name of Mental
Hospital
1
Naupada,
Thana
(Narotamdas
Madhavdas).
Ratnagiri ..
Central
Mental
Hospital, Yeravda.
Dharwar ..
Ahmedabad ..
Hyderabad
(Sir
Cowasji Jehangir).
Total ...
1926 ..
1925 ..
1924 ..
CHARGES
Bazar
Medi-
cines
12
Rs.
586
8
1,160
7
...
87
1,848
1,853
1,874
Contingencies
Contingencies
proper
13
Rs.
53,476
2,668
(f) 36,881
(h) 2,832
2,278
2,778
1,00,913
58,680
50,707
Repairs
and
Mainte-
nance
14
Rs.
..
185
..
..
..
..
185
58
134
Rates
and
Taxes
15
Rs.
..
64
..
197
672
..
933
5,098
1,188
Remitted into
the Treasury
on account of
paying
Patients, etc.
16
Rs.
8,914
3,150
60,222
3,569
(l) 10,944
11,408
98,207
1,01,813
91,393
Miscellaneous
Items
17
Rs.
....
....
....
....
(m) 2,024
(p) 590
2,614
2,510
2,425
(a) On account of sale of tender forms (Rs. 32), sale of vegetables to the public (Rs. 172), sale of grass
vegetables used in the Hospital (Rs. 139).
(b) Proceeds of dead-stock articles (Rs. 55), sale of tender forms (Rs. 17), garden proceeds (Rs. 155),
(c) Includes Rs. 1,279-0-0, being the value at the contract rate of vegetables supplied to the lunatics from
(d) On account of sale of vegetables, etc., to the public (Rs. 2,780), proceeds of unserviceable articles
forms (Rs. 57), fines recovered from contractors (Rs. 30), and electrical charges (Rs. 4).
(e) Includes Rs. 6,509 on account of vegetables, etc., used in Hospital.
(f) Includes Rs. 3,752 on account of stores received from manufacturing departments.
(g) Sale proceeds of garden products (Rs. 41), sale proceeds of unserviceable articles (Rs. 10), and
(h) Includes discretionary allowance (Rs. 255), garden charges (Rs. 534), Railway fare and subsistence
(i) Original works (Rs.630) and current repairs (Rs. 1,486).
(j) Sale of garden produce (Rs. 1,225), grinding charges (Rs. 486), sale of unserviceable articles
(k) Vegetables used for inmates (R3. 1,355), tobacco (Rs. 6), and Jwari used for inmates (Rs. 42).
(l) On account of paying patients (Rs. 9,228), sale of garden produce (Rs. 1,225), sale of unserviceable
(m) Railway fare to lunatics (Rs. 53), discretionary grant (Rs. 468), Postal charges (Rs. 90), fodder
(n) Sale proceeds of vegetables (Rs. 388), of unclaimed property (Rs. 3), fine recovery (Rs. 14),
of unserviceable articles (Rs. 9).
(o) Includes Rs. 1,724, the value of garden produce supplied to insanes.
(p) Being the value of fodder supplied to animals from the Hospital garden.
Note.—Inclusive of the cases under observation.
51
No. VIII—contd.
contd.
Total of
Columns
8—17
18
Rs.
1,58,287
40,895
3,39,557
35,873
55,512
48,693
3,78,817
6,67,115
6,37,450
Book Charges
Charges on
account
of works
done by the
Public
Works De-
partment
19
Rs.
6,626
2,592
75,657
(i) 2,116
3,447
969
90,807
89,577
1,77,256
Cost of
printed
Forms
and Sta-
tionery
20
Rs.
85
62
138
34
45
26
390
420
270
Cost of
English
Stores,
Medicines,
etc.
21
Rs.
1,265
403
3,145
2
686
214
5,715
6,174
5,002
Total of
Columns
18—21
22
Rs.
1,66,263
43,952
4,17,897
38,025
59,690
49,902
7,75,729
7,63,286
8,19,978
Remarks
23
(Rs. 54), proceeds of dead-stock articles (Rs. 98), sale of dungry cloth and chairs (Rs. 45), and the cost of
and sale of empty tins of Kerosine oil (Rs. 5).
the Hospital garden.
(Rs. 193), sale proceeds of clothing (Rs. 2), sale proceeds of manufactured articles (Rs. 11), sale of tender
recoveries and fines (Rs. 12).
allowance (Rs. 509), and contract contingencies (Rs. 1,538).
(Rs. 5), and fodder supplied to bullocks (Rs. 1,148).
articles (Rs. 5), and grinding charges (Rs. 486).
to bullocks (Rs. 1,149), pay of menials—barber (Rs. 168), and travelling allowance (Rs. 96).
value at market rate of fodder supplied to animals of Hospital (Rs. 590), sale of lac (Rs. 10), and sale proceed.
52
STATEMENT
Showing the sanctioned establishment of the Mental Hospitals of
Establishment.
Superintendent ... ... ...
Assistant Surgeon (I. M. D.) ... ...
Subordinate Medical Service Officer ...
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.
6th Class ... ...
Head Female Attendants, 1st Class ...
Do.
2nd Class ...
Do.
3rd Class ...
Female Attendants, 1st Class ...
Do.
2nd Class ... ...
Do.
3rd Class ... ...
Female Attendant tor escort duty ...
Carpenter ... ... ...
Caneman ... ... ...
Peon ... ... ...
Tailors ... ... ...
Master Cook ... ... ...
Ordinary Cook ... ... ...
Head Washerman ... ... ...
Washerman ... ... ...
Barbers ... ... ...
Naupada (Thana)
Narotamdas
Madhavdas.
No.
1
...
1
1
1
1
1
...
2
...
1
1
1
6
12
24
...
...
1
1
3
7
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
3
1
1
...
1
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
650
......
95
135
90
75
150
......
100
......
30
25
22
117
192
336
......
......
18
16
42
84
......
......
......
......
......
10
......
34
29
15
......
10
Ratnagiri.
No.
1
...
2
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
3
5
12
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
4
1
...
...
...
...
1
2
1
1
1
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
150
......
295
......
80
......
......
......
......
......
30
......
......
69
105
228
......
......
......
......
......
22
20
72
16
......
......
......
......
18
32
16
14
14
Central Mental
Hospital,
Yeravda.
No.
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
4
1
4
1
1
1
4
4
16
20
17
1
...
...
5
7
10
10
1
...
...
2
2
3
1
3
3
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
1,300
587
289
330
185
45
225
655
275
780
59
42
40
128
108
400
440
357
32
a.
0
8
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
38
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
......
45
60
68
22
51
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
53
No. IX
the Bombay Presidency as it stood on 31st December 1926.
Dharwar.
No.
1
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
2
4
13
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
7
...
...
...
1
...
...
4
...
2
1
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
150
......
310
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
20
......
......
34
60
169
......
......
......
......
......
16
14
84
......
......
......
10
......
......
42
......
18
15
Ahmedabad.
No.
1
...
3
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
3
7
15
...
...
1
...
...
1
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
2
...
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
150
a.
0
p.
0
......
426 0 0
......
45 0 0
......
......
......
......
......
45
30
0
0
0
0
......
76
157
285
8
8
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
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
3
6
13
...
...
...
...
...
1
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
1
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
150
......
310
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
30
......
......
69
126
247
......
......
......
......
......
20
54
......
......
.
......
......
......
16
15
......
16
14
Total.
No.
6
1
12
2
5
2
2
4
3
4
6
3
2
21
38
93
20
17
3
1
3
16
17
21
11
1
...
2
2
8
12
3
9
7
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
2,550
587
1,725
465
400
120
375
655
375
780
214
97
62
493
748
1,665
440
357
74
16
42
287
332
366
216
38
a.
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
8
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
...
20
45
149
204
53
131
113
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
54
STATEMENT
Establishment.
Mali ... ... ...
Sweepers, male ... ... ...
Do.
female ... ... ...
Store Boy ... ... ...
Bhisties ... ... ...
Engine Driver ... ... ...
Instructor of canework ... ... ...
Do.
of weaving ... ... ...
Ward Boy ... ... ...
Male Bathroom attendant ... ... ...
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.
...
11
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
85
215.2
67.6.
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
......
164
26
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
2,465
282.8
1 to 107.6
1 to 67.6
1 to 4.6
1 to 5.6
Ratnagiri.
No.
1
7
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
49
123.7
44.1
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
15
138
40
......
......
......
......
......
15
......
......
......
......
1,389
167.8
......
......
1 to 5.9
1 to 6.3
Central Mental
Hospital,
Yeravda.
No.
4
10
7
1
...
...
1
1
...
1
1
1
...
157
409.6
196.8
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
90
167
112
18
a.
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
......
......
30
30
0
0
0
0
......
21
20
28
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
7,826 8 0
606.4
1 to 81.9
1 to 39.4
1 to 6.4
1 to 6.0
55
No. IX—contd.
Dharwar.
No.
1
5
3
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
51
94.2
43.8
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
10
51
30
10
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
10
1,053
138.0
......
......
1 to 6.0
1 to 6.0
Ahmedabad.
No.
2
7
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
55
148.7
43.8
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
39
119
48
a.
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
1,626 0 0
192.5
......
......
1 to 5.9
1 to 7.3
Hyderabad
Sir Cowasji
Jehangir.
No.
1
6
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
44
135.4
22.0
Monthly
Wages.
Rs.
22
108
18
......
......
......
......
......
15
......
......
......
15
1,245
157.4
......
......
1
to 6.1
1 to 5.4
Total.
No.
9
46
18
1
1
...
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
441
1,126.8
418.1
Monthly
Wages,
Rs.
176
747
274
18
10
a.
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
......
30
30
30
21
20
28
25
15,604
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,544.9
1 to 161.0
1 to 69.6
1 to 5.6
1 to 5.8
56
STATEMENT
Statement showing the Receipts and Expenditure on account of Manufac
year 1926 and provincial totals
Name of
Mental Hospitals.
Naupnda,
Thana
(Narotamdas Ma-
dhavdas).
Ratnagiri ...
Central Mental Hos-
pital, Yeravda.
Dharwar
...
...
Ahmedabad ... ...
Hyderabad
(Sir
Cawasji Jehangir).
Total ...
1926 ...
1925 ...
1924 ...
2
Mean Population.
Male.
215.2
123.7
409.6
94.2
148.7
135.0
1,126.4
1,111.0
1,088.1
Female.
67.6
44.1
196.8
43.8
43.8
22.0
418.1
403.0
389.3
Total.
282.8
167.8
606.4
138.0
192.5
157.0
1,544.5
1,514.0
1,477.4
3
4
5
6
7
8
CREDITS.
Cash paid into the Treasury
during
the
year for
articles sold.
Rs.
45
155
2,791
51
1,711
388
5,141
6,231
5,329
Value of manufactured
goods
made
over to
Hospitals for Hospital
purposes.
Rs.
2,004
1,279
10,261
894
1,403
1,724
17,565
18,623
14,828
Value of Raw Materials in
store at the end of the
year.
Rs.
38
...
109
113
...
...
260
273
293
Value of manufactured
goods in store at the end
of the year.
Rs.
...
...
3,143
...
...
...
3,143
1,028
1.136
Value of plant and machi-
nery in store at the end
of the year.
Rs.
300
491
789
...
...
...
1,580
1,366
1,291
Total, Credits.
Rs.
2,387
1,925
17,093
1,058
3,114
2,112
27,689
27,521
22,877
NOTE.—The figures shown in this statement are exclusive
57
No. X.
tures in the Mental Hospitals of the Bombay Presidency during the
for two previous years.
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
DEBITS.
Value of manufactured
goods in store on 1st
January.
Rs.
...
...
1,009
...
...
...
1,009
1,019
136
Value of Raw Materials in
store on 1st January.
Rs.
38
...
108
113
...
...
259
265
259
Value of plant and machi-
nery in store on 1st
January.
Rs.
300
491
725
...
...
...
1,516
1,291
1,258
Raw Materials purchased.
Rs.
1,408
90
1,446
...
...
...
2,944
2,691
2,700
Contingencies of manufac-
tures.
Rs.
...
...
4,666
...
...
...
4,666
4,333
2,206
All other charges.
Rs.
...
...
...
51
...
...
51
214
213
Total, Debits.
Rs.
1,746
581
7,954
164
...
...
10,445
9,813
6,172
16
17
RESULTS.
Excess of Credits or Profits.
Rs.
641
1,344
9,139
894
3,114
2,112
17,244
17,708
16,105
Excess of Debits or Loss.
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
18
Average number
of Insanes employed
during the year.
Male.
12.5
23.4
33.4
60.2
81.9
83.2
294.6
281.6
196.8
Female.
5.6
3.0
30.8
27.6
18.7
9.0
94.7
88.9
58.4
Total.
18.1
26.4
64.2
87.8
106.6
92.2
389.3
370.5
255.2
19
Remarks.
of the cases under observation.
o 20—8
BOMBAY : PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS.
Annual Reports.
Mental Hospitals, 1926.
GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY.
GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
Resolution No. P.—53.
Bombay Castle, 28th November 1927.
Letter from the Surgeon General with the Government of
Bombay, No. P.—8, dated the 9th November 1927 :—
" I have the honour to forward herewith the Annual Report on
the Mental Hospitals of the Bombay Presidency for the year 1926,
duly signed by me, and to state for the information of Government
that there is nothing in it, the immediate publication of which can
be considered as of doubtful expediency."
RESOLUTION.—The report should be published.
By order of the Government of Bombay
(Transferred Departments),
A. H. DRACUP,
Under 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 Commissioner, Bombay Suburban Division,
* The Collector of Poona,
* The Collector of Ahmedabad,
* The Collector of Thana,
* The Collector of Dharwar,
* The Collector of Ratnagiri,
The Collector of Hyderabad,
* The Home Department,
* The Public Works Department,
The Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor,
The Superintendent, Mental Hospital, Ahmedabad,
* With the copies of the Report.
o 20—9
[P. T. O.
2
The Superintendent, Mental Hospital, Naupada (Thana),
The Superintendent, Central Mental Hospital, Yeravda, Poona,
The Superintendent, Mental Hospital, Ratnagiri,
The Superintendent, Mental Hospital, Hyderabad,
The Superintendent, Mental Hospital, Dharwar,
* The Secretary, Legislative Council (for the reading room for
the Members of the Legislative Council),
* The Director of Information,
The Government of India (by letter),
The Under Secretary of State for India (by letter).
* With the copies of the Report.
Annual Report on Mental
Hospitals in the Bombay
Presidency
For the Year 1927
[Price—Annas 5 or 6d.]
BOMBAY
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS
1928
Obtainable from the Superintendent of Government Printing and Stationery,
Bombay; from the High Commissioner for India, 42 Grosvenor Gardens,
S.W.1, London; or through any recognized Bookseller
NOTE.—The maximum limit fixed for the text of the report
=pages 6.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Report ... ... ... ...
Introduction ... ... ... ...
Buildings ... ... ... ...
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No. P.—8 OF 1928
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY :
Poona, 18th August 1928.
From
MAJOR-GENERAL R. W. ANTHONY, F.R.C.S.E., 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 1927.
2. Buildings.—All the Mental Hospitals are in a good state of
repairs. Minor additions and alterations were carried out during
the year at the Mental Hospitals at Yeravda, Ratnagiri, Dharwar,
Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.
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 Hospitals during the year
under report was 2,109 as compared with 2,136 in 1926. Admissions
during the year, inclusive of re-admissions, numbered 470 males and
138 females against 466 males and 136 females, respectively, during
the previous year. The daily average strength was 1,534.2 as
compared with 1,544.9 in 1926.
Discharges and Cures
5. During the year under report 237 patients were discharged
cured, 67 improved, 39 not improved and 21 were discharged
otherwise.
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Sickness and Mortality
6. The daily average number of sick treated in hospital was 93.7
against 88.0 in 1926. The percentage of sickness to the daily average
strength was 6.1 against 5.6 in 1926. The health of the inmates
was generally good during the year.
7. There were 171 deaths against 194 in 1926. The ratio of
deaths per cent. of the daily average strength was 11.1 as compared
with 12.6 in the previous year. The following table gives the ratio
of deaths per cent. to the daily average strength at the various
Mental Hospitals :—
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Naupada, Thana ... ... ... ...
Ratnagiri ... ... ... ...
Central Mental Hospital, Yeravda ... ...
Dharwar
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Ahmedabad ... ... ... ...
Hyderabad
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...
...
Total ...
Males
24.6
9.2
E. 5.6
I. 11.3
11.2
9.3
8.1
12.5
Females
17.5
4.6
5.0
4.0
4.9
12.1
12.0
7.7
Total
22.9
8.0
5.4
9.0
9.1
10.0
8.7
11.1
8. The chief causes of deaths at the several Mental Hospitals
during the year were Tubercle of the lung and other tubercular
diseases (20), Cerebral Atrophy (19), Dysentery (14), Diarrhœa (12),
diseases of the digestive system (7), Nervous diseases (13),
Pneumonia (8), Anæmia (6) and diseases of the Heart (4).
STATEMENT NO. II
Criminal Insanes
9. The total number of this class of insanes confined in the
Mental Hospitals during 1927 was 226 (205 males and 21 females)
with a daily average strength of 137.1.
STATEMENT No.
III
Religion
10. Of the 608 insanes admitted during the year 41 were
Europeans and Eurasians, 44 Indian Christians, 340 Hindus, 153
Mahomedans and 30 other castes.
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STATEMENT NO. IV
Previous occupations of the insanes admitted
11. Domestic servants (89) including house-wives furnished the
largest number of admissions followed by clerks (64), cultivators or
agriculturists (58), labourers (50), mendicants, (17), students (16)
merchants and traders (16) and 137 other known occupation. In 76
cases the previous occupation could not be ascertained and 88 had no
occupation.
STATEMENT No. V
Ages of insanes admitted
12. Thirty-six insanes were under 20 years of age on admission,
446 between 20 and 40. 114 between 40 and 60 and 12 were upwards
of 60 years.
STATEMENT No. VI
Types of insanity
13. The principal types of insanity treated were Mania 627
against 716 in 1926, Melancholia 435 against 432, Delusional insanity
78 against 92, Dementia 276 against 292, insanity due to Cannabis
Indica or its preparations 122 or the same as in the previous year and
idiocy 49 against 47.
STATEMENT NO. VII
Ætiological factors and associated conditions in the
insanes admitted
14. The principal predisposing and exciting causes were mental
stress 69 against 104 in 1926, mental instability 74 against 54 and
toxic diseases 75 against 36. Owing to defective history the causes
of insanity could not be ascertained in 318 cases as compared with
223 in the previous year.
STATEMENT No. VIII
Cash accounts
15. The receipts from paying patients amounted to Rs, 1,13,080
in 1927 against Rs. 92,525 in 1926—an increase of Rs. 20,555.
The value of stores received from the manufacturing depart-
ment less cost of raw materials was Rs. 15,339 against Rs. 18,894
in the previous year. The total receipts under the two heads
amounted to Rs. 1,28,419 as compared with Rs. 1,10,454 in 1926.
16. The total expenditure in 1927 amounted to Rs. 7,45,265 as
compared with Rs. 7,75,729 in the previous year. Deducting the
receipts the net expenditure was Rs. 4,61,711 against Rs. 5,37,311.
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The subjoined table shows the cost per head per annum in the
several institutions during the past two years :—
Institutions
Naupada, Thana ...
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Ratnagiri
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Central Mental Hospital, Yeravda ... ... ...
Dharwar
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Ahmedabad
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Hyderabad ... ... ... ... ...
1926
556
243
589
249
253
244
1927
444
245
565
312
267
225
Employment and amusements
17. Gardening, weaving and cane work formed the chief
occupations for insanes. They were also employed in helping in the
domestic work of the institutions. Rs. 3,279 were spent during the
year on the amusements and recreation of the insanes against
Rs. 3,059 expended on this account during the previous year.
Visitors
18. The official visitors were regular in their attendance at all the
Mental Hospitals.
General Remarks
19. The accommodation available in the Mental Hospitals is
generally insufficient and this is particularly the case in the Mental
Hospitals at Yeravda and Hyderabad. A comprehensive scheme for
the expansion of the Central Mental Hospital is before Government.
A start has been made in the construction of new wards at the
Central Mental Hospital, Yeravda, and the New Parsi Female
Section is expected to be ready next year.
A convalescent section at the Mental Hospital, Naupada, is also
projected.
20. 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 ,
(Signed) R. W. ANTHONY,
Major-General, I.M.S.,
Surgeon-General with the Government of Bombay.