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xviii
STATEMENT
SHOWING THE TYPES OF INSANITY OF THE PATIENTS
THE YEAR
1
CLASS.
Remaining on 31st December of
the preceding year.
Admitted during the year ...
Total treated ...
Discharged
Recovered
...
Improved ...
Not improved ...
Otherwise
...
Escaped ... ...
Died ... ...
Remaining on 31st December ...
8
9
10
11
III—INSANITY OF INFECTIVE TOXIC
ACUTE
DELIRIUM.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
INSANITY ASSO-
CIATED WITH
ACUTE INFECT-
IVE DISEASES.
Males.
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Females.
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
CONFUSIONAL
INSANITY.
Males.
11
11
22
2
1
...
1
...
6
12
Females.
11
5
16
3
3
...
...
...
1
9
Total.
22
16
38
5
4
...
1
...
7
21
Syphilitic
GENERAL
PARALYSIS OF
THE INSANE.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
NOTE.—Observation cases
xix
No. VI—CONTINUED.
IN THE PUNJAB MENTAL HOSPITAL, LAHORE, DURING
1928—CONTINUED.
12
13
14
15
AND OTHER GENERAL CONDITIONS
insanity.
DEMENTIA FROM
LOCAL CEREBRAL
SYPHILIS.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
INSANIT DUE
TO ALCHOL.
Males.
1
8
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
1
8
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
INSANITY DUE TO
CANABIS INDICA OR
ITS PREPARATION
OR DERIVATIVES
Males.
75
60
135
41
9
...
1
...
11
73
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
75
60
135
41
9
...
1
...
11
73
INSANITY FROM
OTHER CAUSES.
Males.
...
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
DEMENTIA
PRAECOX.
Males.
49
47
96
1
11
7
2
...
8
67
Females.
18
7
25
1
...
...
1
...
7
16
Total.
67
54
121
2
11
7
3
...
15
83
are excluded from this statement.
xx
STATEMENT
SHOWING THE TYPES OF INSANITY OF THE PATIENTS
THE YEAR
1
16
III.—INSANITY OF INFECTIVE TOXIC AND OTHER GENERAL CON
CLASS.
Remaining on 31st Decem-
ber of the preceding year.
Admitted during the year
Total treated ...
Discharged.
Recovered ...
Improved ...
Not improved
Otherwise ...
Escaped ... ...
Died ... ...
Remaining on 31st De-
cember.
Dementia (Primary or
SECONDARY OR
TERMINAL
DEMENTIA.
Males.
266
1
267
...
1
...
...
...
14
252
Females.
19
...
19
...
...
...
...
...
...
19
Total.
285
1
286
...
1
...
...
14
271
FROM ORGANIC
CEREBRAL
DISEASES
OTHER THAN
SYPHILITIC.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
FROM ARTERIAL
DISEASES,
SENILE.
Males.
1
7
8
...
1
1
...
....
1
5
Females.
7
4
11
1
3
...
...
...
...
7
Total.
8
11
19
1
4
1
...
...
1
12
FROM EPILEPSY
Males.
...
11
11
...
1
...
...
...
6
4
Females.
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
12
12
...
2
...
...
...
6
4
NOTE.—Observation cases
xxi
No. VI—CONCLUDED.
IN THE PUNJAB MENTAL HOSPITAL, LAHORE, DURING
1928—CONCLUDED.
DITIONS—CONCLD.
Secondary.)
FROM INJURY.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Total.
...
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
17
DECLARED TO HAVE
RECOVERED OR
NOT YET
DIAGNOSED.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
18
TOTAL.
Males.
731
308
1,039
102
45
16
5
...
80
791
Females.
193
75
268
16
23
2
6
...
21
200
Total.
924
883*
1,307
118
68
18
11
...
101
991
19
REMARKS.
* 14 males admitted sane and
discharged sane, 3 female
admitted sane and dicharged
sane are not included in the
statement.
are excluded from this statement.
xxii
STATEMENT
SHOWING AETIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND ASSOCIATED
MENTAL HOSPITAL, LAHORE,
Aetiological Factors and Associated Conditions.
A. Heredity—
1.
Insane
... ... ...
2. Epileptic ... ... ...
3. Neurotic
...
...
...
4. Marked eccentricity ... ... ...
5. Alcoholism
...
...
...
B. Mental instability, as revealed by—
1. Moral deficiency ... ... ...
2 Congenital mental defect
... ...
3. Eccenricity
...
...
...
4. Previous attack ... ... ...
C. Deprivation of special senses —
1. Smell or taste
...
...
...
2. Hearing
3.
Sight
...
...
...
D. Critical periods—
1. Puberty and adolescence
...
...
2. Climacteric ... ... ...
3. Senility ... ... ...
E. Child bearing —
1. Pregnancy ... ... ...
2. Parturition ... ... ...
3. Lactation ... ... ...
F. Mental stress—
1. Sudden ... ... ...
2 Prolonged
...
...
...
G. Diseases due to disorders of nutrition or metabolism—
1. Malnutrition (in early life) ... ...
2. Privation and starvation
...
...
3. Over-exertion (physical)
...
...
4. Sexual
excess
...
...
...
Carried over
...
FREDISPOSING CAUSE.
Males.
16
...
...
...
...
...
35
...
53
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
106
Female..
...
1
...
...
...
...
8
...
6
...
...
...
...
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
6
...
1
...
...
31
Total.
16
1
...
...
...
...
43
...
59
...
1
...
...
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
7
...
1
...
...
137
xxiii
No. VII.
CONDITIONS IN THE PATIENTS ADMITTED IN THE PUNJAB
DURING THE YEAR 1928.
EXCITING CAUSE.
Males.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
...
2
...
...
...
...
10
40
...
1
...
...
60
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
8
1
11
8
...
...
...
...
29
Total.
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
6
...
2
...
...
8
1
21
48
...
1
...
...
89
TOTAL
Males.
16
...
...
1
...
...
35
...
53
...
1
...
6
...
2
...
...
...
...
10
41
...
1
...
...
166
Females.
...
1
...
...
...
...
8
...
6
...
...
1
...
...
9
...
...
8
1
11
14
...
1
...
...
60
Total.
16
1
...
1
...
...
43
...
59
...
1
1
6
...
11
...
...
8
1
21
55
...
2
...
...
226
xxiv
STATEMENT
SHOWING AETIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND ASSOCIATED
MENTAL HOSPITAL, LAHORE,
Aetiological Factors and Associated Conditions.
Brought forward
...
H.
I.
J.
K.
Infective and toxic —
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Alcohol
...
...
...
Opium and morphia ... ...
Cocaine
...
...
...
Cannabis Indica ... ... ...
Acute Infective diseases ... ...
Tuberculosis
...
...
...
Syphilis acquired ... ... ...
„
congenital ...
...
...
Plague
...
...
...
Influenza
...
...
...
Other toxins
...
...
...
Traumatic—
1.
2.
3.
Injuries
...
...
...
Operations
...
...
...
Sunstroke
...
...
...
Diseases of the nervous system—
...
...
1.
2.
3.
4.
Disease of the brain
...
...
„
of spinal cord and nerves ...
Epilepsy
...
...
...
Other defined neuroses
...
...
Other bodily affections—
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Diseases of the blood
...
...
„ „ „ circulatory system ...
„ „ „ valves of the heart ...
„ „ „ digestive system ...
„ „ „ urinary organs ...
„ „ „ generative system (excluding
syphilis).
Other general affections
...
...
Total
...
L.
M.
No cause assignable
...
...
No cause ascertained —History defective
...
GRAND TOTAL ...
PREDISPOSING CAUSE.
Males.
106
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
107
...
...
107
Females.
31
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
35
4
5
44
Total.
137
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
142
4
5
151
NOTE : -Observation cases are excluded
26 cases having predispos
7
16
2
1
„
„
two predis-
„
„
two excit
„
„
two excit
„
„ Three Predis-
14 males were admitted
3 females were admitted
XXV
VII— CONCLUDED.
CONDITIONS IN THE PATIENTS ADMITTED IN THE PUNJAB
DURING THE YEAR 1928—CONCLUDED.
EXCITING CAUSE.
Males.
60
15
8
...
91
...
...
2
...
...
...
21
...
...
1
...
...
16
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
215
...
...
215
Females.
29
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
31
...
...
31
Total.
89
15
8
...
91
...
...
2
...
...
...
21
2
...
1
...
...
16
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
246
...
...
246
TOTAL.
Males.
166
16
8
...
91
...
...
2
...
...
...
21
...
...
1
...
...
16
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
322
...
41
863
Females.
60
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
66
4
5
76
Total.
226
16
8
...
91
...
1
2
...
...
...
23
2
...
1
...
...
16
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
388
4
46
438
from this statement.
ing at well as Exciting cause.
posing causes.
ing cause.
ing and one predisposing cause.
posing causes.
sane.
sane.
xxvi
STATEMENT
SHOWING THE CASH ACCOUNT OF THE PUNJAB
PREVIOUS
YEARS.
1
1926 ...
1927 ...
1928 ...
YEARS.
1
1926 ...
1927 ...
1928 ...
RE
Received from
Treasury.
2
Rs.
2,18,510
2,21,269
2,00,168
A.
15
12
13
P.
3
7
3
Received from
paying patients
3
Rs.
12,160
12,948
17,191
A.
7
1
10
P.
9
2
4
Value of stores
received
from the
Manufacturing
Department,
less cost of
raw material.
4
Rs.
13,269
13,892
10,655
A.
3
9
10
P.
4
6
11
Book receipts,
i.e., the total
of expenditure
entered
in columns
19, 20,
and 21.
5
Rs.
131,301
62,882
68,269
A.
6
8
0
P.
6
3
0
Miscellaneous
receipts.
6
Rs.
1,250
445
1,719
A.
8
11
14
P.
8
0
3
CHARGES—
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper
Miscellaneous.
13
Rs.
16,570
15,959
15,679
A.
3
13
15
P.
8
0
11
Other.
14
Rs.
1,362
527
5,533
A.
8
5
2
P.
7
0
0
Telephone.
15
Rs.
739
818
625
A.
12
5
0
P.
0
0
0
Remitted to
Treasury on
account of
paying
patients, etc.
16
Rs.
13,41l
13,393
18,911
A.
0
12
3
P.
5
2
7
Miscellaneous
items.
17
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
NOTE.—The value of stores must be
xxvii
No. VIII.
MENTAL HOSPITAL, LAHORE, FOR THE YEAR 1928 AND TWO
YEARS.
CEIPTS.
Total.
7
Rs.
3,76,492
3,11,438
2,98,005
A.
9
10
0
P.
6
6
9
CHARGES.
Establishment.
Establishment
proper.
8
Rs.
67,548
70,957
69,280
A.
8
8
11
P.
0
9
0
Superin-
tendence.
9
Rs.
25,076
27,058
29,691
A.
8
3
3
P.
0
0
0
Diet.
10
Rs.
1,02,325
98,744
81,138
A.
5
5
6
P.
2
7
0
Clothing and
bedding.
11
Rs.
17,151
19,537
7,715
A.
4
6
13
P.
0
9
3
Bazar
medicines.
12
Rs.
1,006
1,559
1,160
A.
1
7
5
P.
2
0
0
concluded.
Total of col-
umns 8—17.
18
Rs.
2,45,191
2,48,556
2,29,736
A.
3
2
0
P.
0
3
9
Book Charges.
Charges on
account of work
done by the
Public Works
Department.
19
Rs.
1,28,460
60,552
65,865
A.
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
Cost of printed
forms and
stationery
20
Rs.
95
181
153
A.
3
2
0
P.
6
3
0
Cost of English
stores, medi-
cines, etc.
21
Rs.
2,746
2,149
2,251
A.
3
6
0
P.
0
0
0
Total of col-
umns l8-21.
22
Rs.
3,76,492
3,11,438
2,98,005
A.
9
10
0
P.
6
6
9
REMARKS.
23
entered at market rates.
D
xxviii
STATEMENT NO. IX.
SHOWING THE SANCTIONED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PUNJAB MENTAL
HOSPITAL AS IT STOOD ON THE 31ST DECEMBER 1928.
1
Establishment.
Medical Superintendent ... ...
Deputy Medical Superintendent ... ...
Assistant Deputy Modical Superintendent ...
Lady Assistant Surgeon ... ... ...
Sub-Assistant Surgeon ... ... ...
Head Clerk ... ... ... ...
Second Clerk
...
...
...
Moharir
...
...
...
...
European Warder ... ... ...
Matron ... ... ... ...
Assistant Matron ... ... ...
Superior Warder ... ... ...
Head Attendant ... ... ...
Deputy Head Attendant
...
...
...
Attendants
...
...
...
...
Dispensers ... ... ... ...
Gate
Keepers
...
...
...
Sanitary Keepers
...
...
...
Dhobi
...
...
...
...
Chaprasi
...
...
... ...
Motor Driver
...
...
...
Probationers ... ... ...
Male Attendants
...
...
...
Female attendants
...
...
...
Cook ... ... ...
...
Mali
...
...
...
...
Head Sweeper
...
...
...
Sweepers
...
...
...
...
Chaukidar ... ... ... ...
Barber
...
...
...
...
2
Number.
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
1
2
85
2
1
1
1
2
1
25
4
1
1
2
1
33
3
1
3
Monthly Wages.
Rs.
1,200
425
455
310
324
75
30
54
190
205
610
122
46
75
2,560
55
24
17
25
30
36
614
100
19
21
42
14
451
42
27
Daily average number of males
...
...
Daily average number of Females
...
Proportion of
Jamadars to males
...
Jamadarins to females
...
Male keepers to males
...
Female Keepers to females
...
753.60
196.24
150.78
195.23
7.45
13.93
STATEMENT X.
SHOWING RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE ON ACCOUNT
OF MANUFACTURES IN THE PUNJAB MENTAL
HOSPITAL, DURING THE YEAR 1928
AND TWO PREVIOUS YEARS.
xxx
STATEMENT
SHOWING RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE ON ACCOUNT OF
DURING THE YEAR 1928
MEAN POPULATION.
YEARS.
1
1926 ...
1927 ...
1928 ...
Males.
2
671.39
704.81
753.60
Females.
3
183.65
185.07
196.24
Total.
4
855.04
889.88
949.84
CRE
Cash paid into Treasury for
articles sold.
5
Rs.
1,250
1,213
1,719
A.
8
10
14
P.
8
6
3
Value of manufactured goods
made over
to Asylum for
Asylum purposes.
6
Rs.
18,985
18,697
19,404
A.
5
15
14
P.
1
6
11
DEBTS—concld.
YEARS.
1
1926 ...
1927 ...
1928 ...
Value of plant and machinery
in store on 1st January.
13
Rs.
780
792
792
A.
12
12
12
P.
0
0
0
Raw material
purchased.
14
Rs.
3,602
3,888
3,749
A.
14
8
4
P.
9
9
0
Contingencies
of
manufacture.
15
Rs.
230
335
250
A.
0
4
0
P.
5
6
0
All other
charges.
16
Rs. A.
P.
...
...
...
Total Debits.
17
Rs.
5,737
5,653
5,380
A.
13
10
2
P.
9
3
9
xxxi
No. X.
MANUFACTURES IN THE PUNJAB MENTAL HOSPITAL
AND TWO PREVIOUS YEARS.
DITS.
Value of raw material in
store at the end of the year.
7
Rs.
627
612
588
A.
1
7
2
P.
0
8
9
Value
of manufactured
goods in store at the end
of the year.
8
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
Value of plant and machi-
nery in store at the end
of the year.
9
Rs.
792
792
792
RESULTS.
Excess of credits or
profits.
18
Rs.
15,917
15,663
13,125
A.
13
3
9
P.
0
5
2
Excess of debits
or loss.
19
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
A.
12
12
12
P.
0
0
0
Total credits.
10
Rs.
21,655
21,316
22,505
A.
10
13
11
P.
9
8
11
DEBITS.
Value
of
manufactured
goods in store on 1st Janu-
ary.
11
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
Value of raw material in
store on 1st January.
12
Rs.
1,124
627
588
A.
2
1
2
P.
7
0
9
REMARKS.
Average number of patients employed on manufactures.
20
Males.
216.01
200.23
222.54
Females.
10.00
10.00
10.76
Total.
226.01
210.23
223.20
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TRIENNIAL REPORT
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Proceedings of the Punjab Government (Ministry of Local
Self-Government) in the Home (Medical) Department,
No. 20452, dated the 26th June 1930.
READ—
A letter No. 3786-G., dated the 29th April 1930, from the Inspector-
General of Civil Hospitals, Punjab, forwarding the Punjab Mental
Hospital Report for the triennium 1927—1929, together with his
note thereon.
REMARKS.—The triennium under report is remarkable
for the steady increase which it shows in the daily average
of patients rising from 889 in 1927 to 949 in 1928 and 1,010
in 1929, whereas the previous triennium had shown a steady
decrease in each year. The maximum number of inmates
was 1,037, which created a new record. Despite this increase
in the number of patients the health of the patients has
improved each year ; the figure of deaths now standing at
10.39 per cent. of the average daily strength. It is satisfac-
tory to find that the increased staff of attendants sanctioned
with effect from the 1st April 1929, has resulted in there
being fewer incidents such as suicides, escapes and deaths
from violence. In 1929, there was only one escape and two
such deaths.
2. The Punjab Government (Ministry of Local Self-
Government) were constrained to comment somewhat ad-
versely in their remarks on the report for the previous
triennium on the expensiveness of this institution. It is,
therefore, satisfactory to find from the present report that
despite the high rates of all kinds of provisions in 1928, due
to floods and famine and to the increase in the number of
patients, the net cost of the institution to Government has
been reduced to Rs. 1,02,049 in 1929 as against Rs. 1,12,156
in 1928. It is also satisfactory to find a 20 per cent. increase
in the value of the goods manufactured in the hospital, and
that it has been found possible to make the institution self-
supporting in regard to vegetables.
3. Major C. J. Lodge Patch, M.C., I.M.S., who has been
in charge of the hospital for the triennium with which the
report is concerned has continued to discharge his duties
with keenness and efficiency and has earned the thanks of
Government. Government also desire once more to express
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their appreciation of the self-sacrifice and devotion of the
Franciscan sisters working in the female section of the
hospital.
ORDER.—Ordered that a copy of the report and of the
review be forwarded to the Government of India, Home
Department, for information, also that the review be pub-
lished in the Punjab Gazette.
Ordered also that a copy of the review be forwarded
to the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Punjab, for
information.
By order of the Punjab Government (Ministry of Local
Self-Government).
ALAN MITCHELL,
Secretary to Government, Punjab,
Transferred Departments.
FIROZ KHAN NOON,
Minister for
Local Self-Government.
465 CS-230—26-6-30—SGPP Lahore.
Note on the Report of the Punjab Mental Hospital,
Lahore, for the triennium 1927—29.
THE report forwarded, herewith, relates to the triennial period
1927—29. Major C. J. Lodge-Patch, M.C., I.M.S., held charge
of the Punjab Mental Hospital throughout the triennium.
Population.
The number of patients remaining on 1st January, 1929 was
791 males and 200 females making a total
of 991. The daily average for the year was
1010.79 as compared with 949.84 and 889.88, during the two pre-
ceding years. The number admitted during the year under review
was 393 (313 males and 80 females) including re-admissions and
observation cases.
During the year, there were 285 discharged of whom 160 were
cured, 67 improved and 42 not improved, the remaining 16 patients
being discharged otherwise for the most part uncertified after a
short period of observation.
The total number of patients treated in the Hospital for the
year 1929 was 1,384 (1,104 males and 280 females) against 1,324
(1,053 males and 271 females) in the previous year, the maximum
number of inmates on any one night being 1,037, as against the re-
cord number of 1,003 treated in 1928.
Sickness and mortality.
2. In spite of the fact that there was a very heavy mortality,
especially on the female side of the Hospital,
during the last two months of the year, the
average percentage of deaths to the daily average strength in 1929,
compares favourably with that of the two preceding years, viz.,
10.39, as against 10.64, and 11.45. There were 63 cases of
Pneumonia with 27 deaths and 40 cases of Tuberculosis with 13
deaths. Dysentery and Diarrhœa were responsible for 21 deaths
and Ankylostomiasis for 4 deaths.
Criminal patients.
3. The number of criminals sent to the Hospital continues
steadily to increase. Fifty-three were ad-
mitted in 1929, and the total number treated
was 239 as compared with 222 and 207 during the two preceding
years. No female was admitted during the year and the number
of female Criminals on 31st December 1929 stood at only 2 as com-
pared with 194 males. The figures on 1st January 1929 were 8 and
178, respectively.
Accommodation.
4. The accommodation of the Hospital was shown in the
last annual report as 1,062, there being 570
single cells and a number of wards which
2
were estimated as suitable for about 500 patients at a rate of
50 square feet of floor space per patient in some of the older
wards. This scale is quite inadequate for mental patients. Even
in Jails, the space allotted to convicts in the ordinary barracks
is 75 square feet and in the Jail Hospitals the minimum is 130
square feet. Accordingly the accommodation of the institution
has been re-assessed on a very conservative scale of 70 square
feet per patient and it is not estimated to be more than 1,018.
The proportion of single rooms to the general accommodation is
far higher than is necessary or advisable, and suggestions are
under consideration of the Public Works Department to convert
a number of the rows of cells into narrow hospital wards.
A Committee has been appointed by the Punjab Government
to consider what steps are necessary to reconstruct the Mental
Hospital so as to make it conform to modern requirements.
Among other recommendations are a new hospital section on the
male side, a tubercular block for the female side, isolation wards,
and a new block for private and better class patients.
Sanitation.
5. Some reference must be made to the Mian Mir Storm
Water Channel and to the necessity for a
water carriage system on the male side (vide
Medical Superintendent's report).
The wards of the present hospital section on the male side
are so badly lighted and ventilated that they militate against the
recovery of a patient suffering from acute pneumonia.
The Mian Mir Storm Water Channel runs through the atten-
dant's lines and the incidence of Malaria is so great among the
staff that the Medical Superintendent experiences great difficulty
in finding relief for those who are temporarily off duty on account
of sickness.
Suicides, escapes and
deaths from violence.
6. Considering the fact that no restraint and practically no
seclusion is employed in the Punjab Mental
Hospital the record for the year is extremely
satisfactory. This can be attributed to the slight increase
in the attendant staff sanctioned with effect from 1st April
1929, as this necessarily provides better care and supervision.
There was only one escape and two accidental deaths in
1929.
Types of insanity.
7. Table VI shows the types of insanity admitted to the
Punjab Mental Hospital during 1929. It
differs very little from former years, but
it is gratifying to note that the recoveries form 15.84 per cent. of
the average daily strength as compared with 12.53 in 1928, and
14.48 in 1927.