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12. The chief causes of death among patients resident in
the hospital during the year under report are shown in the
following table :—
|
Causes of death. |
Number of deaths/ |
|
Dysentery ... ... ... ... |
1 |
|
Pneumonia ... ... ... ... |
2 |
|
Tuberculosis of the lungs ... ... ... |
6 |
|
Pyrexia of uncertain origin ... ... ... |
1 |
|
Diabetes ... ... ... ... ... |
1 |
|
Diseases of the nervous system ... ... ... |
3 |
|
Diseases of the circulatory system ... ... |
8 |
|
All other general diseases ... ... ... |
7 |
|
Diseases of the urinary system ... ... ... |
1 |
|
Diseases of the stomach ... ... ... |
1 |
|
Acute or Chronic nephritis ... ... ... |
1 |
Duration of hospital life of those who died during the year
under report is shown in the annexed table :—
|
Periods. |
Number of patients. |
||
|
Male. |
Female. |
Total. |
|
|
Under 6 months ... ... ... |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Over 6 months and under 1 year ... ... |
... |
... |
... |
|
Over 1 year and under 2 years ... ... |
3 |
... |
3 |
|
Over 2 years and under 3 years ... ... |
... |
... |
... |
|
Over 3 years and under 5 years ... ... |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Over 5 years and under 7 years ... ... |
1 |
... |
1 |
|
Over 7 years and under 10 years ... ... |
2 |
... |
2 |
|
Over 10 years and under 15 years ... ... |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
Over 15 years and under 20 years ... ... |
1 |
... |
1 |
|
Over 20 years and under 25 years ... ... |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Over 25 years and under 30 years ... ... |
1 |
... |
1 |
|
Over 80 years and under 35 years ... ... |
1 |
... |
1 |
|
Over 35 years and under 45 years ... ... |
3 |
... |
3 |
|
Total ... |
21 |
5 |
*26 |
* This excludes one case who died in the observation ward on the second day of his
admission.
NOTE.—The ages of the above patients are shown below :—
|
Under 20 years of age |
nil |
||
|
20 to 40 „ ... |
7 |
4 |
11 |
|
40 to 60 „ ... |
8 |
... |
8 |
|
60 and upwards ... |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
21 |
5 |
26 |
|
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| Description | Covers 1930-1940. Describes asylums and treatments. Tables show annual return of patients and causes of mental illness. Age, caste, occupation of insanes shown. Financial statements included. |
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| Description | The Mental Health collection consists of 45 volumes dating from 1867 to 1948. Reports describe lunatic asylums and mental hospitals in British India, revealing institutional conditions and care of native and European patients. Statistics show changes in classification of causes and types of insanity, and allow analysis of asylum populations. |
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| Description | The India Papers collection contains publications of the central (Imperial) Government and many Indian states. Most states came under British rule. Much of the collection dates from between the post-Mutiny re-organisation of the Indian Government and Indian Independence in 1947. Some items published in London by John Murray. |
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