Medicine - Mental health > 1930-1940 - Report on the working of the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke, in Bihar and Orissa > Annual report on the working of the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke, in Bihar and Orissa for the year 1931
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12. Death-rate.—The percentage of deaths to daily average
strength during the year under report and the two previous years
is shown in the following table :—
|
Years. |
Male. |
Female. |
Total. |
|
1931 ... ... ... |
2.03 |
3.10 |
2.30 |
|
1930 ... ... ... |
2.02 |
2.29 |
2.07 |
|
1929 ... ... ... |
1.91 |
2.39 |
1.99 |
I am happy to be able to record that the death rates of
this largest mental hospital of India is the lowest of all the Indian
mental hospitals in India.
13. The chief causes of deaths among patients resident in
the hospital during the year under report are shown in the
following table :—
|
Causes of deaths. |
Male. |
Female. |
Total. |
|
Malaria ... ... ... |
2 |
... |
2 |
|
Pneumonia ... ... |
2 |
... |
2 |
|
Tuberculosis (lungs) ... ... |
2 |
... |
2 |
|
Diabetes ... ... |
1 |
... |
1 |
|
All other general diseases ... |
7 |
5 |
12 |
|
Diseases of nervous system of |
1 |
... |
1 |
|
Diseases of the circulatory system |
... |
1 |
1 |
|
Diseases of respiratory system ... |
1 |
... |
1 |
|
All other diseases of digestive |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Acute or chronic nephritis ... |
2 |
... |
2 |
|
Injury, general or local ... |
1 |
... |
1 |
|
Total ... |
22 |
7 |
29 |
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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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