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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teeth as well as attention to oral hygiene were carried out by the
medical staff in cases of few non-paying patients.
(4) Leprosy.—During the year under report, we had to
treat 3 bacteriologically and 3 clinically positive leper cases in
the hospital. In the last Annual Report I had pointed out that
to treat such leper cases in a mental hospital where there is no
proper provision of special leper ward was obviously undesir-
able and had requested the Government of Bengal to reserve few
beds for this hospital in the Albert Victor Leper Hospital,
Gobra, where for years, I have transferred leper mental patients
for treatment from Berhampore and Ranchi. I am now definitely
informed by the Government of Bengal that in future no mental
leper cases will be transferred to the Albert Leper Victor
Hospital as there is no proper staff in that hospital for nursing
and controlling insane patients. This matter is now under
consideration.
30. Sports and amusements—(a) Games.—(i) Various out-
door games were played by a large number of patients and they
were found to take more lively interest in the matter of outdoor
games than before. Football, hockey, badminton and tennis
were played by patients throughout the year and 5 hockey and
4 football matches were also played with outside teams.
(ii) Indoor games, such as chess, dice, cards, carrom,
ludo, ping-pong were played every evening by the patients of
both sexes in the amusement halls of their respective sections.
(iii) During the X'mas week the annual sports were held
and hundreds of patients of both sexes took part in it and
carried away many prizes On the New Year's eve there was
a display of fireworks which was immensely enjoyed by the
patients.
(b) Musical and other entertainments.—As the chances of
building a permanent amusement hall appear to be remote at
present due to financial stringency, every effort was made
during the year to make the present temporary amusement hall
as attractive as possible. With this object in view alterations
and improvements have been made by which this old Hall
compares very favourably with any public amusement hall.
Patients were entertained throughout the year under review
by the hospital band party and by the music master. More-
over, several musical soirees were got up by the combined efforts
of the staff and patients.
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