ANNUAL REPORT

                              ON THE

              Working of the Ranchi Indian
                Mental Hospital, Kanke, in
               Bihar and Orissa for the year

                                1933.

1.  Provinces served.—During the year under report this
hospital continued to receive patients as in the previous years
from the Provinces of Bengal and Bihar and Orissa.

2.  Administration.—I held charge of the hospital through-
out the year except for a short period of absence on leave
from 15th March 1933 to 27th March 1933 when the First
Assistant Superintendent officiated for me.

3.  Accommodation.—The accommodation of the hospital
remained the same as in the previous years, viz., 1,014 for males
and 272 for females, total 1,286. The 50 extra emergency beds
sanctioned by Government in 1929 to relieve congestion in the
male section were in demand throughout the year.

The daily average strength of the male patients during the
year was 1047.12.

Many improvement and expansion projects could not be
taken up during the year under review as in the previous years
owing to financial reasons.

There was no over crowding in the female section.