Medicine - Mental health > 1930-1940 - Report on the working of the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke, in Bihar and Orissa > Annual report of the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke, in Bihar, for the year 1939
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18. Statement no. III— Criminal patients.—The daily
average strength of criminal patients for the year 1939 and the
two previous years is shown below :—
|
Year. |
Male. |
Female. |
Total. |
|
1939 .. .. |
438.95 |
44.72 |
463.67 |
|
1938 .. .. |
439.86 |
44.13 |
463.99 |
|
1937 .. .. |
433.69 |
41.24 |
474.93 |
The following table shows the number of criminal patients
admitted during the year 1939 and a classification of the crime
committed by them :—
|
Crimes. |
Male. |
Female. |
Total. |
|
Murder .. .. |
5 |
3 |
8 |
|
Culpable Homicide .. .. .. |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Hurt and Grievous Hurt.. .. |
3 |
.. |
3 |
|
House-breaking and theft .. |
5 |
.. |
5 |
|
126 Railway Act .. .. |
1 |
.. |
1 |
|
Kidnapping .. .. |
.. |
1 |
1 |
|
Selling minor girl for prostitution .. |
.. |
1 |
1 |
|
Total .. |
17 |
6 |
23 |
The following is a list of criminal patients resident on the
31st December 1939 and the crimes committed by them :—
|
Crime. |
Male. |
Female. |
Total. |
|
Murder .. .. |
248 |
26 |
274 |
|
Culpable Homicide .. |
62 |
3 |
65 |
|
Hurt and Grievous Hurt .. |
83 |
2 |
85 |
|
Attempt at Murder and Suicide |
12 |
4 |
16 |
|
House-breaking and theft .. |
17 |
2 |
19 |
|
Other petty offences .. |
20 |
2 |
22 |
|
Rape .. .. |
3 |
.. |
3 |
|
Mischief by fire .. .. |
13 |
1 |
14 |
|
Exposure and abandonment of a |
.. |
2 |
2 |
|
Total .. |
458 |
42 |
500 |
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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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