'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [‎235v] (140/150)

BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chapter VI.
VITAL STATIS
TICS AND MEDI-
Misoellaneous.
I04
OSH-igis.
o The laboratory supplied the Field Forces with sealed tubes of iodine and-potassiur
iodide for the preparation of antiseptic lotion m the held A large number of doses of
typhoid and cholera vaccine and curative sera were also supplied to the forces. Lectures and
demonstrations were arranged to instruct a number of school teachers and scholars in the
cause and prevention of disease.
6 .—Lunatic Asylums.
General.
Inmates.
Types of insanity.
Health.
Financial.
For
details see
the Report on Lunatic Asylums under the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. for the year iq u an( i
under Lunatic Asylums printed in Part V of the Statistics of British India. * ab es
1. Additional accommodation was provided during the year at Ratnagiri, where the
Female Hospital sanctioned in 1913 was completed ; at Ahmedabad where 26 cells were added
and a new office and dispensary constructed ; and at Hyderabad where 4 new cells for con
fining dangerous lunatics were constructed. At Dharwar the ventilation of the old cells was
improved.
2. The total number of inmates rose from 1,450 to 1,575, and that of admissions and re
admissions from 408 to 486, out of which of 48 were of Europeans or Anglo-Indians, 22 of
Indian Christians, 256 of Hindus and 140 of Mahomedans. On admission 37 insanes were
under twenty years of age and 91 were over forty. The daily average population rose from
1.105 to 1,112. During the year 220 persons were discharged cured and 93 were made over
to the care of friends. " Last year’s figures were 137 and 104 respectively.
3. The chief types of insanity treated were mania (791), melancholia (283), dementia
(237) and delusional insanity (86). Only 28 cases were traced to abuse of alcohol and 46 to
indulgence in hemp drugs.
4. The daily average number of sick fell from 52-1 to 30-4 and the number of deaths
from 106 to 92. The general health of the patients was on the whole satisfactory.
5. The total expenditure amounted to Rs. 3,42,955 as against Rs. 3 ) I 9>^34 (exclusive of
the cost, Rs. 10,15,271, of building the new Central Asylum at Yeravda) in 1913. Receipts
from paying patients amounted to Rs. 33,324 or Rs. 5,393 more than in 1913. Deducting
the receipts from paying patients, the value of stores received from the manufacturing depart
ment and the amounts realised on account of the sale of goods to the public, etc., the net
expenditure rose from Rs. 2,46,217 to Rs. 2,54,844.
7 .— Sanitation.
District
municipalities
Local boards.
For details see the Annual Report of the Sanitary Commissioner for the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. for the year 1914.
1. There were 157 municipalities with an aggregate population of 2,369,376. Their
total income amounted to Rs. 1,25,73,669, of which Rs. 56,61,720 were spent m improving
water-supply, drainage, conservancy and other public health requirements within municipal
limits.
2. There were 26 district local boards and 216 taluka local boards with an aggregate
income of Rs. 83,39,701, out of* which Rs. 3,73, 55 6 were s P ent on water-supply and
drainage.
Village sanitation.
Sanitary board.
3. The Bombay Sanitation Act of 1889 was in force in 358 villages, an increase of
42. Sanitary inspection books are now kept in 1,868 selected villages and 218 entries were
made in them during the year by officers of the Sanitary Department.
4. During the year one more official member was added to the Sanitary Board. The
Board distributed a grant of Rs. r lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees placed at its disposal by Government, five projects
were sanctioned during the year, including final schemes for the water-supply of Igatpun
and Hyderabad (Sind) and the sewerage of Dhulia. Grants-in-aid amounting to Rs. 342,090
were made to various municipalities for sanitary projects. The water works at Bijapurwere
completed and formally opened in February 1914. Numerous other water supply an
drainage works were in progress or completed during the year. Sanction was received to
the formation of the Northern and Southern Sanitary Districts with head-quarters at Ahme -
abad and Belgaum, respectively. Numerous surveys and investigations were underta en
and several projects were drawn up. Borings for ascertaining artesian water-supplies an
the rock foundations were in progress at several places. The Mechanical and Sam ap
Engineers to Government toured throughout the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. and gave advice to oca
bodies.
Inspection of vessels. 5. At the port of Bombay 1,099 vessels of all sorts with 309,121 crew and passeng^
(including 114,641 troops) were examined as against 992 vessels with i 8 i ,497 tre '' r jL
passengers during the preceding year. The clothing, bedding and other articles 0 ^
members of crews and passengers of outgoing and incoming vessels and of mein ers ^
crews of vessels lying in port were disinfected. Of these 68,645 were Asiatic ana
members of crews, third class or deck European and non-European passengers an P 1 tl
who left the port of Bombay for ports out of India and 21,013 were members 0 ^
passengers and pilgrims who arrived by vessels on which cases of infectious disease ^
occurred during the voyage or while lying in port. Thirty-nine vessels on \\hici ca^^ ^
infectious diseases had occurred were disinfected and 17 vessels which carried pi g r