'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1904-1905' [‎167r] (109/116)

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1904-1905.]
LUNATIC ASYLUMS—-SANITATION,
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Rs. 1,61,293 from Local Boards, and Rs. 3,32,921 from Municipalities as against Rs. 7,77,226,
Rs. 1,87,401 and Rs. 2,53,950 from these three sources in the previous year. Combined subscrip
tions amounted to Rs. 11,581 against Rs. 8,528 in 1903. Fees realised Rs. 67,838 against
Rs. 69,955 in the preceding year.
7. Expenditure rose from Rs. 13,45,107 to Rs. 13,97,043. The cost per patient was
Re. 0-10-2 as compared with Ee. 0-9-5 in the preceding year, but the cost of each diet remained
the same (Re. 0-2-8). Government paid Rs. 7,30,677 or 54*1 per cent, of the total expenditure
against 55T per ceUt. last year.
8. The total number of patients treated during the year 1904 was 1,964,278 as compared
with 1,931,856 in 1903. Of these 19,251 were in-door and 1,915,027 out-door patients against
19,328 in-door and 1,912,528 out-door patients in 1903.
Admissions due to small-pox, cholera (846), dysentery, venereal affections, rheumatic
affections, debility and ansemia, diseases of the eye and ear, diarrhoea and skin diseases
increased, wdiile those due to malarial fever, tubercular diseases and respiratory affections declined.
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Tables under XY—Lunatics—appended to the Judicial and Administrative Statistics of British India for
1904-1905.
1. At the beginning of the year the seven Lunatic Asylums contained 782 persons.
During the year 379 were admitted and 22 re-admitted, the total population being 1,183. Of
these 127 were discharged cured, 151 were transferred to the care of friends and 58 died, leaving
on the 31st December 838 inmates. The daily average population of the asylums was 797 as
compared with 823*8 last year. The daily average of sick persons was 23*6 as against 34 last
year. Of the total admissions the percentage eared was 31*7 and of the daily average
population 15‘4 as compared with 29*3 and 11'7 respectively in 1903. Of the 401 admissions,
165 were Hindus, 105 Europeans, 5 Eurasians, and 85 Mahomeclans. Soldiers furnished the
largest number of admissions, viz, 99. The total number of criminal insanes was 152, an
increase of 18. There were 44 admissions during the year and the daily strength w r as 112*2
against I09T in 1903.
2. Among new admissions the cause of insanity was known in 207 cases and unknown
in 194. The abuse of spirits and intoxicating drugs accounted for 53 cases and mental trouble
for 23.
3. The total expenditure was Rs. 1,83,712 as compared with Rs. 1,60,214 in 1903. Fees
received from paying patients amounted to Rs. 18,953, and profits on manufactured goods
to Rs. 2,994.
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1. During the year ending 31st March 1904 there were 165 Municipalities which spent
Rs. 17,55,477 out of a total income of Rs. 61,09,925 on improvement of water-supply, drainage
and conservancy within municipal limits. The ravages of plague by embarrassing the
Municipalities financially seriously hindered progress in sanitation.
2. District and Taluka Local Boards spent Rs. S2,23,093 out of a total income of
Rs. 48,00,157 on water-supply and drainage.
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3. The Bombay Village Sanitation Act was in operation in 261 villages against 265 in
the previous year. The Village Sanitary Inspection Books have now been introduced into
3,267 villages and in 2,400 of these or 69*22 per cent, the books have been written up by
officers of the Sanitary Department.
4. The total expenditure of the Health Department of the Bombay Municipality was
Rs. 18,46,401.
5. During the year 15,154 vessels of all sorts with 751,039 crew and passengers were
examined as against 14,597 vessels with 719,322 crew and passengers during the preceding
year. Fifty-four vessels on which cases of infectious diseases had occurred were disinfected.
At the outward and inward inspections and on board vessels lying in the harbour or docks 58
eases of plague, 10 of cholera, 47 of small-pox, 9 of measles, 21 of chicken-pox, 17 of jigger,
and 4 of scarlatina were detected.
6. The segregation camp for the pilgrim season of 1904-05 were opened on October 20th,
1901, at Pir Pao. Between that date and 31st December 1904 ten vessels sailed for Jeddah
with 8,335 pilgrims after disinfection and segregation for five days. [During segregation 14
pilgrims died in the camp hospital. During the year 14,794 pilgrims returned to Bombay from
Mecca vid Aden and other routes. Ten pilgrim ships had during the voyage to, and on arrival
at, Bombay 2 cases of measles and 24 of small-pox. The effects of 6,678 pilgrims among whom
small-pox had appeared were disinfected.
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Chap. VI.
VITAL STATIS
TICS AND MEDI
CAL BELIEF
Expenditure,
Attendance in
class (ii), (v) y (vi)
institutions.
Numbers,
Cause of insanity.
Expenditure.
District
Municipalities,
District Boards.
Village sanitation.
Bombay
Municipality.
Inspection of vessels
at Bombay.
Pilgrim traffic.