Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department.

  • Madras (India). Health Department.
Date:
[1952]
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Credit: Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ; A statement of admissions and disposals according to sex is given below: Strength on 1-4-1951 No. admitted during the year including those kept under remand No. detailed in Work House under rejpand No. released including those under remand No. escaped Np. died tT - * i 11 » ; • _* ; No. transferred .to Special Home- No. sent to Mental Hospital Strength on 31-3-1953 Males - r- Females Children Total 156 15 2 • ,.t • 173 352 64 10 426 92 15 • •• 107 257 38 4 299 4 1 • • • 5 . 2 • ] s,3 90 20 > * * • • • no, 3 • • • • • • 3 152 20 7 ] 79 The committal periods of the inmates ranged from 3 months to 2 ^ears. P V> ’ ' • Q ; *t t ^ - V'-', | ’ \*0f '‘c' 3 months. 6 months. 1 year. 2 years. Males ... 8 10 238 4 Females ... 1 1 48 « A J , The average weight of inmates when admitted was 89 lbs. and the average weight for those released was 92 Its. ■* The ages of the inmates varied from 15 to 70. There are two sick wards—one for the males and the other for the females Minor ailments are treated in the Work Houee itself by the Superintendent. During the year, 6 cases were treated at the Government General Hospital and 9 cases were treated at the Government Stanley Hospital and 9 cases atl the Infectious Diseases Hospital. Able-bodied beggars committed to the Home are trained in textile weaving rope making, mat weaving and gardening. Cooking and washing of clothes are done by the inmates themselves. The statement below shows the number of inmates trained in the various sections : ** -t Males Females Weaving ... -38 Rope making ... 100 20 Mat weaving ... 6 Tag making ... 1 Gardening ... 13 2 Cooking ... 5 < i . * I , ! 1 I;' f V), ; !-\ There are two gardens in the Work House—one in * the male’s section and the other in the female section. Various kinds of vegetables were grown in these gardens and the total production came to 20.035^ lbs. These vege¬ tables were used in the Poor House, the Work House and the Orphanage and in the other Corporation institutions as shown below- Quantity Poor House Work House Orphanage Midday Meals Centre, North Range do South Hahge do Central 4977 lbs. 11235 „ 1242 „ 800 ,, 956 „ 4 oz. 825 *9 Cost Rs. A. P. 576 11 10 1,3Q7 7 7 143 2 3 60 0 0 71 ll 6 61 14 0 20,035 lbs. 4 oz. 2,230 15 2