Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department.
- Madras (India). Health Department
- Date:
- [1951]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Care of Destitutes The diseased and the homeless were taken care of in specially maintained by the Corporation for the purpose, institutions were maintained during the year: the institutions The follcftfring 1 Special Home for Infirm and Diseased Beggars 2 Work. House for Able-bodied Beggars 3 Poor House 4 Orphanage 5 Homes for the Homeless 1 Special Home: The report submitted tri Government in the Home Department on the working of the Home in 1951-52 is reproduced below : .*•' The year 1951-52 opened with a strength of 300 inmates in the Special Home. 430 inmates were newly admitted and of these 80 ware trans¬ ferred from the Corporation Work House under the orders of the Magistrate. Among the new admissions, there were 36 ex-inmates of the Special Home. There were 421 disposals duririg the year. 298 inmates who had served their detention period were discharged and 16 were discharged before the expiry of the detention period under orders of the Commissioner, Corporation of Madras, under Rule 32A of the Corporation Special Home Rules. 12 inmates who developed mental defects were transferred to the Government Mental Hos¬ pital, Kilpauk. 7 inmates escaped and 88 died. These particulars are tabulated and given below: Strength on 1-4-1951 No. admitted duririg 1951-52 No. transferred from work House No. discharged after detention period No. discharged under Rule 32A No. transferred to Govt. Mental Hos] No. escaped No. died Strength on 31-3-1952 Males Females Total Grand total 243 57 300 297 53 3501 66 14 80 S 243 55 2981 11 5 16) 12 — 12 b 7 — 7) 72 16 88 J 261 48 309 421 The persons admitted were between the ages of 16 and 85. Afflictions: The conditions of ill-health of the 430 newly admitted cases are tabulated below: DISEASES 1 o ,02 e4—! d d 03 > •rH -4-3 • rH m 4-3 o 02 id t>3 CO o d •rH d >a U o3 >3 02 4-3 to to > d O O *.r; 02 U U += d o, Oh 32 CD J 1-1 CD 4-3 co >> to CD co K*! CO >> ft o Cu ?—i to d O '. ! to 02 I cS O r* co H sf © > -l-> I co O >> u d w d d hD f-i o 5 32 Cl, 02 4-3 co >4 CO f-H d d • i—i O 4-3 • I—I a 02 d 02 U 02 d 02 d 4-3 d to I o H I to -H rr> • i—h '4-^ id -4-3 I o CU • rH .Zj -4-3 d -d •-< 1 02 I 02 s ^ g b0 4-3 CO T3 02 '3, a • rH ?-4 O ,'+4 d O I—H 02 _Q 03 iO 02 CO d 02 CO t-i 02 .a 4-3 02 - h—i 02 C2 CO 02 d f-> 02 a to d Total Males Females 104 9 55 11 10 3 17 3 | 6 3 J 24 6 1 1 2 14 4 7 4 1 2 1 7 1 12 2 95 24 1 363 67 Total 113 6S| 13 201 6 i 3 iO 1 3 18 7 5 2 1 8 14 119 1 430](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31485005_0066.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
