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APPENDICES.
STATEMENT No. VI.—Showing the Types of Insanity of the Lunatics in the
Mental Hospitals in Burma during the year 1928—concld.
1
Class.
RANGOON.
Remaining on 31st December of the
preceding year.
Admitted during the year
...
...
Total treated ...
Discharged ...
Recovered ...
Improved
...
Not improved
...
Otherwise
Escaped ... ... ...
Died ... ... ...
Remaining on 31st December 1928
MINBU.
Remaining on 31st December of the
preceding year.
Admitted during the year ... ...
Total treated
...
Discharged ...
Recovered
...
Improved ...
Not improved ...
Otherwise
Escaped ... ... ...
Died
...
... ...
Remaining on 31st December 1928
PROVINCIAL TOTAL.
Remaining on 31st December of the
preceding year.
Admitted during the year
... ...
Total treated ...
Discharged ...
Recovered ...
Improved ...
Not improved ...
Otherwise
Escaped ... ... ...
Died ... ... ...
Remaining on 31st December 1928
17
Declared to have
recovered or not yet
diagnosed.
Males.
23
5
28
11
...
...
...
...
...
17
9
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
32
5
37
11
...
...
...
...
...
26
Females.
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
24
5
29
11
...
...
...
...
18
9
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
33
5
38
11
...
...
...
...
...
27
18
Total.
Males.
819
227
1,046
97
22
...
11
...
49
867
128
...
128
...
...
...
...
...
7
121
947
227
1,174
97
22
...
11
...
56
988
Females.
140
44
184
14
7
...
...
...
6
157
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
140
44
184
14
7
...
...
...
6
157
Total.
959
271
1,230
111
29
...
11
...
55
1,024
128
...
128
...
...
...
...
...
7
121
1,087
271
1,358
111
29
...
11
...
62
1,145
APPENDICES.
29
STATEMENT No. VII.—Showing Ætiological Factors and Associated
Conditions in the patients admitted in the Mental Hospitals in Burma
during 1928.
Ætiological Factors and Associated Conditions.
RANGOON.
A. Heredity—
1. Insane
... ...
2. Epileptic ... ...
3. Neurotic ... ...
4. Marked eccentricity ...
5. Alcoholism ... ...
B. Mental instability as revealed by—
1. Moral deficiency ...
2. Congenital mental defect ...
3. Eccentricity ... ...
4. Previous attack
...
C. Deprivation of Special Senses—
1. Smell or taste ... ...
2. Hearing ... ...
3. Sight ... ...
D. Critical Periods—
1. Puberty and adolescence ...
2. Climacteric ... ...
3. Senility ... ...
E. Child Bearing—
1. Pregnancy ... ...
2. Puerperal ... ...
3. Lactation ... ...
Predisposing
Cause.
M.
12
1
4
...
...
9
6
7
26
...
1
2
1
...
10
...
...
...
F.
1
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
8
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
2
...
T.
13
1
4
...
...
9
9
7
34
...
1
3
2
...
10
...
2
...
Exciting
Cause.
M.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
...
...
...
...
Total.
M.
12
1
4
...
...
9
6
7
26
...
1
4
1
...
10
...
...
...
F.
1
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
8
...
...
1
1
2
...
...
2
...
T.
13
1
4
...
...
9
9
7
34
...
1
5
2
2
10
...
2
...
30
APPENDICES.
STATEMENT No. VII.—Showing Ætiological Factors and Associated
Conditions in the patients admitted in the Mental Hospitals in Burma
during 1928—contd.
Ætiological Factors and Associated Conditions.
RANGOON—contd.
F. Mental Stress
1. Sudden
2. Prolonged
G. Diseases due to disorders of nutrition
or metabolism—
1. Malnutrition (in early life) ...
2. Privation and starvation ...
3. Over-exertion (Physical) ...
4. Sexual excess ... ...
H. Infective and Toxic —
1. Alcohol ... ...
2. Opium and morphia ...
3. Cocaine ... ...
4. Cannabis Indica ... ...
5. Acute infective diseases ...
6. Tuberculosis ... ...
7. Syphilis, acquired ... ...
„
congenital ...
8. Plague ... ...
9. Influenza ... ...
10. Other toxins
I. Traumatic—
1. Injuries ... ...
2. Operations ... ...
3. Sunstroke ... ...
Predisposing
Cause.
M.
...
10
...
20
...
...
4
...
...
...
5
2
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
...
5
...
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
15
...
26
...
...
4
...
...
...
5
4
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Exciting
Cause.
M.
4
6
...
7
...
...
9
3
...
10
8
...
6
...
...
...
8
1
...
...
F.
1
2
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
T.
5
8
...
9
...
...
9
3
...
10
12
...
6
...
...
...
9
1
...
...
Total.
M.
4
16
...
27
...
...
13
3
...
10
13
2
10
...
...
...
8
1
...
...
F.
1
7
...
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
2
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
T.
5
25
...
35
...
...
13
3
...
10
17
4
10
...
...
...
9
1
...
...
APPENDICES.
31
STATEMENT No. VII.—Showing Ætiological Factors and Associated
Conditions in the patients admitted in the Mental Hospitals in Burma
during 1928—conclcl.
Ætiological Factors and Associated Conditions.
RANGOON—concld.
J. Diseases of the Nervous System—
1. Disease of the brain ...
2. Disease of the spinal cord and
nerves.
3. Epilepsy ... ...
4. Other defined neuroses ...
K. Other Bodily Affictions—
1. Diseases of the blood ...
2. Diseases of the circulatory system
3. Diseases of the valves of the heart
4. Diseases of the digestive system
5. Diseases of the urinary organs ...
6. Diseases of the generative system
(excluding syphilis).
7. Other general affections ...
Total
L. No cause assignable—
M. No cause ascertained— History
defective.
GRAND TOTAL ...
Predisposing
Cause
M.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
15
139
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
38
...
...
...
T.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
24
177
...
...
...
Exciting
Cause.
M.
...
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
73
...
...
...
E.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
12
...
...
...
T.
...
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
85
...
...
...
Total.
M.
...
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
15
212
...
35
247
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
50
...
6
56
T.
...
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
24
262
...
41
303
N.B.—Observation cases are excluded from this statement.
32
APPENDICES.
* STATEMENT No. VIII.—Showing the Cash Account of the Mental
two pre
Name of Mental
Hospital.
(1)
Rangoon ...
Minbu ...
Total for 1928
Total for 1927
Total for 1926
Receipts.
Received from
the treasury.
(2)
Rs.
3,26,550
22,106
3,48,657
3,35,575
2,96,978
A.
7
12
3
9
13
P.
6
2
8
10
0
Received from
paying patients.
(3)
Rs.
1,17,629
A.
2
P.
3
...
1.17,629
92,716
14,114
2
15
5
3
0
7
Value of stores
received from
Manufacturing
Department.
less cost of
raw materials.
(4)
Rs.
15,460
4,531
19,992
11,823
6,339
A.
15
15
14
1
7
P.
0
1
1
8
1
Hook receipts,
i.e., the total of
expenditure
entered
in columns
19, 20 and 21.
(5)
Rs.
56,309
† 2,228
58,538
6,875
10,481
A.
3
15
2
14
0
P.
0
6
6
6
10
Miscelianeous
receipts.
(6)
Rs.
3,261
1,736
4,997
7,502
10,161
A.
4
4
8
12
7
P.
9
0
9
0
0
Name of Mental
Hospital.
(1)
Rangoon ...
Minbu
...
Total for 1928
Total for 1927
Total for 1920
Charges-
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper.
(13)
Rs.
86,255
3,031
89,286
44,087
32,652
A.
1
10
11
10
12
P.
6
0
6
5
8
Repairs and
maintenance.
(14)
Rs. A. P.
...
15
15
19
8
8
8
0
0
0
...
Rates and
taxes.
(15)
Rs.
2,718
1,228
3,947
4,022
4,220
A.
15
14
13
8
3
p.
0
0
0
0
7
Remitted to
treasury on
account of paying
patients, etc.
(16)
Rs.
1,20,890
1,736
1,22,626
1,00,219
24,275
A.
7
4
11
11
12
P.
0
0
0
0
7
Miscellaneous
items.
(17)
Rs.
24,991
A.
9
P.
6
...
24,991
20,112
10,709
9
7
7
6
6
0
* Includes observation cases.
† Column 5 excludes value of stores received from
APPENDICES.
33
Hospitals in Burma for the year 1928 and provincial totals for
vious years.
Total.
(7)
Rs.
5,19,211
30,603
5,49,814
4,54,494
3,38,075
A.
0
14
15
5
1
P.
6
9
3
0
6
Charges.
Establishment.
Establishment
proper.
(8)
Rs.
1,17,098
7,167
1,24,265
1,26,351
1,28,140
A.
0
9
9
15
8
P.
8
0
8
5
0
Superinten¬
dence.
(9)
Rs.
18,588
1,200
19,788
26,347
25,987
A.
10
0
10
8
0
P.
2
0
2
0
0
Diet.
(10)
Rs.
92,738
8,984
1,01,722
99,156
92,639
A.
3
7
10
2
15
P.
8
2
10
0
10
Clothing and
bedding.
(11)
Rs.
2,927
467
3,394
11,734
3,881
A.
2
8
10
15
10
P.
0
0
0
0
0
Bazaar
medicines
(12)
Rs.
281
11
292
352
408
A.
4
4
8
15
5
P.
0
0
0
0
0
concluded.
Total of columns
8 to 17.
(18)
Rs.
4,66,489
23,843
4,90,332
4,32,405
3,22,915
A.
5
0
5
4
11
P.
6
2
8
4
2
Book Charges.
Charges on
account of
work done by
Public Works
Department.
(19)
Rs.
54,318
1,739
56,057
3,037
5,234
A.
4
0
4
0
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
Cost of
printed
forms and
stationery.
(20)
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
...
...
Cost of English
medicines and
stores.
(21)
Rs.
1,990
5,021
7,012
7,028
8,079
A.
15
14
13
2
0
P.
0
7
7
9
8
Total of
columns 18
to 21.
(22)
Rs.
5,22,798
30,603
5 53 402
4,42,470
3,36,228
A.
8
14
7
7
11
P.
0
9
3
1
10
Remarks.
[Give details for
the figures shown in
column 6]
(23)
Milk sold
Vegetables
sold
Cloth sold
Cattle sold
Miscellaneous
Total
Rs.
1,917
1,026
668
528
258
4,997
A.
2
0
2
3
1
8
P.
0
0
3
0
6
9
manufacturing department already credited in column 4.
34
APPENDICES.
STATEMENT No. IX.—Showing the Sanctioned Establishment of the Mental
Hospitals in Burma as it stood on the 31st December 1928.
1
Particulars of Establishment.
Superintendent (650 + 200) provisional pending
orders of Government.
Deputy Superintendent (450 + 200) ...
Deputy Superintendent (Temporary)
Sub-Assistant Surgeons, 1 (2504 40 + 10); 1(250
+ 30+10) and 4(125 + 30+10).
Head Clerk (180—10—240) ... ...
Accountant (180—10—240) ... ...
Clerk (50—5—75—5—125) ... ...
Head Steward (180—10—240) ... ...
Assistant Stewards (50—5—75—5—125) 1 at 60
and 1 at 50.
Head Overseer (180—10—240) ... ...
Assistant
Overseers
(50—5—75—5—125);
1 at 90 ; 1 at 80 and 1 at 60.
Matron (200—25—325) ... ...
Nurses Senior (140—10—180—10/4 —200); 3 at 140
Nurses (80—10—130); 3 at 130 ; and 2 at 100...
European Attendant (120—5—150) ...
European Attendant (Temporary) (120—5—150) ;
1 at 125 and 1 at 120.
Compounder (30—2/3—55) 1 at 40 and 1 at 30 ...
Head-keeper at 50...
...
...
Assistant Head-keepers (28—1—40) ; 1 at 30 ;
2 at 29 and 6 at 28.
Keepers (male)
Keepers (female)
(20—2/3—22—2/7—24— 2/7—26)
Carried over ...
2
Rangoon.
Number.
(a) 1
(b) 1
(c) 1
6
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
(d) 1
(e) 3
(e) 5
(f) 1
(f) 2
2
(g) 1
(g) 9
(g)115
(g) 25
184
Monthly
wages.
Rs.
850
650
300
1,250
180
180
100
180
110
180
230
225
420
590
120
245
70
50
256
2,496
540
9,222
3
Minbu.
Number.
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
3 at 26
2 at 24
3 at 22
7 at 20
19
Monthly
wages.
Rs.
100
140
...
...
...
...
...
...
75
...
...
...
...
...
...
28
...
78
48
66
140
675
(a) Including pension of Rs. 420 ; draws also compensatory local allowance of Rs. 100 per mensem, and
Burma Allowance of Rs. 120 per mensem.
(b) Draws also compensatory local allowance of Rs. 75 per mensem and Burma Allowance of Rs. 105
per mensem.
(c) Draws also compensatory local allowance of Rs. 60 per mensem and staff allowance of Rs. 75.
(d) Draws also messing allowance of Rs. 75 per mensem and uniform allowance of Rs. 10 per mensem.
(e) Draw also messing allowance of Rs. 45 each per mensem and uniform allowance of Rs. 10 per
mensem.
(f) Draw also messing allowance of Rs. 45 each per mensem and uniform allowance of Rs. 10 per mensem
(g) Draw also compensatory local allowance under the revised rules.
APPENDICES.
35
STATEMENT No. IX.—Showing the Sanctioned Establishment of the
Mental Hospitals in Burma as it stood on the 31st December
1928—concld.
1
Particulars of Establishment.
Brought forward ...
Cow-keepers (25—1/3—30) ... ...
Barbers (25—1/3—30) ... ... ...
Head Tailor (30—1/3—35) ... ...
Assistant Tailors (25—1/3 — 30) ... ...
Head Cook for Europeans (30—1/3—35) ...
Assistant Cook for Europeans (25—1/3—30) ...
Head Cook for Indians (30—1/3 —35) ...
Assistant Cook for Indians (25— 1/3—30) ...
Cooks (20—1/3—25) ; 3 at 20 ... ...
Head Carpenter (30—1/3—35) ... ...
Assistant Carpenter (25—1/3—30) ... ...
Gardener (25—1/3—30) ... ... ...
Gardener (20—1/3—25) ... ... ...
Dhoby (30—1/3—35) ... ...
Assistant Dhobies (25—1/3—30) ... ...
Ward Servants (25—1/3—30) 4 at 25 ; 1 (20—1/3—
25) = 20.
Butler for Matron (25—1/3—30) ... ...
Cook for Matron (25—1/3 —30) ... ...
Butler for Nurses (30—1/3—35) ... ...
Cook for Nurses (30—1/3—35) ... ...
Sweepers males (Rs. 0-11-0 per day) ...
Sweepers females (Rs. 0-11-0 per day) ...
Motor Chauffers (40—1/3—50) ... ...
Total ...
Daily average number of
Proportion of
...
Males ... ...
Females ...
Total
... ...
Overseers to males ...
Matron to females ...
Head-keepers, Euro-
pean attendant, male
keepers to males.
Nurses and female
keepers to females.
2
Rangoon.
Number.
184
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
1
5
1
2
5
1
1
1
1
30
12
2
263
846.23
148.40
994.63
211.55
148.40
6.61
4.50
Monthly
wages.
Rs.
9,222
50
50
30
50
30
25
30
25
60
30
50
25
100
30
50
120
25
25
30
30
866-4
80
11,033-4
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Minbu.
Number.
19
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
21
...
...
...
124.33
...
7.77
Nil
Monthly
wages.
Rs.
675
...
15
...
...
...
18
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
708
...
...
...
...
...
...
36
APPENDICES.
STATEMENT No. X.—Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of Manufacture in the Mental Hospitals in Burma during
the year 1928, and provincial totals for two previous years.
1
Name of Mental
Hospital.
Rangoon ...
Minbu ...
Total for 1928
Total for 1927
Total for 1926
2
Mean Population.
Males.
846.23
12433
970.56
914.64
84666
Females.
148.40
...
148.40
137.91
13526
Total.
994.63
124.33
1,118.96
1,052.55
981*92
3
4
5
6
7
8
Credits.
Cash paid into
the Treasury
during the year
for articles
sold.
Rs.
3,261
1,736
4,997
8,376
9,317
A.
4
4
8
4
11
P.
9
0
9
0
2
Value of manu-
factured goods
made over to
the asylum for
asylum
purposes.
Rs.
40,455
7,809
48,264
42,459
36,187
A.
7
7
14
3
15
P.
3
5
8
0
8
Value of raw
materials in
store at the end
of the year.
Rs.
3,494
2,501
5,995
6,503
4,570
A.
0
15
15
13
12
P.
0
3
3
6
3
Value of manu-
factured goods
in store at the
end of the year.
Rs.
5,156
4,296
9,452
7,193
6,054
A.
8
3
11
14
11
P.
9
0
9
7
9
Value of plant
and machinery
in store at the
end of the year.
Rs.
3,200
5,294
8,494
8,513
8,388
A.
10
3
13
6
6
P.
0
11
11
10
7
Total credits.
Rs.
55,567
21,638
77,206
73,046
64,519
A.
14
1
0
9
9
P.
9
7
4
11
5
9
10
Debits.
Value of manu-
factured goods
in store on 1st
January.
Rs.
3,512
3,681
7,193
6,054
5,640
A.
1
13
14
11
3
P.
3
4
7
9
7
Value of raw
materials in
store on 1st
January,
Rs.
3,901
2,602
6,503
4,570
4,731
A.
8
5
13
12
6
P.
0
6
6
3
11
1
Name of Mental
Hospital.
Rangoon ...
Minbu ...
Total for 1928
Total for 1927
Total for 1926
2
Mean Population.
Males.
846.23
124.33
970.56
914.64
846.66
Females.
148.40
...
148.40
137.91
135.26
Total.
994.63
124.33
1,118.96
1,052.55
981.92
11
12
13.
14
15
Debits.
Value of plant
and machinery
in store on 1st
January.
Rs.
3,186
5,327
8,513
8,388
10,500
A.
2
4
6
6
12
P.
0
10
10
7
11
Raw material
purchased.
Rs.
7,844
4,149
11,994
18,700
13,601
A.
12
14
10
10
14
P.
6
0
6
0
3
Contingencies
of manufacture.
Rs.
444
465
909
1,653
1,292
A.
9
1
10
11
3
P.
0
0
0
0
3
All other
charges.
Rs.
14,142
230
14,372
12,353
9,585
A.
7
1
8
9
11
P.
6
0
6
11
5
Total debits.
Rs.
33,031
16,456
49,487
51,721
45,352
A.
8
7
15
13
4
P.
3
8
11
6
4
16
Excess of credits
or profits.
Rs.
22,536
5,181
27,718
21,324
19,167
A.
6
9
0
12
5
P.
6
11
5
5
1
17
Excess of
debit or loss.
Rs.
...
...
...
...
18
Remarks.
The daily average number of inmates employed on manufacture during the working days was—males 477, females 72. Total 549.
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NOTE
ON THE
Mental Hospitals in Burma
FOR THE YEAR 1929
Rangoon
Supdt., Govt. Printing and Stationery, Burma
1930
Price,—Rs. 1-8-2s 3d.]
NOTE
ON THE
Mental Hospitals in Burma
FOR THE YEAR 1929
Rangoon
Supdt., Govt. Printing and Stationery, Burma
1930
LIST OF AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.
IN BURMA.
AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, Rangoon.
BISWAS & Co., 30, Lewis Street. Rangoon.
BRITISH BURMA PRESS BRANCH, Rangoon.
BURMA BOOK CLUB, LTD., Post Box No. 1068. Rangoon
INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST BOOK DEPÔT, Post Box No. 971 Rangoon
MODERN PUBLISHING HOUSE, LTD., Rangoon.
NEW LIGHT OF BURMA PRESS, 26 and 26A, Phayre Street, Rangoon.
RANGOON TIMES PRESS, Rangoon.
MAUNG LU GALE, Law Book Depôt, 42, Ayo-o-gale, Mandalay.
CHAPPLE'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, 377, Lower Main Road, Moulmein
IN INDIA.
BOOK Co., LTD. 4/4A. College Square. Calcutta.
BUTTERWORTH & Co. (India), LTD., Calcutta.
S. K. LAHIRI & Co., 56, College Street, Calcutta.
W. NEWMAN & Co., Calcutta.
THACKER, SPINK & Co., Calcutta and Simla.
D. B. TARAPOREVALA, SONS & Co., Bombay.
THACKER & Co., LTD., Bombay.
CITY BOOK Co., POST BOX No. 283, Madras.
HIGGINBOTHAM, & Co., Madras
IN EUROPE.
The publications are obtainable either direct from the Office of the
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR INDIA 42, Grosvenor Gardens London
W. 1 or through any bookseller.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
NOTE ON THE MENTAL HOSPITALS IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1929.
Buildings ... ... ... ... ...
Accommodation ... ... ... ... ...
Population ... ... ... ... ...
Admissions, etc. ... ... ... ... ...
Criminal Lunatics ... ... ... ... ...
Age ... ... ... ... ...
Causes of Mental Breakdown ... ... ...
Health and Mortality ... ... ... ...
Escapes, Accidents and Suicides, etc. ... ...
Treatment ... ... ... ... ...
Sanitation ... ... ... ... ...
Water Supply ... ... ... ... ...
Garden and Dairy ... ... ... ...
Diets
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Amusement and Recreation ... ... ...
Employment
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Bedding ... ... ... ... ...
Finance ... ... ... ... ...
Average Cost ... ... ... ... ...
Committee of Visitors ... ... ... ...
Staff
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RESOLUTION
ON THE
Note on the Mental Hospitals
in Burma
FOR THE YEAR 1929.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of Burma (Ministry of Education)
No. 146X30, dated the 21st June 1930.
READ—
The Note on the Mental Hospitals in Burma for the year 1929
RESOLVED THAT—
The Note be published.
By order.
F. H. STEAVENSON,
Secretary to the Government of Burma,
Education Department.
Note
ON THE
Mental Hospitals in Burma
For the Year 1929.
This report deals with the working of the Mental Hospital at
Tadagale and of the Mental Hospital at Minbu during the year 1929.
2. Buildings.—No additions were made to the existing buildings
either at Tadagale or at Minbu, but the following minor works
and improvements were carried out during the year under report
at Tadagale :—
(a) Erection of American wire fencing with concrete posts.
(b) Provision of pucca drains inside the enclosure.
(c) Improvements to the laterite floors of cattle sheds.
(d) Dismantling of two pagodas at the old Mental Hospital in
St. John's Road and their re-erection at Tadagale.
Accommodation and sanitation continued to be satisfactory.
The deficiency in the water supply at Tadagale remarked on in the
report of 1928 still exists, and is likely to become more acute during
the ensuing hot weather, if other arrangements cannot be made.
3. Accommodation.—The figures of accommodation of the Tadagale
Mental Hospital shown in the Report of 1928, were not correct, as they
included certain beds of the old Mental Hospital at Rangoon which
were being removed to Tadagale towards the close of the year. The
Tadagale Mental Hospital was designed to accommodate 1,051 inmates
(886 males and 165 females); hospital accommodation is provided for
146 patients, with special male and female dysentery wards of 12 and 6
beds respectively and a separate female tubercular block of 6 beds. In
addition a corrugated iron building outside the hospital serves as a
contagious ward for 8 cases. The accommodation at Minbu is for 138
inmates.
There was some slight overcrowding at Tadagale, particularly
towards the latter end of the year when the population went up to a
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NOTE ON THE MENTAL HOSPITALS
maximum of 1,100. The overcrowding was increased consequent on
44 out of the 84 beds in the European and better class Asiatic section
and 12 beds in the male dysentery ward having been necessarily kept
vacant owing to there being no patients of these classes.
There was no overcrowding at Minbu and the accommodation was
sufficient as the number of inmates at the end of the year was 112.
4. Population.—The total number of inmates at Tadagale excluding
3 observation cases (2 males and 1 female) at the commencement of the
year was 1,024 (867 males and 157 females), the highest number con-
fined in any one night being 1,100 (935 males and 165 females). The
number of inmates on the last day of the year was 1,090 (927 males and
163 females), and the daily average strength was 1,059.29. The number
of inmates at the beginning of the year at Minbu was 121 and at the
end of the year 112 and the daily average strength was 118.41 and the
largest population in any one night was 121.
5. Admissions and Discharges.—Two hundred and thirty inmates (194
males and 36 females) were admitted into the Mental Hospital, Tadagale
during the year ; this number included 26 readmissions. One hundred
and twenty-two inmates were discharged in 1929 as against 151 in 1928
and 134 in 1927, the higher numbers discharged in 1928 and 1929
being mainly accounted for by a larger number of sane criminals being
sent to attend their trials or being re-transferred to jails. There were
no admissions at Minbu. Three patients were discharged as improved
and 6 died during the year. Of the total number discharged in
1929, 67 were declared cured, 51 improved and 7 otherwise. In 1928
the number discharged as cured was 111 and in 1927, 88. Discharged
as improved were 29 in 1928 and 34 in 1927.
The percentage of cured to admissions was 13.77 in 1927 ; 14.39 in
1928 and 6.52 in 1929.
The cooly and the cultivator classes contributed the largest number
of admissions during the year. A little over 38 per cent. of total admis-
sions were from Rangoon.
A thorough and systematic examination of patients admitted revealed
18 cases of general paralysis of the insane with typical physical signs
and symptoms, a history of syphilis was elicited in the majority of these
cases and a positive Wassermann reaction in every case.
6. Statement II shows the number of criminal lunatics confined in the
Mental Hospitals in Burma. The daily average strength of this class of
inmates at the Mental Hospital at Tadagale rose from 376.59 in 1928 to
399.87 in 1929.
7. Statement III shows that of the 230 admissions at Tadagale, 121
were Burmese, 44 Hindus, 26 Mahomedans, and other nationalities 39.