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REPORT ON THE RANGOON LUNATIC ASYLUM FOR THE YEAR 1898.
The net results of the Asylum milk business for the past three years are con-
trasted in the following statement:—
Milk sold to the public
...
...
Milk sold to the Asylum
...
...
Realized by sale of cattle
...
...
Total ...
Cost of feeding cows ... ... ...
Salary of milkman ... ... ...
Price paid for cattle purchased ... ...
Price paid for supply of milk
...
...
Total ...
Net profit ...
1896.
Rs.
842
959
70
1,872
189
180
100
A.
11
5
0
1
2
0
0
P.
10
5
0
3
0
0
0
......
469
1,402
2
15
0
3
1897.
Rs.
1,798
1,420
60
3,278
247
180
320
A.
5
7
0
13
8
0
0
P.
11
2
0
1
0
0
0
......
747
2,531
8
5
0
1
1898.
Rs.
5,872
1,545
190
7,608
440
180
210
4,205
5,036
2,572
A.
15
13
0
13
10
0
0
11
5
7
P.
8
7
0
3
1
0
0
3
4
11
Milk has been freely used as formerly in the treatment of the sick and
weakly.
11. General Treatment.—There has been no change under this head.
Every encouragement is given to the lunatics to get up amusements among them-
selves, but beyond the usual games at Burmese foot-ball nothing much has been
carried out regularly. Nine pwès were given in the Asylum during the year.
These have proved a great success and are now entirely self-supporting. An
effort is being made to furnish a small library for the recovered lunatics, and at
present two of the daily newspapers are being subscribed for, and I hope before
long to be able to start some other amusements and purchase a few books for
those who are able to take advantage of them.
12. Medical Treatment.—The sick have been carefully looked after. For-
cible feeding with tube and funnel has been carried out in the cases of those who
persistently refuse to take food; 18 patients have been thus treated during
the year. One patient was fed at intervals for one month and 23 days, the aver-
age period being six or seven days.
13. Escapes.—There were four escapes during the year, one being a female
civil lunatic under observation who is still at large.
(1) No. 63.—Nga Tun U was a lunatic on probation employed in carrying
milk daily to customers, no warder being sent with him. On the
evening of the 4th January 1898 he went out as usual with his
milk-can, but failed to return. A report was immediately made to
the police, but up to date no trace of the missing man has been
discovered.
(2) No. 88.—Syed Ally, while employed in picking chillies in the garden,
managed to slip away unobserved. He was believed to have
climbed over the wall near the railway. The usual reports were
made, but he has not since been heard of.
(3) No. 3.—Nga Ni, on the morning of the 20th September, escaped from
his cell by cutting one of the iron bars of the ventilator with a file
which he had managed to conceal. This lunatic was a life pri-
soner under section 121, Indian Penal Code, and was confined in
the Asylum under section 31, Act V of 1871. No trace has been
discovered of him.
(4) A female named Manikam, while under observation for supposed in-
sanity, escaped through the roof of the bath-room of one of the
cottages in the female enclosure on the 22nd October about
I A.M. The police were informed, but she has not been heard of
since.
In connection with Nga Ni's escape the overseer and one warder were fined
and the warder actually on duty at the time of escape was dismissed.