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No. IV.—Statement showing the occupation of patients admitted into the Rangoon Lunatic
Asylum during the year 1880.
1
Occupation.
Boat-builders .. .. .. .. ..
Boatmen .. .. .. .. ..
Bazaar-sellers .. .. .. .. ..
Carpenters .. .. .. .. ..
Cattle-keepers .. .. .. .. ..
Cooks .. .. .. .. ..
Cultivators .. .. .. .. ..
Coolies .. .. .. .. ..
Dhobies .. .. .. .. ..
Gharry-drivers
..
..
.. ..
Head constables .. .. .. ..
Pensioners .. .. .. .. ..
Pone-gyees .. .. .. .. ..
Tailors .. .. .. .. ..
Traders
.. .. .. .. ..
Soldiers .. .. .. .. ..
Unknown .. .. .. .. ..
Total ..
2
Males.
1
1
1
2
1
..
7
3
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
29
3
Females.
..
..
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
7
4
Total.
1
1
2
2
1
1
8
3
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
5
36
No. V.—Statement showing the ages of patients admitted into the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum
during the year 1880.
1
Sex.
Males .. .. .. ..
Females .. .. .. ..
Total ..
2
Under 20.
..
2
2
3
20 to 40.
18
4
22
4
40 to 60.
10
1
11
5
Upwards of
60.
1
..
1
6
Total.
29
7
36
4
( 14 )
No. VI.—Statement showing the types of insanity of the lunatics in the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum during the year 1880.
1
Remaining .. ..
Admitted .. ..
Total treated ..
Recovered .. ..
Improved or otherwise discharged.
Died .. ..
Remaining .. ..
2
105(a)
Acute mania.
M.
70
14
84
10
4
8
62
F.
11
5
16
3
..
2
11
T.
81
19
100
13
4
10
73
3
105(b)
Chronic
mania.
M.
19
..
19
3
..
3
13
F.
1
..
1
..
..
1
..
T.
20
..
20
3
..
4
13
4
106
Melancholia.
M.
14
11
25
5
..
3
17
F.
2
1
3
..
..
..
3
T.
16
12
28
5
..
3
20
5
107(a)
Acute
dementia.
M.
28
..
28
..
..
..
28
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
28
..
28
..
..
..
28
6
107(b)
Chronic
dementia.
M.
3
..
3
..
..
..
3
F.
1
..
1
..
..
..
1
T.
4
..
4
..
..
..
4
7
108.
Paralysis of
the insane.
M.
3
..
3
..
..
1
2
F.
1
..
1
..
..
..
1
T.
4
..
4
..
..
1
3
8
109.
Idiotcy.
M.
7
..
7
..
..
..
7
F.
1
..
1
..
..
..
1
T.
8
..
8
..
..
..
8
9
Imbecility.
M.
24
4
28
3
..
1
24
F.
3
1
4
1
..
..
3
T.
27
5
32
4
..
1
27
10
Feigning
insanity.
M.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
11
Not insane.
M.
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
12
Total.
M.
169
29
198
22
4
16
156
F.
20
7
27
4
..
3
20
T.
189
36
225
26
4
19
176
( 15 )
No. VII.—Statement showing the alleged causes of insanity among the lunatics in the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum during the year 1880.
1
CASES.
Remaining on 31st December 1879 ..
Admitted
..
Criminal ..
Non-criminal ..
Total treated ..
Recovered .. .. ..
Improved or otherwise discharged ..
Died .. .. ..
Remaining on 31st December 1880 ..
2
PHYSICAL CAUSES.
Ganja.
M.
18
..
..
18
1
..
..
17
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
18
..
..
18
1
..
..
17
Opium.
M.
7
..
..
7
..
..
1
6
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
7
..
..
7
..
..
1
6
Spirit.
M.
6
..
..
6
..
..
..
6
F.
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
T.
7
..
..
7
1
..
..
6
Injury to the head.
M.
4
..
..
4
1
..
1
2
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
4
..
..
4
1
..
1
2
Masturbation.
M.
3
..
..
3
..
..
..
3
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
3
..
..
3
..
..
..
3
Disease of the brain.
M.
4
..
..
4
..
..
..
4
F.
2
..
..
2
..
..
1
1
T.
6
..
..
6
..
..
1
5
Hereditary.
M.
12
..
..
12
..
..
..
12
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
12
..
..
12
..
..
..
12
Puerperal.
M.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
F.
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
T.
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Datura.
M.
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Fever.
M.
2
1
..
3
..
..
..
3
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
2
1
..
3
..
..
..
3
Epilepsy.
M.
2
..
..
2
..
..
..
2
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
2
..
..
2
..
..
..
2
Sunstroke.
M.
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
F.
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
T.
2
..
..
2
1
..
. .
1
Phthisis.
M.
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
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No. VII.—Statement showing the alleged causes of insanity among the lunatics in the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum, &c.—(concluded).
1
CASES.
Remaining on 31st December 1879 .. ..
Admitted ..
Criminal .. ..
Non-criminal .. ..
Total treated ..
Recovered .. .. .. ..
Improved or otherwise discharged ..
..
Died .. .. .. ..
Remaining on 31st December 1880.. ..
2
PHYSICAL
CAUSES—
(concld.)
Total physical.
M.
61
1
..
62
3
..
2
57
F.
5
..
..
5
2
..
1
2
T.
66
1
..
67
5
..
3
59
3
MORAL CAUSES.
Loss of property.
M.
15
1
4
20
2
..
2
16
F.
1
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
T.
16
1
4
21
2
..
3
16
Grief.
M.
18
..
..
18
3
..
2
13
F.
3
..
..
3
..
..
..
3
T.
21
..
..
21
3
..
2
16
Disappointment in love.
M.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
F.
2
..
1
3
..
..
..
3
T.
2
..
1
3
..
..
..
3
Domestic trouble.
M.
15
..
1
16
2
..
1
13
F.
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
T.
16
..
1
17
2
..
1
14
Fright.
M.
5
..
..
5
..
..
..
5
F.
2
..
..
2
..
..
. .
2
T.
7
..
..
7
..
..
..
7
Poverty.
M.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Religion.
M.
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Total moral.
M.
54
1
5
60
7
..
5
48
F.
9
..
1
10
..
..
1
9
T.
63
1
6
70
7
..
6
57
4
Total known.
M.
115
2
5
122
10
..
7
105
F.
14
..
1
15
2
..
2
11
T.
129
2
6
137
12
..
9
116
5
Total unknown.
M.
54
9
13
76
12
4
9
51
F.
6
2
4
12
2
..
1
9
T.
60
11
17
88
14
4
10
60
6
GRAND TOTAL.
M.
169
11
18
198
22
4
16
156
F.
20
2
5
27
4
..
3
20
T.
189
13
23
225
26
4
19
176
( 17 )
No. VIII.—Return of sick in the hospital of the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum during the year 1880.
1
Diseases.
Fever .. .. .. .. ..
Hæmoptysis .. .. .. ..
Diarrhœa .. .. .. ..
Bronchitis .. .. .. ..
General debility .. .. .. ..
Pneumonia .. .. .. ..
Paralysis .. .. .. ..
Ulcers .. .. .. ..
Heart disease .. .. .. ..
Anœmia
..
..
..
Lumbrici .. .. .. ..
Herpes .. .. .. ..
Dysentery .. .. .. ..
Abscess .. .. .. ..
Carbuncle .. .. .. ..
Asthma .. .. .. ..
Total ..
2
Remaining in hos-
pital from previ-
ous year.
M.
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
3
Admitted during the
year.
M.
16
1
6
2
8
2
2
3
1
1
..
2
4
1
1
1
51
F.
..
..
1
..
2
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
5
T.
16
1
7
2
10
3
2
3
1
1
1
2
4
1
1
1
56
4
Total.
M.
17
1
6
2
8
2
2
3
1
1
..
2
4
1
1
1
52
F.
..
..
1
..
2
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
5
T.
17
1
7
2
10
3
2
3
1
1
1
2
4
1
1
1
57
5
6
7
8
RESULTS.
Discharged cured.
M.
15
..
5
1
4
1
1
2
..
..
..
2
1
1
1
..
34
F.
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
T.
15
..
6
1
4
1
1
2
..
..
1
2
1
1
1
..
36
Discharged otherwise.
M.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Died.
M.
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
..
..
3
..
..
..
16
F.
..
..
..
..
2
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
T.
2
1
1
1
5
2
1
1
1
1
..
..
3
..
..
..
19
Remaining sick.
M.
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
T.
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
5
( 18 )
No. IX.—Statement of cash account of the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum during the year 1880.
RECEIPTS.
It ms.
Received from treasury .. .. ..
Received from friends of patients on account of main-
tenance .. .. .. ..
Value of articles received from Manufacture Depart-
ment .. .. .. .. ..
Received for raw material .. .. ..
Received on account of articles sold during the year ..
Total ..
Amount.
Rs.
16,577
333
91
154
3,717
20,873
A.
10
8
0
0
9
12
P.
7
0
0
0
9
4
EXPENDITURE.
Items.
Establishment .. .. .. ..
Diet .. .. .. .. ..
Clothing and bedding .. .. ..
Bazaar medicines .. .. .. ..
Contingencies .. .. .. ..
Remitted to treasury on account of maintenance ..
Value of manufactured articles supplied to asylum ..
Raw material for manufacture.. .. ..
Remitted to treasury on account of manufactured
articles, &c., during the year.. .. ..
Total ..
Cash expended.
Rs.
8,142
7,808
40
48
538
333
A.
0
1
4
15
5
8
P.
0
7
0
6
6
0
....
154
3,717
20,782
0
9
12
0
9
4
Value of articles
received from
Manufacture
Department.
Rs. A. P.
....
....
....
....
....
....
91 0 0
....
....
91 0 0
Total.
Rs.
8,142
7,808
40
48
538
333
91
154
3,717
20,873
A.
0
1
4
15
5
8
0
0
9
12
P.
0
7
0
6
6
0
0
0
9
4
Annual cost per
head.
Rs.
45
43
0
0
2
A.
5
7
3
4
15
P.
4
7
7
4
11
....
0 8 1
....
....
92 12 10
( 19 )
No. X.—Statements showing the sanctioned establishment of the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum as
it stood on the 31st December 1880.
1
Establishment.
Superintendent .. .. .. .. .. ..
Overseer .. .. .. .. .. ..
Native Doctor, 2nd class .. .. .. .. ..
Head Jemadar .. .. .. .. .. ..
Assistant Jemadar .. .. .. .. .. ..
Matrons, at Rs. 14 each .. .. .. ..
Keepers, 1st class, at Rs. 14 each .. .. .. ..
Do., 2nd class, at „ 13 each .. .. .. ..
Night Watchmen, at „ 15 each .. .. .. ..
European Cook .. .. .. .. .. ..
Durwan .. .. .. .. .. ..
Lamplighter .. .. .. .. .. ..
Total ..
2
Number.
1
1
1
1
1
2
5
2
2
1
1
1
19
Daily average number of males
..
..
..
..
..
Ditto
ditto of females
.. .. .. .. ..
3
Monthly wages.
Rs.
250
150
37
25
20
28
70
26
30
12
18
12
678
A.
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
160.85
18.76
Proportion of
Jemadars to males .. .. .. ..
Ditto to females .. .. .. ..
Male-keepers to males .. .. .. ..
Female-keepers to females .. .. ..
Per cent.
1.24
10.66
4.35
10.66
( 20 )
No. XI.—Statement showing receipts and expenditure on account of manufactures in the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum during the year 1880.
1
MEAN POPULATION.
Males.
160.85
Females.
18.76
Total.
179.61
2
AVERAGE NUMBER EMPLOYED.
Males.
157
Females.
4
Total.
161
3
4
5
6
7
CREDITS.
Cash received
during the year
for articles sold.
Rs.
3,717
A.
9
P.
9
Value of manu-
factured goods
made over to
asylum for asy-
lum purposes on
31st December
1880.
Rs.
91
A.
0
P.
0
Value of raw
materials in
store on 31st De-
cember 1880.
Rs.
150
A.
0
P.
0
Value of manu-
factured goods in
store on 31st
December 1880.
Rs.
75
A.
0
P.
0
Value of plant and
machinery in
store on 31st
December 1880.
Rs.
200
A.
0
P.
0
8
CREDITS—(concld).
TOTAL CREDITS.
Rs.
4,233
A.
9
P.
9
9
10
11
12
13
DEBITS.
Value of manufac-
tured goods in
store on 1st January
1880.
Rs.
214
A.
6
P.
2
Value of raw mate-
rials in store
on 1st January
1880.
Rs.
443
A.
13
P.
0
Value of plant and
machinery in store
on 1st January
1880.
Rs.
260
A.
12
P.
0
Raw materials
purchased and all
other charges.
Rs.
154
A.
0
P.
0
TOTAL DEBITS.
Rs.
1,072
A.
15
P.
2
14
Excess of credits
or profit.
Rs.
3,160
A.
10
P.
7
15
Excess of debits
or loss.
Rs. A. P.
....
16
Amount of out-
standing bills due
to asylum.
Rs.
92
A.
8
P.
0
REPORT
ON
THE RANGOON LUNATIC ASYLUM
FOR THE YEAR 1881.
RANGOON : PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS, 1882.
RESOLUTION
ON THE
REPORT ON THE RANGOON LUNATIC ASYLUM
FOR THE YEAR 1881.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Chief Commissioner, British Burma, in the Judicial Department,—
No. 5C., dated the 28th February 1882.
READ—
Report on the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum for the year 1881.
RESOLUTION.—The report on the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum was punctually
submitted by the Deputy Surgeon-General on the 12th January 1882. The asylum
has accommodation for 225 patients. The maximum population on any one night
in the past year was 188. There were 176 patients at the beginning of the
year; and the total number of admissions was 48. Twenty-one patients were
discharged cured and three uncured; 25 died. At the end of the year there
accordingly remained in the asylum 175 patients.
2. The mortality was higher than usual owing to a severe outbreak of
cholera in the month of November, which resulted in no less than 12 deaths.
The progress of the disease is minutely traced in the report. Credit is due to the
Superintendent and the establishment under him for their efforts to arrest the
spread of cholera among the patients in the asylum. The proportion of deaths
to persons attacked by cholera was 38.71 per cent. The occurrence of this epidemic
has led the Superintendent to make certain proposals for improving the sanitary
condition of the asylum. Estimates are now being prepared with a view to carry-
ing out these suggestions, which have been approved by the Chief Commissioner.
The proposed increase to the diet of the insanes during the months of October,
November, and December has been sanctioned by the Chief Commissioner. With
reference to the remarks contained in paragraph 3 of the report as to the difficulty
of enforcing the dry-earth system of conservancy owing to the insanes being unable
to understand it, a suggestion has been made to Dr. Griffith that the self-acting
system devised by Dr. Baker, and now in use at the Bassein Jail and elsewhere,
should be introduced into the asylum.
3. Of the 48 patients admitted to the asylum during the year 1881, 30 were
Buddhists, 10 Hindus, two Mahomedans, three Christians, and three of other reli-
gions : nine were coolies, eight cultivators, and the rest of various other employments.
Thirty-three were admitted between the ages of 20 and 40, three were under 20 years
of age, and 12 over 40. Eighteen were admitted suffering from acute mania
and 14 from melancholia, 13 were suffering from other forms of insanity, and three,
who had committed offences while in a state of insanity, were admitted to the
asylum for custody and observation though no longer insane. The insanity was
attributed in 11 cases to physical and in 16 to moral causes. In the remaining
21 cases the cause of the insanity was unknown. The report gives an interesting
( 2 )
account of the methods adopted for relieving the mental meladies of the patients.
The good effects of active employment are especially prominent.
4. The hospital statistics show that of the 89 patients who were admitted to
the hospital during the year, 31 were suffering from cholera, 11 from diarrhœa,
and 10 from dysentery. There were two patients in hospital at the beginning and
nine at the end of the year.
5. The total expenditure of the year, excluding cost of stationery (not stated),
amounted to Rs. 18,870, giving an average expenditure of Rs. 104 on each patient
for the year. If from the total expenditure the charges on account of work done
by the Public Works Department and the cost of English stores, medicines, &c.,
which were not shown in last year's report, be deducted, it will be found that the
expenditure of the year was somewhat less than that of 1880. The profits of the
manufacture department amounted to Rs. 7,532, giving an average of about Rs. 47
for the year for each lunatic employed. This may be considered a satisfactory
result. The Chief Commissioner entirely concurs in Dr. Griffith's remarks as to
the desirability of keeping the lunatics usefully employed. The fact that he was
able throughout the year to keep on an average 88 per cent. of the patients
employed, and that these patients earned on an average very nearly Rs. 4 a
month each, shows how successful he was in giving effect to his views on this
subject. The receipts from paying patients amounted to Rs. 429-9-3, somewhat
more than usual. If this amount, with the profits from manufactures, be deducted
from the total expenditure, it will be found that the actual cost of the establish-
ment to Government amounted, approximately, to Rs. 10,909, or Rs. 60 for each
patient for the year.
6. There was no change in the strength of the establishment during the
year 1881. The Chief Commissioner notices with pleasure the commendation
bestowed by Dr. Griffith upon Mr. Robinson, the overseer, and the subordinate staff
of the asylum for their conduct throughout the year.
Visitors of the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum.
Superintendent,
ditto
ditto.
Deputy Surgeon-General, Indian Medical Department.
Sanitary Commissioner, British Burma.
Commissioners of divisions.
Deputy Commissioners.
Civil Surgeons.
ORDER.—Ordered
that a copy of the above
Resolution be forwarded
to the officers named
in the margin for infor-
mation.
By order of the Chief Commissioner,
G. D. BURGESS,
Secretary.
REPORT
ON
THE RANGOON LUNATIC ASYLUM
FOR THE YEAR 1881.
From Deputy Surgeon-General W. PEARL, British Burma Division, to the Officiating Junior Secretary to
the Chief Commissioner, British Burma,—No. 20C., dated the 12th January 1882.
I HAVE the honour to forward the annual report of the Rangoon Lunatic
Asylum by Surgeon-Major Griffith, the Superintendent in charge.
2. To a report so able and exhaustive I have little to add, save to express
my concurrence in the recommendation of Dr. Griffith that the flooring beneath
the cottages be at once laid with asphalte and concrete for the sake of cleanliness.
3. The cause of the outbreak of cholera in November last appears very
doubtful; but all possible sanitary precautions known should be adopted, and to
this end the flooring beneath the cottages requires immediate attention.
4. As the greater number of deaths invariably occur towards the close
of the year, I also think it a good suggestion that the allowance of meat should
be raised from 4 oz. to 8 oz., at the discretion of the Superintendent, from the
1st October to 15th December.
5. The erection of two additional cottages for the treatment and segregation
of convalescent patients during the prevalence of epidemics is also highly to be
recommended.
From Surgeon-Major H. GRIFFITH, Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum, Rangoon, to the Deputy Surgeon-
General, British Burma Division,—dated the 10th January 1882.
THE accompanying papers and tables, which I have the honour of submitting
for the information of the Chief Commissioner, show in figures the statistical
facts of the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum for the year 1881 and such details of its
management, financial and otherwise, as can be reduced to tabular form.
Annual Report on the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum for the year 1881.
1. Situation and buildings.—During the year under review there has been no
change in the buildings occupied either by the civil or criminal lunatics, and it
would be a waste of time to give a full description of the asylum in each annual
report.
The dead-house was completed, and the defect in the criminal cell's ventila-
tors was remedied.
A new store-room, which was much needed, was completed during the year.
2. Water-supply.—No change has been effected in this. The water is entirely
derived from wells, three in all, in the asylum grounds. It is to all appearances
of excellent quality. Further on in my report on the epidemic of cholera which
invaded the asylum I have made the following remarks on the quality of the water:—
" The water in the wells was lower during the past hot season than during any year
" since the asylum was opened. The inference from this fact is that the water in
" the wells is after all principally surface drainage more or less filtered. It is
" possible that most of the soil-water drains down between the steining of the well
( 5 )
the mental disease. None of these 20 at least would have been admissible to
asylums at home, where (except in pauper asylums) it is made a rule to exclude
cases plainly incurable. Deducting therefore the 20 from the 46, the proportion of
recoveries to the remainder is 60.71.
The past year evinces that there is still much procrastination amongst Burmans,
especially in conveying their insane to the asylum, in consequence of which it is
much to be feared the disease is aggravated and often proves fatal.
Not a year passes by that it is not regretted that some patient is placed in
the asylum after the best period for restorative treatment has passed. The gene-
ral proposition that recent cases of insanity are very curable, and that chronic
ones are only occasionally so, may be considered as fully established, and ought
at this day to be everywhere understood.
The total number of cases treated during 1881, as compared with those of
the previous seven years, is as follows:—
Years.
1874
...
...
...
...
1875
...
...
...
...
1876 ... ... ... ...
1877
...
...
...
...
1878
...
...
...
...
1879 ... ... ... ...
1880
...
...
...
...
Yearly average ...
1881
...
...
...
...
Males.
169
174
194
197
222
228
198
197
196
Females.
19
18
20
23
22
25
27
22
28
The total number discharged comparatively is as follows :—
Years.
1874
...
...
...
...
1875
...
...
...
...
1876
...
...
...
...
1877
...
...
...
...
1878
...
...
...
...
1879
...
...
...
...
1880
...
...
...
...
Yearly average ...
1881
...
...
...
...
Males.
25
24
32
20
23
39
26
27
21
Females.
4
1
3
5
3
0
4
3
3
The comparative number of deaths is as follows :—
Years.
1874
...
...
...
...
1875
...
...
...
...
1876
...
...
...
...
1877
...
...
...
...
1878
...
...
...
...
1879
...
...
...
...
1880
...
...
...
...
Yearly average ...
1881
...
...
...
...
Males.
10
10
8
9
21
20
16
13
20
Females.
0
1
2
2
2
5
3
2
5
The comparative daily averages are as follows :—
Years.
1874
...
...
...
...
1875
...
...
...
...
1876
...
...
...
...
1877
...
...
...
...
1878
...
...
...
...
1879
...
...
...
...
1880 ... ... ... ...
Yearly average ...
1881
...
...
...
...
Males.
126
142
148
167
176
180.83
160.85
157.24
160.58
Females.
14
15
15
16
17
19.59
18.76
16.48
21.76
9. Statement No. II.—This return shows the number of criminal lunatics
confined during the year 1881.
There remained of this class at the close of the previous year 42 males and
three females, during the year 13 males and one female were admitted and two
2
( 12 )
from Rs. 150 to Rs. 200 per mensem, and that the designation of his office be
changed to that of Deputy Superintendent.
Had it not been for the occurrence of cholera amongst the inmates, I con-
sider that at no period of its history has the asylum showed so well as during the
year under review.
The Commissioner of Pegu agrees with me in recommending the erection of
two more cottages in the reclaimed ground at the back of the asylum enclosure,
where several of the inmates might be moved at periods of epidemics.
It was felt in November last that some additional accommodation at a dis-
tance from the buildings in which the inmates are located would have been most
desirable to treat and to completely segregate the convalescent patients from the
rest of the population.
RANGOON :
The 10th January 1882.
H. GRIFFITH,
Superintendent.
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No. I.—Statement showing the admissions, discharges, &c., of lunatics in the Rangoon Lunatic Aslyum during the year 1881 and ten previous years.
1
YEARS.
1871 ..
1872 ..
1873 ..
1874 ..
1875 ..
1876 ..
1877 ..
1878 ..
1879 ..
1880
..
Average
..
1881 ..
2
Remained on 1st
January.
M.
..
99
105
116
134
140
154
168
178
169
126.30
156
F.
..
10
15
16
15
16
15
16
17
20
14.00
20
T.
..
109
120
132
149
156
169
184
195
189
140.30
176
3
Admitted.
M.
107
31
46
53
39
53
41
53
49
26
49.80
38
F.
11
8
6
3
3
4
8
5
7
6
6.10
8
T.
118
39
52
56
42
57
49
58
56
32
55.90
46
4
Re-admitted.
M.
..
2
..
..
1
1
2
1
1
3
1.10
2
F.
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
1
.40
..
T.
..
3
..
..
1
1
2
2
2
4
1.50
2
5
Total population.
M.
107
132
151
169
174
194
197
222
228
198
177.20
196
F.
11
19
21
19
18
20
23
22
25
27
20.50
28
T.
118
151
172
188
192
214
220
244
253
225
197.70
224
6
DISCHARGED
A.
Cured.
M.
..
14
11
17
18
25
12
13
29
22
16.10
19
F.
..
1
4
2
1
3
..
1
..
4
1.60
2
T.
..
15
15
19
19
28
12
14
29
26
17.70
21
B.
Transferred to friends
Improved.
M.
5
6
11
8
5
7
7
2
1
1
5.30
..
F.
1
1
1
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
.50
1
T.
6
7
12
9
5
7
8
2
1
1
5.80
1
Not improved.
M.
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
5
9
2
1.70
1
F.
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
1
..
..
.40
..
T.
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
6
9
2
2.10
1
C.
Otherwise.
M.
2
3
2
..
1
..
..
3
..
1
1.20
1
F.
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
.30
..
T.
2
3
2
1
1
..
1
4
..
1
1.50
1
D
Total.
M.
7
23
24
25
24
32
20
23
39
26
24.30
21
F.
1
2
5
4
1
3
5
3
..
4
2.80
3
T.
8
25
29
29
25
35
25
26
39
30
27.10
24
4