( 3 )
months they get 8 ounces of meat on the four days and for the rest of the
year 4 ounces. An abundant supply of fresh vegetables is given all the
year round and in the cold season European vegetables. In addition to the above
scale of diets there is also the hospital diet, where any extra that may be deemed
necessary is given. The cost of extra diet for the present year has been high on
account of the great number of debilitated subjects who required a nourishing
diet. A certain number of insanes every year refuse to take food of any descrip-
tion and have to be fed by the stomach-pump or enemata of strong soup or beef
tea.
There is a small dairy kept in connection with the Asylum. At present there
are eight cows and nine calves. These cows supply the milk for such patients as
may require it, and a good amount is sold to any one who may wish it outside.
The milk is extremely good and there is a great demand for it in families, and it
yields a fair profit.
The demand for the milk lately has been very great and, I think, if we had
12 cows instead of eight, we would have difficulty in supplying the demand ; but
it is difficult to get good cows here at a reasonable rate. This year there has
been a great loss in the milk-supply, the cows having had the foot-and-mouth
disease for nearly two months, and of course the supply of milk had to be
stopped. One cow died during the year. During the rains there is a plentiful
supply of grass, but certain extras have to be given the cows.
* Also seven re-admitted,—three
males and four females.
9. Population, Admissions, &c., Statement I.—On the 31st December
1889 there were under treatment 258 lunatics,
namely, 236 males and 22 females. During the year
under review there were 89 admissions, namely, 76
males and 13 females,* making a total of 354 (315 males and 39 females).
During the year the number discharged was 28 (24 males and 4 females) ;
these were cured. There were also 13 discharged improved (10 males and 3
females); 12 of these were civil lunatics, who were handed over to their friends
under section 10 of Act XXXVI of 1858, and one criminal lunatic handed over
to his friends by order of the Junior Assistant Magistrate of Rangoon.
Discharged otherwise the number was 16—
five were transferred to the Benares Lunatic Asylum ;
two were transferred to the Lucknow Lunatic Asylum;
one was transferred to the Jubbulpore Lunatic Asylum ;
two were transferred to the Lahore Lunatic Asylum;
one was transferred to Ratnagiri;
one was transferred to Bareilly ;
one was transferred to Tharrawaddy;
three escaped and were not re-captured.
The following table shows the statistics of admissions, discharges, and deaths
during the year 1890 :—
Remaining on 31st
December 1889.
M.
236
F.
22
Admitted during
1890.
M.
79
F.
17
Total
M.
315
F.
39
Discharged cured.
M.
24
F.
4
Discharged im-
proved.
M.
10
F.
3
Disharged not im-
proved.
M.
...
F.
...
Discharged other-
wise.
M.
15
F.
1
Died.
M.
35
F.
5
Total
M.
90
F
13
Remaining.
M.
231
F.
26
The daily average number of lunatics during the year was 259.46, being 234.80
males and 24.66 females. The highest number reached any one day was 272, being
247 males and 25 females.
During the year the accommodation on the civil side was quite sufficient,
but not on the criminal.
During the year there were six escapes, namely, two criminal and four civil.
Two criminal and one civil have been re-captured, but three civil are still at large.