REPORT ON THE RANGOON LUNATIC ASYLUM FOR THE YEAR 1895.
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Criminal lunatics admitted into the asylum during the year 1895.
Those tried and acquitted
on the ground of
insanity.
Males.
15
Females.
...
Total.
15
Those insane on admis-
sion and found to be
incapable of making
their defence.
Males.
16
Females.
3
Total.
19
Those who became
insane during im-
prisonment.
Males.
5
Females.
...
Total.
5
Total of all classes.
Males.
36
Females.
3
Total.
39
35. Statement III, showing the religion and sex, &c.—Of 106 lunatics ad-
mitted during the year 61 were Burmese.
The relative proportion of male to female lunatics is 7 to 1 in respect of
admissions, and 7 to 1 of daily average strength. This proportion is less than in
1894, but is still in striking contrast to what obtains in most European coun-
tries, where usually the female population of asylums is in excess of the male.
The number of European and Eurasian patients under treatment during the year
was small, only 8 ; two were new admissions, one died, and two were discharged,
leaving five at the close of the year.
List of Europeans and Eurasians under treatment in the Rangoon Lunatic Asylum
during the year 1895.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Name.
A. E. ...
J. W. ...
A. D. ...
H. B. ...
E. C. ...
A. M. ...
C. M. ...
E. R. ...
Sex.
Male ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Female ...
Do. ...
Male ...
Do. ...
Female ...
Previous occu-
pation.
Clerk ...
Head Consta-
ble of Police.
...
Prostitute ...
... Telegraph Sig-
naller.
Clerk ...
...
Age.
31
38
19
30
26
18
41
30
Race.
Eurasian...
Do. ...
Do. ...
German ...
Armenian...
Eurasian...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Date of admis-
sion.
15th September
1890.
25th March 1891
4th May 1892...
10th December
1892.
12th May 1894
19th November
1894.
4th May 1895...
2nd March 1895
Type of insanity.
Melancholia ...
Toxic ...
Idiocy ...
Insanity associ-
ated with ob-
vious morbid
change or
changes in the
brain.
Melancholia ...
Do. ...
Mania ...
Mania ...
Date of dis-
charge or
death.
...
...
...
23rd Janu-
ary 1895.
...
...
22nd Nov-
ember
1895.
6th August
1895.
Remarks.
Died.
Discharged.
Do.
36. Statements IV and V, showing the previous occupation and ages, &c.
—Call for no remarks.
37. Statement VI, showing the types of insanity; Statement VII, the alleged
causes of insanity.—These
statements have been prepared in the same manner
as in previous years. No definite orders have been received on the proposals con-
tained in letter No. 12 (Medical)-531, dated the 31st July 1895, from the Govern-
ment of India, Home Department, to simplify these statements by the abolition of
certain columns in Statement VI, and by including under one general head all
" moral causes " in Statement VII.
38. Statement VIII, showing the return of sick, &c.—During the year no
epidemic disease occurred. The total number of admissions into hospital was
129; this gives a percentage of 38 admissions to strength 341, and is much less
than the percentage in several of the previous years, in which, after excluding
epidemics, the percentage of admissions to strength varied from 40 to 56 and 70.
39. The following table gives the number of admissions to hospital and
deaths during the past three years:—
Year.
1893 ... ... ...
1894 ... ... ...
1895 ... ... ...
Daily average
strength.
255
261
341
Admissions.
179
275
129
Deaths.
43
26
36
Percentage of
deaths to daily
average strength.
16.9
10.0
10.6