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furnish the largest number of admissions. In 36 cases the occupation was not
ascertained.

8.     Statement No. V—treats of the ages of the insanes admitted during
the year. Of the total admissions 6 were 20 years of age, 84 (males 70, females
14) between 20 and 40 years, 22 (males 19, females 3) between 40 and 60, and
5 (males 3, females 2) upwards of 60 years.

9.     Statement No. VI—sets forth the various types of insanity of the luna-
tics admitted during the year in accordance with prescribed classification as
abstracted below:

The commonest types of insanity met with are mania and melancholia.
General paralysis of the insane provides but one case. This, however, is a dis-
ease more associated with higher civilisation and mental strain to which, as the
Superintendent observes, the rural Burman is not exposed, and in towns competi-
tion and the struggle for existence is not so keen as in western cities.

10. Statement No. VII—shows the alleged causes of insanity among the
lunatics. Out of 117 admissions during the year a cause of insanity was assigned
to 57 only or 49 per cent. of admissions. Although every case where the cause
of insanity was unknown was referred back for further information, and consider-
able pains taken to ascertain the previous history and habits of the patients, yet
in most instances failure was the result.

Of the 117 admissions 29 are attributed to physical causes, 28 to moral
causes, and in 60 cases the causes are said to be unknown. The physical causes
are reproduced below : —

11. Statement No. VIII—exhibits the sickness and mortality of the Luna-
tic Asylum during the year. The figures returned for the year under review are
contrasted below with those for the previous year.

The chief causes of admission were mania 20, influenza 15, abscess 15,
debility 13, malarial fever 11, and diarrhœa 10.

There were in all 30 deaths as compared with 41 in the previous year and 36
in 1897.