2              NOTE ON THE MENTAL HOSPITALS

Statement Nos. I and I A.

4. Admissions and Discharges.—At Tadagale the total number of

patients admitted during the year was 319 (270
males and 49 females) as compared with 272
(240 males and 32 females), whilst at Minbu the new admissions
comprised 45 patients transferred from Tadagale and one re-admission.
The increase in the number of admissions at Tadagale is mainly
ascribed to patients being sent to hospital who would in periods of
prosperity have been retained at home. The number of discharges at
Tadagale was 211 (186 males and 25 females), of whom 118 (102 males
and 16 females) were classified as " cured," 36 (27 males and 9 females)
as " improved " and 57 as "discharged otherwise." The percentages
of cures to admissions was 18.18. At Minbu one patient was discharged
as " cured" and 13 were " discharged otherwise."

There were 78 deaths (73 males and 5 females) at Tadagale and one
at Minbu as compared with 61 in the previous year, the percentage of
deaths to daily average population at both institutions being 5.84 (4.76).
The cause of the increased death-rate is ascribed to the admission of a
number of advanced cases of general paralysis of the insane, 14 of
whom died within a few months of admission. The more important
causes of death were general paralysis of the insane (25) and Tuber-
culosis of the lungs (19). The general health of the patients at both
institutions was good and the only outbreak of disease was a mild
epidemic of influenza at Tadagale which caused 42 cases with no deaths.
The daily average sick was 40.69 (45.61).

Statement No. II.

5. Criminal Lunatics.—At Tadagale the number of criminal lunatics
at the beginning of the year was 469, admissions
and re-admissions accounted for 67, whilst 86
were discharged (45 to Minbu) and 18 died, leaving 432 at the end of
the year.

Statement No. III.

6. The incidence of insanity amongst new admissions in respect of
race, sex and residence is shown in Table III.
The only point of interest is the predominant
part played by Rangoon City, which was the place of residence of 173
out of a total of 319 new admissions. As regards races, the admissions
included Hindus, 77 (21 per cent) ; Mohammadans, 51 (14 per cent) ;
Christians, 24 (6.5 per cent) ; Burmans, 168 (46 per cent) ; Chinese, 23
(6.3 per cent) ; Shans, 8 ; Karens, 3 ; Chins, 3 ; Kachins, 3 ; Arakanese,
2 ; Talaing, 1 ; and Talaing Shan, 1.

Statement No. IV.

7. Details in regard to the previous occupation of the new admissions
are given in Statement No. IV. It brings out no
new points, the majority of the patients being, as
usual, cultivators, coolies or of no occupation. The number of clerks
shows a small increase.