BURMA.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT .—No. 4946—L.A. 9.

FROM

            COLONEL C. A. GILL, K.H.S., M.R.C.P. (LOND.),

                                                                        D.P.H. (ENG.), I.M.S.,

                                                Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Burma,

To

        THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BURMA,

                                                    EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

                                            Dated Rangoon, the 24th April 1934.

SIR,

I have the honour to submit herewith the Annual Report
on the Mental Hospitals at Tadagale and Minbu for the year 1933,
together with the statistical tables.

2. Accommodation.—The accommodation in the two Mental Hospitals
remained the same as last year, viz., 1,051 (886 males and 165 females)
at Tadagale and 138 males at Minbu or a total of 1,189 (1,024 males
and 165 females) at both institutions. The hospital at Tadagale was
seriously overcrowded, more especially on the male side throughout the
year. In order to relieve the congestion, and also as a measure of
economy, 45 patients were transferred to Minbu, but owing to increased
admissions at Tadagale, the total population at the end of the year was
actually larger than it was on January 1st, 1933. Additional accommo-
dation is urgently necessary, but it cannot be provided at present on
account of lack of funds.

Statement Nos. I and IA.

3. Population.—At Tadagale the year commenced with a population

of 1,212 patients (1,040 males and 172 females)
and ended with 1,242 (1,051 males and 191
females). The daily average population was 1,251, the maximum
number on any one day being 1,282 (1,095 males and 187 females). At
Minbu the number of patients was increased by the transfer of 45
criminal lunatics (chronic dements) from Tadagale and one re-admission.
The daily average population at Minbu was 99 and the largest number
of patients on any one day was 126.