Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius.

  • Mauritius. Medical and Health Department
Date:
[1904]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4. The daily average of harmless imbeciles at the Barkly Asylum Lunatic Branch Wards was as follows : Males ... 65 Females ... 29 T otal ... 94 5. The following table shows the return of mental diseases, admissions and deaths in 1904 at the Lunatic Asylum :— Remain¬ ing at Yearly total. Total cases Remain¬ ing at end of 1903. Admis¬ sions. Deaths. treat¬ ed. end of 1904. Idiocy 8 8 5 16 9 Mania 196 77 9 273 207 Melancholia • 23 16 4 39 25 Dementia 122 13 5 135 121 Delusional insanity... 50 2 ... 52 51 Total 399 116 23 515 413 Admitted on interim order, but found to be sane by Com¬ missioners in Lu¬ nacy. 3 3 1* ... 119 1 518 414 ^'Patient still in the Asylum on 31st December 1904. 6. The following were the admissions in 1904 :— Europeans. Creoles. Indians. Chinese. Total. Males 3 32 42 m 7 84 Females 22 13 35 Total ... 3 54 55 7 119 91 (61 males and 30 females) were 1st admissions. 10 (8 males and 2 females) were 2nd admissions. 18 (15 males and 3 females) were readmissions from pro¬ bation. The admissions in 1904 were 12. (11 males and 1 female) more than in the previous year i.e. showed an increase of 11.2 o]o on those of 1903. 7. There were 79 Discharges in 1904 as compared with 81 in 1905 .— Europeans. Creoles. Indians. Chinese. Total. Males 18 28 M 7 53 Females 13 13 ... 26 Total 31 41 7 79