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Annexe E.

REPORT ON THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS FOR THE YEAR 1906.

There were admitted during the year 134 males and 28 females, inaking with those remaining on December 31st, 1905, 15 males and 7 females-a total of 184 under treat-

ment.

The following are the admissions for the past 8 years :---

1899,

1900,

1901,

1902,

1903,

1904,

1905,

1906,

78

...109

90

...120

..155

..166

.160

...162

The patients under treatment were divided under the following headings :-

Paying, Police,

Police Cases,

Free Patients,

Government Servant,

28

1

.109

45

1

184

Of these cases there were discharged on recovery or repatriated 157 (having been sent to Canton), 9 died, and there remained under treatment on December 31st, 1906, 18 cases.

NATURE OF CASES.

Acute mental diseases were not very prominent, there being only 24 cases of acute mania-17 males and 7 females. Chronic mental trouble and degenerative mental changes were more prevalent among the native population, as will be seen ou reference to Table III. Alcoholism again claims a large proportion of subjects--34.

BIRTH PLACES OF THOSE ADMITTED.

Austria,

Chili,

China,

England,

Germany

*

Greece,

India,

Ireland,

Japan,

Korea,

Manila,..

Portugal,

Scotland,

Straits Settlements,..

U. S. A.........

Hongkong,.

Males.

Females.

2

0

95

32

15

5

1

9

0

6

0

3

2

1

Q

0

0

4

0

1

0

1

0

Total,...........

149

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