The Straits Settlements medical report.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
Date:
[1915]
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Credit: The Straits Settlements medical report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE X-a. Lunatic Asylum. Table showing the Probable Causes, Apparent or Assigned, of the Disorders in the Admissions, Discharges and Deaths of the Year cpig. Admissions. Number of Instances in which a Cause was Assigned. Admissions :—Male 211. Female 44. Total 255. CAUSES. As Predisposing Cause. As Exciting Cause. As Predisposing or Exciting Cause.* Total, f Male. Female. ; Total. Male. I | Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. n •*-> 0 H Moral. Domestic Troubles (including loss of relatives and friends) ... ... 3 3 6 ... ... 3 3 6 Adverse Circumstances (including business anxieties and pecuniary difficulties) ... 1 2 3 ... ... 1 2 3 Mental Anxiety and Worry and Overwork ... 4 I 5 ... ... 4 1 S Religious Excitement ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Love Affairs (including seduction) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Fright and Nervous Shock ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Physical. Intemperance in Drink 46 46 ... 46 • • • 46 Venereal Disease ... ... ... Si 13 64 Si 13 64 Self-abuse ... . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... Sunstroke ... ... I ... I ... 1 ... 1 Accident or Injury ... 3 ... 3 ... ... 3 ... 3 Pregnancy ... ... 1 1 ... ... ... 1 1 Parturition and the Puerperal State ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Uterine and Ovarian Disorders ... I 1 ... ... I 1 Lactation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Puberty ... 2 ... 2 ... ... 2 ... 2 Epilepsy ... ... ... ... 6 >*• 6 6 ... 6 Privation and Starvation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Heart Disease and Cardio-Vascular Changes ... 11 3 14 ... ... ... ... ... 11 3 14 Phthisis ... ... ... 16 4 20 l6 4 20 Malarial Fever ... 20 I 21 ... ... 20 1 21 Typhoid Fever ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Other Bodily Diseases or Disorders 7 3 10 1 ... 1 ... ... 8 3 11 Previous Attacks 32 7 39 ... ... ... ... ... 32 7 39 Old Age 18 4 22 ... ... ... ... ... 18 4 22 Morphia Habit (Opium) ... ... ... 2 ... 2 ... ... 2 ... 2 Hereditary Influences ascertained ... 6 I 7 ... ... ... 6 I 7 Congenital Defect 19 4 23 ... ... ... ... ... 19 4 23 Indian Hemp Smoking Unknown ... ... _ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 6 4i * Where these could not be distinguished t Some of the admissions are credited with more than one cause ; therefore, the sum of the “ known ” and unknown ” causes exceeds that of the admissions.