Return of the Hospital Department of prisoners in jails in Singapore, Penang and Province Wellesley, and Malacca, from 1st May, 1863, to 30th April, 1864, exhibiting the average strength, number of admissions of sick, number of deaths, etc., in each jail during the year, and the rate per cent.:— | Stations | Singapore. | Penang and
Province
Wellesley. | Malacca. | Total. | | Average strength during the Year | 2,400 | 1,150 | 661 | 4,211 | | Admissions during the Year | | | | | | Fevers | 222 | 260 | 292 | 774 | | Eruptive Fevers | 25 | 2 | 26 | 53 | | Diseases of the | | | | | | Lungs | 30 | 55 | 63 | 148 | | Liver | 9 | — | 1 | 10 | | Stomach and Bowels | 81 | 216 | 93 | 390 | | Brain | 12 | 19 | 41 | 72 | | Generative and Urinary Organs | 51 | 23 | 24 | 98 | | Eyes | 50 | 27 | 9 | 86 | | Skin | 50 | 20 | 37 | 107 | | Cholera | 3 | — | — | 3 | | Dropsies | 13 | 27 | 6 | 46 | | Rheumatic Affections | 58 | 107 | 31 | 196 | | Abscesses and Ulcers | 204 | 198 | 84 | 486 | | Wounds and Injuries | 58 | 93 | 42 | 193 | | Other Diseases | 181 | 47 | 32 | 260 | | Total | 1,047 | 1,094 | 781 | 2,922 | | Deaths during the Year | | | | | | Fevers | — | — | 7 | 7 | | Eruptive Fevers | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | | Diseases of the | | | | | | Lungs | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | | Liver | 1 | — | — | 1 | | Stomach and Bowels | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 | | Brain | — | 2 | — | 2 | | Generative and Urinary Organs | — | — | — | — | | Eyes | — | — | — | — | | Skin | 3 | — | — | 3 | | Cholera | 2 | — | — | 2 | | Dropsies | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | | Rheumatic Affections | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | | Abscesses and Ulcers | 1 | — | — | 1 | | Wounds and Injuries | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | | Other Diseases | 25 | 21 | 3 | 49 | | Total | 55 | 44 | 21 | 120 | | Discharged during the Year | 943 | 1,012 | 742 | 2,697 | | Transfer during the Year | — | — | — | — | | Liberated during the Year | — | — | — | — | | Remaining | 49 | 38 | 18 | 105 | | Rate per cent. | | | | | | Sick to Strength | 43.62 | 95.1 | 118.45 | 69.43 | | Death by ordinary diseases to strength | 2.20 | 3.82 | 3.17 | 2.802 | | Death by Cholera to strength | 00.8 | — | — | 004.74 | | Total Deaths to Strength | 2.29 | 3.82 | 3.17 | 2.84 | The rate per cent. of the total deaths to strength at the three settlements may appear high, but it is accounted for by the number of old convicts dying off.
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