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Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals

Chapter 24: R. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. POONINDIE NATIVE TRAINING INSTITUTION.
By Florence Nightingale
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The author compiles and analyzes returns from numerous colonial schools and training institutions to document attendance, age distribution, and mortality patterns. Results show higher death rates than those of comparable children at home, with infectious childhood epidemics dominating in some regions while tubercular disease is prominent in particular institutions. The analysis connects elevated mortality to poor building construction, inadequate ventilation, unsanitary surroundings, long instructional periods, and scarce play or physical education. It also highlights inconsistent, incomplete record-keeping and concludes that the available statistical material is insufficient to yield fully reliable practical guidance.

R. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. POONINDIE NATIVE TRAINING INSTITUTION.

Of the Admissions into Hospital, the Proportion per Cent. who died and who recovered, during the 4 3⁄4 Years, 1856–60.

Table R., Part 1
—— All Ages. Under 5 Years. 5 and under 15 Years.
Died in Hospital. Recovered. Died in Hospital. Recovered. Died in Hospital. Recovered.
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
All diseases 15·9 30·9 84·1 69·1 50·0 44·4 50·0 55·6 — 37·5 100·0 62·5
Variola — — — — — — — — — — — —
Dysenteria — — — — — — — — — — — —
Diarrhœa — — — — — — — — — — — —
Cholera biliosa or Cholera spas­mo­di­ca — — — — — — — — — — — —
Periodic fevers — — — — — — — — — — — —
Continued fevers — — — — — — — — — — — —
Rheu­ma­tis­mus acutus or Rheu­ma­tis­mus chronicus — — 100·0 — — — — — — — — —
Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæ­mop­ty­sis 70·0 81·2 30·0 18·8 — — — — — 100·0 — —
Brain and nervous system 100·0 — — — — — — — — — — —
Chest diseases — — 100·0 — — — — — — — — —
Liver diseases — — 100·0 100·0 — — — — — — — —
Table R., Part 2
—— 15 and under 40 Years. 40 and upwards.
Died in Hospital. Recovered. Died in Hospital. Recovered.
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
All diseases 17·5 27·5 82·5 72·5 — — — —
Variola — — — — — — — —
Dysenteria — — — — — — — —
Diarrhœa — — — — — — — —
Cholera biliosa or Cholera spas­mo­di­ca — — — — — — — —
Periodic fevers — — — — — — — —
Continued fevers — — — — — — — —
Rheu­ma­tis­mus acutus or Rheu­ma­tis­mus chronicus — — 100·0 — — — — —
Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæ­mop­ty­sis 70·0 77·0 30·0 23·0 — — — —
Brain and nervous system 100·0 — — — — — — —
Chest diseases — — 100·0 — — — — —
Liver diseases — — 100·0 100·0 — — — —

NOTE.—In some instances the number of admissions were exceeded by the deaths + the recoveries; in calculating the per-centages, the aggregate of the deaths and recoveries (D. + R.) were in these instances regarded as the number of admissions.

In instances where the proportion of deaths or recoveries approach 100 per cent, the observations have been very few.