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Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals

Chapter 25: S. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. POONINDIE NATIVE TRAINING INSTITUTION.
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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.

S. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. POONINDIE NATIVE TRAINING INSTITUTION.

—— Proportion of Deaths from each Cause to 100 Admissions from each Cause. Proportion of Admissions from each Cause to 100 Admissions from all Causes. Proportion of Deaths from each Cause to 100 Deaths from all Causes.
M. F. M. F. M. F.
All ages 15·9 30·9 100·0 100·0 100·0 100·0
Variola
Dysenteria
Diarrhœa
Cholera biliosa or Cholera spas­mo­di­ca
Periodic fevers
Continued fevers
Rheu­ma­tis­mus acutus or Rheu­ma­tis­mus chronicus 4·1
Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæ­mop­ty­sis 70·0 81·2 15·9 23·5 69·6 61·9
Brain and nervous system 100·0 2·1 13·0
Chest diseases 3·4
Liver diseases 2·8 1·5
Other diseases 3·8 71·7 75·0 17·4 38·1

NOTE.—The deaths + recoveries have been taken as the admissions in making these calculations.

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