I. CAPE COAST. COLONIAL HOSPITAL.

Of the Admissions into Hospitals, the proportion per cent. who died and who recovered during One Year, 1857–1858.

—— All Ages.
Died in Hospital.
M. and F.
Recovered.
M. and F.
All diseases 4·3 87·0
Variola
Dysenteria 100·0
Diarrhœa
Cholera biliosa or Cholera spas­mo­di­ca
Periodic fevers 100·0
Continued fevers
Rheu­ma­tis­mus acutus or Rheu­ma­tis­mus chronicus 100·0
Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæ­mop­ty­sis
Brain and nervous system 50·0 50·0
Chest diseases
Liver diseases 50·0

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.