L. FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE. COLONIAL MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. | ||||||||||||
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Of the Admissions into Hospitals, the Proportion per cent. who died and who recovered during Five Years, 1855 to 1860. | ||||||||||||
| Table L, 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 | 20·3 | 18·6 | 79·2 | 74·9 | — | 100·0 | 100·0 | — | 10·3 | 25·0 | 81·2 | 75·0 |
| Variola | 26·2 | 7·0 | 72·8 | 93·0 | — | 100·0 | 100·0 | — | 13·5 | 1·7 | 86·5 | 98·3 |
| Dysenteria | 16·7 | 83·3 | 83·3 | 13·9 | — | — | — | — | 100·0 | 90·9 | — | 9·1 |
| Diarrhœa | 25·0 | — | 75·0 | 100·0 | — | — | — | — | 16·7 | — | 83·3 | 50·0 |
| Cholera biliosa or Cholera spasmodica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Periodic fevers | 14·8 | — | 84·6 | — | — | — | — | — | 25·0 | — | 75·0 | — |
| Continued fevers | 16·7 | — | 83·3 | 100·0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatismus acutus or Rheumatismus chronicus | 5·6 | 28·6 | 92·6 | 71·4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100·0 | — |
| Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæmoptysis | 19·7 | 10·0 | 80·3 | 75·0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100·0 | 66·6 |
| Brain and nervous system | 40·0 | 42·2 | 48·3 | 48·9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100·0 | — |
| Chest diseases | 18·0 | — | 60·0 | 100·0 | — | — | — | — | 16·7 | — | 58·3 | 100·0 |
| Liver diseases | — | — | 100·0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| —— | 15 and under 40 Years. | 40 and upwards. | ||||||
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| Died in Hospital. | Recovered. | Died in Hospital. | Recovered. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| All diseases | 21·3 | 13·2 | 78·7 | 69·5 | 20·6 | 8·7 | 47·1 | 13·0 |
| Variola | 28·6 | 14·8 | 70·6 | 74·1 | 33·3 | — | 66·7 | 100·0 |
| Dysenteria | 12·0 | — | 88·0 | 66·0 | — | — | 100·0 | — |
| Diarrhœa | 30·0 | — | 70·0 | 50·0 | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera biliosa or Cholera spasmodica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Periodic fevers | 11·7 | — | 85·4 | — | 26·7 | — | 73·3 | — |
| Continued fevers | 16·7 | — | 83·3 | 100·0 | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatismus acutus or Rheumatismus chronicus | 4·0 | 28·6 | 96·0 | 71·4 | 33·3 | — | 33·3 | — |
| Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæmoptysis | 20·7 | 11·8 | 79·3 | 76·5 | — | — | — | — |
| Brain and nervous system | 40·2 | 41·9 | 48·0 | 51·2 | 100·0 | 100·0 | — | — |
| Chest diseases | 19·2 | — | 61·5 | 100·0 | — | — | — | — |
| Liver diseases | — | — | 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. | ||||||||