Q. NATAL. D’URBAN HOSPITAL AND GREY’S HOSPITAL.

—— 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 causes 12·8 6·6 100·0 100·0 100·0 100·0
Variola
Dysenteria 9·1 100·0 9·0 8·3 6·0 100·0
Diarrhœa
Cholera biliosa or Cholera spas­mo­di­ca
Periodic fevers
Continued fevers 17·0 41·1
Rheu­ma­tis­mus acutus or Rheu­ma­tis­mus chronicus 3·2
Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæ­mop­ty­sis 100·0 ·8
Brain and nervous system 5·7 8·3
Chest diseases 3·3
Liver diseases
Other diseases 12·0 61·0 83·4 52·9

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.