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SIBERIA

THE TIRÉTSKI ÉTAPE.

Typhus fever constituted 26.5 per cent. of all the sickness in the Tirétski étape in 1886, 19 per cent. in 1887, and 32.9 per cent. in 1888.

—Reps. of Chf. Pris. Adm. for years indicated, pp. 223, 316, and 293.


THE TOBÓLSK PRISONS.

The following are the official statistics of sickness and mortality in all the "prisons of general type" in the province of Tobólsk for the years 1886, 1887, and 1888:

  1886. 1887. 1888.
Average daily number of prisoners 2178 2206 2273
Average daily number in hospital  264  215  212
Sick-rate—per cent.   12.1    9.7    9.3
Total number of deaths  227  265  246
Death-rate—per cent.   10.4   12.   10.8
—Reps of Chf. Pris. Adm. for years indicated, pp. 23, 21, and 21.

The sick-rate in French prisons is from 4 to 5 per cent., and the death-rate from 3.6 to 3.8 per cent.

—Rep. of Internat'l Pris. Cong., London meeting, p. 79.


THE TOMSK PRISONS.

The following are the official statistics of sickness and mortality in all of the "prisons of general type" [not including the forwarding prison] in the province of Tomsk for the years 1886, 1887, and 1888:

  1886. 1887. 1888.
Average daily number of prisoners 1133 1122 1208
Average daily number in hospital   92   90  104
Sick-rate—per cent.    8.1    8.    8.6
Total number of deaths   42   48   52
Death-rate—per cent.    3.7    4.2    4.3
—Reps of Chf. Pris. Adm. for years indicated, pp. 22, 22, and 21.

The sick-rate in Swedish prisons is from 4 to 4.10 per cent., and the death-rate from 2 to 3 per cent.