Sanitary statistics of native colonial schools and hospitals.

  • Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Sanitary statistics of native colonial schools and hospitals. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material is part of the Elmer Belt Florence Nightingale collection. The original may be consulted at University of California Libraries.

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    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. Recovered. M. and F. M.and F. All diseases - - - - 4-3 87-0 Variola - _ _ . _ Dysenteria . - . - . 100-0 Diarrhoea - _ _ - — Cholera biliosa - - _ . 1 „ spasmodica - - - Periodic fevers - - - - 100-0 Continued fevers _ - - _ — Eheumatismus acutus „ chronicus - - - I — 100-0 Scrofula - - _ _ 1 Phthisis - . _ _ I Hsemoptysis - - - 1 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. + K.) were in these instances regarded as thenimiber of admissions. In instances where the proportion of deaths or recoveries approach 100 per cent, the observations have been very few. K. CAPE COAST. Colonial Hospital. 1 Proportion of Deaths from each Cause to 100 Admissious 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.and F. M. and F. M.and F. All causes - . _ . Variola _ „ _ . Dysenteria - - _ . Diarrhoea - . - . Cholera biliosa - - - -[ „ spasmodica - - -j Periodic fevers - - - - Continued fevers - . . Kheumatismus acutus - - -1 „ chronicus - -J Scrofula - - - - T Phthisis - - - - l Hsemoptysis - - - -J Brain and nervous system Chest diseases - - - _ Liver diseases - - - - Other diseases - - - _ 4-3 50-0 50-0 100-0 4-7 2-4 2-4 4-8 2-4 83-3 100-0 50-0 50-0 Note.—The deaths + recoveries have been taken as the admissions in making