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Beri-beri.-Ten cases were admitted to hospital with no death. Twenty-five were treated as out-patients. There were twenty-six cases admitted to hospital with one death in 1917.
Pulmonary tuberculosis.-Seven cases were recorded with no death. In 1917 there were 18 cases with 2 deaths.
Malaria.-There were 71 cases, 30 of which were admitted to hospital. There were 28 cases in 1917.
Influenza. Forty-nine cases were admitted with 1 death. There were 17 cases in 1917.
Skin diseases.-There were 104 cases treated as out-patients, two were admitted to hospital.
Opium habit.-Seventy cases were treated as out-patients, seventeen were admitted to hospital. In 1917, 58 cases.
(4) Condition of prisoners on admission to gaol :—
1,063 out of the 3,577 total admissions to the gaol, or 29.7 % were found to be physically unfit for full task.
Of these:--
(a) 495 were under weight or of too poor condition. (b) 183 were incapacitated owing to age.
(c) 69 were on reduced labour owing to juvenility. (d) 316 were suffering from disease or the results of disease. Of these 21 were admitted to hospital at the time of their entry into gaol.
Female prisoners :—
There were 184 females admitted.
The average daily number was 31.
47 cases were under treatment and one death occurred.
General Statistics :-
The total admissions were 3,577.
The daily average of prisoners was 601.
The total admissions to hospital was 300.
The total number of prisoners who received treatment in the out-patient department was 1,067.
The daily average attendance at the out-patient department was 56, and in hospital 9.6.
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