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future period. I hope to have the pleasure of forwarding. - The following changes have taken place amongst the inmates of the Jail during the period...
| Category | Whites | Coloured | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Convicted during the year 1857 | 806 | 2,775 | 3,581 |
| Discharges during the year | 29 | 125 | 154 |
| Total Cases | |||
| Deaths | 3 | 19 | 24 (Males: 3 Whites, 19 Coloured; Total: 24, but "Mhiles" and "Coloured" are also mentioned) |
| In Jail on the 31st December 1857 | Europeans | Coloured | Total |
| 203 | our... | ||
| Sick remaining on the 31st December 1857 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
The percentage of Sick to strength as well as to strength, viz. 4% of the former and only 1/2% of the latter shows a remarkably satisfactory Sanitary Condition, on the admirable working of the institution. Under the present Governor, attention is paid to all points of its interior economy, likely to affect the health or well-being of Prisoners. Scrupulous cleanliness, free ventilation of the wards and cells, and a sufficient diet, commensurate with the physical powers of the men, appear to have been carefully studied. The accommodations are certainly at present limited, but I believe it is in contemplation to build another and larger Jail, and although it would be desirable, especially in a hot climate, to give each individual a larger cubic space than is enjoyed at present, the short average periods of confinement renders this point a matter of less...
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future perion. I. hope to have the pleasmes of brivizing forwana. - The fellaaring changes have lakin flow amonget
the inmates of the Fail during the periva...
Confines during the week ending. 5%. Dismay 1857. 807
Mhilus
Consvitled during
Coloured D.
during the year 1857.
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806
2.775
Total
3.581
Dictinces during
the year..
29.
125 Total
154.
Total Cases of Whites Colaureas.
Deaths Mhiles.
Coloured
3
19. Potil
24.
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latter shows a remarkably-satisfactory Sanitary: Condition, on the admirable working
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wards and cells, ans.
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lagu Jail, and Although it world be desirable seprecially in a hot climate to give each indivianal a large, cubic spaces of
thaw is enjoyed at present. The short, average periosts: of Confinement.
"renders this froint a matter of less
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