36
SUMMARY of Unproductive Labour performed in the Royal Gaol for the Year ending
31st December, 1873..
Value.
Number of Offenders for which actual punishment was
awarded.
Department.
Toises of Stone.
Loads of Metal.
Loads of Siftings.
Number of Offenders PunisherI and Admonished.
37
NUMBER of Offenders and Punishments during the Year 1873,
Corporal
Punishinents.
Number of Prisoners not Punished
Total Number Admo-
Stone.
Metal.
Sittings.
or
By Governor.
By Keeper or
By
by Visitor.
Governor.
By Keeper or Admonished.
by Vialtor.
nished.
£
ச.
d.
£
s. d.
1.
d.
By Governor.
By Magis.
Number of Prisoners
Punished in Irons.
Shot Drill.
Number of Prisoners
than once during
Punished more
the Year.
Public Works
14,800
1,139
2,466 13
4
66 19 0
Water Works
66
3 6
0
M. F.
Royal Roads
16
M. F. 121
1,162
68 2 0
41
M. 16
F.
M. 141
F. M. 42
F.
2,230 241
16
10
22
Circular Road
629
31
9 0
St. Ann's Ward School
77
12 16
8
Sanitary Department.
2
0 6 8
Belmont Chapl
12
0 12 0
0 3 0
Total ..
14,879
3,008
2,479 16 8
150 8
0
0 3 0
TEACHER'S REPORT.
Remarks.
The moral condition of the prisoners is, on the whole, satisfactory, as they are kept under strict discipline, and all infringements duly noticed, and punishment inflicted when necessary. Their behaviour at school is orderly, and instances of mis- conduct are seldom or never known during such attendance. Owing to religious differences, the teacher is obliged to confine himself to secular instruction; religious knowledge being disseminated by the respective Chaplins.
The progress of the prisoners is somewhat slow, owing chiefly to frequent transfers, sickness, and other causes, but those who remain stationary at the gaol show some improvement, and there are some who learn to read and write tolerably.
The course of instruction pursued, is much the same as at the primary schools, though somewhat limited. The subjects taught are principally reading, writing, and arithmetie. The books used as class books, are the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd books of lessons, new edition, and the old edition of 4th and 5th books. There are some other books distributed for private reading amongst the more advanced class of prisoners, viz. : Good Words, The Leisure Hour, &c.
The daily average, and other particulars, will be seen in annexed return.
(Signed) W. FARRELL, Teacher.
RETURN of the Royal Gaol School for the Year ending 31st December, 1873.
Countries.
Reading.
Writing.
Arithmetic.
School
School
Days. Hours.
6,965
71
60
36
26 14
12
8
19
19
Abstract of Gaol Hospital Return for 1873.
1. Prevalent Diseases.-Diarrhea, and Dysentery; Dropsy, arising from general Cachexia, and enlarged and indurated Liver and Spleen; Anæmia, Phagedaenic and other constitutional Ulcers; and Syphilis in the most aggravated forms, utterly neglected and allowed to become loathsome in the extreme (both these latter are on incoming prisoners); Rheumatism acute and chronic, muscular and arthritic. But the most prevalent, and at the same time serious diseases, have been inflammatory affections of the chest, especially Bronchitis of intense severity, generally with compli- cations, either of Pleurisy, Pneumonia, or heart disease. In one case the complication extended to the liver, causing the formation of a large internal abscess, the contents of which were expectorated through the lungs; the patient recovered.
I have never before had to deal with so many and such severe pectoral inflamations, as during the last four or five months of the year; we have not so far to seek the cause, viz. :-the prevalence of high northerly winds, with pretty frequent showers, though on the whole unusually dry weather prevailed.
Occasional scorbutic tendencies have shown themselves; there have been but a few cases (the two worst came from Chaguanas Depot) superinduced, in certain constitutions, by the daily salt-fish clement of dict. Some of the prisoners have expressly complained that the fish was too salt. This has been looked into, and the culinary preparation of it improved. These tendencies were immediately checked by change of diet, and lime-juice. I have recommended a lime or sour orange to be given to every prisoner, as often as they can be had: limes have been reported very scarce; this may have arisen from the want of industry in collecting them for the market.
2. Average daily number of prisoners under medical observation as follows :—
In hospital, over
Females in quarters, over
Out-patients, say
Total
3. Whole number on sick list on 31st December, 1872.
Number of new cases during the year..
4. Deaths-
Total
In Royal Gaul
At out-stations-
Chaguanas
Iruis
Total
5. Cause of death-
(128)
Royal Guol
Diarrhea
Lung diseases.
Dropsy
Ulcerations of bowels
Acute inflammatory rheumatism
Total
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