M 51
29 cases were under treatment and one death from phthisis occurred. The other maladies were not of a serious nature.
(5) Condition of prisoners on admission to gaol,
The following facts show the physical condition of prisoners on their admission. They may be of interest as compared with the actual figures of disease and as an indication of the bodily state of the criminal class.
It was found that 1,100 were physically unfit, i.e., 33.5 per cent. of the total admissions.
Of these 1,400 it was found that :-
(a) 579 were under weight, i.e., their weight was much below the standard weight for each individual height. These men were graded into two classes. The first class (400) was able to perform light work and the second (179) was unfit for labour which required any serious effort.
(b) 235 were incapacitated owing to age, i.e., they were above fifty years. With the exception of five persons who were fit for light labour all of these were classed as unfit for any form of laborious toil.
(c) 527 were suffering from present disease or the results of disease. It was necessary to admit 70 of these to hospital at the time of or within a few days of their entry into gaol.
The following is a list of the important morbid conditions which for practical purposes are only met in this way :-
Venereal diseases. Tuberculosis.
Beri-beri.
Hernia.
Leprosy.
Skin diseases.
Results of opium habit.
(d) 59 were on reduced labour by reason of juvenility.
(6) General Statistics
The total admissions were 4,169 (4,179 in 1915).
The daily average of prisoners was 638 (593 in 1915).
It will thus be seen that though there was a decrease of 10 in the admissions as compared with last year there was an increase of 45 in the daily average.
The total admissions to the hospital for illness were 261 (365 in 1915).
M 51
29 cases were under treatment and one death from phthisis occurred. The other maladies were not of a serious nature.
(5) Condition of prisoners on admission to gaol,
The following facts show the physical condition of prisoners on their admission. They may be of interest as compared with the actual figures of disease and as an indication of the bodily state of the criminal class.
It was found that 1,100 were physically unfit, i.e., 33-5 per cent. of the total admissions.
Of these 1,400 it was found that :-
(a) 579 were under weight, i.e., their weight was much below the standard weight for each individual height. These men were graded into two classes. The first class (400) was able to perform light work and the second (179) was unfit for labour which required any serious effort.
(b) 235 were incapacitated owing to age, i.e., they were above fifty years. With the exception of five persons who were fit for light labour all of these were classed as unfit for any form of laborious toil.
(c) 527 were suffering from present disease or the results of disease. It was necessary to admit 70 of these to hospital at the time of or within a few days of their entry into gaol.
The following is a list of the important morbid conditions which for practical purposes are only met in this way :-
Venereal diseases. Tuberculosis.
Beri-beri.
Hernia.
Leprosy.
Skin diseases.
Results of opium habit.
(d) 59 were on reduced labour by reason of juvenility.
(6) General Statistics
The total admissions were 4,169 (4,179 in 1915).
The daily average of prisoners was 638 (593 in 1915).
It will thus be seen that though there was a decrease of 10 in the admissions as compared with last year there was an increase of 45 in the daily average.
The total admissions to the hospital for illness were 261 (365 in 1915).
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