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Victoria Gaol Hospital.--The Medical Officer in Charge was Dr. Esler. The general health of the prisoners during 1923 was satisfactory, in spite of the fact that there was a noticeable increase in the number of newly admitted prisoners who showed signs of bodily weakness and neglect. This can be best seen in comparing the numbers unfit for hard labour on admission, 1145 in 1923 against 711 in the previous year, and 545 suffering from scabies compared with 202 in 1922. This although there were only 37 more prisoners admitted in 1923 than in 1922.
There were two cases of septicaemic plague, the illness in each case being of short duration before death. The mode of infection of these two cases could not be traced, the man attacked in each instance having been some time in gaol. No trace of rats was found. The increase in the daily average number attending for out-patient treatment 52.9 compared with 40 in 1922 is to be accounted for partly by the great increase in the number of scabies patients and partly by the increased number of debilitated prisoners.
Deaths. Ten deaths occurred, due to the following diseases :-
Septicaemic Plague... ...2 Typhoid Fever... ...1 Rupture of Aorta ...1 Aortic disease... ...1 Heart failure due to cirrhosis ...1 Ulceration... ...1 Otitis... ...1 General Peritonitis ...1 Septicaemia ...1 Pulmonary Tuberculosis... ...1Only one prisoner had his sentence remitted on medical grounds, he was a case of advanced phthisis.
There were 10 cases of amoebic and 3 of bacillary dysentery, and 3 cases of typhoid fever.
79 prisoners were treated for the opium habit, 42 for Gonorrhoea, and 77 for venereal sores.
Of the 5051 admissions to the gaol during the year, 170 were females, and 117 were juveniles. 21 prisoners required to be treated in hospital on admission.
71 female prisoners were medically treated during the year, the daily average number in gaol being 23. One female prisoner died of septicaemia. Two gave birth to live children in gaol.
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Victoria Gaol Hospital.--The Medical Officer in Charge was Dr. Esler. The general health of the prisoners during 1923 was satis- factory, in spite of the fact that there was a noticeable increase in the number of newly admitted prisoners who showed signs of bodily weakness and neglect. This can be best seen in comparing the numbers unfit for hard labour on admission, 1145 in 1923 against 711 in the previous year, and 545 suffering from scabies compared with 202 in 1922. This although there were only 37 more prisoners admitted in 1923 than in 1922.
There were two cases of septicaemic plague, the illness in each case being of short duration before death. The mode of infection of these two cases could not be traced, the man attacked in each instance having been some time in gaol. No trace of rats was found. The increase in the daily average number attending for out-patient treatment 52.9 compared with 40 in 1922 is to be accounted for partly by the great increase in the number of scabies patients and partly by the increased number of debilitated prisoners.
Deaths. Ten deaths occurred, due to the following diseases :-
Septicaemic Plague...
...2
Typhoid Fever...
...l
Rupture of Aorta
.1
Aortic disease ...
...1
Heart failure due to cirrhosis
...1
Ulceration...
...6
Otitis...
...
.1
General Peritonitis
...1
Septicaemia
1
...1
on medical
Pulmonary Tuberculosis...
Only one prisoner had his sentence remitted grounds, he was a case of advanced phthisis.
There were 10 cases of amoebic and 3 of bacilliary dysentry, and 3 cases of typhoid fever.
79 prisoners were treated for the opium habit, 42 for Gon- orrhoea, and 77 for venereal sores.
Of the 5051 admissions to the gaol during the year, 170 were females, and 117 were juveniles. 21 prisoners required to be treated in hospital on admission.
71 female prisoners were medically treated during the year, the daily average number in gaol being 23. One female prisoner died of septicaemia. Two gave birth to live children in gaol.
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