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I would call attention to a circumstance in connection with the jail which has hitherto been harmless, but may hereafter be attended with unmitigated disaster. I allude to the practice of burying criminals who have suffered death within the limits of the prison walls. In the small yard, there are no less than 21 bodies lying underneath its soil. The curious facts collected by Mr. Walker relating to churchyards in London afford a host of melancholy instances of the dire effects of opening graves. Burying a comrade in Whampoa, who had died of dysentery, struck into an old coffin; the effluvium which issued forth immediately prostrated them and produced symptoms of, resumed the, petechial fever, this very characteristic of plague, of which they died in a few days. An accident of this kind in the Victoria Jail might almost depopulate it. The practice of intra-mural interment should be discontinued.
| Personnel | Total Strength | Sick | Total Deaths | Proportion of Deaths to Strength |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil Officers of Government | 261 | 164 | 6 | 93.447‰ or 9.3447% |
| Police | 294 | 255 | ... | ... |
The nature of the sickness amongst the Officers of Government has already been alluded to.
| Average number of persons employed | Average number of cases of sickness | Average number of deaths | Proportion of Deaths to Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| 310 | 80.64 | 18 | 5.0‰ or 0.5% |
If the casualties which recurred in the Police by the swamping of the Gun-boat in the...
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I would call attention to a circumstance in connegion with the fail which has hitherto Ieen harmless, but may hereafter be attended with unsheatable disaster. I allude to the practice of barying criminals who have suffered death, within the limits of the prison walls. In the small yard there abcary no dese than 21 underneath its soil. The curious
bodies
lying
years ago,
two Sailors,
facts collected by Mr.Walker relating to churchyards in London, afford a host of anclancholy instances of the dienctions effects Many fopening graves.
burying a comrade in Whampon, who had died of dysentery, struck into an old coffin the effluvium which issued forth immediately "prostrated them, and produced symptoms of
resumed the pated fever, this characteristics of plaque, of which they died in
very
Lon
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- few days. An accident of this kind in the Victoria Jail might almost depopulate it. The
practice of intra-mural interment should be discontinued.
Table P6. Showing the unsuber and propation of sickness and death to all these comployed
Periquation
by Government in 1950. (ormitting Prisoners.)
Sieh
Total
Fital
Total
Proportion
beaths ti
汁
# #
Perim.
deaths
Strength
97
39
164 255
6
Total
261 294
93.447.C.
Civil Pfficers of Government Police
The nature of the sickness amonget. th. Officers
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of Fremment has already been alluded to.
Table 17. Showing the average rate of sickiire for the last three years amongst persons employed by Governments (mitting the Priemers)
Average number of | „Arrage umanter of
perame complexid
LEE ANSIAMING..
cus of sichnes
310.
250
deaths
Air disemeat.
18
Reportion of
Jie kucu
Strength
Proportio of Deaths
"to strength
for anus.
80.64 4.c. 5.0f.e.
If the casualties which recurred in the Police by the swamping of the Gaw-boat in the
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