Chapter I: Cape Coast. Colonial Hospital

Of the Admissions into Hospitals, the proportion per cent. who died and who recovered during One Year, 1857–1858.

──────────────────────────────────────────────+───────────+──────────+ │ All Ages. +───────────+──────────+ —— │ Died in │ Recovered. │ Hospital. │ +───────────+──────────+ │ M. and F. │ M. and F. ──────────────────────────────────────────────+───────────+──────────+ All diseases │ 4·3 │ 87·0 │ │ Variola │ — │ — Dysenteria │ — │ 100·0 Diarrhœa │ — │ — Cholera biliosa or Cholera spasmodica │ — │ — Periodic fevers │ — │ 100·0 Continued fevers │ — │ — Rheumatismus acutus or Rheumatismus chronicus │ — │ 100·0 Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæmoptysis │ — │ — Brain and nervous system │ 50·0 │ 50·0 Chest diseases │ — │ — Liver diseases │ 50·0 │ — ──────────────────────────────────────────────+───────────+──────────+

NOTE.―In some instances the number of admissions were exceeded by the deaths + the recoveries; in calculating the per-centages the aggregate of the deaths and recoveries (D. + R.) were in these instances regarded as the number of admissions.

In instances where the proportion of deaths or recoveries approach 100 per cent, the observations have been very few.

K. CAPE COAST. COLONIAL HOSPITAL.

──────────────────────────────────────────────+──────────────+────────────────+──────────────+ │Proportion of │ Proportion of │ Proportion of │ Deaths from │ Admissions │ Deaths from │each Cause to │ from each │ each Cause to —— │100 Admissions│ Cause to 100 │100 Deaths from │ from each │ Admissions │ all Causes. │ Cause. │from all Causes.│ +──────────────+────────────────+──────────────+ │ M. and F. │ M. and F. │ M. and F. ──────────────────────────────────────────────+──────────────+────────────────+──────────────+ All causes │ 4·3 │ 100·0 │ 100·0 │ │ │ Variola │ — │ — │ — Dysenteria │ — │ 4·7 │ — Diarrhœa │ — │ — │ — Cholera biliosa or Cholera spasmodica │ — │ — │ — Periodic fevers │ — │ 2·4 │ — Continued fevers │ — │ — │ — Rheumatismus acutus or Rheumatismus chronicus │ — │ 2·4 │ — Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæmoptysis │ — │ — │ — Brain and nervous system │ 50·0 │ 4·8 │ 50·0 Chest diseases │ — │ — │ — Liver diseases │ 50·0 │ 2·4 │ 50·0 Other diseases │ — │ 83·3 │ — ──────────────────────────────────────────────+──────────────+────────────────+──────────────+

NOTE.―The deaths + recoveries have been taken as the admissions in making these calculations.

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