| Colony. | Total Deaths for same Period. | Average Number who leave school from ill-health every year. | Average Number who leave School to die at Home every year. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5. | 5–10. | 10–15. | 15 and upwards. | All Ages. | ||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Sierra Leone | 41 | 37 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 68 | 39 | 29 | 23 | 20 |
| Western Australia | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 2 | — | 6 | — | — |
| Natal | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Ceylon | 6 | 2 | 105 | 4 | 129 | 31 | 61 | 3 | 301 | 40 | 185 | 34 | 55 | 17 |
| Canada | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Total | 57 | 46 | 132 | 32 | 154 | 50 | 64 | 5 | 451 | 132 | 235 | 82 | 79 | 39 |
B. MORTALITY IN THE COLONIAL SCHOOLS. (SIERRA LEONE.) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGES. | Years of Life. | Deaths. | Annual Rate of Mortality per Cent. | ||||||
| Both Sexes. | M. | F. | Both Sexes. | M. | F. | Both Sexes. | M. | F. | |
| All ages | 7,779[†] | 5,885[†] | 1,894 | 190[‡] | 122[‡] | 68 | 2·44 | 2·07 | 3·59 |
| Under 5 years | 1,684 | 1,019 | 665 | 78 | 41 | 37 | 4·63 | 4·02 | 5·56 |
| 5–10 years | 1,409 | 781 | 628 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 2·77 | 2·43 | 3·19 |
| 10–15 years | 1,812 | 1,259 | 553 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 1·55 | 1·43 | 1·81 |
| 15 and upwards | 459 | 411 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ·65 | ·49 | 2·08 |
[†] This total includes the years of life of 483 male children whose ages were not specified. [‡] Including 42 deaths of male children whose ages were not specified. | |||||||||
C. MORTALITY IN THE COLONIAL SCHOOLS.(NATAL.) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGES. | Years of Life. | Deaths. | Annual Rate of Mortality per Cent. | ||||||
| Both Sexes. | M. | F. | Both Sexes. | M. | F. | Both Sexes. | M. | F. | |
| All ages | 3,832 | 1,710 | 2,122 | 16 | 9 | 7 | ·42 | ·53 | ·33 |
| Under 5 years | 344 | 141 | 203 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1·74 | 2·13 | 1·48 |
| 5–10 years | 2,279 | 1,035 | 1,244 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ·31 | ·29 | ·32 |
| 10–15 years | 898 | 346 | 552 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ·33 | ·58 | ·18 |
| 15 and upwards | 411 | 188 | 223 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
D. MORTALITY IN THE COLONIAL SCHOOLS. (WESTERN AUSTRALIA.) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGES. | Years of Life. | Deaths. | Annual Rate of Mortality per Cent. | ||||||
| Both Sexes. | M. | F. | Both Sexes. | M. | F. | Both Sexes. | M. | F. | |
| All ages | 357 | 202 | 155 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2·52 | 3·47 | 1·29 |
| Under 5 years | 147 | 83 | 64 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4·76 | 7·23 | 1·56 |
| 5–10 years | 93 | 37 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10–15 years | 81 | 56 | 25 | 1 | — | 1 | 1·24 | — | 4·00 |
| 15 and upwards | 36 | 26 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
E. MORTALITY IN THE COLONIAL SCHOOLS. (CEYLON.) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGES. | Years of Life. | Deaths. | Annual Rate of Mortality per Cent. | Annual Rate of Mortality in England and Wales. | ||||||||
| Both Sex- es. | M. | F. | Both Sex- es. | M. | F. | Both Sex- es. | M. | F. | Both Sex- es. | M. | F. | |
| All ages | 35,339 | 20,721 | 14,618 | 341 | 301 | 40 | ·96 | 1·45 | ·27 | — | — | — |
| Under 5 years | 644 | 575 | 69 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1·24 | 1·04 | 2·90 | — | — | — |
| 5–10 years | 7,278 | 6,510 | 768 | 109 | 105 | 4 | 1·50 | 1·61 | ·52 | ·92 | ·92 | ·91 |
| 10–15 years | 23,090 | 9,377 | 13,713 | 160 | 129 | 31 | ·69 | 1·38 | ·23 | ·53 | ·52 | ·54 |
| 15 and upwards, say 17. | 4,327 | 4,259 | 68 | 64 | 61 | 3 | 1·48 | 1·43 | 4·41 | ·84 | ·82 | ·85 |
NOTE.—The mortality at all ages was ·96 per cent. of both sexes, but including the deaths of children who have been returned as leaving school to die at home, this number will be nearly doubled. | ||||||||||||
F. MORTALITY IN THE COLONIAL SCHOOLS. (CANADA.) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGES. | Years of Life. | Deaths. | Annual Rate of Mortality per Cent. | ||||||
| Both Sexes. | M. | F. | Both Sexes. | M. | F. | Both Sexes. | M. | F. | |
| All ages | 2,141 | 1,286 | 855 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 1·26 | ·93 | 1·75 |
| Under 5 years | 93 | 60 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4·30 | 1·67 | 9·09 |
| 5–10 years | 679 | 414 | 265 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1·30 | 1·21 | 1·51 |
| 10–15 years | 933 | 558 | 375 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1·29 | ·90 | 1·87 |
| 15 and upwards | 436 | 254 | 182 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ·46 | ·39 | ·55 |
G. TABLE showing the CHIEF CAUSES of MORTALITY at the SCHOOLS in each COLONY.
| — | Small-Pox. | Scarlet Fever, Measles, Whooping-Cough. | Fevers. | Diarrhœa, Dysentery. | Cholera. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Sierra Leone | 42 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 23 | — | — | — | — |
| Natal | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Western Australia | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ceylon | 7 | — | 42 | — | 118 | 19 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| Canada | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Consumption. | Other Chest Diseases. | Brain and Nervous System. | Scrofula. | Not specified. | Total Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 122 | 68 |
| Natal | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| Western Australia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Ceylon | 6 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 64 | 2 | 301 | 40 |
| Canada | 7 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 |