The Petticoat Commando: Boer Women in Secret Service

by Johanna Brandt

Death-rate of the Imprisoned Boers in the Camps of the Transvaal According To Official Reports and Trustworthy Information.

Camps and Months		Number of prisoners under 8 years.			Death Rate for the Period Indicated.
					Under 8 years.			Per 1,000 per ann. Under 8 years.
		Male.	Female.	Total.	Male.	Female.	Total.	Male.	Female.	pr. 1,000.
Middelburg	April	666	626	1,292	5	4	9	86	77	83
Potchefstroom	April	1,577	4,147	5,724	7*	17*	24	53	39	54
	May 1-17th	1,605§	4,207§	5,812¶	8	17	25	106	86	94
Standerton	April	584	553	1,137	5†	20†	25	104	372	255
Volksrust	April	1,911	1,667	3,578	5	21	26	32	153	87
Irene	April	2,134	1,589	3,703	14*	35*	49	79	270	161
"	May	2,364§	1,738§	4,102¶	19	49	68	58	331	200
"	June	2,593§	2,007§	4,600¶	38*	97¶	135‡	177	588	366
Johannesburg	April	1,705	1,465	3,170	9	82	91	62	681	349
	May 1-27th	1,770§	1,515§	3,285¶	12	67	79	94	598	325
All Camps in Transvaal	April	11,098	12,714	23,612	69	171	240	75	161	122

*: According to the proportion for the month of May.
§: According to the proportion for the month of April.
¶: Average number from April till July 9th.
†: According to the proportion for Volksrust.
‡: Statement by a nurse in service at Irene.

Without further comment the figures are borrowed from the official reports of the month of April or published in the Official Gazette.

TABLE C

Return of Deaths of the Imprisoned Boers in the Camps Of Bloemfontein and Kroonstad (orange Free State) According To the "official Gazette."

Camps.	Number of Deaths.				Causes of Death.
	Men.	Women.	Children under 8 yrs.	Total.	Infectious Disease.	Lung and Heart Disease.	Typhoid, Dysentery, Diarrhœa.	Debility, Old Age.	per 1,000.
Bloemfontein from April 2nd till July 2nd, 1901	33	80	198	311	101	99	107	4	309
Kroonstad from April 1st till May 16th, 1901	8	8	41	57	15	16	24	2	195
Kroonstad from May 26th till June 23rd, 1901	9	12	26	47	18	14	15	6	213

Number of prisoners till June 1st: Bloemfontein, 4,339; Kroonstad, 2,638.