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SIBERIA THE TIRETSKI ETAPE. Typhus fever constituted 26.5 per cent, of all the sickness in the Tiret- ski etape in 1886, 19 per cent, in 1887, and 32.9 per cent, in 1888. — Reps, of Chf . Pris. Adm. for years indicated, pp. 223, 316, and 293. THE T0B6LSK PRISONS. The following are the official statistics of sickness and mortality in all the "prisons of general type" in the province of Tobolsk for the years 1886, 1887, and 1888 : 1886. Average daily number of prisoners 2178 Average daily number in hospital 264 Sick-rate — per cent. 12-1 • Total number of deaths 227 Death-rate — per ceut 10-4 • —Reps, of Chf. Pris. Adm. for years indicated, pp. 23, 21, and 21. 1887. 1888. 2206 . 2273 215 212 9.7 . 9.3 265 246 12. . 10.8 The sick-rate in French prisons is from 4 to 5 per cent., and the death- rate from 3.6 to 3.8 per cent. —Rep. of Internat'l Pris. Cong., London meeting, p. 79. THE TOMSK PRISONS. The following are the official statistics of sickness and mortality in all of the " prisons of general type " [not including the forwarding prison] in the province of Tomsk for the years 1886, 1887, and 1888 : 1886. Average daily number of prisoners 1133 Average daily number in hospital 92 Sick-rate — percent . 8.1 Total number of deaths 42 Death-rate — per cent 3.7 — Reps, of Chf. Pris. Adm. for years indicated, pp. 22, 22, and 21. 1887. 1888. . . 1122 . . 1208 90 . 104 8. . 8.6 .. 48 . . 52 4.2 . 4.3 The sick-rate in Swedish prisons is from 4. to 4.10 per cent.,

and the death-rate from 2 to 3 per cent. *