THE TIRÉTSKI ÉTAPE.
Typhus fever constituted 26.5 per cent. of all the sickness in the Tirétski étape 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 TOBÓLSK PRISONS.
The following are the official statistics of sickness and mortality in all the "prisons of general type" in the province of Tobólsk for the years 1886, 1887, and 1888:
| 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | |
| Average daily number of prisoners | 2178 | 2206 | 2273 |
| Average daily number in hospital | 264 | 215 | 212 |
| Sick-rate—per cent. | 12.1 | 9.7 | 9.3 |
| Total number of deaths | 227 | 265 | 246 |
| Death-rate—per cent. | 10.4 | 12. | 10.8 |
| —Reps of Chf. Pris. Adm. for years indicated, pp. 23, 21, and 21. | |||
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. | 1887. | 1888. | |
| Average daily number of prisoners | 1133 | 1122 | 1208 |
| Average daily number in hospital | 92 | 90 | 104 |
| Sick-rate—per cent. | 8.1 | 8. | 8.6 |
| Total number of deaths | 42 | 48 | 52 |
| Death-rate—per cent. | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| —Reps of Chf. Pris. Adm. for years indicated, pp. 22, 22, and 21. | |||
The sick-rate in Swedish prisons is from 4 to 4.10 per cent., and the death-rate from 2 to 3 per cent.
