┌────────┬─────────┬─────────┬──────────┐ │ │ │ │ No. 8. │ │ │ │ │ Average │ │ │ │ │ Annual │ │ │ │ No. 7. │ Sickness │ │ │ │ Average │ of │ │ │ │ Annual │provident │ │ │ │Sickness │portion of│ │ │ │ of │ Working │ │ │ │ Members │ Classes │ │ │ │ of │throughout│ │ │ │ Benefit │ Great │ │ │ │Societies│ Britain, │ │ │ │ in │according │ │ │ │Scotland.│ to the │ │ │ │ │experience│ │ │ │ │ of Mr. │ │ │ │ │Finlaison.│ ├────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────────┤ │ AGE. │Years of │ Days & │ Days & │ │ │ Age. │Decimals.│Decimals. │ │Under 16│ │ │ │ │ Years │ │ │ │ │16 to 21│ 18│ 2·5│ 5·18│ │21 to 26│ 23│ 3·8│ 6·75│ │26 to 31│ 28│ 4·6│ 6·78│ │31 to 36│ 33│ 5·6│ 6·33│ │36 to 41│ 38│ 6·2│ 7·86│ │41 to 46│ 43│ 8·8│ 9·02│ │46 to 51│ 48│ 9·1│ 11·76│ │51 to 56│ 53│ 14·8│ 16·77│ │56 to 61│ 58│ 17·8│ 23·57│ │61 to 66│ 63│ 20·0│ 33·22│ │66 to 71│ 68│ 36·0│ 61·22│ │71 to 76│ 73│ 38·6│ 101·44│ │76 to 81│ 78│ 70·9│ 164·72│ └────────┴─────────┴─────────┴──────────┘ The total number of male prisoners in the three prisons from which the returns were compiled was 7,328; of which number, in the Glasgow prison there were 1,796, in the Edinburgh prison 1,256, and in the Salford prison 4,276 prisoners. The columns inserted in the above table from the prisons give only the amount of sickness prevalent amongst the males. The returns which are given in full in the Appendix contain the amount of sickness prevalent among the female prisoners also. The information as to the actual amount of sickness prevalent amongst the labouring classes is at present extremely defective for the purposes of insurance. One of the most authentic tables is that compiled by Dr. Mitchell, from returns we obtained under the Factory Commission of Inquiry, of the experience of sickness amongst the labourers employed by the East India Company in their warehouses in London. The experience was from 2461 workmen employed during ten years. (Return No. 4.)