││ │ │ │ Walpole Island common ││ No │Situated on the River Pont. Island damp. │ │ school. ││ │ │ │ Mount Elgin ││ No │Children remarkably healthy. Institution stands │ │ ││ │ in an elevated position on the banks of the │ │ ││ │ River Thames. Sleeping apartments well ventilated. │ │ ││ │ Diet: plain and wholesome. │ +───────────────────────────++───────────+───────────────────────────────────────────────────────+ † In many instances this question has been misinterpreted as meaning the number of hours of instruction, and has been so filled up. {40} I. CAPE COAST. COLONIAL HOSPITAL. Of the Admissions into Hospitals, the proportion per cent. who died and who recovered during One Year, 1857–1858. ──────────────────────────────────────────────+───────────+──────────+ │ All Ages. +───────────+──────────+ —— │ Died in │ Recovered. │ Hospital. │ +───────────+──────────+ │ M. and F. │ M. and F. ──────────────────────────────────────────────+───────────+──────────+ All diseases │ 4·3 │ 87·0 │ │ Variola │ — │ — Dysenteria │ — │ 100·0 Diarrhœa │ — │ — Cholera biliosa or Cholera spasmodica │ — │ — Periodic fevers │ — │ 100·0 Continued fevers │ — │ — Rheumatismus acutus or Rheumatismus chronicus │ — │ 100·0 Scrofula or Phthisis or Hæmoptysis │ — │ — Brain and nervous system │ 50·0 │ 50·0 Chest diseases │ — │ — Liver diseases │ 50·0 │ — ──────────────────────────────────────────────+───────────+──────────+ NOTE.―In some instances the number of admissions were exceeded by the deaths + the recoveries; in calculating the per-centages the aggregate of the deaths and recoveries (D. + R.) were in these instances regarded as the number of admissions. In instances where the proportion of deaths or recoveries approach 100 per cent, the observations have been very few. K. CAPE COAST. COLONIAL HOSPITAL.