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. {53} Y. CANADIAN HOSPITALS. MANITOWANING AND TUSCARORA. ──────────────────────────+────────────────+─────────────────+───────────────── │ Proportion of │ Proportion of │ Proportion of │Deaths from each│ Admissions from │ Deaths from each │ Cause to 100 │each Cause to 100│ Cause to 100 —— │Admissions from │ Admissions │ Deaths │ each Cause. │ from all Causes.│from all Causes. +───────+────────+────────+────────+────────+──────── │ Males.│Females.│ Males. │Females.│ Males. │Females. ──────────────────────────+───────+────────+────────+────────+────────+──────── All causes │ 12·3 │ 14·0 │ 100·0 │ 100·0 │ 100·0 │ 100·0 │ │ │ │ │ │ Variola │ — │ — │ — │ — │ — │ — Dysenteria │ 12·5 │ — │ 1·0 │ ·7 │ 1·0 │ — Diarrhœa │ 10·2 │ 18·6 │ 7·7 │ 7·5 │ 6·2 │ 8·7 Cholera biliosa or │ — │ — │ — │ — │ — │ — Cholera spasmodica │ │ │ │ │ │ Periodic fevers │ 6·2 │ 5·0 │ 10·4 │ 13·0 │ 5·1 │ 4·3 Continued fevers │ — │ — │ — │ — │ — │ — Rheumatismus acutus or │ │ │ │ │ │ Rheumatismus chronicus │ — │ 14·3 │ 4·9 │ 4·9 │ — │ 4·3 Scrofula or Phthisis or │ │ │ │ │ │ Hæmoptysis │ 93·6 │ 79·2 │ 6·1 │ 8·3 │ 44·9 │ 41·3 Brain and nervous system │ 4·5 │ 1·6 │ 6·5 │ 5·2 │ 2·0 │ — Chest diseases │ 33·0 │ 42·9 │ 11·8 │ 10·9 │ 30·6 │ 29·4 Liver diseases │ — │ — │ — │ — │ — │ — Other diseases │ 2·5 │ 3·8 │ 51·6 │ 49·5 │ 10·2 │ 12·0 ──────────────────────────+───────+────────+────────+────────+────────+──────── NOTE.―The deaths + recoveries have been taken as the admissions in making these calculations. {54} APPENDIX II. ABSTRACTS of PAPERS relating to the CAUSES of MORTALITY among ABORIGINAL RACES, received from the COLONIAL OFFICE. SIERRA LEONE. [Sidenote: See Tables L. and M., pp. 39 and 40.]