------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | Death Rate for the Period Indicated. | Camps and Months +------------------------+----------------------+ | Under 8 years. | Per 1,000 per ann. | | | Under 8 years. | +-------+--------+-------+------+--------+------+ | Male. | Female.| Total.| Male.| Female.| pr. | | | | | | | 1000 | ------------------------+-------+--------+-------+------+--------+------+ Middelburg April | 5 | 4 | 9 | 86 | 77 | 83 | Potchefstroom April | 7[A] | 17[A] | 24 | 53 | 39 | 54 | May 1-17th | 8 | 17 | 25 | 106 | 86 | 94 | Standerton April | 5[D] | 20[D] | 25 | 104 | 372 | 255 | Volkstust April | 5 | 21 | 26 | 32 | 153 | 87 | Irene April | 14[A] | 35[A] | 49 | 79 | 270 | 161 | " May | 19 | 49 | 68 | 58 | 331 | 200 | " June | 38[A] | 97[C] |135[E] | 177 | 588 | 366 | Johannesburg April | 9 | 82 | 91 | 62 | 681 | 349 | May 1-27th | 12 | 67 | 79 | 94 | 598 | 325 | All Camps in | | | | | | | Transvaal April | 69 | 171 |240 | 75 | 161 | 122 | ------------------------+-------+--------+-------+------+--------+------+ A: According to the proportion for the month of May. B: According to the proportion for the month of April. C: Average number from April till July 9th. D: According to the proportion for Volksrust. E: Statement by a nurse in service at Irene. Without further comment the figures are borrowed from the official reports of the month of April or published in the _Official Gazette_. TABLE C RETURN OF DEATHS OF THE IMPRISONED BOERS IN THE CAMPS OF BLOEMFONTEIN AND KROONSTAD (ORANGE FREE STATE) ACCORDING TO THE "OFFICIAL GAZETTE."