Siberia and the exile system . ualflood of exiles began to pour into it from European was crowded beyond its normal capacity 24 days in May,17 days in June, 20 days in July, and 18 days in August;and at the time of the greatest congestion, just before theopening of the season of navigation on the river Ob, it heldalmost twice the number of prisoners for which it was in-tended. 1 Error in original report. One day has been put into May that belongs in June. THE TIUMEN FORWAKDING PRISON 97 The natural result of such overcrowding as this, in oldbuildings, not properly warmed, ventilated,
Siberia and the exile system . ualflood of exiles began to pour into it from European was crowded beyond its normal capacity 24 days in May,17 days in June, 20 days in July, and 18 days in August;and at the time of the greatest congestion, just before theopening of the season of navigation on the river Ob, it heldalmost twice the number of prisoners for which it was in-tended. 1 Error in original report. One day has been put into May that belongs in June. THE TIUMEN FORWAKDING PRISON 97 The natural result of such overcrowding as this, in oldbuildings, not properly warmed, ventilated, or drained, isan extremely high death-rate. The following table of sick-ness and mortality is from the annual report of the inspec-tor of exile transportation for the year 1885. HOSPITAL RECORD OF TIUMEN FORWARDING PRISON. 1885. Month. Average dailynumber ofprisoners. January i February | March I 670 April i May 1200 June July August September October Noveiuber 964 December 709. Average daily number of prisoners for the year, 786. Total number of deaths,182. Death rate, per cent. The significance of the figures in the foregoing table willbecome apparent if the reader will take into considerationthe fact that the average death-rate in English towns isfrom to per cent. Even in the most benighted andunheathful parts of Siberia, where there are no physicians,where the peasants are densely ignorant, and where noattention whatever is paid to the laws of health, the death-rate rarely exceeds 6 per cent. In the Tinmen forwardingprison in 1885 it was per cent. Nor was the year 1885an exceptional year in the sense of being worse than usual. 1 Error in original report. Should be 98 SIBERIA On the contrary, that year, regarded from tlie point of viewof vital statistics, seems to have been a better one thanusual. Below will be found another table, also taken fromthe annual report of the inspector of exile transportati
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