Copy of the examination and returns of G. Borlase Childs ... on the sanitary condition of the City Police Force : as given before the Commission appointed to inquire into the regulations affecting the sanitary condition of the Army.

  • Childs, G. B. (George Borlase), 1816-1888.
Date:
1858
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Copy of the examination and returns of G. Borlase Childs ... on the sanitary condition of the City Police Force : as given before the Commission appointed to inquire into the regulations affecting the sanitary condition of the Army. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Appendix LXIX. {Furnished by Mr. Childs.) Returns showing the Sick Movement in the City Police Force, and its Results, for Five Years. 1. Return showing the Average Number of Deaths per 1000 for Five Years. Years. Average Strength of Force. Average Deaths per 1000. Remarks. 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 555 549 488 540 567 5-4 10-9 12-2 IM 5-2 One Death by suicide occurred in 14 years. Five years 540 8-9 2. Return showing the Comparative Mortality of the Day and Night Force for Five Years. Average Strength Deaths in Ratio for Five Years. Five Years. per 1000. Day Force .. 313 .. 11 .. 35 Night Force .. 227 .. 13 .. 57’2 3. Return showing the Number of Deaths for Five Years, of the Men living in Barracks, and those living out of Barracks. Strength for Deaths Comparative Five Y cars. for Five Years. Result. Men living in bar-1 racks, calculated > 590 3 . 5-8 for five years J Men living out ofl barracks, calcu- > 2110 21 10-7 lated for five years J nearly.