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correcl, I would suggest the extreme prevalence of cata- 
ract, even at an early .. I the chief cause 
o much blindness. In England there ifl 1 deaf and 
dumb to every 6,701 inhabitants. The number in ret 
of out door poor relief from the Bchedulei Mr. DALTON 
Lfl 444, but I find . the dail num- 
ber given by Mr I\ H. K. Hill, in hifl Annual Report for 
,o as Poo; TbUl latter in; iy be 
taken as bring much, very much, nearer the truth than 
the ( :rn. 
and other institu- 
tion* are QO< cfa in the Census Report. I . 
the daily ;r llation I , which 
a fairly correct idea of the number, that probably were 
dent at the time of t! is : 
The l.iily number oi tal 
Georgetown, 1890 
The average daily number of patients in th Hospital, 
New Amsterdam ... ... ... ... ... 13 1 'S 
The lily numi- 
Suddic ... ... ... ... 47 
The average daily number of patients in the Public Hospit.il, 
Mazaruni ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 
The number of B Lunatic Asylum, C I ITU ... ' 
,, I ,, .. 353 
^dailynumlnrof inm it. sOrph SOjO 904a 
Number of inmates of Onderneeming Reform .;>. '890 f 5° 
,, Girls ,, 31, 1890 20 
Mazaruni Penal Settlement, daily average 1890 ... ••• 295 
Georgetown Jail, ,, ,, ... ... ••• 49° 
Fellowship jail ,, ... ••• >- 
New A , Jail ,, ,. ... ... • • 59 
Suddie Jail ,, ,, ... ... ••• 2j3 
Prison No. 63 ,, ,, ... 1 
Number of inmates of Ge« daily average 1890 547 
,, m Amsterdam ,, ... ,, ,, ... 150 
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