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As the sickliness in the Pensylvanian house pf correction has thus, on an average, been less than in those arranged according to the Auburn system, it seems we may conclude, that the cause of the difference in the amount of sickness should be sought in other circumstances than in the cell-life.
That the sickliness observed at Philadelphia ought not to be considered particularly great, is shown by its being the same as that generally prevailing in tbe town of Manchester, hut less than in the Prussian army, where during the year 1836, the cases of sipkness. amounted to 113 to every JOO men,
With regard to deaths the proportion has been as follows:
Sing-sing . . . 12, % }
Auburn . . . 5,5% } Auburn system.
Boston . . . . 5, % }
Philadelphia . . 3,8% } Pensylvanian system.
Pittsburg . . . 3,3% }
At the prison at Richmond (Virginia),
arranged according to the old system, from 1800 to
1835 every 5:th prisoner has died.
The medium of deaths at Glasgow (cell-system),
is under 2 per cent, or every 50;th prisoner. At
the prison in Ayer, also arranged according to the
Philadelphian principle, none of the prisoners, an
average of 29 persons imprisoned, there, died during
the first two years.
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