[B] The greater number of deaths in September and October, in
proportion to the number in prison, will be explained by the fact
that all the well men were removed from Andersonville in these
months, and none were left except the sick and wounded.
Day and date of greatest number of Prisoners at
Andersonville—33,114—August 8th, 1864.
Day and date of greatest number of deaths, August 23d, 1864, 127.
Number of Prisoners received during its occupation, 45,613.
Daily average of deaths during its occupation, 29¾.
Ratio of mortality per 1,000 of mean strength, 24 per cent.
Mortality of 18,000 registered patients, 75 per cent.
_The Diseases of which the Prisoners died will be found in the
following classification_:
Anasarca, 377
Asphyxia, 7
Ascites, 24
Asthma, 3
Bronchitis, 93
Catarrh, 55
Constipation, 5
Diarrhœa, Chronic, 4,000
“ Acute, 817
Debilitas, 198
Diphtheria, 3
Dyspepsia, 2
Diabetes, 1
Dysenteria, 1,384
Erysipelas, 11
Febris Typhoides, 229
Fistula, 2
Fracture, 1
Febris Remittens, 177
Gonorrhœa, 3
Gangrene, 678
Hydrocele, 1
Hemorrhoids, 1
Jaundice, 9
Laryngitis, 4
Nostalgia, 7
Nephritis, 4
Phthisis, 137
Pleuritis, 54
Pneumonia, 321
Paralysis, 1
Rheumatism, 83
Scurvy, 3,574
Syphilis, 7
Scrofula, 3
Stricture, 1
Sunstroke, 52
Small Pox, 68
Vaccine Ulcers, 4
Gunshot Wounds, 155
Unknown, 443
Hung in Stockade, 6