Pietersburg 3,598 41
13. Potchefstroom 7,467 90
14. Standerton 3,005 215
15. Vereeniging 920 9
16. Volksrust 5,280 47
17. Vryburg 1,256 53
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58,018 1,596
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During this terrible month there was a population of 112,619 in all
the Concentration Camps in South Africa. There were 3,156 deaths, i.e.
a death-rate of 28 per 1,000 per month. After "Black October" the
mortality decreased steadily, as will be seen from the following
figures:

Population. Deaths.
November 1901 117,974 2,807
December 1901 117,017 2,380
January 1902 114,376 1,805
February 1902 113,905 638
March 1902 111,508 402
April 1902 112,733 298
May 1902 116,572 196

CONSULAR REPORT ON THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS

The following is the Report on the Concentration Camps by the
Committee appointed by the Consular Corps of the Transvaal in response
to a renewed appeal addressed to them by the Committee of Boer Women
of Pretoria. The appeal was supported by three of the Consuls.

The Committee, which you have appointed to examine the situation in
the prisoners' camps, where Boer women are concentrated, though they
could not always obtain the required accurate information, have gained
sufficient results to arrive at the conclusions as laid down in short
in the following report:--

I.--In order to formulate a clear idea of the situation the Committee
has laid down the following tables:

(a) Showing the population and deaths in the Camps during April
1901, compiled from the official reports of the
Inspector-General of the Camps.

(b) The death-rate in the Camps of the Transvaal calculated from
Table A, as well as from reports published in the Official
Gazette, and according to other trustworthy information.

(c) The death-rate in the Camps at Bloemfontein and Kroonstad,
compiled from the notices in the Official Gazette of the
Orange Free State.

(d) Diseases and deaths according to Offici