I have found from my inquiries amongst 346 condemned to penal
servitude and 353 prisoners from the correctional tribunals the
following percentages:--


Relapsed. Convicts Imprisoned.
Once ... ... 83.2 ... ... 26
Twice ... ... 12.5 ... ... 16.5
3 times ... ... 3.1 ... ... ... 14.6
4 '' ... ... -- ... ... ... 10.8
5 '' ... ... 6.8 ... ... ... 6.6
6 '' ... ... -- ... ... ... 5.2
7 '' ... ... 1.6 ... ... ... 7.1
8 '' ... ... -- ... ... ... 2.8
9 '' ... ... -- ... ... ... 2.8
10 '' ... ... -- ... ... ... 2.3
11 '' ... ... -- ... ... ... .9
12 '' ... ... -- ... ... ... .5
13 '' ... ... -- ... ... ... .9
14 '' ... ... -- ... ... ... 1.4
15 '' ... ... -- ... ... ... .9
20 '' ... ... -- ... ... ... .5
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Actual totals of relapses 128 212



Chronic relapse is naturally less frequent in the case of those
condemned to long terms; but it is a conspicuous symptom of
individual and social pathology in the two classes of born and