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JAILS AND MEDICAL STAFF IN RAJPUTANA.
District Jail.—Repairing a tank of drinking water.
Repairs of quarters of Sub-Assistant Surgeon and
Compounder.
110. Jodhpur.—The mortality in this Jail decreased from 4 in 1913 to 2
in 1914. Deaths were due to diseases of the nervous system and all other
diseases of the respiratory system except pneumonia and tubercle of the lungs.
111. Bikaner.—The total number of admissions into Hospital rose from 39
in 1913 to 55 in 1914 and the daily average sick from 1.90 to 3.50 but the
mortality fell from 4 to 2 and the death rate per mille from 16.19 to 6.72.
112. Alwar.—The accommodation in this Jail is for 508 prisoners, the
average daily strength for 1914 was 556.16. Tents were provided to meet the
overcrowding.
113. The daily average number of prisoners rose from 519.10 in 1913 to
556.16 in 1914 but the daily average of sick fell from 16.92 in 1913 to 8.04 in
1914 and the death rate per mille from 11.56 to 10.79.
114. Kotah —The health of the prisoners has been good throughout the
year.
115. The total number of cases admitted into hospital fell from 162 in 1913
to 131 in 1914, the daily average number of sick from 7.37 to 5.88 the mortality
from 7 to 6 and the ratio per mille of average strength from 20.36 to 19.71.
116. There were 6 deaths due to the following causes:—
Heart failure . . . . . . . .
Gonorrhœa
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Remittent fever . . . . . . . .
Inflammation of bladder
.
.
.
.
.
.
Cholera . . . . . . . . .
2
1
1
1
1 Outside
the
Jail.
117. Jhalawar.—The number of admissions to Hospital was 38 of which
34 were discharged cured and 4 died which were due to the following causes : —
Cholera.
........
2
2
118. Udaipur.—There has been overcrowding throughout the year, 18
deaths occurred as compared with 11 in the previous year. The deaths were
due to the following causes :—
Dysentery . . . . . . . .
Diarrhœa .
.
.
.
.
.
.
Tubercle of lung with Pneumonia
.
.
.
.
Pneumonia . . . . . . . .
Gunshot wound . . . . . . .
Typhoid fever .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
9
3
2
2
1
1
119. One prisoner escaped from extra-mural labour in 1914.
Qualified Medical staff.
120. The following Indian Medical Service Officers relinquished charge of
their civil duties on the date specified against their name on reversion to
Military duty in connection with the war.
Major C. M. Goodbody, I.M.S., Director, Medical
Department, Bikaner State.
Captain N. S. Sodhi, I.M.S., Officiating State
Surgeon, Alwar.
Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. B. Robinson, I.M.S.,
Civil Surgeon, Ajmer and Chief Medical
Officer, Rajputana.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Grant, I.M.S., Residency
Surgeon, Western Rajputana States.
16th August 1914.
18th September 1914.
21st September 1914.
1st November 1914.
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DISPENSARIES AND PLAGUE IN RAJPUTANA.
well equipped; they are under the medical charge of Military Sub-Assistant
Surgeons except those at Jodhpur which are under the medical charge of
State enlisted Assistant Surgeons. The Mewar Imperial Service Squadron
at Udaipur has been placed under the medical charge of the Civil Sub-Assistant
Surgeon in charge Jail Hospital.
154. The Imperial Service Infantry at Alwar and Bhartpur, Camel
Corps at Bikaner and Imperial Service Transport Corps at Jaipur and Bharatpur
proceeded on Field service on account of the war. Military Sub-Assistant
Surgeons accompanied them.
LUNATICS.
155. Ajmer.—There were 2 lunatics in the Central Jail, Ajmer, on 1st
January 1914 and 17 were admitted during the year, a total of 19: of these
seven were transferred to the Lahore Lunatic Asylum, and one to the Agra
Asylum, two were discharged as cured, four were made over to their friends,
and relatives and five remained in the Jail at the close of the year.
156. Native States.—177 lunatics were treated in 1914 against 158 in
1913 ; of whom 35 were cured, 25 made over to their friends and relatives, 9
were transferred to Lahore Lunatic Asylum (from Jodhpur) and 1 to that at
Agra (from Kotah), 16 died and 91 remained under treatment chiefly in the
Jaipur Lunatic Asylum.
157. There are special lunatic asylums in :—
Jaipur—
Alwar
Jodhpur
Bikaner
a very good one.
small.
158. The Residency Surgeon, Mewar, writes that insanes are kept at
Mohtaj Khana in Udaipur City under Police supervision.
AJMER:
The 28th May 1915.
R. CHARLES MACWATT, Lieut.-Col., I.M.S.,
Chief Medical Officer in Rajputana.
Table showing the severity of the epidemics in certain Native States and Ajmer-Merwara
District as well as the rapidity of its spread in recent years and the percentage of total
plague deaths to population since 1896.
18
PLAGUE IN RAJPUTANA.
Table showing the scuerity of the epidemics in certain Native States and Ajmer-Merwara District as well as the rapidity of its spread in recent years and the percentage of
total plague deaths to population since 1896.
Serial Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Name of District or State.
Kotah
.
.
.
.
.
Jhalawar .
.
.
.
.
Mewar
.
.
.
.
.
Banawara .
.
.
.
.
Partabgarh
.
.
.
.
Dungarpur
.
.
.
.
Sirohi
.
.
.
.
.
Marwar
.
.
.
.
.
Ajmer-Merwara .
.
.
.
Shahpura .
.
.
.
.
Tonk
.
.
.
.
.
Kishangarh . . . .
Jaipur
.
.
. .
Bikaner
. . . .
Alwar
.
. . . .
Bharatpur .
.
.
.
.
Karauli
.
.
.
.
Dholpur
.
.
.
.
.
Deoli
.
.
.
.
.
TOTAL .
PARTICULARS REGARDING EPIDEMIC
UP TO 31ST MARCH 1913.
Years in which infected.
1904-07 and 1911-13
1903-06 and 1910-12
1898-1900 and 1901-13
1902-08
1899-1900, 1903-08 and
1910-11.
1906-07 and 1911-12
1896-1912
1896-1913
1896-98, 1899-1900 and
1901-13.
1903-08 and 1910-12
1902-12
1903-04 and 1909-11
1896-98,1899-1900, and
1901-13.
1901-02 1903-11, and
1912-13.
1901-13
1896-98 and 1903-13
1904-06, 1908-11 and
1912-18
1904-06 and 1910-12
1907-08 and 1909-11
...
TOTAL NUMBER OF
PLAGUE CASES AND
DEATHS REPORTED.
Cases.
452
1,062
24,264
958
2,526
2
1,172
10,940
13,943
1,883
7,245
75
47,817
193
28,579
30,156
395
604
112
172,378
Deaths.
324
827
18,083
774
2,125
2
940
8,899
11,970
1,255
5,658
66
44,733
144
22,523
26,167
339
457
52
145,338
OUTBREAK OF
Number of villages
and towns infected.
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
5
...
...
...
...
26
...
17
52
1
...
...
103
1913-14.
Cases.
25
...
...
...
...
...
4
14
...
...
...
...
674
...
603
965
1
...
...
2,286
Deaths.
24
...
...
...
...
...
1
13
...
...
...
...
619
...
475
752
1
...
...
1,885
Number of villages
and towns infected.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
5
...
...
...
...
10
...
12
16
...
...
...
44
1914-16.
Cases.
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
6
...
...
...
...
227
...
133
198
...
...
...
570
Deaths.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
4
...
...
...
...
222
...
109
122
...
...
...
458
TOTAL NUMBER OF
PLAGUE CASES AND
DEATHS.
Cases.
477
1,062
24,264
958
2,526
2
1,182
10,960
13,943
1,883
7,245
75
48,718
193
29,315
31,319
396
604
112
175,234
Deaths.
348
827
18,083
774
2,125
2
942
8,916
11,970
1,255
5,658
66
45,574
144
23,107
27,041
340
457
52
147,681
Population
according
to the census
of 1911.
639,089
96,271
1,293,776
165,463
62,704
159,192
189,127
2,057,553
501,395
47,397
303,181
87,191
2,636,647
700,983
791,688
558,785
146,587
263,188
5,205
10,705,422
Percentage
of total
plague
deaths to
population.
0.05
0.86
1.40
0.47
3.39
0.00
0.50
0.43
2.38
2.65
1.87
0.08
1.72
0.02
2.92
4.84
0.23
0.17
0.00
1.38
AJMER CENTRAL JAIL.
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APPENDIX A.
Review of the Ajmer Jail Report for the year 1914.
Charge.—The charge of the office of the Superintendent, Central Jail,
was held by Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. B. Robinson, I.M.S., from the beginning
of the year to the 20th September 1914 and by Lieutenant-Colonel R. C.
MacWatt, I.M.S., for the rest of the year.
2. Population.—At the commencement of the year there were 333
prisoners, including convicts and undertrials. The number of prisoners admitted
to the Jail during the year was 1,490, against 1,495 in 1913, of whom 789
were convicts, 698 undertrials and 3 civil prisoners.
The number of prisoners discharged during the year under review from all
causes as compared with the previous year is as under :—
—
Convicts
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Undertrials . . . . . . . . . .
Civil . . . . . . . . . .
1913.
726
717
8
1,451
1914.
743
693
3
1,439
The number of prisoners remaining at the close of the year was 384
against 333 in 1913—
Convicts
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Undertrials . . . . . . . . . .
333
51
884
The daily average number of prisoners was 34320, i.e.,—
Convicts .
.
.
.
.
.
Undertrials
.
.
.
.
.
Civil
.
.
.
.
.
.
304.21 against 271. 40 in 1913.
38.46
„
35.20 „ „
0.53
„
0.28 „ „
3. Disposal of convicts.—The following talble compares the disposal of
convicts (743) during the year under review with that of the preceding
year :—
Released on appeal .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Released on expiry of sentence .
.
.
.
.
.
.
Released on payment of fine .
.
.
.
.
.
.
Released under remission rules for good conduct .
.
.
.
Released on account of sickness
.
.
.
.
.
.
Transferred to other Jails*
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Died in Jail .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Executed
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Transferred to Lunatic Asylum .
.
.
.
.
.
.
Escaped
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1913
73
547
25
51
Nil
27
Nil
2
1
Nil
726
1914
41
523
40
87
2
43
4
2
Nil
1
743
* Seven were transferred (or transportation beyond seas.
4. Classification of Convicts.—Excluding the 47 convicts received from
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AJMER CENTRAL JAIL.
other jails, the remaining 742 convicts admitted in the jail are classified as
follows:—
Hindus . . . . . . . . . . .
Mahomedans . . . . . . . . . . .
Eropeans . . . . . . . . . . .
Eurasians . . . . . . . . . . .
Native Christians .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
467
262
6
2
5
742
According to age qualification, 11 were under 16 years, 631 between 16
and 40, and 94 between 40 and 60, and 6 above 60 years of age.
According to sex, 710 were males and 32 females. Of the 710 male
convicts, the majority were agriculturists,
domestic servants and labourers as will be
seen by the details in the margin.
Agriculturists
.
.
.
.
Labourers
. . . . .
Shop-keepers and traders
. .
Domestic servants . . . .
Miscellaneous occupation . .
Government servants
. . .
No occupation
.
.
.
.
TOTAL .
260
221
42
117
5
32
38
710
5. Of the 742 convicts admitted in the Jail, 98 were awarded simple
imprisonment, 627 rigorous imprisonment, 3 rigorous imprisonment with
solitary confinement and 14 rigorous imprisonment with whipping.
The number of convicts sentenced to various terms of imprisonment was
as follows:—
PARTICULARS.
Not excceding one month . . .
Above 1 and not exceeding 3 months . .
„ 3
„
6
„ .
„ 6 months and not excceding 1 year .
„ 1 year
„
2 years .
„ 2 years
„
5 „ .
„ 5 „
„
10 „ .
Sentenced to transportation for life . .
Sentenced to death
.
.
.
.
TOTAL .
Simple im-
prisonment.
87
8
2
...
1
...
...
...
...
98
Rigorous im-
prisonment.
176
181
124
81
40
17
4
4
...
627
Rigorous im-
prisonment
with solitary
confinement.
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
...
...
3
Rigorous im-
prisonment
with
whipping.
3
6
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
14
6. Previous convictions.—The number of previously convicted prisoners
admitted during the year under review was 153 as compared with 164 in the
P revious year, their percentage to the total number of convicts admitted
being 20.62.
7. Employment of convicts.—Excluding
sick and convalescent from
whom occasional labour is taken, the daily average number of convicts sen-
tenced to labour on working days was 259.08, of whom 12.00 were employed
as prison officers, 23.20 as prison servants, 10.98 on gardening, 42.82 on pre-
paring articles for consumption in Jail and 160.10 as manufacturers. The daily
average number exempted from labour was 7.84.
AJMER CENTRAL JAIL.
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8. Conduct of prisoners.—The number of jail punishments of all kinds
inflicted was 323 as compared with 198 in 1913. They are classed as
below:—
By Criminal Court . . . . . . . . .
By Jail officers'solitary confinement
.
.
.
.
.
Reduced diet . . . . . . . . . .
Corporal punishment
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Other .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2
31
1
2
287
323
9. There was only one escape from the jail during the year under review.
10. Health.—The general health of the prisoners was good throughout
the year. The number of admissions to the Jail Hospital was 206 against 237
in 1913. There were 4 deaths in 1914 as against none in 1913.
11. Juvenile offenders.—There was one juvenile prisoner in Jail on
1st January 1914 and 11 boys were admitted during the year under review,
of whom 11 were released, and one transferred to the Reformatory School at
Chunar. Thus no juviline prisoner remained in the Jail at the close of the
year. No offence was recorded against them during the year.
12. Jail manufacture.—The profit from Jail manufactures amounted
to R1,004-0-11 against R1,566-4-7 in 1913 and the average earning per head
of prisoners employed on jail manufactures consequently fell from R11-4-8
in 1913 to R6-4-4 in 1914.
13. Expenditure.—The total expenditure in guarding and maintaining
the prisoners, including that incurred (1) by the Public Works Department on
the buildings and repairs and (2) by Magistrates in guarding and maintain-
ing undertrials, amounted to R27,478-0-0. The average cost per prisoner
during the year was R80-1-0 against R74-0-1 in the preceding year.
14. Inspection.—The jail was inspected four times, by the Commissioner
and Inspector-General of Prisons, Ajmer-Merwara.
A. T. HOLME, I.C.S.,
Commissioner, Ajmer-Merwara.
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AJMER CENTRAL JAIL.
STATEMENT No. IV.—Statement showing the convicts admitted into the Ajmer Jail during the year 1914 who
had been previously convicted.
SEX.
Male.
.
.
.
.
Female
.
.
.
.
.
TOTAL .
1
Number
admitted
during
the year.
710
32
742(a)
2
NUMBER PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED.
A
Once.
83
3
86
B
Twice.
32
...
32
C
More than
twice.
35
...
35
D
TOTAL.
150
3
153
3
Ratio of
column 2 D
to
column 1.
21.13
9.37
20.62
4
JUVENILE PRISONERS
UNDER 16 YEARS OF
AGE (SECTION 399 OF
THE CRIMINAL PROCE-
DURE CODE).
A
Number
admitted
during
the year.
11
...
11(b)
B
Number
previously
convicted.
1
...
1
NOTE.—(a) In column 1 will be entered the prisoners admitted during the year, vide column 5 of Monthly Statement No. I, from
January to December 1914. Numbers in column 2 will be inclusive of the number in column 4.
(b) The figures in column 4 A should tally with those shown in column 3 A of Monthly Return No. II for the year.
STATEMENT No. V.—Statement showing the escapes and re-captures of convicts in the Central Jail at Ajmer
for the year 1914.
1
Remaining
uncaptured
on the last
day of the
past year.
...
2
ESCAPED DURING THE
YEAR.
A
From
inside
the Jail.
...
B
From
outside
the Jail.
1
C
TOTAL.
1
3
GRAND
TOTAL.
1
4
RE-CAPTURED DURING THE
YEAR.
A
Those who
escaped in
previous
years.
...
B
Those who
escaped
during the
present
year.
1
C
TOTAL.
1
5
REMAINING UNCAP-
TURED.
A
Of
previous
years.
...
B
Of
present
year.
...
C
TOTAL.
...
6
UNEXPIRED PORTION OF
SENTENCE OF THOSE WHO
ESCAPED DURING THE YEAR.
A
Under
year.
M.
10
D.
23
B
Above
1 and
under
3 years.
C
Above
3 and
under
7 years.
D
Above
7 years.
In column 1, and also in column 5 A, only those should be included who have escaped during the previous seven years. In 4 A, if any
are entered who have been at large for upwards of seven years, a special note should be added. A footnote should show how many have
been struck off, each having escaped more than seven years previously.
STATEMENT No. VI.—Showing the offences committed by the convicts, and the punishments inflicted on them
in the Jail of Ajmer during the year 1914.
1
SEX.
Male . .
Female .
TOTAL
2
Average
number
of con-
victs.
295.53
8.68
304.21
3
Criminal
offences.*
2
...
2
4
BREACHES OF JAIL RULES.
Smoking
or having
posses-
sion of
forbidden
articles.
57
...
57
Offences
relating
to work.
119
...
119
Other
offences
against
prison
discipline.
145
...
145
5
PUNISHMENT INFLICTED.
A
By
Criminal
Court.
2
...
2
B.—BY JAIL OFFICERS.
A
Solitary
confine-
ment.
31
...
31
B
Solitary
confine-
ment,
with
reduced
diet.
...
...
...
C
Reduced
diet.
1
...
1
D
Corporal
punish-
ment.
2
...
2
E
Other
punish-
ment.
287
...
287
C
Total
punish-
ment.
323
...
323
6
Ratio of
column
5 C to
column 2.
109.30
...
106.18
The nature of the criminal offences committed should be noted on the back of this return.
* In contradistinction to offences against prison discipline.
R. C. MACWATT, Lieut.-Col.,
I.M.S.,
Superintendent, Central Jail, Ajmer.
AJMER JAIL OFFICE :
The 20th February 1915.
AJMER CENTRAL JAIL.
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STATEMENT No. VIII.—Statement showing the employment of convicts as Prison Officers in the Central Jail at
Ajmer for the year 1914.
1
SEX.
Male . . .
Female
.
.
.
TOTAL
2
Average
number
of convicts.
295.53
8.68
304.21
3
Average num-
ber employed
as Prison
officers.
12.00
...
12.00(c)
4
Ratio of
column 3 to
column 2.
4.06
...
3.94
5
Total number
employed as
Prison officers.
12.00
...
12.00(a)
6
Number of
reductions or
other punish-
ments.
37
...
37(b)
7
REMARKS.
Convict Warder . . . .
Do.
Overseers . .
Do.
Writers
.
.
Do.
Mohurrir . .
TOTAL .
No.
1
10
...
1
12
(a) The nature of the offices held by convicts should be given in column of remarks.
(b) Detail of the nature of punishments ordered should be given as directed in paragraph 19 of the Government Review on the Jail
Reports for 1884.
(c) Column 3 should tally with column 7 B of Return No. XII. Column 5 should show the total number of convicts employed as
Warders, etc., and not merely the total sanctioned number of situations.
Temporary reduction . . . . . .
Permanent „ . . . . . . .
Do. do. and bar fetters . . . . .
Forfeiture of remission . . . . . .
Warning . . . . . .
Total .
3
22
2
1
6
3
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STATEMENT No. IX.—Statement showing the Scales of Diet in force in the Ajmer Central Jail during the
year 1914.
1
Diet scales of Labouring Prisoners.
Atta of Gram 1/3
„
Barley 2/3.
Dâl alternately .
.
Vegetables alternately
Oil with vegetables
Salt „
„
„ „ Dâl .
.
12 Chittaks daily.
2 Chittaks.
8
„
4/25
„
1/4
„
1/6
„
Chillies with vegetables 2 M.
„
„
Dâl
Fuel
1 „
5 Chittaks.
2
Diet scale of non-
labouring prisoners.
Atta 8 Chittaks on
Sundays and Mon-
days and 10 Chit-
taks on other days.
Other articles
are
same as for labour-
ing prisoners.
3
Punishment diet
scale.
Labouring prisoners 8
Chittaks atta, with
the usual quantity
of salt; the period
of this diet is ninety-
six
consecutive
hours.
4
Note of any change effected in diet
scales during the year.
Prisoners on Mills are given
14 Chittaks of atta instead of
12 Chittaks, vide paragraph 7 of
letter No. 745/248 II, dated 20th
July 1899, from the First
Assistant to the Honourable the
Agent to the Governor-General
for Rajputana.
NOTE.—A complete statement of all the Diet Scales in use for labouring prisoners according to length of sentence should be given
in column 1, with details as to the articles used, and the variations in different days of the week.
R. C. MACWATT, Lieut.-Col., I.M.S.,
Superintendent, Central Jail, Ajmer.
AJMER JAIL OFFICE :
The 20th February
1915.
AJMER CENTRAL JAIL.
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STATEMENT No. XIII.—Showing the net cash earnings of convicts sentenced to labour in the Central Jail at Ajmer during the year 1914.
1
Serial
No.
1
2
NAME OF JAIL.
Ajmer Central Jail
3
Average
number
sentenced
to labour.
(a)
259.08
4
Average num-
ber employed
on Jail
manufacture.
160.10
5
Cash balance on
manufacturing
account in hand
on the 1st day
of January 1914.
R
310
a.
7
p.
10
6
Cash drawn on
manufacturing
account during
the year.
R
4,593
a.
4
p.
10
7
TOTAL.
R
4,903
a.
12
p.
8
8
Paid into
Treasury on
manufacturing
account.
R
5,546
a.
6
p.
4
9
Cash balance in
hand on
manufacturing
account on the
31st day of
December 1914.
R
361
a.
7
p.
3
10
TOTAL.
R
5,907
a.
13
p.
7
11
Cash earnings
(being total of
column 10 less
total of
column 7).
R
1,004
a.
0
p.
11
12
Average earning
per head cal-
culated on
column 3.
R
3
a.
14
p.
0
13
Average earn-
ing per head
calculated on
column 4.
R
6
a.
4
p.
4
NOTE.—All proceeds of labour whether paid for by transfer account by other Departments or by cash are to be included in this statement, but no mere estimate of work done by convicts as prison servants
or in manufacturing clothing or other articles required for Jail purposes is to be included.
(a) Figures in columns 3 and 4 should correspond with those entered in columns 3 and 7 of Annual Return No. XII.
STATEMENT No. XIV (FINANCIAL).—Showing the Net Cost of the prisoners in the Ajmer Central Jail for the year 1914.
1
Serial
No.
1
2
NAME OF JAIL.
Ajmer Central Jail
.
.
3
Total cost of main-
tenance (column 10
of Statement X).
R
27,478
a.
0
p.
0
4
Average cost of
maintenance per
head (column 11
of Statement X).
R
80
a.
1
p.
0
5
Total cash earn-
ings (column 11
of Statement XIII).
R
1,004
a.
0
p.
11
6
Average cash earn-
ings per head of
average strength.*
R
2
a.
14
p.
10
7
Net cost to Govern-
ment (column 3
less column 5).
R
26,473
a.
15 1
8
Average net cost
per head of average
strength (column 4
minus 6).
R
77
a.
2
p.
2
* To calculate the "average cash carnings per head " for column 6 of this statement, the total cash earnings in column 5 should be divided by the total of column 3, Statment X.
R. C. MACWATT, Lieut.-Col, I.M.S.,
Superintendent, Central Jail, Ajmer.
AJMER JAIL OFFICE :
The 20th February 1915,
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AJMER CENTRAL JAIL.
STATEMENT No. XVI (VITAL).—Showing the admissions and deaths from the chief diseases among the convicts in the Central Jail at Ajmer during the year 1914.
1
CLASS OF PRISONERS.
Convicted prisoners
Under-trial prison-
ers .
.
Civil prisoners .
TOTAL .
2
A
Cholera.
A.
...
...
...
...
D.
...
...
...
...
B
Dysentery.
A.
7
4
...
11
D.
...
...
...
...
C
Malarial
Fevers.*
A.
44
3
...
47
D.
...
...
...
...
D
Other
infective
diseases.
A.
46
...
...
46
D.
...
...
...
...
E
Tubercle of
the Lungs,
Hæmop-
tysis,
Pneumonic
Phthisis.
A.
3
...
...
3
D.
...
...
...
...
F
Anæmia
and
Debility.
A.
2
...
...
2
D.
...
...
...
...
G
Pneumonia.
A.
4
...
...
4
D.
2
...
...
2
H
† Other
Respiratory
Diseases.
A.
2
1
...
3
D.
...
...
...
...
I
Diarrhœa.
A.
25
7
...
32
D.
...
...
...
...
J
Abscesses,
Boils, and
Ulcers of
all kinds.
A.
13
1
...
14
D.
...
...
...
...
K
TOTAL.
A.
146
16
...
162
D.
2
...
...
2
3
RATIO OF ADMISSIONS AND DEATHS PER MILLE OF AVERAGE STRENGTH FROM—
Cholera.
A.
...
...
...
...
D.
...
...
...
...
Dysentery.
A.
23.01
104.00
...
32.05
D.
...
...
...
...
Malarial
Fevers.*
A.
151.21
78.00
...
136.95
D.
...
...
...
...
Diarrhœa.
A.
82.18
...
...
93.24
D.
...
...
...
...
Pneumonia.
A.
13.15
...
...
11.66
D.
6.57
...
...
5.83
All causes.
A.
479.93
182.01
...
472.31
D.
6.57
...
...
5.83
NOTE.—Admissions should exclude those remaining from the previous year.
* This heading includes all fevers diagnosed as being due to Malaria and their direct sequoias, such as enlargement of the Spleen, Malarial Cachexia, etc.
† NOTE.—The diseases to be included under this head are:— Bronchitis, Emphysema, Asthma, and Pleurisy.
STATEMENT No. XVII (VITAL).—Showing the mortality according to age among the convicts in the Ajmer Central Jail during the year 1914.
1
Serial No.
1
2
NAME OF JAIL.
Ajmer Central Jail
3
UNDER 16 YEARS.
Average
number.*
M.
0.80
F.
...
Deaths.
M.
...
F.
...
Ratio of
deaths per
mille of
average
number.
M.
...
F.
...
4
16 TO 40 YEARS.
Average number.*
M.
255.92
F.
6.01
Deaths.
M.
3
F.
1
Ratio of
deaths per
mille of
average
number.
M.
11.72
F.
166.30
5
40 TO 60 YEARS.
Average number.*
M.
28.42
F.
2.42
Deaths.
M.
...
F.
...
Ratio of
deaths per
mille of
average
number.
M.
...
F.
...
6
OVER 60 YEARS.
Average number.*
M.
10.39
F.
0.25
Deaths.
M.
...
F.
...
Ratio of
deaths per
mille of
average
number.
M.
...
F.
...
7
TOTAL.
Average number.*
M.
295.53
F.
8.68
Deaths.
M.
3
F.
1
Ratio of
deaths per
mille of
average
number.
M.
10.15
F.
115.21
* The average number must be obtained by means of a monthly census.
R. C. MACWATT, Lieut.-Col., I.M.S.,
Superintendent, Central Jail, Ajmer,
AIMER JAIL OFFICE :
The 20th February 1915.