SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
[Section III.
STATISTICS OF JAIL ADMINISTRATIONS—BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1867—76.
I.
TABLE showing in the AGGREGATE the SICKNESS and MOR TALITY among the JAIL POPULATION of the
BENGAL PRESIDENCY during the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867—76, and the prevalence of the principal
Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
A g g r e g a t e o f t h e A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h i n e a c h M o n t h , 1 8 6 7 t o 1 8 7 6 .
A v e r a g e N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k .
N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
N u m b e r o f D e a t h s .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S .
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
E n t e r i c F e v e r ( 1 8 7 2 t o 1 8 7 6 ) .
C o n t a g i o u s F e v e r s .
F e v e r s .
A p o p l e x y .
D y s e n t e r y a n d D i a r r h œ a .
H e p a t i t i s . S p l e e n D i s e a s e .
R e s p i r a t o r y D i s e a s e s .
H e a r t D i s e a s e s .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D r o p s y .
S c u r v y .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a . W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
...
... 618,526 17,649 28.5 2,185 3.53
21 7 1 73 174 14 872 5 22
4 4 7 16 126 51 4 137 26 189
February
...
... 619,518 16,920 27.3
1 , 5 3 8 2.48
51 12 1 100 124 16 518 5 16 299 10
88 45 4
89
2 0
1 4 0
March
. . .
...
6 1 7 , 0 0 7
1 6 , 8 9 1
27.4 1,505 2.44 156 10 4 129 145 14 412 7 17 253 7
9 8 31 3
84 24
1 1 1
April
. . .
...
6 1 8 , 9 3 3
1 7 , 7 6 2
28.7 1,522 2.46 237 8 1
6 6
1 6 8 11 452 7 15 195 13
9 8 27 2
73 33
1 1 6
May
. .
...
6 2 2 , 0 8 1
1 7 , 3 1 4
27.8
1 , 5 2 2
2.45
2 4 4 10 2 30 169 47 426 9 11 176
4 114 25 1
93 33 128
June
. . .
. . . 630,776
1 7 , 0 6 6 27.1
1 , 3 9 5 2.21 137 8 2 11 128
1 3 3 387 9 17
1 5 7
1 3 120 26 1
85 32 129
July
. . .
...
6 3 8 , 8 0 0
1 8 , 2 3 1 28.5 1,620 2.54
4 0 1 5 1
. . . 114 33 495 8 16 149 13 102 27 1
81 35
1 3 9
August
. . .
. . .
6 4 3 , 9 7 7
2 2 , 0 5 3
34.2 2,071 3.22 360 3
4 1 170 18
8 5 2 11 25 137 13 119 35 3 132 38 150
September
...
...
6 4 8 , 0 7 8 24,690
38. 1
2 , 4 6 8
3.81 271 2 2 1 244 15 1,197 19 18 189 17 107 38 9 132 34 173
October
. . .
. . .
6 4 5 , 4 4 8 25,753 39.9
2 , 7 8 0
4. 31
95 ...
4 14
3 4 4
2 4 1,429
1 2 37 255 20 125 52 9 138 37 185
November
...
...
6 4 0 , 3 2 9 23,779
37. 1
2 , 9 9 0
4.67
1 1 7 1 3 20
3 4 0 15 1,465 10 25
3 2 4 22 149 54 9 179 35 222
December
. . . ...
6 3 2 , 1 7 0 19,955
31.6
2 , 7 9 1
4.41
6 9 3 1
4 8
2 1 4 11 1,330 8 29 455 24 137 54 11 165 26
2 0 6
2,159
6 9 26
4 9 3 2,334
3 5 1 9,835 110 248 3,036 172 1,383 465 57 1,388 373 1,888
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years
... 631,303 19,839 31.4 24,387
38.63
3 . 4 2
. 1 1 . 04
. 7 8
3 . 7 0
. 5 6 15.58
. 1 7 .39
4 . 8 1
. 2 7
2. 19
.74
. 0 9 2.20
. 5 9
2 . 9 9
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
admitted
during the
ten years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength. Di e d o u t o f e a c h h u n d r e d c a s e s t r e a t e d .
Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug.
Sept. Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dengue
...
. . .
...
...
1
4 4
80
146
163
2 4 7
299
114
22
5
1,121
1.8
. . . . . .
Cholera
. . .
. . .
6 3 183 453
558
565
329
9 7 4
819
527
211
275
1 4 0
5 , 0 9 7
8 . 1
4 2 . 3 6
Smallpox
...
...
118 123 174
184
150
85
19
10
7
7
40
6 9
9 8 6
‫٭‬
1 . 6
7 . 0 0
Enteric Fever (1872—76)
. . .
2
5
6
9
5
2
6
3
7
5
3
56
. 1
4 6 . 4 3
Contagious Fevers
...
3 4 8 763
1 , 0 0 9
5 8 9
206
86
2 0
1
. . .
323
1 6 9
134
3,651
5 . 8
1 3 . 5 0
Fevers, Intermittent
... 13,503 11,556 13,719
1 5 , 9 9 9 16,516 15,618 19,921 31,342 37,903
4 0 , 0 4 4 28,608
1 8 , 2 8 9 263,012
4 1 6 . 6
. 8 5
Fevers, Remittent and Con .
tinued
...
...
6 6 9
0
760 1,005
1 , 0 5 8
1 , 0 2 6
8 7 6
945
1,181
1 , 6 7 5 1,674 1,179
699
12,747
2 0 . 2
Apoplexy
. . .
. . .
13
22
19
2 1
1 4 7
410
88
21
1 9
2 9
23
11
823
1 . 3
4 2 . 6 5
Dysentery
. . .
...
4 , 0 7 1 2,912
3 , 7 3 0
4 , 3 4 3 4,052
4,058
6,012
8 , 6 6 5
8 , 0 9 7 7,164
6 , 6 4 7
5 , 5 9 7 65,348
1 0 3 . 5 8.04
Diarrhœa
. . .
. . .
3 , 1 1 6 3,005
4 , 9 3 1
5 , 2 8 4 4,590 4,691
6 , 0 3 9
6 , 7 6 7
5 , 6 4 0 4,740
4 , 4 0 4
3 , 7 6 9
5 6 , 9 7 6
9 0 . 2
Hepatitis
. . .
. . .
4 9
4 9
4 9
56
61
45
5 8
53
74
49
45
4 3
6 3 1
1 . 0
1 7 . 4 3
Spleen Disease ...
...
450 339
3 2 3
3 8 2
395
369
4 4 3
405
4 3 7
530
521
4 8 2
5,076
8 . 0
4 . 8 9
Respiratory Diseases
. . . 2,882 2,413
2 , 9 8 4
1 , 7 6 7 1,757
1 , 4 8 1
1 , 4 2 6
1 , 4 0 1 1,405
1,818 2,291
2 , 9 1 6
2 3 , 6 4 1
3 7 . 4
1 2 . 8 4
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
2 3 3 193
2 1 8
232
228
2 3 4
2 0 3
1 7 4
186
228
243
254
2 , 6 2 6
4 . 2
5 2 . 6 7
Dropsy
...
...
1 6 6 118 132
113
1 4 3
135
1 4 5
1 4 0
150
165
1 5 4
1 8 9
1,750
2 . 8
2 6 . 5 7
Atrophy and Anæmia
...
810
5 6 8 518
565
571
6 3 7
8 2 0
7 6 7
738
832
8 6 7
8 7 6
8,569
1 3 . 6
1 6 . 2 0
Scurvy
. . .
. . .
1 0 6 105
1 4 0 107
131
1 3 8
178
182
255
2 5 9
238
1 6 5
2 , 0 0 4
3 . 2
2 . 8 4
Rheumatism
...
...
1 , 0 9 3 926
1 , 0 6 1
9 9 0 1,037
1,108
1,079
1,017
996 1,024 1,065
1,006
1 2 , 4 0 2
1 9 . 6
1 . 3 7
Venereal Diseases
. . .
8 7 7 832
9 5 6
1 , 0 0 3
9 8 1
1 , 0 3 4
9 6 1
921
852
794
729
761
10,701
1 7 . 0
E y e D i s e a s e s
...
. . .
3 5 9 393
6 4 7
902
9 4 7
7 6 4
812
8 4 7
8 3 9
734
572
383
8 , 1 9 9
1 3 . 0
Abscess and Ulcer
...
4 , 9 6 9
4 , 7 7 4 5,057 5,175
5 , 6 4 2 6,772
7,229
6,005
5 , 1 4 1 4,742
4 , 1 9 6
4 , 3 3 4
6 4 , 0 3 6
1 0 1 . 4
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s
. . .
1 , 7 3 8 1,885
2 , 2 9 2
2 , 4 2 1
2 , 4 4 3
2 , 4 6 2
2 , 5 1 6 2,156
2 , 1 0 2
1 , 7 7 9
1 , 6 4 8
1 , 5 6 5
2 5 , 0 0 7
3 9 . 6
All other Causes
. . .
. . .
4 , 8 4 9 4,794
5 , 4 4 9
5 , 3 6 2 5,317
5,016
5 , 0 8 1
4 , 9 4 5 4,400
4 , 1 1 3 3,787
4 , 0 1 5
5 7 , 1 2 8
9 0 . 5
4 0 , 4 8 4
3 6 , 7 1 3
4 3 , 9 7 2 47,161
4 6 , 9 9 4
4 6 , 4 9 9 55,134 68,072 71,745 71,380 57,728
4 5 , 7 0 5 631,587
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
6 5 . 5
5 9 . 3
7 1 . 3
7 6 . 2
7 5 . 5
7 3 . 7
8 6 . 3
1 0 5 . 7
1 1 0 . 7
1 1 0 . 6
9 0 . 2
7 2 . 3
1 0 0 0 . 5
‫٭‬ During the ten years, 3,249 cases of chickenpox were returned in the Jails of the Presidency. Chickenpox obeys the law which determines the appearance,
increase and decay of smallpox. These cases appear under the head " All other Causes."