STATISTICS OF THE JAIL POPULATION OF BENGAL FROM 1859 TO 1876.
Section III.
Mortality of Jails in _Eastern Bengal, to illustrate the high rates (due to the influences endemic in
the locality.
BACKERGUNGE. RUNFPORE.
RUNGPORE.
DINAGEPORE.
YEAR.
S t r e n g t h .
C h o l e r a d e a t h s .
T o t a l m o r t a l i t y .
D e a t h - r a t e p e r 1 , 0 0 0
S t r e n g t h .
C h o l e r a d e a t h s .
T o t a l m o r t a l i t y .
D e a t h r a t e p e r 1 , 0 0 0 .
S t r e n g t h .
C h o l e r a d e a t h s .
T o t a l m o r t a l i t y .
D e a t h - r a t e p e r 1 , 0 0 0 .
1859
459 22 64 139 4 360
9 74 205.6 730
7 117 160 3
1860
404 12
63 155.9 300
2
38 126.7 438
17
93 203.1.
1861
293
8 30 102.4 293
1
29 99.0 369
1
21
5 6 . 9
1862
447
8
83 185.9 459
92 200.4 480
33
6 8 . 7
1863
570
51 147 257.9 402
43 107.0 497
58 116.7
1864
495
17
97 196.0 323
1
28 86.7 462 37
78 168.8
1865
407
1
18 44.2 355
33
93.0 443
2
42 9 4 . 8
1866
380
5
38 100.0 369
3
35
94.8 391.
1
36 91.8
1867
434
5 40 92.2 364
41 112.6 403
1
38 9 4 . 3
1868
522
19
52 99.6 399
65 162.9 402
1
48 1 1 9 . 4
1869
527
19
62 117.6 391 20 64 163.9 408
1
32 784
1870
393
3
36 91.6 285
35 122 8 348
24 69.0
1871
443
3
30 67.7 275
18 65.5 349
21
60.1
1872
597
10
77 129 .0 251
9 35.9 387
14 36.2
1873
598
6
39 65.2 402
31
77.1 503
15 2 9 . 8
1874
481
5
39 81.1 496
2
80 161.3 596
32
5 3 . 7
1875
340
6 41 120.6 486
1
60 123.5 522
18 3 4 . 5
1876
453
15
64 141.3 537
94 175.1 638
2 27 42.3
1859—76 . 8,243 21.5 1,020 123.7 6,747
16 869 128 8 8,386 70 747 89.1
1859—67
3,889 129 580 149.1 3,225
23 413 128.1 4,233
66 516 121.9
1868—76
4,354 86 440 101.1 3,522
39 456 129.5 4,153
4 231 55.6
I have chosen the Benares Jail (Table XXXIII), as typical for the jails of the Gangetic
Provinces. This jail has reduced its death-rate from 76 to 30.
The proportion which the different causes of mortality bore
to the total in the two periods is shown below:
Dysentery and
Diarrœa.
Respiratory
Diseases. Fevers. Phthisis.
A t r o p h y
and Spleen Apoplexy. Hepatitis.
H e a r t D i s e a s e s . All others.
1859-67
59.5
7.1
6.3
5.7
5.4
3.4
6
1 11.9=100
1868-76
58.2
4.5
10.9 11.2
5.9
1.9
2
5 6.7=100
Here, as before, 75 per cent. of the whole mortality is made up of dysentery and diar
-rhœa, atrophy, spleen disease, dropsy and phthisis.
Deaths and Death-rates of the Benares Central Jail, 18 Years, 1859-76.
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S .
DEA TH-RATE PER
1,000.
Y E A R .
S t r e n g t h .
C h o l e r a . S m a l l p o x .
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 . R e s p e 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 A t r o p h y a n d S p l e e n D i s e a s e s .
A l l o t h e r c a s e s . T o t a l D e a t h s .
C h o l e r a .
A l l o t h e r C a s e s .
A l l C a u s e s .
1859
1.104
3
4
4 76 2 2
6
7 10 114 2.72 100.54 103.26
1860
1,176 19
5
5
60
9
7
4 9 118 16.16 84.18 100.34
1861
1,397
1
5 83
17
11 8 125
89 48 8 9 . 4 8
1862
1,717
1
6
6 106 1 7
6 20 153 58 88.53 89.11
1863
1.412 44
5
70
12
7
2 20 160 31.16 82.86 1 1 4 0 2
1864
1,306 26
1
2 33
6
19
2 13 102 19.91 78.19 98.10
1865
1,193
1
8
3
19 1
2
6 7 47
8 4 38 56 39-40
1866
1170
11
2 10
1 1
1
3 4 33
28.21 28 21.
1867
1,240
10
15 1 2
3
2 4 37
29.84 2 9 . 8 4
1868
961
1
10
3 0
2
1 4 48 1.04 48 91 49.95
. 1 8 6 9 . 1,157
3
8
1
12 1 1 1
3
1 1 31
26.79 26.79
1870 . . 1,286
3
10
2 1 6
2
24
18.66 18.66
1871 .
1,118
1
36
4
4
1 4 50
44.72 44.72
1872
1,266
5
1
25
9 3 53 3.95 37.91 41.86
1873
1,501
2
1
48
2
7
4 6 4
42.64 4 2 6 4
1874
1,757
3
27
6
5
2 2 45
25.61 2 5 . 6 1
1875
1,895
12
3
9
2
1
4 4 35
18.47 18.47
1876
1,845
1
2 22
1 4
2 3 35
18.97 18.97
1859-76
24,501 100
4
91
34 691 6 73 3 87
65 120 1274
4 7 . 9 147.91 52.00
1859-67 111,715 94
1
50 27 472 1 56 1 45 43 95 889 8.02 67.871 75.89
1868-76
12,786
6
3 41
7 219 5 17 2 42 22 25 3851
1 4 7 29.64 30.11
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H o w p r i s o n e r s d i e i n t h e G a n g e t i c
Provinces. The Benares Central Jail
as a typical example.