SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
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STATISTICS OF JAIL ADMINISTRATIONS—OUDH, 1867—76.
V.
TABLE showing in the AGGREGATE the SICKNESS and MORTALITY in the JAIL POPULATION included
under the ADMINISTRATION OF OUDH, 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 .
CAUSES or DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
C o n t a g i o u s F e v e r s .
O t h e r 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
...
...
73,495
1,396
1 9 . 0 180
2.45 ... ...
26
10 3
7 9
. . . 1
1 6 2
18
. . .
. . .
1 6 1
8
February
...
. . .
7 4 , 9 0 0
1,391
1 8 . 8 124
1.68 1 1
27
7 ...
46 1 1
9 1
9
. . . . . . 4
4
13
Ma r c h
...
...
73,235
1,361
18.6 110
1.50
. . . 2
20
2 1
31
. . .
. . .
12 1
16 1
. . .
5
3
1 6
April
...
..
73,412
1,378
18.8
94
1.28
. . .
. . .
4
6 ...
32 2 1
12 ...
7 2 ...
8
3
17
M a y
...
...
73,071
1,270
17.4 100
1.37 3 2
3
2 4
30 1 ...
13 ...
13 1 ...
10
2
16
June
...
...
73,890
1,226
16.6 103
1.39 2 1
. . .
16 15
23 2 ...
9 1
15 1 ...
6
4
8
J u l y
...
. . . 75,131
1,280
17.0 104
1.38 4
. . .
. . .
8
4
26 2 ...
10 ...
13 5 1
7
3
21
August
. . .
...
76.012
1,433
18.8
144
1.89 28 1
...
8 ...
46
. . . 2
12 2
15 1
. . .
13
3
13
September
...
...
77,534
1,450
18.7 116
1.50 4 ... ...
10 1
54 ... 1
7
. . .
9 3 ...
7
2
18
October
...
. . .
77, 824 1,525
19.6
169
2.17 14
. . . ...
16 3
64
. . . 3
15 2
15 ...
. . .
18
2
17
November
...
..
77,122
1,555
20.2 197
2.55 14
. . .
. . .
1 6 2
89 3 ...
17 2
1 8 2 ...
11
2
21
December
...
...
75,658
1,423
18.8 218
2.88 2 1
22
9 3
87 1 2
19 3
23 3 1
21
1
20
72 8 102
1 1 0 † 36 607 12 11 151 14 171 19 2 126 30
1 8 8
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years
...
75,038
1,391
18.5 1,659
22.11 .96 .11 1.36
1 . 4 7 .48 8.09 .16 .15 2.01 .18 2.28 .25 .03 1.68 .40 2.50
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
N U M B E R O F A D M I S S I O N S I N T O H O S P I T A L I N E A C H M O N T H .
Total
admitted
during the
ten years.
A d m i t t e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
D i 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. March. April. May. June. July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . .
. . . ...
2
6
9
12
6
13
96
5
67
20
3
239
3.2
3 0 . 1 3
Smallpox
. . .
. . . 42
27
34
52
2 5
1 6
2
. . .
1
...
13
5
217
2.9
3 . 6 9
Enteric Fever
...
...
1
. . . ...
1
...
...
...
...
...
. . . ...
2
. . .
. . .
Contagious Fevers
. . .
1 0 6 134
1 0 8
5 2
18
8
. . .
. . .
. . .
8
18
47
4 9 9
6 . 7
2 0 . 4 4
Intermittent Fever
...
8 4 4
8 5 6 1,017
1,182
1,049
942
1,297
1,521
1,724 2,064 1,491 939
1 4 , 9 2 6
198.9
.69
Remi t t ent and Cont i nued Fever s . . . . . .
32
59
63
1 0 0
91
92
105
123
114
129
117
65
1,090
1 4 . 5
Apoplexy
. . .
...
3
1
2
2
7
24
9
...
2
2
2
1
55
. 7
6 5 . 4 5
Dysentery
. . .
. . .
3 5 8 227
246
2 8 0
230
203
289
463
436
408
551 438
4 , 1 2 9
5 5 . 0
7 . 1 5
Diarrhœa
. . .
. . . 319 253
3 5 9
400
339
358
424
496
3 8 0
3 4 1
3 6 3 330
4.362
5 8 . 1
Hepatitis
. . .
. . .
1
9
4
8
3
4
11
3
3
6
6
4
62
.8
1 9 . 3 5
Spleen Disease
...
26
3
13
11
9
15
1 6
1 5
14
15
19
17
173
2 . 3
6 . 3 6
Respiratory Diseases
. . .
1 4 8 121
110
8 1
116
89
118
104
92
129
1 7 6
1 6 9
1,453
19.4
10.39
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
4 7
23
32
43
33
28
28
33
24
3 6
31
49
407
5.4
4 2 . 0 1
Dropsy
. . .
...
4
6
6
2
8
2
2
3
6
5
8
6
58
. 8
3 2 . 7 6
Atrophy and Anæmia
... 172
54
38
59
69
57
59
77
6 9
72
54
1 0 9
889
11.9
14.17
Scurvy
. . .
...
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
3
1
3
3
1 6
3
3
35
. 5
5.71
Rheumatism
...
6 6
70
6 4
5 6
6 0
53
6 0
74
7 4
85
64
66
792
10.6
1 . 6 2
V e n e r e a l D i s e a s e s
...
70
77
8 2
87
85
82
77
7 6
7 9
70
51
76
912
1 2 . 2
Eye Diseases
. . . 37
58
105
138
112
9 0
9 4
6 4
83
67
6 9 44
9 6 1
1 2 . 8
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
3 7 6 388
4 1 4
363
4 0 2
578
546
4 1 2
366
2 8 3
273
3 2 5
4,726
6 3 . 0
Wounds and Accidents
. . . 139 156
188
207
205
205
191
188
198
132
128 122
2,059
27.4
All other Causes
...
333 385
458
498
4 2 6
4 1 8
4 4 6
4 6 4
385
370
339 350
4,872
64.9
3 , 1 2 4 2,911
3,350 3,630
3,300
3,273
3,788
4,215
4,058 4,305
3,796 3,168
42,918
A d m i t t e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 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 .
4 2 . 5
3 9 . 3
45.7
49.4
4 5 . 2
44.3
5 0 . 4
5 5 . 4
5 2 . 3
55.3
4 9 . 2
4 1 . 9
5 7 2 . 0
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G o n d a J a i l , f r o m D e c e m b e r 1 8 6 7 t o M a y 1 8 6 8 .
† One deat h was r et ur ned under t he head of Ent er i c Fever i n j une 1874, t he age bei ng gi ven as 60.