SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
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STATISTICS OF JAIL ADMINISTRATIONS—PUNJAB, 1867—76.
XI.
TABLE showing in the AGGREGATE the SICKNESS and MORTALITY in the JAIL POPULATION included under
the ADMINISTRATION of the PUNJAB during the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867-76, and the prevalence of
the principal Diseases in each Month.
M O N T H S .
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 .
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
...
...
128,031 3,295 25.7 484 3.78
... ... ...
47
50
2 108 2 4 184 3
13 1 1
16
5 4 8
February
...
... 127,588 3,229 25.3 343 2.69
...
3
...
73
47
1
43 1 3 117 3
7 2 ...
7
3 33
March
... ...
126,347 3,210 25.4 332 2.63
...
1 ... 109
4 7
3
31 1 3
93 ...
12 1
...
7
2 2 2
April
...
... 126,636 3,457 27.3 219 1.73
...
...
...
6 0 43
2
29 1 1
44 2
6 2
...
2
9
1 8
May
... ...
126,602 3,532 27.9 236 1.87
9 1 ...
26
5 5
4
40
1 . 2
43 1
6 2
...
7
12
2 7
June
... ...
128,080 3,440 26.9 226 1.76 10 ...
. . . 11
39
4 1
26 1 ...
43 2
9 1 ...
5
5 33
July
...
... 130,405 3,204 24.6 167
1 . 2 8 23 ...
1
...
28
22
24 1 ...
28 5
6 1 ...
2
9 17
August
...
... 132,968 4,563 34.3 219 1.65 45 1 ...
1
47
3
53
...
2 17 3
8 1 ...
10
8 20
September
... ...
134,259 5,880 43.8
3 6 0 2.68 40
... ...
1
84
2 121 2
2
4 6 1
16 7 1
3
9 2 5
Nctober
... ...
134,370 6,400 47.6 465 3.46 11 ...
...
13 136
4 147 2 6
69 1
11 4 1
12
12 3 6
Oovember
... ...
133,008 5,567 41.9
5 8 0 4.36
1 ... 2
18 142
3 200 3 2 116
4
9 11 ...
20
11 3 8
December
...
... 130,947 3,982 30.4
5 6 2 4.29 ...
1 1
26
76
1 190 1 ... 186 2
11 4
...
17
5 41
139 7 4 385 791
8 8 1,012 16 25 986 27 114 37 3 108
90 358
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten year s
...
1 2 9 , 9 3 3 4,147
31.9 4,193 32.27 1.07 .05 .03 2.96 6.11
. 6 8 7.79 .12 .19 7.59 .21
. 8 8
. 2 9 .02
. 8 3
. 69
2 . 7 6
C A U S E S O F A D M I S S I O N S .
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.
Admitted
per 1,000
of Strength.
Died out of
each hundred
cases treated.
Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
D e n g u e . . . . . .
...
...
...
... ... ... ... ...
3
3
...
...
6
... ...
Cholera
...
...
... ... ... ...
22
22
52
99
71
13
5
...
284
2 . 2
4 8 . 9 4
S ma l l p o x . . . . . .
10
8
8
5
4
2
1
2
... ...
2
9
51
.4
13.73
Enteric Fever (1872 to 1876) ...
1
...
1
1
1
1
... ... ...
1
3
2
11
. 1
3 6 . 3 6
Contagious Fevers
...
2 4 2 632
901
5 3 7
1 8 8
7 8
20
1
...
315
151
87
3,152
24.3
12.21
Intermittent Fever
...
3,289 2,464 2,856 3,717 4,583 4,367 4,588 10,983 15,510 15,449 9,647 5,210
82,663
636.2
. 9 2
Remittent and Continued Fevers
1 9 5 230
302
245
272
210
177
283
6 4 0
6 8 6 360
178
3,778
2 9 . 1
Apoplexy
...
...
2
3
4
5
16
97
63
6
3
6
6
1
212
1.6
4 1 . 5 1
Dysentery ... ...
5 3 4 320
383
507
566
498 496
889 1,047 1,148 1,081
812
8,281
63.7
6 . 6 9
Diarrhœa
... ...
351
343
415
556
552
539
668
859
778
668 620
497
6,846
52.7
Hepatitis
...
...
12
5
5
12
9
6
7
9
8
7
5
6
91
.7
1 7 . 5 8
S p l e e n Di s e a s e . . .
80
68
65
76
69
82
56
6 3
105
1 4 4 145
116
1 , 0 6 9
8 . 2
2 . 3 4
Respiratory Diseases
... 1,096 842
613
4 3 7
4 2 7
351
262
267
2 8 7
4 0 2 747 1,073
6 , 8 0 4
5 2 . 4
1 4 . 4 9
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
2 0
2 4
17
20
2 0
2 5
1 8
13
28
14
22
23
2 4 4
1 . 9
4 6 . 7 2
Dr ops y . . . . . .
15
8
15
12
1 5
1 0
12
15
18
15
18
18
171
1.3
2 1 . 6 4
Atrophy and Anæmia
...
107
95
4 5
71
63
8 2
7 6
5 8
57
8 5
9 8
1 2 4
9 6 1
7 . 4
1 1 . 2 4
Scurvy
... ...
31
21
4 0
3 3
23
2 8
20
23
29
22
2 6
25
321
2 . 5
. 9 3
Rheumat i s m . . . . . .
183
1 5 6
1 6 8
1 5 8
1 6 0
187
1 9 0
163
1 4 2
1 4 5 131
1 4 6
1,929
1 4 . 8
1 . 3 7
Veneral Diseases
...
1 5 2 117
168
1 6 6
1 7 2
1 8 5
1 3 6
138
1 1 8 127
109
122
1,710
1 3 . 2
E y e D i s e a s e s . . . . . .
6 8
9 3
1 4 5 242
2 9 9
229
182
2 3 3
215
131
96
7 9
2,012
1 5 . 5
Abscess and Ulcer ...
9 3 2
8 9 5
1 , 0 2 1
1 , 2 1 1
1 , 3 7 4
1 , 5 2 0
1 , 8 3 5 1,547 1,130
9 1 5
8 5 6
9 7 6
1 4 , 2 1 2
1 0 9 . 4
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s . . .
2 3 6
2 6 6 329
398
4 3 4
3 9 4
4 2 3
3 5 8
315
2 9 1 250
235
3,929
3 0 . 2
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s . . . . . .
7 7 3
7 6 1 981 1,029
1 , 0 8 1
1 , 1 4 0
1 , 1 3 4
1 , 0 4 5
8 0 8
7 1 0
666
7 0 9
1 0 , 8 3 7
8 3 . 4
8 , 3 2 9 7,351
8 , 4 8 2
9 , 4 3 8
1 0 , 3 5 0 10,053 10,416
1 7 , 0 5 4
2 1 , 3 1 2
2 1 , 2 9 7
1 5 , 0 4 4
1 0 , 4 4 8
1 4 9 , 5 7 4
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
6 5 . 1
5 7 . 6
6 7 . 1
7 4 . 5
8 1 . 8
7 8 . 5
7 9 . 9
1 2 8 . 3
1 5 8 . 7
1 5 8 . 5
1 1 3 . 1
7 9 . 8
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