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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY. [Section III.
SUB-DIVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF BENGAL PROPER
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V. CENTRAL JAIL AT ALIPORE, 1867—76.
XIX.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS' and MORTALITY among the PRISONERS of the ALIPORE
JAIL during the TEN YEARS from 1867 to 1876, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month.
M O N T H S .
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
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 .
Ch o l e r a .
S ma l l p o x .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
Fe ve 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 .
Dr 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
24,471 1,295 52.9 116 4.74 3 ...
. . . 2 ...
56 ...
. . . 15
1
13
3
. . .
6
1 16
February
2 4 , 0 6 3 1,231 51.2 103 4.28 14 ... ... 2 2
47
. . . ... 18
2
11
1
. . .
2
. . . 4
March
23,976 1,206 50.3 134 5.59
3 7 ... 1 3 ... 49
. . . ...
10
1
20
. . . . . .
5
1 7
April
23,749 1,221 51.4
9 8 4.13 22 ...
. . . 2 1
36 ...
..
12 ...
15
. . .
. . .
3 ...
7
May
2 3 , 7 5 2 1,150 48.4 82 3.45 8 ... 2 5 1
32 ...
...
7
. . . 15
1
. . .
2
2 7
June
24,028 1,160 48.3
77 3.20 10 ... ... 4 1
30 ...
. . .
9
1
11
. . .
. . .
3 ...
8
July
24,074 1,410 58.6
69 2.87 6 ...
. . . 4 1
30 ...
1
7
. . . 8
2 ...
2
1 7
August
24,130 1,459 60.5
87 3.61 3 ... 1
6 ...
37 ...
. . .
8
4
10
1
. . .
6
1 10
September
24,456 1,425 58.3
77 3.15 3 ...
. . . 3 1
32 2
...
6
1
6
. . .
. . .
6
1 16
Oct ober 24,991 1,447 57.9
99 3.96 3 ... 1 6 ... 55 ... ...
6
2
15
1 ...
6
1 3
November
24,791 1,559 62.9 152 6.13 7 ... ... 4 1
78 1
. . . 13
3
14
. . .
. . .
8
4 19
December
24,432 1,517 62.1 150 6.14
4 ...
... 2 ...
78 1
3
22
1
17
3
. . .
10 ...
9
120 ... 5 43 8 560 4
4 133
16 155
12 ...
59
12 113
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years
24,243 1,341 55.3 1,244 51.31 4.95 ... .21 1.77 .33 23.10 .17
. 1 7 5.48 .66 6.40 .49
. . . 2.43
. 49 4 . 6 6
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH. Total
admitted
during the
ten years.
Admi t t ed per 1, 000 of St r engt h.
Died Out of
each hun-
dred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
16
50
117
58
30
40
42
16
14
7
21
15
426
1 7 . 6
28.17
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Enteric Fever (1872—76)
. . .
1
...
...
2
. . .
. . .
3 ...
1
. . . ...
7
.3
71.43
Fever, Intermittent
1,107 857
998 1,037 1,088 1,021 1,424 1,594 1,482 1,556 1,973 1,655
15,792
651.4
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Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinned
68
48
64
31
41
30
59
56
25
26
20
20
488
20.1
Apoplexy
. . .
2
. . .
1
1
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
...
8
.3
100.00
Dysentery
481
386 379 462
418 442
786
653
587
622
637
649
6,502
268.2
4 . 0 1
D i a r r h œ a
458
541
760 500
464
665
759
728
683
704
644 555
7,461
307.7
Hepatitis
3
2
2 ...
2
2
3
1
4
1
1
1
2 2
.9
18. 18
Spleen Disease
31
36
20
45
24
15
36
16
33
41
40
36
373
15.4
1 . 0 7
Respiratory Diseases
92
86
95
68
6 0 46
65
73
72
85
100
96
938
38.7
14. 18
Phthisis Pulmonalis
17
25
28
16
16
19
11
16
16
20
27
32
243
10.0
63.78
Dropsy
6
6
8
. . .
5
6
8
6
5
6
7
7
70
2.9
17.14
Atrophy and Anæmia
90
69
71
69
61
72
185
107
115
162
205
117
1,323
54.6
4.46
Scurvy
19
7
19
12
7
19
44
23
14
31
51
43
289
1 1 . 9
...
Rheumatism
4 7 41
58
46
62
62
52
38
43
48
59
67
623
2 5 . 7
1 . 6 6
Venereal Diseases ...
6
10
19
21
22
20
19
17
17
7
13
7
178
7 . 3
Eye Diseases
8
3
12
12
14
15
20
24
22
15
21
6
172
7 . 1
Abscess and Ulcer
127
107
129
137
142
142
141
142
126
133
102
120
1,548
6 3 . 8
Wounds and Accidents
38
11
39
53
66
49
68
45
72
60
4 7
50
638
2 6 . 3
All other Causes
386
491
550
510
539 498
516
433
386 372
334 319
5,334
2 2 0 . 2
3,000 2,819 3,368 3,078 3,064 3,164 4,239 3,991 3,717 3,897 4,303 3,795
42,435
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
122.6 117.2 140.5 120.6 129.0 131.7 176.1 165.4 152.0 155.9 173.6 155.3
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