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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY. [ Section III.
ADMINISTRATION OF BENGAL PROPER—TYPICAL JAILS, AND JAILS OF
SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS.
XXIX.
AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the CENTRAL JAIL at HAZARIBAGH during the TEN
YEARS from 1867 to 1876.
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 o f 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 t 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 .
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 .
January
8 , 2 2 2
1 6 6
2 0 · 2
1 2
1 · 4 6
. . .
1 . . .
1
. . .
4 . . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
February
8 , 4 0 0
1 8 3
2 1 · 8
2 5
2 · 9 7
. . .
. . .
1
2
2
1 2
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4 . . .
March
8 , 3 6 2
2 1 3
2 5 · 5
2 8
3 · 3 5
8 . . .
1
2
1
9 . . .
. . .
3 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
April
8 , 2 4 0
2 4 4
2 9 · 6
3 3
4 · 0 0
1 6
. . .
. . .
6
1
5 . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
1 1 . . .
May
8 , 2 3 9
2 1 3
2 5 · 9
1 5 1 · 8 2
. . .
1 . . .
2 . . .
4
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
1 2 . . .
June
8 , 2 5 2
2 0 8
2 5 · 2
1 2
1 · 4 5
2 . . .
. . .
2 . . .
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 1
July
8 , 3 6 6
2 5 7
3 0 · 7
3 1
3 · 7 1
1 3
1 . . .
2 . . .
9
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 . . .
August
8 , 3 3 5
2 9 1
3 4 · 9
4 2
5 · 0 4
1 3 . . .
. . .
2
. . .
2 1
. . .
. . .
3 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 1
September
8 , 3 5 6
2 9 0
3 4 · 7
3 3
3 · 9 5
1 . . .
1
2
1
1 5
1 . . .
6 . . .
. . .
1 . . .
4 . . .
October
8 , 3 1 2
2 6 6
3 2 · 0
3 2
3 · 8 5
. . .
. . . . . .
5
. . .
1 6
. . . 1
3
1 . . . . . .
. . .
2 1
November
8 , 4 1 8
2 5 5
3 0 · 3
2 7
3 · 2 1
. . .
. . . . . .
3
. . .
1 6 . . .
. . . 4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3 . . .
December
8 , 4 8 3
2 1 7
2 5 · 6
1 7 2 · 0 0
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
. . .
5 1
. . .
3 . . . . . .
1
. . .
3 . . .
5 3
3
3
3 2
5 1 2 2
2
3
2 7
1 . . .
4
2
2 6 3
D i 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 .
For the ten years
8 , 3 3 2
2 3 4
2 8 · 1
3 0 7 3 6 · 8 4
6 · 3 6
· 3 6
· 3 6
3 · 8 4
· 6 0 1 4 · 6 4
· 2 4
· 3 6
3 · 2 4
· 1 2 . . .
· 4 8
· 2 4 3 · 1 2
· 3 6
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
admitted
during the
ten years.
Admitted
p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f
Strength.
Died out
of each hun -
dred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . .
1
26
28
...
5
27
27
1
1
...
. . .
116
13·9
45·69
Smallpox
1
...
1
3
5
18
9
1
...
...
...
...
38
4·6
7·89
Enteric Fever
. . .
...
1
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
· 2
7
Fever, Intermittent
154 184 241 303 186 204 354 375 427 523 339 203
3,493
419·2
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued
2
12
7
9
11
3
7
9
6
12
13
7
98
1 1 · 8
Apoplexy
1
1
1
1
. . .
...
...
...
1
. . .
. . .
...
5
· 6
100·00
Dysentery
28
38
32
21
25
44
95
77
4 6
44
45
39
534
6 4 · 1
11
·04
Diarrhœa
25
39
61
6 8
41
45
82
3 8
65
53
3 4
20
571
6 8 · 5
H e p a t i t i s
1
. . .
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
1
...
1
1
4
· 5
50·60
Spleen Disease
3
2
...
. . .
1
3
7
2
4
3
3
3
31
3 · 7
9·68
Respiratory Diseases
13
18
20
13
16
9
16 23
10
22
16 24
200
2 4 · 0
13·50
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
Dropsy
1
. . .
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
. . .
1
12
1·4
33·33
Atrophy and Anæmia
10
5
9
1
9
12
12
11
5
7
14
8
103
12·4
25·24
Scurvy
. . .
3
1
9
11
10
5
2
2
3
1 . . .
47
5·6
4·26
Rheumatism
30
32
36
17
18
24
32
28
26
19
26
2 9
317
38·0
1·15
Venereal Diseases
10
3
10
8
4
6
6
4
6
2
4
9
72
8·6
Eye Diseases
1
1
6
3
5
6
10
3
4
5
4
1
49
5·9
Abscess and Ulcer
30
28
33
25
33
22
36 29
21
37
33
25
352
42·3
Wounds and Accidents
30
16 19
19
24
21
36 25
17
18
19
23
267
32·1
All other Causes
6 4
70 132 265 206
85
42
47
35
41
48
74
1,109
133·1
404 453 637 794 597 519 777 702 679 791 600 467
7,420
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
4 9 · 1
53·9 76·2 96·4 72·5 62·9 92·9 84·2 81·3 95·2 71·3 55·1
890·5