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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
[ Section III.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES AND OUDH.
XLI.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY on the AVERAGE of the
TEN YEARS from 1867 to 1876, in the TWO SUB-DIVISIONS and SIX CENTRAL JAILS included under the
ADMINISTRATION of the NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES and in the LUCKNOW JAIL of the
OUDH ADMINISTRATION.
RATIO PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
N.-W. PROVINCES.
Benares. Fatehgarh. Allahabad. Agra. Bareilly. Meerut. Lucknow.
Eastern
Division.
Western
Division.
1. DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH.
January
25.5
21.8
30.3
31.7
18.2
17.4
20.2
37.9
2 3 . 3
February
25.3
20.4
29.2
26.3
17.3
18.1
19.3
27.2
19.0
March
26.0
18.8
26.8
28.8
17.6
17.7
20.0
23.3
16.2
April
26.2
20.6
28.1
28.4
21.3
19.5
21.2
21.9
15.7
May
24.3
20.1
28.1
29.4
20.7
1 9 . 8
19.9
20.3
14.3
J u n e
23.0
19.5
31.1
26.8
18.2
20.6
18.5
20.1
1 5 . 6
J u l y
25.7
20.0
32.5
28.1
17.8
22.8
18.0
28.4
16.1
August
30.1
26.8
35.4
32.4
21.0
30.3
19.6
56.7
1 8 . 0
September
33.1
30.7
40.4
36.0
23.0
40.5
23.1
70.1
17.2
October
36.4
32.0
39.6
43.5
24.8
39.1
24.3
72.5
19.6
November
32.5
27.3
36.0
42.2
24.3
30.9
22.0
58.0
21.1
December
2 9 . 0
22.6
33.1
36.8
19.9
23.7
21.6
49.2
20.5
AVERAGE ANNUAL SICK-RATE.
28.2
23.6
32.7
32.7
20.4
25.2
20.7
40.6
18.0
2. ADMISSION-RATE OF EACH MONTH.
January
56.5
46.0
65.2
67.4
30.1
24.3
55.6
45.2
26.0
February
54.0
40.4
57.2
50.8
26.3
21.9
45.7
24.7
17.4
March
63.2
45.8
70.1
65.9
36.7
28.2
47.8
29.0
21.7
April
65.3
56.0
69.7
78.0
4 0 . 1
37.0
59.2
37.5
21.5
M a y
6 5 . 2
53.5
74.9
69.7
3 5 . 4
37.5
62.1
46.3
18.8
June
65.0
52.2
82.1
67.0
33.4
41.0
50.3
39.2
19.8
July
77.2
59.3
9 0 . 3
78.7
33.9
44.4
63.6
64.9
24.5
August
90.1
85.4
105.2
82.2
40.6
74.6
68.6
149.3
26.6
September
95.4
91.4
98.8
90.9
38.9
85.2
67.2
147.2
25.9
October
1 0 0 . 0
89.0
87.1
92.3
49.6
56.5
60.7
128.9
31.9
N o v e m b e r
7 8 . 4
57.8
79.6
72.6
37.4
40.6
56.8
80.9
31.2
December
6 1 . 2
46.4
66.5
8 0 . 8
30.7
28.5
48.5
61.0
24.1
AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE
8 7 6 . 2 733.7
950.2
900.8
432.3
522.5
685.5
860.5
289.5
3. COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE.
Cholera
7.0
1.8
.6
.2
1.5
.9
. 6
2.3
.9
Fevers
3 1 3 . 1 327.6
378.4
258.3
156.8
182.8
304.5
4 8 4 . 2
93.8
Apoplexy
3 . 8
1.2
.7
1.2
3.2
2.0
.7
1 3
.5
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
1 8 8 . 6
106.6
199.1
94.7
77.4
82.8
103.7
168.5
6 4 . 4
•
H e p a t i t i s
. 6
.6
.5
.3
.4
2.3
.1
.2
.7
Spleen Diseases
8 . 8
4.0
2.8
2.5
1.3
2.5
.7
.7
2.1
Respiratory Diseases
26.4
32.9
11.1
24.8
16.9
48.9
26.1
46.2
17.6
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2.1
2.1
1.7
2.2
1.9
3.9
2.8
3.7
12.8
• • •
• • •
• • •
• D r o p s y
1.1
.6
.2
1.0
.5
.2
.4
.6
1.2
Atrophy and Anæmia
11.8
9.1
8.7
4.7
4.7
5.8
9.5
23.3
1 8 . 4
S c u r v y
.7
.6
.2
5.0
6.3
.1
.3
.2
•
Rheumatism
12.4
12.6
13.8
10.2
4.6
6.9
12.9
12.1
3.5
Eye Diseases
15.6
13.5
6.4
12.1
4.3
10.0
11.9
13.5
8.2
Abscess and Ulcer
123.4
98.3
185.9
286.3
93.5
53.1
146.2
57.1
17.2
Wounds and Accidents
55.9
47.3
64.6
129.5
27.2
21.7
23.1
11.7
6.6
All other Causes
104.9
74.9
75.5
67.8
38.1
92.4
42.2
34.8
4 1 . 4
AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE
876.2
733.7
950.2
900.8
432.3
522.5
685.5
860.5
289.5
4. COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL DEATH-RATE.
Cholera
3. 35
.83
. 4 3
. 2 3
.82
. 4 3
.43
1.39
. 1 7
Fevers
2. 18
3.08
3.64
1.51
1.63
.75
10.32
7.31
. 8 1
A p o p l e x y
1. 06
.53
.50
.35
.67
.16
.65
.61
. 3 5
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
21.70
11.82
16.68
6.72
11.69
7.43
14.17
46.87
7.52
Hepatitis
.16
.06
.14
.11
.05
.38
. 0 6
Spleen Diseases
.85
.28
.21
.15
.27
Respiratory Disease
4.24
4.96
1.36
1'74
3.68
5.06
6.32
12.18
. 9 8
H e a r t D i s e a s e s
.24
.14
.14
.11
.15
.32
. 1 4
.35
.17
Phthisis Pulmonalis
1.33
1.18
3.21
.93
1.43
2.05
2.40
3.65
4.86
Dropsy
.51
.26
.71
. 2 3
. 1 0
.11
.29
.35
.29
Atrophy and Anæmia
2.94
1.80
.78
.81
1.33
.59
4.29
5.65
2 . 5 4
All other Causes
3.93
2.21
2.21
1.39
4.95
3.29
3.20
3.48
2.77
V i o l e n t D e a t h s
.70
.59
.07
.35
.61
.43
.43
.17
AVERAGE ANNUAL DEATH-RATE
43.22
27.74
30.08
14.48
27.26
21.27
42.21
82.27
20.69