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STATISTICS OF JAIL ADMINISTRATIONS—NORTH—WESTERN PROVINCES,
1867-76.
IX.
TABLE showing in the AGGREGATE the SICKNESS and MORTALITY in the JAIL POPULATION included under
the ADMINISTRATION of the NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES during the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867-76,
a n d t h e p r e v a l e n c e o f t h e p r i n c i p a l D i s e a s e s i n e a c h M o n t h .
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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S .
Chol era.
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 . )
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
. . . . . . 186, 105 4, 455 23.9 630 3.39 . . . 2 1 56 1 270 1 4 141 4 30 5 1 38 11 65
February ...
. . . 186,483 4, 188 22.5 377 2.02 27 5 ... 32 5 135 2 1 76 . . . 17 7 . . . 30 6 34
March
. . .
. . . 186,620 4, 108 22.0 295 1.58 16 3 ... 35 4 89 1 5 59 2 13 4 . . . 22 5 37
Apri l ... ...
. . . 187, 429 4, 343 23.2 328 1.75 17 4 ... 37 1 129 2 3 64 2 16 3 ... 15 6 29
May ...
. . . . . . 188,962 4, 221 22.3 340 1.80 5 2 ... 4 8 31 95 2 3 53 1 25 3 . . . 32 4 36
June . . .
. . . ... 191, 904 4,150 21.6 329 1. 71 5 3 ... 31 62 73 2 8 50 1 22 4 ... 25 7 36
Jul y ...
. . .
. . . 195,061 4, 555 23.4 349 1.79 51 1 ... 2 6 3 109 3 5 45 3 30 4 . . . 19 12 38
August
. . .
. . . 197,191 5, 855 29.7 568 2.88 73 1 ... 47 4 239 3 15 43 2 36 7 ... 35 16 47
September
. . .
. . . 198, 715 6, 821 34.3 797 4.01 5 9 . . . 1 63 2 441 4 5 72 5 30 1 1 47 9 57
October
...
... 197, 851 7, 193 36.4 960 4.85 16 . . . ... 95 6 566 2 11 86 4 31 13 2 52 8 6 8
November
. . .
. . . 196, 071 6, 194 31. 6 955 4.87 11 ... ... 85 4 561 . . . 7 9 1 4 46 8 1 60 6 71
December
. . . . . . 193,430 5, 265 27.2 877 4.53 2 ... . . . 56 5 488 1 5 133 10 32 8 3 58 8 6 8
282 2 1 2 611 128 3, 195 23 72 913 38 328 67 8 433 98 586
Di e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f t h e Av e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
For the ten years
. . . 192, 160 5, 114 26.6 6, 805 35.41 1.47 .11 .01 3.18 .66 16.63 .12 .37 4. 75 .20 1.71 .35 .04 2.25 .51 3 . 0 5
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
admi tted
duri ng the
ten years.
Admi tted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Di ed out of
each hundred c a s e s t r e a t e d .
Jan. Feb. March. Apri l . May. June. Jul y. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dengue
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 1 5 89 253 48
4
. . . 400
2.1 ...
Chol era
. . .
. . . 1 91 40 27 12 12 104 146 92 24 19 3
571
3.0
49. 38
Smal l pox
. . . ... 43 61 82 76 65 30 5 5 2 3 18 36
4 2 6
2 . 2
4. 93
Enteri c Fever ...
. . . 1 . . . ... 1
4 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . .. . . . .
8 . . .
25. 00
Fever, Intermi ttent
... 2, 439 2,146 2,666 3, 516 3, 730 3, 202 4, 342 7, 264 8, 723 8, 869 5, 163 3, 250 55, 310
287.8
1 . 0 6
Fevers, Remi ttent and Con-
t i n u e d . . . . . .
135 146 208 277 258 173 130 204 268 255 195 141
2, 390
12.4
Apopl exy
. . .
. . . 1
5 5 1 104 261 11 5 3 10 6 4
416
2.2
30. 77
Dysentery ...
. . . 841 489 655 714 608 556 1, 027 2,248 2, 378 2, 011 1, 625 1, 313 14,465
75.3
1 2 . 3 4
Di arrhœa ...
. . . 631 493 789 911 754 717 998 1, 740 1,368 1, 041 1, 067 909 11,418
59.4
Hepatitis . . .
... 8 7 18 12
1 4 8 8 14 17 12 5 7
130
.7
17. 70
Spl een Di sease ...
... 88 49 50
6 4 72 74 67 74 71 84 82 69
844
4.4
8 . 5 3
Respi ratory Di seases . . . 716 532 488 470
4 0 5 376 374 318 325 426 503 693
5, 626
29.3
16. 23
Pht hi si s Pul monal i s
. . . 35 29 28 40 41 43 48 35 37 37 40 41
454
2 . 4
72. 25
Dropsy
. . . ...
1 1 12 15 10 9 11 8 8 7 17 11 11
130
.7
51. 54
At rophy and Anæmi a ... 188 122 123 121 130 143 129 163 171 199 176 216
1, 881
9.8
23. 02
Scurvy
. . .
. . . 5 8 3 7 29 5 9 22 60 66 12 11
237
1.2
3. 38
Rheumati sm . . .
. . . 172 130 178 166 157 192 187 158 206 200 214 181 2, 141
11.2
1. 46
Venereal Di seases
... 239 220 251 276 281 271 299 270 236 255 223 201
3, 022
15.7
Eye Di seases ...
. . . 109
8 1 181 259 292 187
2 2 1 230
2 4 5 209 205 112
2, 331
12.1
Abscess and Ul cer
. . . 1, 811 1,746 1,724 1, 720 1, 833 2, 415 2, 626 2, 057 1, 740 1,684 1, 523 1, 505 22, 384
116.5
Wounds and Acci dents . . . 611 650 834 875 842 911
9 3 0 767 755 611
6 1 7 503
8, 906
46.3
Al l other Causes . . . ... 870
8 2 8 970
1 , 0 0 3 938
9 4 7 1, 012 1, 003 902 857 769 753 10, 852
56.5
8, 955 7, 845 9, 308 10, 546 10, 578 10, 536 12, 540 16,821 17, 859 16, 918 12, 477 9, 959 144, 342
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
48.1 42.1 49.9 56. 3 56.0 54.9 64.3 85.3 89.9 85.5 63. 7 51.5
751. 2