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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY. [ Section III.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES-CENTRAL JAILS.
XXXV.
AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the CENTRAL JAIL at ALLAHABAD during the
TEN YEARS from 1867 to 1876.
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 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 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 .
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 s .
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 œ 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
20,461 372 18.2 60 2.93 ... ... ... 4 ... 30
. . .
. . .
7
1
4
... ... 1
3 10
February
20,336 352 17.3 38 1.87 ... 1 ... 1 ... 17 ...
1
7 ...
1
. . .
... 3
1
6
March
20,231 357 17.6 42 2.08 9 ... ... 1
... 20
. . . ...
4 ...
1
1 ... 2
1
3
April
19,446 415 21.3 54 2.78 7 1 ... 2 ... 35 ...
. . .
3
2
1 ...
... 1
1
1
May
19,107 395 20.7 39 2.04 ... 1 ... 6
4 16 ...
. . .
5 ...
2 ...
...
2
. . . 3
June
18,939 345 18.2 35 1.85 ... 1 ... 1
6 15
. . .
. . .
1 ...
4 ...
...
3
. . . 4
July
19,330 345 17.8 28 1.45 ... ... ... 2 ...
9
1 ...
5 ...
4 ...
...
3 2
2
August
19,133 401 21.0 42 2.20 ... ... ... 3
1 21 ...
1
5 ...
3
. . . ... 2
2
4
September
19,150 441 23.0 29 1.51 ... ... ... 2 . . . 10
. . .
. . .
4 ...
3 ... ...
2
. . .
8
O c t o b e r 19,440 482 24.8 53 2.73 ... ... ... 6
1 11 ...
. . .
4 ...
3 1 ...
2
. . . 25
November
19,664 478 24.3 49 2.49 ... ... ... 1
1 15 ...
1
9 ...
1 ... ... 4
1 16
December
19,846 395 19.9 65 3.28 ... ... ... 3 ... 30
. . . ...
18 ...
1
. . .
... 1
1 11
16 4 ... 32 13 229 1
3 72
3 28 2 ... 26 12 93
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten year
19,590 399 20.4 534 27.26 .82 .20 ...
1 . 6 3 .67 11.69 .05
. 1 5 3.68
. 15 1.43
. 10 ... 1.33 .61 4.75
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
admitted
during the
ten years.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out of
each hun-
dred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . .
. . .
2 6
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
29
1.5
55.17
Smallpox
4
8 13
19 17
7
2
1
1
2
5
10
89
4.5
4. 49
Enteric Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Fever, Intermittent
147 123 185 221 205 200 212 280
332 573 353 184
3,015
153.9 1. 04
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued
9
6
2
6
3
4
: 3
7
2
7
6
2
57
2.9
Apoplexy
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
15
41
1
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
62
3.2
20. 97
Dysentery
68
41
46 83
52
47
28
56 35
45
50
75
626
32.0
1 5 . 1 2
Diarrhœa
68 50 145 128 71
39 78
8 8 55
47
40
8 0
889
45.4
Hepatitis
. . .
. . .
1
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
7
.4
14. 29
Spleen Disease
2
2
1
2
1
3
2
3
1
2
1
6
26
1.3
11.54
Respiratory Diseases
47
28
32
31
15
10
15
22
13
28
44
46
331
16.9
2 1 . 7 5
Phthisis Pulmonalis
5
1
3
2
4
2
6 5
2
3
1
4
38
1.9
7 3 . 6 8
D r o p s y
1
1
1
2
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
2
. . . 1 ...
9
.5
22.22
Atrophy and Anæmia
8
4
10
6 10
10
9 7
4
11
6
8
93
4.7
2 7 . 9 6
Scurvy
. . .
1
1 . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
Rheumatism
9
5
15
1 2 2
10 9
4
6
6
8
4
9 0
4 . 6
3 . 3 8
Venereal Diseases
17
21
17
17
13
13
15
11
13
12
8
13
170
8.7
Eye Diseases
7
7
10
10
6
2
11
10
6
3
8
5
85
4.3
Abscess and Ulcer 137 136 137 141 153 136 162 194 202 176 148 109
1,831
93.5
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s
45
5 4
4 7
5 6 66
6 0 61 43
3 5
1 8
2 1
2 7
5 3 3
2 7 . 2
All other Causes
41
4 6
5 1
3 9
42
4 4
42
46
3 6
3 0
3 4
3 7
4 8 8
2 4 . 9
615 534 742 780 677 632
6 5 6 777 745 965 736 610
8,469
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
30.1 26.3 36.7 40.1
35.4 33.4 33.9 40.6 38.9 49.6 37.4 30.7
432.3