SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PEESIDENCY. [Section III.
SUB-DIVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF BENGAL PROPER
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I. NORTHERN AND EASTERN BENGAL.
XV.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in NOR-
THERN and EASTERN BENGAL during the TEN YEARS from 1867 to 1876, and the prevalence of the
principal Diseases in each Month.
[Table No. LV shows the Mortality of individual Jails grouped in this and the three following Statements.]
MONTHS.
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 .
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
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 .
Scurvy.
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
...
. . .
7 0 , 7 9 2 2,580 36.4 357 5.04
13
2
33
2 145
1
9 38
1
38
27
1
23 6 18
February
...
. . . 71,982
2,422 33.6 264 3.67
6
. . .
1 6 5
9 3
1
8
3 6
1
2 6 22
. . . 19 3 28
March
...
... 71,878 2,495 34.7 287 3.99
5 6
. . . 35
1 83
1
5
34
3
21
15
1
20 4 8
April
. . .
. . . 72,277 2,675 37.0 377 5.22 107
3
38
4
98 ...
10 28
2
39
11
. . . 15 5 17
May
. . .
. . . 73,283
2,570 35.1 386 5.27 150
2
21
2
101
2
4 18
2
3 4 10
. . . 13 5 22
June
. . .
. . . 74,907 2,569 34.3 256 3.42
20
1
1 6 2
95
3
5
2 4
2
37
1 4
. . . 19 3 15
July
. . .
... 75,457 2,691 35.7 268 3.55 24
2
26
2 107
2
8 27
2
23
10
. . . 19 2 14
August
. . .
. . .
7 5 , 6 6 7
2,846 37.6 270 3.57
5 ...
33
2 120
3
4 20
. . .
32
9
. . . 20 3 19
September
. . .
... 74,674 2,883 38.6 323 4.33 50
1
32
5 133
2
6
1 6
5
23
14
. . . 20 3 13
October
...
... 73,267 2,955 40.3 327 4.46 15
. . . 33
7 137
3
12
3 6
. . . 29 19
1
12 4 19
November
...
. . .
7 3 , 2 4 2 3,106 42.4 436 5.95 52 ...
5 4 3 172
1
1 3 32
4 31
21
. . .
2 0 6 27
December
...
. . .
7 2 , 8 1 3 2,881 39.6 434 5.96 52
1
33
1 192
3
1 6 41
3
26
13
1
20 6 26
550
12 370
36 1476 22 100 350
25 359 185
4 220 50 226
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years
... 73,368 2,723 37.1 3,985 54.31 7.50 .17 5.04 .49 20.12 .30 1.36 4.77
. 3 4 4.90 2.52
. 0 5 2.99 .68 3.08
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 .
T o t a l a d m i t t e d d u r i n g t h e t e n y e a r s .
A d m i t t e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
Died out of
each hundred
cases treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.
N o v .
D e c .
Dengue
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
16
93
97
107
17
4
1 ...
336
4 . 6
. . .
Cholera
. . .
. . .
27
17
149
259
282
40
70
29
137
32
123
98
1,263
1 7 . 2
4 3 . 5 5
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
3
1
7
11
22
4
1
. . .
2
3
1
9
6 4
. 9
1 8 . 7 5
Enteric Fever (1872—76) ...
. . .
1
1
2
...
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
13
. 2
1 . 0 1
Fever, intermittent
... 2,176 1,923 2,259 2,326 2,172 2,245 2,907 3,556 3,353 4,125 4,116 3,110
34,268
4 6 7 . 1
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued
... . . .
136
138 158
189
160
201
258
267
284
246
285
197
2,519
34.3
1
5
2
6
2
3
2
2
6
7
5
1
4 2
. 6
85.70
Apoplexy
. . .
. . .
6 7 3 558 749
974 937
897 1,104 1,250
1 , 1 4 0
1 , 0 7 3 1,094
975
11,424
1 5 5 . 7
7. 36
Dysentery
...
...
4 2 8
4 5 0 1,002 1,095
792
693
779
843
765 638
583
556
8,624
117.5
Diarrhœa
. . .
. . .
1 4
15
1 0
7
17
8
12
1 1
13
7
11
1 6
141
1 . 9
1 5 . 6 0
Hepatitis
. . .
. . . 149
113
119
119
120
118
160
1 3 4
1 0 8
139
155
141
1,575
21.5
6 . 3 5
Spleen Disease
. . .
. . . 308
292
263
244
257 215
2 1 4
227
229
278
270
341
3,138
4 2 . 8
1 1 . 1 5
Respiratory Diseases
. . . 70
49
6 8
6 8
6 7 6 7
60
4 6
46
6 0
65
6 6
732
10.0
4 9 . 0 4
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . . 82
5 8
65
58
76
7 9
75
65
8 0
7 4
6 8
103
8 8 3
1 2 . 0
2 0 . 9 5
Dropsy
...
. . . 67
72
94
9 6 105
9 0
1 0 6
1 0 9
8 5
8 5
7 2
97
1,078
1 4 . 7
2 0 . 4 1
Atrophy and Anæmia
. . .
10
21
13
4
9
13
9
1 6
1 9
9
19
15
157
2.1
2.55
Scurvy
. . .
. . . 216 188 207
219
230
228 209
187
170 213
223
193
2 , 4 8 3
3 3 . 8
1 . 4 4
Rheumatism
...
. . . 116 135
153
137
138 165
1 6 1 148
131
91
1 1 6
103
1,594
21.7
Venereal Diseases
. . .
4 0
61
53
48
5 6 65
6 8
69
72
85
5 4
4 9
720
9 . 8
Eye Diseases
...
... 380 409
430
424
413
461
434
382
409
330 257
276
4,605
6 2 . 8
Abscess and Ulcer
. . . 205
255
329
288
315
3 2 0 299
265 224
206 191
183
3,080
4 2 . 0
Wounds and Accidents
. . . 902 832 825
768 755
6 6 1
6 4 9 623
6 0 8
5 8 8
5 3 6
676
8 , 4 2 3
1 1 4 . 8
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s . . .
. . .
6,003 5,593 6,957 7,342 6,941 6,667 7,676 8,337 7,899 8,294 8,247
7 , 2 0 6
8 7 , 1 6 2
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
84.8 77.7 96.8 101.6 94.7
8 9 . 0 101.7 110.2
1 0 5 . 8
1 1 3 . 2 112.6
99.0
1 1 8 8 . 0