2 5 4
SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY. [Section III.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES—TYPICAL JAILS.
XLIII.
AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of t h e J A I L a t G O R U C K P O R E d u r i n g t h e T E N Y E A R S
from 1867 to 1876.
[A Jail of the Eastern Sub-division consistently unhealthy throughout the period.]
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 . 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
6, 581 200 30.4 26 3.95
1
16
1 2
1
3 1 1
February
6,655 213 32.0 30 4.51
2
16 1
5
1 1
2
2
March
6,645 205 30.9 18 2.71 1
3
11
1
2
April
6,456 238 36.9 34 5.27
2
5
18
1 2
3
3
May
6,377 208 32.6 26 4.08
4
13 1
1
6
1
June
6, 211 188 30.3 15 2.42
1
8
2
1 1
2
July
6,391 251 39.3 59 9.23 34
1
1 4
1 3 1
1
4
August
6, 607 324 49.0 6 3
9 . 5 4 6 1
1
36 1 6
6
1
1
1
3
September
6. 795 339
4 9 . 9 119 17.51 17
1
83 1 2 4
2
1
3
5
October
6,893 340
4 9 . 3 70 10.16 3
5 4 1 7
1
3
1
November
6,751 279
4 1 . 3 90 13.33 1 1
3
59
2 1
2 1
6 1
4
December
6,575 247 37.6 5 7 8.67
45 1 1 3
1
5
1
72 4
21
373 5 18 33 4 11 6
38 2 20
Died per 1, 000 oft h e A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
For the ten years
6,578 253 38.5 607 92.28 1095 .61
3.19 56.70 .76 2.74 5.02 . 6 1 1.67 .91
5.78 . 3 0 3. 04
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OP ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Tot al
admitted
during t he t en year s
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
3
69
13 28 5 18 1
137
20.8
5 2 . 5 5
Smallpox
7
3
14 19
18
7
1
1
1
8
79
12.0
5 . 0 6
Enteric Fever
Fever, Intermittent
103
96 137 159 1 4 2
137 213 301 321 319 188 1 1 4
2,230 3 3 9 . 0
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued.
.90
7
5
3
25
12
1
4
7
9 6 11 4
94 14.3
Apoplexy Dysentery
5 3 47
92
77
63
6 1 200 360 264 200 185 130 1,672 254.2
1 3 . 5 1
Diarrhœa
37
29 51 117
6 4 56 108 106 151 124 114 71 1,088 165.4
Hepat i t i s
2
1
1
1 1
1
7
1.1
71. 43
Spleen Disease
5
7
2
5
8
3
7
8 10 6 7 5
73
11.1
24. 66
Respiratory Diseases 18
15
10
14
13
17
24 23 15 24
8 14
201
36.6
1 6 . 4 2
Ph thisis Pulmonalis
1
1
3
2
1
2
1
1
2
14
2.1
7 8 . 5 7
Dropsy
2
1
2
2
1
8
1.2
75. 00
Atrophy and Anæmia
2 2
4
9
15
22
14 10
18 12 16 11 24
177
26.9
2 1 . 4 7
Scurvy
Rheumatism
14
4
10
18 14 16
12
14 16 12 13 6
1 4 9
22.6
Venereal Diseases
5
10
9
9
11
7
8
9
8 14 6 6
102
15.5
Eye Diseases
10
3
1
4
11
4
4
11 10 4 8 2
72
10.9
1 . 2 4
A b s c e s s a n d U l c e r
6 4 69
77
72
77
57 89
67 62 62 56 43
795 120.9
Wounds and Accidents 26
38
52
47
26 61
4 5 32 47 39 22 16
451
6 8 . 6
All other Causes
47
42
51
57
44
34
46 37 46 34 52 33
523
79.5
420 376 528 642 527 479 842 1,009 1,001 867 702 479 7,872
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength i n
e a c h M o n t h .
63.8 56.5 70.5
99.4 82.6 77.1 131.7 152.7 147.3 125.8 104.0 72.9 1196. 7