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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY. [ Section III.
SUB-DIVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF BENGAL PROPER—
III. SOUTH-WESTERN BENGAL AND CHOTA NAGPORE.
XVII.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in SOUTH-
WESTERN BENGAL and CHOTA NAGPORE during the TEN YEARS from 1867 to 18 76, and the prevalence
qf the principal Diseases in each Month.
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 .
Ch o l e r a .
S ma l l p o x
Fever s.
Apopl e xy.
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 .
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 .
Dropsy.
Sc 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
39,678 1,126 28.4 95 2.39
3 2
7 1
43 ...
2
11
2
5
4 ...
9
...
6
February
39,291 1,169 29.8 108 2.75
1 3
8 2
4 8 ...
1
8
1
7
4
...
13
1
11
March
38,935 1,223 31.4 114 2.93
21 3
9 3
34 2 ...
13
...
5
5 ...
10
2
7
April
38,712 1,213 31.3 125 3.23 40 ...
12 2
29 1
...
12 2
4
5
1
8
2
7
May
39,118 1,144 29.2 104 2.66
7 2
10 ...
37 3
...
15 ...
6
2
1
13
3
5
June
39,647 1,142 28.8 124 3.13
22
...
8 1
46 1
1
10 ...
15
1
...
6
5
8
July
39,826 1,374 34.5 208 5.22 107 1
7
...
59 ... ...
7 ...
8
1
...
9
2
7
August
39,455 1,481 37.5 191 4.84
35 ...
8 1 106 1
1
8 ...
5
5
...
10
1
1 0
September
39,488 1,376 34.8 148 3.75
5 ...
12 1
72 5
...
16 ...
11
4
...
14
2
6
October
39,025 1,289 33.0 139 3.56
1 ...
17 1
73 2
2
9
1
10
3 ...
8
3
9
November
38,856 1,237 31.8 120 3.09
1 1
12 ...
54 ...
...
15
...
5
1 ...
1 6 1
1 4
December
38,284 1,081 28.2 96 2.51
1 ...
12 ...
32 1
1
12
...
10
3
...
13
1
10
2 4 4 12 122 12 633 16
8 136
6 91
38
2 129
23 100
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years
39,193 1,238 31.6 1,572 40.11 6.23 .31 3.11 .31 16.15 .41
. 2 0 3.47
. 1 5 2.32 .97
. 05 3.29
.59 2 . 5 5
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
-
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH. Total
admitted
during the
ten years.
Admitted
per 1, 000 of St rengt h.
Died
out of each hun- dr ead cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April.
M a y . June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dengue
...
...
...
... ... ...
10
20
2
56
17
5
110
2.8
...
Cholera
14
16
74
80
22
59 218
65
15
7
7
3
580
14.8
42.07
Smallpox
16
22
25
13
12
21
9
1
1
...
4
6
130
3 . 3 9.23
Enteric Fever (1872—76)
...
...
2
1
...
1
...
...
1
2
...
...
7
. 2
.69
Fever, Intermittent
1,069 1,028 1,250 1,368 1,048 1,075 1,675 1,931 1,778 2,027 1,695 1,141
17,085
4 3 5 . 9
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued
3 9 62
78
55
59
41
47
50
62
50
39
21
594
15.2
Apoplexy
2
2
2
2
...
1
...
1
1
1 ...
...
12
. 3
1 0 0 . 0 0
Dysentery
238 241
244 277
291
383
598
509
382
266 236 218
3,883
9 9 . 1
8 . 5 4
Diarrhæa
163
198
325
378
308 410
646 370
248
188
170
128
3,532
90.1
Hepatitis
6
4
5
6
4
5
7
5
11
4
7
4
68
1 . 7
23.53
Spleen Disease
11
22
13
18
22
15
28
17
20
1 8
13
28
225
5 . 8 3.55
Respiratory Diseases
130 124
146 117
161
137
95
128
91
116 117
152
1,514
38.6
8 . 9 8
Phthisis Pulmonalis
11
14
15
15
21
17
10 13
8
22
17
15
178
4 . 5 5 1 . 1 2
Dropsy
11
9
9
7
6
5
11
15
7
9
5
12
106
2.7
35.35
Atrophy and Anæmia
63
42
42
39
4 6
5 6
53
59
4 4 37
64
48
593
1 5 . 1
21.75
Scurvy
6
6
8
10
14
12
6
4.
8
6
8
1
89
2.3
2.25
Rheumatism
98
1 0 0
1 0 6
8 6 83
8 1 107
87
95
70
93
85
1,091
27.8
1 . 1 7
Venereal Diseases
87
82
83
87
81
72
69
68
66
63
58
59
875
22.3
Eye Diseases
1 6
1 5
3 4 29
29
42
43
26
19
23
18
18
312
8 . 0
Abscess and Ulcer
198 209
230
175
190
188 230
195
182
175
151
160
2 ,283
58.2
Wounds and Accidents
114
110
123
142
138
127
116 131
108
122
106 120
1,457
37.2
All Other Causes
541
485
592
576 510 413
343
331
322
295
288
343
5,039
128.6
2,833 2,791 3,406 3,481 3,036 3,161 4,321 4,026
3 , 4 7 1 3,557 3,113 2,567
39,763
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month
.
7 1 . 5
7 1 . 0
8 7 . 5
8 9 . 9
7 7 . 6
7 9 . 7
1 0 8 . 5
1 0 2 . 0
8 7 . 9
9 1 . 1
8 0 . 1
6 7 . 1
1 0 1 4 . 5