SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE ENGAL PRESIDENCY. [ Section III.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PUNJAB—CENTRAL JAIL, LAHORE.
XLIX.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the CENTRAL JAIL at LAHORE
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 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 .
Ap 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 t h D i s e a s e .
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
21,835 817 37.4 135 6.18
14
30 1 1 66
2 1
2 0
February
21,695 696 32. 1 75 3.46
1
19
1 3
1 28
2
11
March
21,473 526 24.5 50 2.33
11
10
1 22
3
3
April
21, 595 543 25.1 33 1.53
8
10
11
1
3
May
21,637 576 26.6 43 1.99
1
9
8
14
2
1 8
J u n e
21,480
6 0 9 28.4 41 1.91
9 3 3
14 1 4
1 6
July 21,459 555 25.9 20 .93
5 2 5
4 1 2
1
August
21, 481 887 41.3 59 2.75 20
1 7
5
7
6
2 2
September
21, 891 1,158 52.9 83 3.79 14
26
20
1 11 1 4
1
5
October
21,925 1,315 60.0
9 8 4.47 2
4 0
25
2 18
5 1 1 1
3
November
22,073 1,238 56. 1 102 4.62
28
3 7
29
5
3
December
22,010 823 37.4 137 6.22
13
45 1
65
1
1
11
36 2
199 5 211 2 6 289 3 36 3 1 3 4 76
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For t he t en years
21, 713 812 37.4 876 40.35 1.66.09
9 . 1 7 . 2 3 9 . 7 2 .09 . 2 8 13.31 .14 1.66 .14 .04 .14 . 1 8 3 . 5 0
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
admi tted
duri ng 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
4 7 24
2
73
3. 4
4 9 . 3 2
Smallpox
1
1
1
3
.1
6 6 . 6 7
Enteric Fever
Fever, Intermittent
808 484 493 569 702 729 801 2,405 2, 778 2,848 2,0441,081 15, 742 725. 0
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued
8 33 32 25 34 43 21 34 58 51 18 26 383 17. 6
1.23
Apoplexy
21
7
1
29
1. 3
1 7 . 2 4
Dysentery
117 66 64
6 9 72 81 65 82 164 235 265 184 1,464 67. 4
9 . 6 7
Diarrhœa
41 29 60 50 45 35 31 80 108 121 65 53 718 33. 1
Hepatitis
1
1
2
4
.2
5 0 . 0 0
Spleen Disease
22 20 16 27 22 26 16 17 37
6 4 42 21 330 15. 2
1.82
Respiratory Diseases
294 162 102
8 0 86 64 39
4 4 68 91 146 269 1,445 66. 5
2 0 . 0 0
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s
4
2
4
4
6 6 10
5 11
4 9 3
68
3. 1
5 2 . 9 4
D r o p s y
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1 3 3
15
.7
2 0 . 0 0
Atrophy and Anæmia 6
3
1
2
3
8
8
6
3 3 7
50
2. 3
6 . 0 0
Scurvy
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1 1
12
.6
8 . 3 3
Rheumat i sm 22 22 20 17 21 27 25 23 17 23 18 28 263
12. 1
Venereal Diseases
34 26 39
4 4 51 49 34 32 28 24 30 25 416
19. 2
Eye Diseases
16 12 15 38 31 26 28 23 21 12 8 17 247
11. 4
Abscess and Ulcer
102 110 118 111 133 136 191 198 184 131 95 74 1,583 72. 9
1 . 9 9
Wounds and Accidents
25 21 17 30 31 33
4 4 37
3 0 20 21 14 323 14. 9
All other Causes
121 118 109 130 158 132 112 81 80 107 82 110 1, 340
61. 7
1, 622 1, 110 1,090 1,199 1,396 1,415 1, 435 3,120 3,616 3, 738 2,850 1, 917 24,508
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
74.3 51.2 50.8 55.5
6 4 . 5 65.9
6 6 . 9 145.2 165.2 170.5 129.1 87.1
1 1 2 8 . 7