Appendix.]
AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867 TO 1876.
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STATISTICS OF JAIL ADMINISTRATIONS—BENGAL PROPER, 1867—76.
xx.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL
POPULATION in the SUB-DIVISIONS of the AREA i ncluded under the ADMINISTRATION of BENGAL
PROPER, on the AVERAGE of the TEN YEARS 1867—1876.
RATIO PER 1,000 OF THE AVERAGE STRENGTH.
Eastern and
Northern
Bengal.
Assam and
Cachar.
South-
Western
Bengal and
Chota Nag-
pore.
Behar.
Alipore C
en-tral Jail.
Administra- t i on of Bengal Pr oper .
1.—DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH.
January
36.4
42.6
2 8 . 4
2 4 . 9
52.9
3 5 . 1
February
33.6
38.7
2 9 . 8
2 4 . 9
51.2
3 3 . 6
March
3 4 . 7
39.3
31.4
2 5 . 8
50.3
3 4 . 6
April
37.0
44.5
31.3
28.8
51.4
3 6 . 5
May
3 5 . 1
5 1 . 1
2 9 . 2
2 5 . 9
4 8 . 4
3 4 . 7
June
34.3
53.3
28.8
25.2
48.3
3 4 . 1
July
35.7
56.4
3 4 . 5
28.3
58.6
38.2
August
3 7 . 6
56.4
37.5
37.2
60.5
41.7
September
38. 6
54.8
34.8
40.3
58.3
4 1 . 9
October
40.3
51.0
33.0
38.8
57.9
41.8
November
42.4
48.0
3 1 . 8
3 5 . 5
62.9
42.0
December
39.6
43.9
28.2
28.9
6 2 . 1
38.4
AVERAGE ANNUAL SI CK- RATE
37.1
48.3
31.6
30.4
55.3
37.7
2.—ADMISSION-RATE OF EACH MONTH.
January
84.8
122.3
71.5
48. 8
122.6
85.0
Febr uar y
7 7 . 7
9 8 . 3
71.0
48.8
117.2
7 9 . 6
March
9 6 . 8
117.9
87.5
68.3
140.5
99.7
April
1 0 1 . 6
1 4 3 . 5
89.9
74. 9
129.0
103.3
May
94.7
176.1
77.6
64.3
129.0
97.1
June
89. 0
180.1
79.7
6 6 . 2
131.7
95.5
July
101. 7
193.8
108.5
9 3 . 2
176.1
1 1 9 . 5
August
1 1 0 . 2
181.3
102. 0
113.5
165.4
1 2 3 . 4
September
1 0 5 . 8
168.0
87.9
101.6
152.0
1 1 4 . 2
October
1 1 3 . 2
152.4
91.1
88.0
155.9
1 1 5 . 8
Nove mbe r
112. 6
137.8
80.1
72.1
173.6
1 1 0 . 2
December
9 9 . 0
130.3
67.1
53.4
155.3
95.2
AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE.
1188.0
1802.8
1014.5
8 9 6 . 2
1750.4
1 2 3 9 . 9
3.—COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE.
Cholera
17.2
16.1
14.8
32.1
17.6
19.5
Fevers
501. 6
631.2
451.3
248.8
671.8
4 7 8 . 7
Apoplexy
. 6
.9
.3
.8
.3
. 6
Dysentery and Diarrhæa
273.2
451.2
189.2
316.2
575.9
3 3 1 . 7
Hepatitis
1 . 9
2 . 7
1 . 7
1 . 0
. 9
1 . 6
Spleen Disease
21. 5
29.0
5. 8
3. 9
15. 4
1 4 . 3
Respiratory Diseases
42.8
59.5
38. 6
28.4
38.7
39.3
Phthisis Pulmonalis
10. 0
3. 8
4. 5
4. 7
10. 0
7 . 6
Dropsy
12.0
8.5
2.7
4.3
2.9
6.9
Atrophy and Anæmia
14.7
25.6
15.1
17.7
54. 6
2 2 . 1
Scurvy
2.1
35.5
2.3
4.6
11.9
6.0
Rheumatism
33.8
54.7
27.8
24.9
25.7
31.1
Eye Diseases
9 . 8
2 0 . 6
8 . 0
12.0
7.1
10.8
Abscess and Ulcer
62.8
119.1
58.2
6 2 . 1
63.8
6 9 . 3
Wounds and Accidents
4 2 . 0
78.0
37. 2
38. 7
26.3
42.1
All other Causes
142.0
266.4
157.0
9 6 . 0
227.5
158.3
AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE
1188.0
1802.8
1014.5
896.2
1750.4
1 2 3 9 . 9
4.—COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL DEATH-RATE.
Cholera
7 . 5 0
8.65
6.23
13.01
4.95
8.02
...
...
Fevers
5.04
3.97
3.11
2.26
1.98
3.53
Apoplexy
.49
.71
.31
.42
.33
. 4 4
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
20.12
21.36
16.15
34.36
23.10
2 2 . 3 4
H epatitis
.30
.08
.41
.07
.17
. 2 4
Spleen Disease
1. 36
.24
.20
.37
.17
.67
Respiratory Diseases
4.77
4.37
3.47
3.23
5.48
4.20
Heart Diseases
. 3 4
1.27
.15
.27
.66
. 4 0
Phthisis Pulmonalis
4.90
1. 59
2.32
2. 16
6 . 4 0
3.81
D ropsy
2.52
2.14
. 9 7
1. 34
.49
1.62
Atrophy and Anæmia
2.99
4.13
3.29
3.18
2.43
3.02
All other Causes
3 . 3 0
2.14
2.91
3.75
4. 66
3.37
Violent Deaths
. 6 8
.87
.59
.67
.49
.65
AVERAGE ANNUAL DEATH-RATE
54.31
51.52
40.11
65.09
51.31
52.31