JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1859—73.
Table showing the Deaths from Contagious Fevers, typhus and relapsing, which have occurred in the more important ontbreaks between 18 59 and
the relation of the outbreaks to the influenees prevalent at the different seasons of the year.
In this table the deaths from the sequelæ of the fever do not appear. In many returns, deaths from dysentery or atrophy following the attack of fever are entered without explanation as to their origin.
The total mortality of these years due to the presence in the Jails of the specific fever poison may be reckoned at 6,000.
JAILS.
A p p r o x i m a t e s t r e n g t h o f p r i s o n e r s .
Date of outbreak.
N u m b e r o f d e a t h s f r o m F e v e r .
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM FEVER IN EACH MONTH OF THE OUTBREAK.
J a n u a r y .
F e b r a r y .
M a r c h .
A p r i l . M a y .
J u n e
J u l y
A u g u s t .
S e p t e m b e r .
O c t o b e r .
N o v e m b e r .
D e c e m b e r . Outbreak con-
tinued.
J a n u a r y . F e b r u a r y .
M a r c h .
A p r i l .
M a y .
J u n e .
J u l y .
A u g u s t .
S e p t e m b e r .
O c t o b e r .
N o v e m b e r .
D e c e m b e r .
Budaon . . 285 March 1859 . 54 ...
... 2
3 10
5 8
4 ... ...
. . . 4 Continued in 1869 6
3
6
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Agra . . . 1,911 End of 1859 . 243 ...
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1 ... Continued in 1860
9
9 49 108 47 14
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Meerut
. . 2,096 November 1859 . 231 ...
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4
8 Continued in 1860 14 35 92 59 15
4 ...
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Lucknow . . 663 November 1859 . 152 ...
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3 10 Continued in 1860 25 19 35 39 18
3 ... . . .
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Alipore . .
. . . March 1860 . 28
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9 16
2
1
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Allahabad .
. 1,595 January 1860 . 109
5 11 37 44 10
2
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Mynpoorie . . 159 April
1860 . 11 ...
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3
3
1
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Meerut
. . 2,189 April
1861 . 481 ...
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. . . 13 26 15 31 41 74 109 71 48 Continued in 1862 18 15 14 .5
1 ...
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Allyghur . . 336 May
1861 . 105 ...
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. . . 4
6
17 24 20 Continued in 1862 18 10 3
1
1 ... ...
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Umballa . . 704 July
1861 . 235 ...
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. . . 5 13 25 31 32 37 Continned in 1862 19 10 30 17 10
6 ... ...
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Thanesur . . 477 August 1861 . 43 ...
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6 21 ‫!٭61‬
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* Jail abandoned ...
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Loodianah . . ... November 1861 . 89 ...
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. . . ... ... 4 29 Continued in 1862 37 18
1
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Jullundur . . 618 August 1861 . 147 ...
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. . . 4 10
1 2 21 34 Continued in 1862 49
8
3
5
1
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Agra . . . 2,494 February 1861 . 23 ...
1
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9
2
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Agra . . . 2,209 October 1861 . 55 ...
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1
2 Continued in 1862 ...
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1 . 5 12
4
5
4 3 5 3 9
Agra . . . 2,158
Jan. 1863 conti-
nued from Decembr
1862.
4 6 9 17 25 37 20 12
3
5
. . . 1
4
6
4 Continued in 1864 15 39 76 134 43 27
1
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Allyghur . . 246 September 1862 . 46 ! ... ...
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5
9
3 Continued in 1863
5 1 10
9
3
1
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