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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY. [Section III.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES—CENTRAL JAILS.
XXXIII.
AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the CENTRAL JAIL at BENARES 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 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 .
January
1 3 , 4 2 0
4 0 6
3 0 · 3
3 8 2 · 8 3
. . .
. . .
. . .
3 . . .
2 0
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
5
3 . . .
1 . . .
February
1 3 , 3 6 0
3 9 0
2 9 · 2
1 7 1 · 2 7
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
8
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
3 . . .
1 . . .
March
1 3 , 3 4 3
3 5 7
2 6 · 8
2 5 1 · 8 7
. . .
2 . . . 4
. . .
7
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
2
. . .
. . . 2
. . .
April
1 3 , 6 2 2
3 8 3
2 8 · 1
1 3
· 9 5 . . .
. . .
. . .
2 . . .
6 . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
3 . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
May
1 4 , 1 0 4
3 9 6
2 8 · 1
1 1
· 7 8
1
. . .
. . .
2
1 5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
June
1 3 , 9 3 8
4 3 3
3 1 · 1
1 9 1 · 3 6
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
5
2
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
6
2 . . .
1 . . .
July
1 4 , 0 5 4
4 5 7
3 2 · 5
2 1 1 · 4 9
5
1 . . .
3 . . .
5
. . .
1 2
. . .
2
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
August
1 4 , 3 7 7
5 0 9
3 5 · 4
2 8 1 · 9 5
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
1 4 . . .
1
1 . . .
5
. . .
. . .
3 . . .
September
1 4 , 4 7 1
5 8 4
4 0 · 4
5 8 4 · 0 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 1 . . .
3 7 2
. . .
2
. . .
3
. . .
. . . . . .
1
October
1 4 , 4 9 5
5 7 4
3 9 · 6
5 8 4 · 0 0
. . .
. . .
. . . 8
. . .
4 3
. . .
1
2
1
. . . 1
. . . . . .
. . .
November
1 4 , 6 1 9
5 2 6
3 6 · 0
6 3 4 · 3 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
8 . . .
3 9
. . .
. . .
2 . . .
1 0 . . .
. . .
1 . . .
December
1 4 , 5 2 2
4 8 1
3 3 · 1
7 1 4 · 8 9
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
1
4 8 . . .
. . .
3
1
7 1
. . . 2
. . .
6
3 . . .
5 1
7
2 3 4
2
3
1 9
2
4 5 1 0
. . .
1 1
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years
14,027 458 32·7 422 30·08 ·43 ·21
. . .
3 · 6 4
·50
16·68 ·14 ·21 1·36 ·14 3·21 ·71
. . .
·78 ·07 2·00
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
admitted
during the
ten years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
...
...
...
...
1
. . .
6
...
...
. . .
1
. . .
8
· 6
75·00
Small pox
14
7
11
10
10
7
1
3 ...
1
4
5
73
5·2
4·11
Enteric fever
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
Fever, Intermittent
313
233
268 369 396 321 452 630 711 646 552 383
5,274
376·0
· 9 6
Fevers, Remittent and Con
-tinued
2
1
9
...
1
2
1
3
5
2
4
4
34
2·4
Apoplexy
...
...
...
...
1
8
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
1
10
·7
70·00
Dysentery
6 5
4 2
56
50
3 6
32
86 238 202 171 155 113
1,246
8 8 · 8
8 · 3 8
Diarrhœa
67
87
137
115 131 106 116 236 160 113 171 108
1,547
110·3
Hepatitis
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
7
· 5 28·57
Spleen Disease.
3
4
3
2
7
4
. . .
3
3
4
3
3
39
2·8
7·69
Respiratory Diseases
29
19
19
13
9
9
8
8
11
8
6
17
156
11·1
12·18
Phthisis Pulmonalis
3
2
1
...
1
3
1
4
. . .
. . .
3
6
24
1·7
Dropsy
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . . 2
· 2
. . . . . .
Atrophy and Anæmia
1 1
15
7
6
7
21
13
7
5
6
3
21
122
8·7
9·02
Scurvy
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
·2
. . . . . .
Rheumatism
20
8
10
16
21
16 22 19
17 10
17
11
193
13·8
· 6 5
Venereal Diseases
7
6
10
10
12
13
12
15
14 16 11
1 1
131
9·3
Eye Diseases
4
7
15
9
7
9
9
9
7
4
7
3
90
6·4
Abscess and Ulcer
203
197
214
191 249 401 364 176 176 168 130 139
2,608
185·9
Wounds and Accidents
63
64
86
88
82 108
9 9
81
77 56
4 6
56
9 0 6
64·6
All other Causes
70
72
88
71
8 6
83
77
79
42 55
50
83
8 5 6
61·0
875
764
936 950 1,057 1,144 1,269 1,513 1,430 1,262 1,164 965
13,329
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
65·2
57·2
70·1
69·7 74·9
8 2 · 1
90·3 105·2
9 8 · 8
87·1 79·6 66·5
950·2