SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY. [ Section III.
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STATISTICS OF JAIL ADMINISTRATIONS-BENGAL PROPER, 1867—76.
III.
TABLE showing in the AGGREGATE the SICKNESS and MORTALITY in the JAIL POPULATION included
under the ADMINISTRATION of BENGAL PROPER during the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867—76, and the
prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month.
[Assam, which was recently placed under separate administration, is included in this Statement.]
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 i n 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 ( 1 8 7 2 — 7 6 ) .
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 .
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
. . .
. . .
... 192,420
6,746 35.1
761
3.95
21 5 ... 48
5 354 1 12
87 5
6 4
43 1
56
9 50
February
...
... 192,802
6,485 33.6 603 3.13
23 3 1 30 10 254 1 10
7 9 5
52
34 1
39
6 55
March ...
...
. . . 192,564
6,658 34.6
675
3.51 134 3 4 48
5 238 4 8
67 4
54
23 2
41 13 27
April ...
...
.
193,261
7,059 36.5
806 4.17 218 4 1 68
8 240 2 10
6 2 7
6 7
19 1
43 9 47
May ...
. . .
. . . 195,203
6,772 34.7
772
3.95 214 5 2 45
5 248 5 5
57 2
6 8
1 9 1
39 14 43
June ...
. . .
... 198,107
6,759 34.1
680 3.43 108
4 1
39 10
2 4 6
4 9
52 7
74
20 1
44 14 47
July ...
...
. . . 198,968
7,603
3 8 . 2
8 9 4
4.49
2 8 7
4 ... 45
4 307 2 11
60 5
51
17 ...
45 10 46
August . . .
. . .
. . . 198,481
8,273 41.7
992 5.00
1 9 2 ... 4 61 11 447 4 6
56
6
58
25 2
56 8 56
September
...
. . .
1 9 7 , 9 6 4
8,295 41.9 1,014
5.12 163 2 1
69
1 0
4 8 1
9 10
52 10
4 8
25 1
64 11
5 8
October
..
. . .
1 9 5 , 8 4 9
8,189 41.8
991
5.06
52 ... 3 76 11
5 5 2 7 15
69 11
67
28 1
43 12 44
November
...
...
1 9 5 , 2 6 7
8,201
42.0 1,067
5.46
91
1 1
83 5 525 2 14
80 9
72
31 5
6 3 12 73
December
. . .
... 193,757
7,431 38.4
9 6 6
4.98
6 4 1 ... 60
2 473 5 20 100 7
69
32 4
58 10
6 1
1,567 32 18 672
8 6 4,365 46 130 821 78 744 316 20 591 128
6 0 7
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years
...
1 9 5 , 3 8 6 7,372 37.7 10,221 52.31 8.02 .16 .09 3.44 .44 22.34 .24 .67 4.20 .40 3.81 1.62 .10 3.02 .65 3.11
C A U S E S O F A D M I S S I O N S .
N U M B E R O F A D M I S S I O N S I N T O H O S P I T A L I N E A C H M O N T H .
T o t a l a d m i t t e d d u r i n g t h e t e n y e a r s .
A d m i t t e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
D i e d o u t o f e a c h h u n d r e d c a s e s t r e a t e d .
J a n .
F e b .
M a r .
A p r i l . May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dengue
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
1
44
8 0 145
1 6 0 158
43
62
18
5
716
3.6
. . .
Cholera
. . .
. . .
62
89
400
520
477
265
731
440
353
105
231
133
3,806
19.5
41.17
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
22
26
43
51
56
3 8
11
3
4
4
6
1 9
283
1.4
11.31
Enteric Fever (1872—76)
. . .
. . .
2
4
4
3
3
2
5
3
4
2
1
3 3
.2
5 4 . 5 4
Fever, Intermittent
... 5,561 4,890 5,931 6,302 5,929 6,048
8 , 2 4 2 9,504 8,983 10,243 9,897 7,350
88,880
4 5 4 . 9
. 7 2
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued . . .
. . .
2 6 6 270
355
344
329
333
446
497
552
499
438
274
4,603
2 3 . 6
Apoplexy
. . .
...
5
12
5
11
9
22
4
1 0
11
11
8
5
113
.6
7 6 . 1 1
Dysentery
. . .
. . .
2 , 0 4 1
1 , 6 4 6 2,179 2,628 2,421 2,519 3,646 4,068 3,760 3,160 2,929 2,645
33,642
172.2
6 . 7 3
Diarrhœa
. . .
. . .
1 , 6 0 9 1,773
3 , 1 8 1 3,203 2,723 2,853
3 , 5 0 8 3,164 2,773 2,421 2,120 1,846
31,174
159.5
Hepatitis
. . .
. . .
2 8
25
21
20
31
2 2
28
22
41
20
2 5
2 5
308
1 . 6
1 4 . 9 3
Spleen Disease
. . .
. . .
2 3 8 208
185
218
225
188
204 233
236
256 246
259
2,786
14.3
4.67
Respiratory Diseases
. . . 711
698
6 7 0
578
648
548
528
575
582
680
672
793
7,683
39.3
10.69
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
124
115
136
128
131
135
1 0 8
9 0
9 2 136
146
139
1 , 4 8 0
7 . 6
50.27
Dropsy
...
. . . 131
9 1
93
87
1 0 9 111
122
112
116
119
1 0 8 145
1,344
6.9
23.51
Atrophy and Anæmia
. . . 296
2 5 9
279
2 9 0
272
326
533
435
395
417
4 4 8 378
4,328
22.1
1 3 . 6 5
Scurvy
. . .
...
6 6
6 1
7 0
6 2
77
96
130
111
1 0 3 116
174
102
1,168
6 . 0
1.71
Rheumatism
...
...
540
459
5 2 9
4 8 7
511
5 4 4
5 1 9
4 9 4 462
4 8 4 541
498
6 , 0 6 8
3 1 . 1
1 . 3 6
Veneral Diseases . . .
. . . 335
332
375
3 9 9
353
402
363
368
347
275
291
302
4,142
21.2
Eye Diseases
. . .
. . .
114
125
163
177
180
191
223
229
213
222
150
120
2,107
10.8
Abscess and Ulcer
... 1,113 1,125 1,187 1,206 1,205 1,280 1,344 1,165 1,112 1,010
844
947
13,538
69.3
Wounds and Accidents
...
5 8 9 673
766
767
761
768
783
711
673
626
549
569
8,235
4 2 . 1
All other Causes
. . .
. . . 2,501 2,476 2,618 2,446 2,423 2,083 2,043 1,951 1,900 1,809 1,677 1,888
25,815
132.1
16,352 15,355
1 9 , 1 9 1
1 9 , 9 7 2
1 8 , 9 5 3
18,920 23,768
2 4 , 4 8 7
2 2 , 6 1 2
2 2 , 6 7 9
21,520 18,443
242,252
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
85.0
79.6 99.7 103.3 97.1 95.5 119.5
1 2 3 . 4
1 1 4 . 2
1 1 5 . 8
1 1 0 . 2
9 5 . 2
1239.9