SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
[Section III.
STATISTICS OF JAIL ADMINISTRATIONS—CENTRAL PROVINCES, 1867-76.
VII.
TABLE showing in the AGGREGATE the SICKNESS and MORTALITY in the JAIL POPULATION included
under the ADMINISTRATION- of the CENTRAL PROVINCES during the TEN- YEAR PERIOD 1867-76
and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month,
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 e r n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
S ma l l p o x .
E n t e r i c F e v e r ( 1 8 7 2 t o 1 8 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 L 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 s .
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
...
... 33,442 1,497
4 4 . 8 110 3.29 ... ...
...
7
2
55
...
1 13
1 1 1 1 11
...
17
February
... ...
33,642 1,362
40.5
76 2.26
...
... ...
7
...
35
...
1 10
1 3 2 3
9
1
4
March
...
... 33,370 1,307
39.2
80 2.40
6
... ... 12
1
20
1
1 17 ... 3 1 1
9
...
8
April
...
... 33,327 1,259
37.8
66 1.98
2
...
... 13
...
20
...
... 10
2 2 1 1
5
5
5
May
...
... 33,387 1,258
37.7
58 1.74
6 ...
...
1 8
3
12
...
1
9
...
2
... ...
5
...
2
June
...
...
33,846 1,228
36.3
55 1.62 12
... ...
4
5
19
...
...
3
2
... ... ...
5
...
5
July
... ...
34,086
1,297
38.1
9 5 2.78
3 2 ...
...
2
...
27
... ...
6
...
2
... ...
8
1
17
August
...
... 34,079
1,500
46.7 130 3.81 19
...
...
5
...
59
4
...
9 ... 2 1 1 16
2
12
September
... ...
34,313 1,841
53.7 165 4.81
3
... ...
13
...
91
4 ... 12
1 4 2
6 11
3
15
October
... ...
34,329 2,003
58.3
1 6 9 4.92
2 ... 1
17
...
86
1
2 11
2 1 7 5 12
3
19
November
...
...
33,789 1,875
55.5
1 6 7 4.94 ...
...
... 10
1
81
2
2
18
3
4 1 3 22
3
17
December
... ...
33,290 1,590
47.8
141 4.24
1
... ...
9 ...
76
...
2 14
2 2 5 3 10
2
15
83 ... 1 117
12 581
12 10 132 14 26 21 24 123
20 136
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years
...
33,742
1,509
4 4 . 7 1,312 38.88 2.46 ... .03 3.47
. 3 6 17.22
. 36 .30 3.91 .41 .77 .62 .71 3.64 .59 4.03
CAUSES OF ADMIS--
SIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
admitted
during the
ten years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength,
Died nut of
each hun-
dred eases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera.
... ...
...
1
7
2
7
22
72
27
3
2
...
1
1 4 4
4 . 3
57.64
Smallpox
... ...
1
2
5
1
2
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
13
.4
... ...
Enteric Fever...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
2
. 1
... ...
Fever, Intermitten t
...
...
1,217 1,045
1,098
1,101
1,063
938 1,243
1,744
2,534 2,796
2,058 1,373
18,210
539.7
. 6 2
Fevers, Remittent and con-
tinned
...
...
26
37
51
56
55
37
40
32
43
52
45
21
495
14.7
Apoplexy
... ...
1
...
3
2
10
6
1
...
...
...
1
...
24
.7
50.00
Dysentery
...
... 251 204
234
169
195
247
484
704
468
351
384 307
3,998
118.5
8.47
Diarrhœa
...
... 194 128
1 6 5
187
2 0 4 199
399
452
310
240
209
172
2,859
84.7
Hepatitis
...
... ...
3
1
1
3
4
2
4
5
4
4
1
32
.9
37.50
Spleen Disease
...
...
15
10
10
12
18
9
10
19
11
26
25
20
185
5.5
5.41
Respiratory Diseases
... 166 154
158
155
128
90
119
117
102
146
163 151
1,649
48.9
8.00
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
6
1
5
1
2
3
1
3
5
4
4
2
37
1.1
70.27
Dropsy
...
...
3
1
2
2
2
...
1
2
2
8
6
5
34
1 . 0
6 1 . 7 6
Atrophy and Anæmia
...
37
31
30
21
30
27
20
29
40
47
8 0 41
433
1 2 . 8
.
2 8 . 4 1
Scurvy
...
...
3
11
26
5
...
6
16
23
60
38
21
23
232
6.9
10.34
Rheumatism
...
... 111
92
103
114
134
111
102
103
97
100
106 103
1,276
37.8
1.08
Venereal Diseases
...
70
76
6 6
60
76
78
66
56
6 4
53
43 51
759
22.5
Eye Diseases ...
...
25
30
4 2
70
56
55
75
70
59
88
45
24
639
18.9
Abscess and Ulcer
...
6 3 2 541
604
578
722
823
757
694
696
756
616 506
7,925
2 3 4 . 9
Wounds and Accidents
138 114
147
137
152
144
160
112
140
101
82 123
1,550
45.9
All other Causes
... 308 276
320
273
318
284
311
346
283
294
263 267
3,543
105.0
3,204 2,757 3,077
2,947
3,177
3,084 3,879
4,537 4,922
5,108 4,156 3,191 44,039
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
95.8 82.0
92.2
8 8 . 4 95.2
91.1 113.8
1 3 3 . 1
143.4
1 4 8 . 8 123.0 95.9
1305.2