Appendix.]
AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867 TO 1876.
227
SUB-DIVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF BENGAL PROPER—
II. ASSAM AND CACHAR.
XVI.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in A S S A M
and CACHAR during the TEN YEARS from 1867 to 1876, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
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 .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a.
S m a l l p o x
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 .
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
12,604 537 42.6 39
3 . 0 9
1 1
3
. . .
16
. . .
. . .
7
1
1
3 ...
5
...
1
February
12,707 492 38.7 27
2 . 1 2
. . . ...
2 1
13
. . . ...
5
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
...
3
March
12,806 503 39.3 25
1 . 9 5
2
. . . 1
. . . 12
1
. . .
4
. . . 2
. . .
. . .
1 1
1
April
12,780 569 44.5 53
4 . 1 5 18 ...
5 ...
16 ...
. . .
5
3 ...
. . .
. . . 5 ...
1
May
12,715 650 51.1 63
4 . 9 5 26 ... ... ...
25 ... ...
4
. . .
. . . 3 ...
4
1
. . .
June
12,813 683 53.3
5 6
4 . 3 7 14 ...
2 1
20
. . . ...
3
. . .
. . .
1
. . . 7
3 5
July
12,774 720 56.4
7 6
5 . 9 6 25
. . .
5 ...
23 ...
. . .
6 ...
3 3 ...
7
1
3
August
...
12,536 707 56.4
6 1
4 . 8 7
1 ...
7 2
22 ...
. . .
8
2
1
7
. . . 6
2
3
September
12,546 687 54.8 80
6 . 3 8
6
. . . 9 2
38
. . .
2
4
3
1
2
. . . 8
2
3
October
12,327 629 51.0 69
5 . 6 0 9
. . .
6 2
33
. . .
1
3
4
3
. . .
. . .
6
. . . 2
November
12,286 590 48.0 52
4 . 2 3 5
. . .
6
. . . 26
. . .
. . . 1
1
6
3
. . .
2
. . . 2
De c e mbe r
12,257 538 43.9 48
3 . 9 2
2
. . .
4 1
25
. . .
. . .
5
2
2
3
. . .
1
1
2
109 1
50 9 269 1
3
55
16 20
27
. . . 52
11
26
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years
12,596 609 48.3 649 51.52 8.65 .08 3.97 .71 21.36 .08
. 2 4 4.37 1.27 1.59 2.14
. . . 4.13
. 87 2. 06
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN BACH MONTH.
T o t a l a d mi 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 .
Di ed out of each hun- dr ed cas es t r eat ed.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dengue
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
7
3
1
. . .
. . .
1 1
. 9
. . .
Cholera
2
. . .
4
34
60
25
32
9
6
17
10
4
203
1 6 . 1
5 3 . 6 9
Smallpox
2
. . .
2
6
4
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
4
21
1.7
4 . 7 6
Enteric Fever (1872—76)
...
...
...
...
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. 1
. 6 3
Fever, Intermittent
486
346 422
525
670
766
939
814
692
716 679 595
7,650
607.3
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued
8
13
14
25
33
30
39
4 0 39
39
16
4
300
23.8
Apoplexy
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
2
2
2 ...
2
12
. 9
75.00
Dysentery
175
124 195
252
248
300
256
311 307
237
202
202
2,809
2 2 3 . 0
4 . 7 3
Diarrhœa
148
130
178 294 435
359
312
239
261
191
168 160
2,875
2 2 8 . 2
Hepatitis
2
1
3 ...
5
1
1
2
9
4
3
3
3 4
2 . 7
2 . 9 4
Spleen Disease
29
17
23
17
24
23
49
40
48
41
1 8
3 6
3 6 5
2 9 . 0
. 8 2
Respiratory Diseases
62
6 3 64
52
65
69
6 1
59
66
57
6 3
6 8
7 4 9
5 9 . 5
7 . 3 4
Phthisis Pulmonalis
3
3
4
6
4
5
4
1
4
4
7
3
4 8
3 . 8
4 1 . 6 7
Dropsy
10
4
4
1
12
8
17
13
12
7
12
7
107
8.5
25.23
Atrophy and Anæmia
19
20
18
19
17
47
37
40
37
27
21
21
323
2 5 . 6
1 6 . 1 0
Scurvy
2 3 19
22
31
42
48
62
6 4 45
3 5
3 7
1 9
4 4 7 *
3 5 . 5
...
Rheumatism
68
54
75
55
52
73
57
68
55
3 4
4 4
5 4
6 8 9
5 4 . 7
. 7 9
Venereal Diseases
30
26
25
44
34
3 9
3 1
36
39
26
28
34
3 9 2
3 1 . 1
Eye Diseases
17
13
22
17
23
14
25
39
30
31
19
9
259
2 0 . 6
Abscess and Ulcer
135
112
111
117
126 136 179 132
123 124
93
112
3 , 5 0 0
1 1 9 . 1
Wounds and Accidents
91
97
71
88
78
86 104
96
85
60
6 4 62
982
7 8 . 0
All other Causes
232
205
253
251
305
277
271
260 245
225
209
198
2,931
2 3 2 . 7
1,542 1,249 1,510 1,834 2,239 2,308 2,47 6 2,273 2,108 1,879 1,693 1,597
22,708
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
122.3
9 8 . 3
117.9 143.5 176.1 180.1 193.8 181.3 168.0 152.4 137.8 130.3
1802.8
* Of this total, 419 cases were returned by the Jail at Sylhet.