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TEN-YEAR STANDARD FOR THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL, 1867 TO 1876. [Section II.
at length or in summary. With the publication of the tenth volume of the series at
the close of 1877, an opportunity will occur for reviewing on a basis of ten years' ex
-perience all matters relating to the medical history of the Native Army.
For each station of the Presidency for the ten years, 1867-1876, the statistics of the Native
Army have been arranged in a form similar to that in which
the statistics of the British Troops are set forth for the
ten years from 1860 to 1869. I have, however, considered
it unnecessary to print these tables as a whole, and I have selected twelve typical examples for
detailed illustration, and printed in summary only, the ten years' ratios for the principal
stations. The examples given may be compared with the results for the provincial areas ;
and where the summarised ratios correspond closely with the stational or provincial type, it
may be concluded that the items, of which they are the product, are not very dissimilar.
In conclusion, I may observe that a very large number of men are annually removed from
the rolls of the Native Army for reasons which have no relation to the health of the soldier.
The Native Army of Bengal is a body in which great fluctuations occur. In these ten
years, a strength equivalent to that of the whole army has disappeared, 58,000 men of the
Regular Army and of the Punjab Frontier Force having in this time been removed from the
rolls of their regiments. In the accompanying statement, Transfers account for 808 removals,
Deaths for 10,047, and Invaliding for 15,271; while for non-medical reasons 31,839 men were
sent away or took their discharge,—a total loss of 57,965.
90
Fluctuation in Strength of the Native
Army in the ten years. The chief
causes of fluctuation.
Gain and Loss in Strength of the Native Army of the Bengal Presidency during the Ten Years from 1867 to 1876.
1867.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1867—76.
Average of the
ten years.
Present with their Regiments at the beginning of each year . . .
43,415
45,053
45,008
43,840
43,618
41,086
43,712
43,822
44,020
43,938
440,512
44,051
At their homes on furlough . . .
650
447
1,188
429
485
141
232
310
221
356
4,459
446
At their homes on sick leave . . .
525
587
416
396
332
349
417
414
503
446
4,385
438
Remaining sick in the hospitals of other Regiments . . .
12
60
75
66
42
109
33
22
34
32
485
49
TOTAL . . .
44,602
46,147
46,687
44,731
44,477
44,685
44,394
44,568
44,778
44,772
449,841
44,984
Additions.
Transfers received from other Regiments . . .
83
20
60
28
26
12
18
54
31
29
361
36
Recruits received . . .
6,277
5,071
2,494
3,738
4,250
3,651
5,427
4,661
4,373
4,206
44,148
4,415
Deserters rejoined . . .
13
7
12
5
8
2
8
11
4
4
74
7
TOTAL GAIN . . .
6,373
5,098
2,566
3,771
4,284
3,665
5,453
4,726
4,408
4,239
44,583
4,458
Permanent Loss.
Deaths at head quarters and in detachments . . .
511
444
693
632
592
647
547
425
530
446
5,467
547
121
156
98
83
63
68
83
70
53
85
880
88
Died while on furlough . . .
131
177
147
154
137
177
124
105
120
161
1,433
143
Died while on sick leave . . .
TOTAL DEATHS . . .
763
777
938
869
792
892
754
600
703
692
7,780
778
Invalided for discharge . . .
779
651
904
715
1,040
1,161
2,060
1,738
1,595
1,454
12,097
1,210
239
67
33
34
21
27
27
47
39
40
574
57
Transfers given to other Regiments . . .
2,868
3 ,080
2,173
2,006
1,834
1,648
1,937
1,600
1,72 7
1,731
23,974
2,397
Otherwise discharged . . .
470
375
349
413
449
484
412
418
Desertions, struck off for bad conduct, &c. . . .
TOTAL LOSS . . .
4,649
4,575
4,518
3,999
4,036
4,141
5,227
4,469
4,476
4,335
44,425
4,442
Remaining on the Regimental rolls on the end of each year . . .
46,326
46,670
44,735
44,503
44,725
44,209
44,620
44,825
44,710
44,676
449,999
45,000
91
Gain and Loss in Strength of the Punjab Frontier Force during the Ten Years from 1867 to 1876.
Strength borne on the rolls at the beginning of each year . . .
1867.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1867—76.
Average of the
ten years.
11,967
12,374
12,478
12,152
12,239
12,369
12,244
12,244
12,311
12,278
122,656
12,266
Additions received . . .
1,579
1,396
1,116
1,635
1,603
1,104
1,457
1,526
1,301
1,155
13,872
1,387
TOTAL . . .
13,546
13,770
13,594
13,787
13,842
13,473
13,701
13,770
13,612
13,433
136,528
13,653
Deaths at head quarters and in detachments . . .
113
77
259
164
181
212
138
121
192
133
1,590
159
Died while on furlough, sick leave, &c. . . .
76
57
71
66
76
77
86
46
76
46
677
68
Transfers given to other Regiments . . .
. . .
18
45
25
33
24
16
35
20
18
234
23
Invalided for discharge . . .
168
247
255
270
260
234
552
470
399
319
3,174
317
Otherwise discharged . . .
776
954
744
1,011
943
690
668
788
646
645
7,865
787
TOTAL . . .
1,133
1,353
1,374
1,536
1,493
1,237
1,460
1,460
1,333
1,161
13,540
1,354
Remaining on the Regimental rolls on the end of each year . . .
12,413
12,417
12,220
12,251
12,349
12,236
12,241
12,310
12,279
12,272
122,988
12,299
9 2 T E N - Y E A R S T A N D A R D F O R T H E N A T I V E A R M Y O F B E N G A L , 1 8 6 7 T O 1 8 7 6 . [ S e c t i o n I I .
Gain and Loss in Strength of the Central India Force during the Ten Years from 1867 to 1876.
Strength borne on the rolls at the beginning of each year . . .
1867.
1868.
1869,
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1867-76.
Average of the
ten years.
4,816
4,823
4,928
4,917
5,603
5,605
5,615
5,618
5,683
5,692
53,300
5,330
Additions received . . .
414
460
373
315
334
464
383
425
348
337
3,853
385
TOTAL . . .
5,230
5,283
5,301
5,232
5,937
6,069
5,998
6,043
6,031
6,029
57,153
5,715
Deaths at head quarters and in detachments . . .
23
28
78
44
55
56
50
41
46
40
461
46
Died while on furlough, sick leave, &c. . . .
20
14
11
8
27
20
23
11
9
13
156
16
Invalided for discharge . . .
42
59
41
65
48
155
106
107
87
103
813
81
Otherwise discharged . . .
319
252
254
197
212
221
200
202
196
185
2,238
224
TOTAL . . .
404
353
384
314
342
452
379
361
338
341
3,668
367
Remaining on the Regimental rolls on the end of each year . . .
4,826
4,930
4,917
4,918
5,595
5,617
5,619
5,682
5,693
5,688
53,485
5,348
Sect i on I I . ]
G E N E R A L D E D U C T I O N S F R O M T H E S T A T I S T I C S O F T H E P E R I O D .
93 z
APPENDIX TO SECTION II.
TEN-YEAR STANDARD
FOR
THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY
BASED ON
THE STATISTICS OF THE YEARS FROM 1867 TO 1876
TABLES I-XLIX.
98
CONTENTS.
General Statistics of Sickness and Mortality of the Native Troops occupying Meean
Meer
.
.
. XXXVIII and XXXIX
General Statistics of Sickness and Mortality of the Native Troops occupying Jhelum
XL and XLI
General Statistics of Sickness and Mortality of the Native Troops occupying Peshawar
XLII and XLIII
General Statistics of Sickness and Mortality of the Native Troops occupying Kohat
XLIV and XLV
General Statistics of Sickness and Mortality of the Native Troops occupying Dera
Ghazi Khan . . .
XLVI and XLVII
IV.—DISTRIBUTION OF THE CHOLERA OF THE
NATIVE ARMY, 1867-76.
Prevalence of cholera in each month of the Ten-year period, and the distribution of
the disease by stations and provinces . . .
XLVIII
V.—DEATHS OF THE NATIVE ARMY DETAILED BY
STATIONS.
Mortality in each station, and the causes of deaths, during the ten-year period 1867-76
XLIX
I.—NATIVE ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY—STATISTICS
of PROVINCES, 1867—76.
Appendix.] AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867 TO 1876.
117
I I a n d I I I . — R A T I O S o n t h e A V E R A G E o f t h e T E N Y E A R S f o r t h e
CHIEF SATIONS occupied by the NATIVE ARMY, and GENE
-RAL STATISTICS of SELECTED STATIONS.
2 F
SECTION III.
STATISTICS OF THE PRISONERS OF BENGAL FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS FROM
1859 TO 1876: AND EPIDEMIC FEVERS AS AFFECTING THE JAIL
POPULATION.
DEATHS and DEATH-RATIOS of the JAIL ADMINISTRATIONS
of BENGAL for EIGHTEEN YEARS from 1859 to 1876.
Chapter I.]
GENERAL STATISTICS OF THE EIGHTEEN YEARS FROM 1859 TO 1876.
163
of other outbreaks which probably were not etiologically related to the same epidemic, will be
studied in the third chapter of this section.
Fluctuation of mortality in the
Great Jails of Upper India. The
significance of the concluding table,
and its importance as an index.
I have placed here a general statement to show how mor
-tality may fluctuate in the Great Jails of Upper India. Such
a statement shows how much can be done to prevent prisoners
from dying ; and it stands as a warning, telling us how life
may be sacrificed.
Hence the necessity for comprehending clearly how and why prisoners die, and how
destructive disease invades or originates in a prison community.
This table teaches that large bodies of men may be kept together for years in a perfect
state of health, the death-rates falling to a wonderful minimum. But between these very
ratios are too often interposed others, which record disasters in which 10, 20 or 30 per cent. of
the prison population has been swept away. At one time it is cholera that causes these terrible
results, although of late years this cause of mortality has greatly diminished. At another time
it is contagious fever ; erysipelas, sloughing ulcers, contagious sore-throat, and pneumonic
typhus come forward in single jails or in a group of jails by the interchange of prisoners
; and evil endemic causes may bring about effects almost as bad, in the shape of asthenic dysen
-tery and general cachexy.
We may congratulate ourselves on general improvement in the health of the prisoners.
But it is useless to ignore the fact that, in former years, in many individual jails an excel
-lent sanitary condition was maintained for a long series of years—a state of matters dis
-turbed in the end by some unexpected catastrophe. And these calamities are not of the past ;
they are certain to recur in the future. And the mortality attending the attack will be as
great as in the past, unless the danger to be met is known and anticipated. The deceitful
diseases of the typhus group are diseases of the healthiest provinces, the healthiest years, the
healthiest months, and the healthiest jails. Too often while the enquiry is going on as to the
possible effect of local insanitary conditions or deficiencies in diet, presumed to be answerable for
the appearance of unusual disease, the otherwise healthy community is being stricken down by
contagion, and the result is a general infection of the prison community. And in these out-
breaks it is not the weakly and debilitated in particular who fall. The strongest succumb, and
those who by reason of their strength may the longer have withstood the poison, are in many
cases subjected to the more deadly attack.
JAILS of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1859—73.
Table showing the Deaths from Contagious Fevers, typhus and relapsing, which have occurred in the more important outbreaks between 1859 and 1873, and the relation, of the outbreaks
to the influences prevalent at the different seasons of the year—continued.
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 a 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 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 .
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
Gondah .
. 836 October 1867 . 105
...
...
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . . ... 1
2 22 Continued in 1868 26 27 20
4
3 ...
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
Peshawar . . 406 January 1867 . 32
1 ...
5 24
2
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
......
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rawalpindi
. 1,200 Last months of
1868.
95 ... ... ...
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . . ...
1
4
2 Continued in 1869
7 14 52
1 1 2
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rawalpindi
. 942 April
1870 . 76
. . . ... ... 7
8
2
2
1
1
3
2
2 Continued in 1871
9 31
4
2
2 ... ... ...
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Amritsar . . 656 January 1872 .
6 3
1
5 14
4
4
1
1
1
1
1
9 Continued in 1872
3
1
2
4
7
4 ... .. ... . . . ... ...
Peshawar . . 620 September 1872 . 50
. . . ... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1
3
8 Continued in 1873 18
9
4
1
2
3
. . . ... ...
. . . ... ...
Rawalpindi
. 963 February 1873 . 122
. . . 3 23 10
4
2
. . . 1
1 13 17 17 Continued in 1874
9 10
5
4
3 ... ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TOTAL OF TH E
ABOVE‫٭‬ . . . . .
. . . . . . 4,479 51 104 240 310 219
8 3 4 6
74 142 225 295 416
. . . . . .
433 439 565 521 207 73 12 4 3 5
3
9
‫٭‬Excluding the mortality of the Meerut Jail in 1861 and 1862.
204 S T A T I S T I C S O F T H E J A I L P O P U L A T I O N O F B E N G A L F R O M 1 8 5 9 T O 1 8 7 6 . [ S e c t i o n I I I .
APPENDIX TO SECTION III.
TEN-YEAR STANDARD)
THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY,
BASED ON
THE STATISTICS OF THE YEARS FROM 1867 TO 1876.
T A B L E S I — L V . I .
210
CONTENTS.
CENTRAL AND TYPICAL JAILS OF THE PUNJAB.
Lahore Central Jail for the ten-year period
. . . . . . . .
.
. . .. .. .. . . .
X L I X
Lahore Female Jail ''
''
. . . . . . . . . . . .
L
Rawalpindi Jail '' '' . . . . . . . . . . . .
LI
Working gangs at Rupar
'' ''
. . . . . . . . . . . .
LII
The Ten-year Ratios of these Jails of the Central Provinces and Punjab shown in a comparative state-
ment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LIII
Admissions from Cholera during the Ten Years in each Jail of the Presidency, shown by the months . . .
LIV
Death-table for each Jail of the Presidency, showing the Aggregate Mortality of the Ten Years
.
.
LV
Detail of the Causes of 630,538 Hospital Admissions and 24,409 Deaths of the Ten Years . . . . .
LVI
STATISTICS OF THE JAIL ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE BENGAL
PRESIDENCY, 1867—76.
AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867 TO 1876.
Appendix.
253
ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES—TYPICAL JAILS.
XLII.
AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the JAIL at GHAZIPORE during the TEN YEARS
from 1867 to 1876.
[A Jail of the Eastern Sub-division consistently healthy throughout the period.]
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 - 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 .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 . W o u n d 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
5,469 23 4. 2 6 1.10
3
1
2
February
5,328 21 3. 9 11 2.06
2
4
1
2
2
March
5,288 35 6. 6 6 1.13
3
1
1
1
April
5,282 30 5. 7 4
. 7 6 1
2
1
2
May
5,313 36 6.8 4
. 7 5
2
1
1
1
June
5,365 26 4. 8 7 1.30
1 2 1
1
July
5,372 30 5. 6 9 1.68
4
1
1
2
August
5,275 37 7. 0 11 2.09
1
6
1
2
1
September
5,360 36 6.7 10 1.87
6
1
1
2
October
5,387 36 6. 7 19 3.53
7
2
2
4 1
3
November
5,298 36 6 . 8 10 1.89
7
1
2
December
5,206 31 6. 0 14 2.69
7
1 2
1 1
2
1
4 2 52
2
9
4 3
12 5 17
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years
5,329 31 5. 8 111 20.83 . 1 9
.75 .38 9.76
. 3 8 1.69
. 7 5 . 5 6
2. 25 .93 3.19
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
admitted
during the
ten years.
Ad mi t t e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h . Died out of
each hun-
dred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
1
1
2
.4
5 0 . 0 0
Smallpox
2 2
6
7
1
18
3. 4
Enteric Fever
Fever, Intermittent
9
4 16 25 21 18 18 9 34 30 20 18
222
4 1 . 6
1 . 6 1
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued
4 5 2 5 1
3 3 2
2
27
5. 1
Apoplexy
4
1
5
.9
4 0 . 0 0
Dysentery
9 11 8 15 13 9 21 39 30 25 15 20
215
4 0 . 3
1 8 . 4 4
Diarrhœa
1 1 8 7 7 8 6 11 10 4 3 1
67
12. 6
Hepatitis
1
1
2
.4
Spleen Disease
1
5 1
2
1
1 4 1
1 1
18
3. 4
11.11
Respiratory Diseases
4 4
5
6 1 5 8 2 2 3 5 5
50
9. 4
1 8 . 0 0
Phthisis Pulmonalis
1 1 1
4
1
8
1. 5
5 0 . 0 0
Dropsy
1
1 1 1
4
.7
7 5 . 0 0
Atrophy and Anæmia
2
2 1 5 2 1 3
1
17
3. 2
7 0 . 5 9
Scurvy
6 . 2 5
Rheumatism
1
2 3 3
4 1
2
4
3
2
27
5. 1
Venereal Diseases
2 3
1 1 2 3 1 1
2 2
1 8
3. 4
Eye Diseases
1 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3
6
2
2 6
4 . 9
Abscess and Ulcer
10 6 19 11 10 7 12 11 7 7 3
9
1 1 2
21.0
Wounds and Accidents
8
6 6 7 7 11
9 3 4 7 10
4
82
15. 4
All other Causes
7
6 11 7 2
6
3 7 10 13
6 9
87
16. 3
5 52
9 4 99 81 78 93 92 112 105 72 74
1,007
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
10. 1 9.8 17.8
1 8 . 7
15. 2 14. 5 17.3 17. 4 20. 9 19. 5 13. 6 14.2
1 8 9 . 0
3 Q
Appendix.] AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867 TO 1876. 255
ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES—TYPICAL JAILS.
XLIV.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the AGRA DISTRICT JAIL during
the TEN YEARS from 1867 to 1876.
[A Jail of the Western Sub-division consistently healthy throughout the period.]
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 .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 .
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
4,536
6 1 13.4 1 0 2.20
4
3
1
1 1
February
4,615 69 15.0 8 1.73
1
3
1
3
March
4,537
6 0 13.2 6 1.32
1
5
April
4,476 77 17.2 6 1.34
1
1
3
1
May
4,608 67 14.5 1 0 2.17
1 2
6
1
June
4 , 6 8 9 72 15.4 1 4 2.99
3 6
4
1
July
4,716
6 5 13.8 5 1.06
2
2
1
August
4,699 106 22.6 18 3.87 5
1 0
2
1
September
4,726 111 23.5 11 2.33
9
1
1
October
4,504 97 21.5 11 2.44
1 8
2
November
4,540 73 16.1 11 2.42
9
1 1
December
4,554 76 16.7 13 2.85
1 4
7
1
5 1
6 57
1 39
4
2 2
6
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years
4,600 78 17.0 123 26.73 1 . 0 9 . 2 2
1.30 12.39 .22 8.48
. 8 7
. 4 3 .43
1 . 3 0
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN BACH MONTH.
Total
admitted d u r i n g t h e
ten Years.
Admitted per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred c a s e s
treated.
Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
7
1
8
1 . 8
6 2 . 5 0
Smallpox
1
1
2
. 4 5 0 . 0 0
Enteric Fever
Fever, Intermittent
30
3 7
3 4 8 4
8 0
5 4
7 4
1 4 3
1 5 2 100 54 46
888 193.0
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
t i n u e d
1
1
1
3
. 7
A p o p l e x y
4 14
1
19 4 . 1
3 1 . 5 8
Dysentery
1 8 19 17 24 13 22 36 73 70 50 26 36 404
87.8
Diarrhœa
3 1
1 17
9 21 20 61 18 14 4
5 174 37.8
Hepatitis
1
1
2
. 4
1 4 . 2 9
Spleen Disease
1
2
1
1
1
1
7
1 . 5
1 4 . 2 9
Respiratory Diseases
1 5 20 28 24 19 18 12
7
8 22 20 28
2 2 1
4 8 . 0
1 7 . 6 5
Phthisis Pulmonalis
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
2 . 4
3 6 . 3 6
Dropsy Atrophy and Anæmia
3
1
2 1
1
1
9
2 . 0
2 2 . 2 2
Scury Rheumatism
1
3
1
2
2
3
6
1 2
21
4.6
. 7 5
Venereal Diseases
2
5
1
5
2
3
4
6
2
7
37
8 . 0
Eye Diseases
2
4
3
3
3
2
6 2
3
28 6 . 1
Abseess and Ulcer
4 5 52 51 55 39 53
6 0
6 0 43
4 0
4 1 46 5 8 5 127.2
Wounds and Accidents
13 20 11
23 15 20 15 15 12 12 21 16
1 9 3
4 2 . 0
All other Causes
11 12 22 19 11 16 15 24 15 23 14 17
1 9 9 43.3
145 170 170 255 206 225 239 404 331 278 185 205 2,813
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each month.
32.0
3 6 . 8
37.5 57.0 44.7 4 8 . 0
50.7 86.0 70.0 61.7 40.7 45.0
6 1 1 . 5
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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY. [Section III.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES—TYPICAL JAILS.
XLV.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the MEERUT DISTRICT JAIL,
from 1868 to 1876.
[A Jail of the Western Sub-division unhealthy in every year of the period, occupied in July 1868.]
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 0 8 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 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
3,355 153 45.6 31 9. 24
1
11
15
1
3
February
3,258 129 39.6 19 5.83
1
8
4
1
3
2
March
3,352 100 29.8
5 1.49
2
2
1
April
3,536
95 26.9 7 1.98
1
2
3
1
May
3,528 100 28.3 12 3.40
1
3
5
2
1
June
3,557
9 8 27.5
7 1.97
5
2
July
3,896 139 35.7 12 3.08
1
6
3
1 1
August
3,882 284 73.2 19 4. 89
2
10
2
4
1
September
3,782 298 78.8 24 6.35
4
14
3
1
2
October
3,729 271 72.7 41 10.99
3
31
1 2
4
November
3,762 236 62.7 58 15.42
5
42
9
1
1
December
3,838 193 50.3 39 10.16
1
31
6
1
20
165
1 56
5 2
13
1 11
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For eight and a half years
3,623 175 48.3 274 75.63
5.52
45.54
. 28 15.45
1.38 . 55
3 . 5 9
.28 3.04
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
admitted
during the
period.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out of
each hun-
dred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
...
Cholera
1
1
.3
S m a l l p o x
Enteric Fever
Fever, Intermit tent
92 52
58
76 183 136
309 769 688
436 278
1 5 2 3,229
891.3
. 6 0
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued
7
4
3
5
4
10
28
30
28
6
3
128
35.3
A p o p l e x y
Dysentery
51 27
1 2
1 6
1 9
2 6
40 103 130 136 147
1 0 8 • 8 1 5
225. 0
1 7 . 6 5
Diarrhœa
11 7
1
10
8
7
14
22
15
7
6
12
120
33.1
1 7 . 6 5
Hepatitis
1
1
1
3
. 8
Spleen Disease
2
3
1
1
3
2
12
3.3
8.33
Respiratory Diseases
38 26
19
16
19
10
1 8
6
7
11
26
26
222
61.3
25.23
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
1
1
2
6
1.7
83.33
Dropsy
1
1
2
.5
100. 00
Atrophy and Anæmia
6 13
9
11
6
4
9
3
8
10
10
10
99
27.3
13.13
Scurvy
1
1
2
.5
Rheumatism
2 5
6
6
6
5
5
1
6
7
6
7
6 2
17.1
Venereal Diseases
5 3
4
6
1 0
5
6
1
3
3
2
3
51
14.1
Eve Diseases
3
2
6
10
8
7
7
4
4
4
3
5
63
17. 4 1. 27
Abseess and Ulcer 56 59
60
67
51
55
52
22
30
28
29
I
36
545
150. 4
Wounds and Accidents
4 3
2
3
19
7
13
3
3
3
4
17.7
All other Causes
13 13
15
11
13
21 .9
13
15
13
8
13
157
43. 3
284 217 197 238 350 289 493 976 941
691 525 380 5,581
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
8 4 . 6
6 6 . 6
58.8 67.3 99.2 81.3 126.5 251.4 248.8 185.3 139.6 99.0
1 5 4 0 . 4