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during the year. The Superintendent is unable to trace with certainty the
importation of this infection, considering that the disease may have been com-
municated by any of the coolies employed by the Department of Public Works,
or by a keeper having a case of disease in his own home. But it is noteworthy
that small-pox was at the time prevailing in the town of Dacca. The precau-
tions adopted by the Superintendent were all that could be desired under the
circumstances.
14. The following tables give a concise account of the sickness and mor-
tality in the towns in which the lunatic asylums are situated, and also in the
jails of those districts:—
Showing the Mortality among the general population.
NAMES OF
LOCALITIES.
Calcutta
...
...
Dacca
...
...
Patna ... ...
Cuttack
...
...
Berhampore ...
Popula-
tion.
681,560
118,408
152,770†
47,186
23,515
Fever.
1891.
7,851
610
1,095
240
304
1892.
7,618
1,319
2,599
342
585
Bowel-complaints.*
1891.
2,716
238
246
100
57
1892.
2,364
237
863
227
19
Cholera.
1891.
2,955
263
551
23
180
1892.
2,019
47
701
178
96
Total deaths from
all causes.
1891.
21,517
1,812
2,929
872
882
1892.
20,180
2,680
5,741
1,169
775
Ratio per 1,000 of
population.
1891.
31.57
15.30
19.17†
18.48
37.50
1892.
29.60
22.63
37.57
24.77
32.95
* The figures shown under head " Bowel-complaints" are only from dysentery and diarrhœa.
† Revised figures.
Table showing Sickness and Mortality in the Jails near which the Asylums are situated.
Anæmia and debility ...
Cholera
...
...
...
Diarrhœa and dysentery
Fevers
... ... ...
Pneumonia
... ...
Phthisis
... ...
Other diseases ... ...
Total
...
Daily average strength
Daily average sick ...
PRESIDENCY
JAIL.
1891.
Total treated.
11
1
120
431
7
12
386
968
Died.
5
...
4
8
1
4
16
38
1,204.11
28.11
1892.
Total treated.
9
1
89
289
8
10
332
738
Died.
...
1
3
4
1
2
12
23
1237.38
26.68
ALIPORE JAIL.
1891.
Total treated.
61
1
321
611
53
20
1,117
2,184
Died.
3
...
10
13
17
10
16
69
1,752.65
99.22
1892.
Total treated.
43
3
473
439
72
16
1,474
2,520
Died.
5
3
9
7
18 8
13
63
1,770.37
109.06
DACCA JAIL.
1891.
Total treated.
24
...
590
702
11
6
1121
2,454
Died.
3
...
18
2
3
5
13
44
1,075.33
77.73
1892.
Total treated.
37
1
680
977
21
4
680
2,400
Died.
3
1
13
2
8
2
20
49
1,134.18
63.01
PATNA JAIL.
1891.
Total treated.
2
...
10
103
2
9
60
186
Died.
...
...
1
...
...
2
...
3
232.58
6.25
1892.
Total treated.
5
7
42
103
8
1
169
335
Died.
...
3
5
...
2
...
1
11
312.57
10.58
CUTTACK
JAIL.
1891.
Total treated.
2
...
163
199
5
...
89
458
Died.
...
...
...
...
1
...
3
4
269.51
13.53
1892.
Total treated.
4
...
181
283
3
...
121
592
Died.
...
...
2
...
2
...
2
6
274.61
13.49
BERHAMPORE
JAIL.
1891.
Total treated.
19
4
80
144
2
2
158
409
Died.
...
2
...
1
...
...
...
3
220.86
11.12
1892.
Total treated.
9
1
81
128
2
1
141
363
Died.
...
...
2
...
...
...
1
3
200.35
11.08
With the exception of Cuttack, cholera was seen in all the jails in the
districts in which the asylums are situated, but there was no instance of the
disease in any of the asylums. In connection with the larger incidence of
sickness at the Dullunda and Patna Asylums, it is seen that the jail population
at Patna and Alipore suffered similarly in 1892 from bowel-complaints,
pneumonia, and other disorders, showing that the causes in the former were
referable to general rather than to local influences.
15. The total mortality was about the same as last year, or as 8.02 in
1891 and 8.74 in 1892. These rates, as my predecessor pointed out, bear
favourable comparison with the average of county asylums in England. The
number and percentage of deaths at each asylum were as follows:—
Dullunda ...
Dacca
...
Patna
...
Cuttack ...
Berhampore ...
1891.
Deaths.
19
21
20
6
14
Percentage
on daily aver-
age strength.
7.27
8.86
7.86
15.68
6.77
1892.
Deaths.
20
23
26
...
15
Percentage
on daily aver-
age strength.
7.77
9.71
10.62
...
7.39