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The strength of the affected jails is 15,307, the percentage of admissions
to strength 3·50, and of deaths to admissions 61. Of the 636 admissions, there
were 8 in January, 73 in March, 110 in April, 80 in May, 50 in June, 118
in July, 36 in August, 1 in September, 13 in October, 17 in November, and
30 in December.
Meteorology.—No remarks.
Food-supply.—In 1876 the price of rice had risen in several districts,
particularly in Eastern Bengal, West Tirhut, and Orissa; the prices of wheat
and the pulses were lower throughout the other districts than the averages
of the preceding three years excluding 1874 (the famine year), with the solitary
exceptions of Naddia in wheat and Lohardagga in pulses. The highest prices
for food-grains ruled in Darjiling, Chittagaon, Julpaiguri, Rungpur, and
Naokhali. In Eastern Bengal the rise in prices is due to the cyclone. On the
whole, however, food was cheaper than in recent years throughout the province;
the rainfall of the year was plentiful and seasonable. In the greater number
of the districts wages continued to be the same throughout the year as
compared with the preceding year, and wherever there was a change, the
tendency of the change was rather towards a rise than fall in wages.
R
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BENGAL PROVINCE, 1877.
The Monthly Mortality registered from CHOLERA among the Civil Population during the year 1877
is shown in the subjoined tabular statement.
Division
Burdwan
Presidency[
Rajshahye
Kuch Behar
Dacca
Chittagung
Patna
Bhagulpore
Orissa
Chota Nagpur
DlSTRICTS.
Beerbhum
...
...
Hooghli and Seramporo
24-Pergunnahs
,.
Calcutta
Maldah
Rungpore
Furridpore
Gya
Mozufferpore
Tirhut
Durbhanga
Chumparun
Monghyr
Bhagulpore
Purneah
Sonthal
Poori
Balasore
Hazaribagh
Manbhum
MONTHLY TOTALS
CHOLERA DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE MONTHS OF 1877.
January
187
19
105
215
50
254
714
381
622
1,815
207
77
450
95
20
42
137
1,124
661
12,614
818
4,935
11,578
847
5
1
.
c
2
2
3
4
14
31
90
4
38,14
February
122
44
191
241
82
203
248
222
298
492
216
30
143
40
1
35
443
243
3,760
502
1,966
6,873
636
1
1
3
...
1
2
19
28
169
598
316
8
3
32
18,216
March
205
37
202
271
106
141
174
195
480
362
172
46
303
63
12
20
34
1
360
196
1,002
206
576
2,340
541
85
5
7
1
1
34
22
2
65
731
2,461
45S
...
1
...
24
11,87
April
173
12
62
192
204
173
133
147
1,480
1,419
804
296
1,597
832
88
21
126
2
1
1,371
8G6
1,002
398
828
739
649
296
139
113
5S
34
2
490
556
179
77
622
816
356
17
1
11
5
17,187
May
no
4
18
98
31
64
20
61
658
636
920
244
1,313
379
92
46
185
...
1
653
342
293
529
285
141
278
607
206
95
3S2
120
101
892
832
668
71
208
412
193
5
20
5
23
12,140
June
1
23
2
22
9
56
41
136
12S
127
88
73
46
21
85
1
2
132
43
94
377
51
9
62
281
101
349
754
239
603
442
411
312
21
46
280
47
17
1
2
23
6,478
July
17
2
1
7
7
11
6
43
6
61
104
17
7
1
8
28
2
11
31
6
31
90
34
...
16
317
106
132
1,587
33S
864
354
271
77
9
130
158
3S
5
4
1
6
4,943
August
23
1
10
44
6
40
16
94
10
37
61
21
2
...
4
1
3
11
21
6
29
23
20
24
14
95
32
301
1,134
851
1,533
49
206
61
12
232
163
61
1
1
2
4,769
September
45
...
63
20
142
34
170
23
40
61
7
...
17
1
13
46
...
68
18
29
64
...
...
29
36
88
848
471
1,844
52
54
114
8
701
67
104
1
1
1
10
5,280
Octomber
101
42
5
114
41
247
158
218
220
107
148
8
4
29
30
206
572
1
661
225
91
955
(
8
43
20
69
13
223
85
232
6
113
159
9
531
18
231
2
...
1
1
5,983
November
108
6
29
89
61
234
294
193
1,242
1,096
631
28
141
344
408
941
1,493
7
1,528
604
98
2,397
1
115
158
17
58
3
60
9
36
11
118
234
2
535
18
26
1
13,71
December
380
80
123
165
833
1,071
24S
2,957
2,346
458
287
394
673
726
274
1,160
7
1,545
857
134
1,620
28
245
9
...
5
5
7
7
13
223
17
494
573
217
...
9
...
2
17,592
Total
1,472
167
693
1,480
768
1,864
2,877
2,018
7,937
8,577
3,803
1,183
4,401
2,436
1,385
1,617
3,828
4
41
7,927
4,070
19,177
7,979
8,698
21,853
3,378
1,712
753
1,110
5,052
1,658
5,218
2,311
2,617
2,062
343
4,313
5,795
2,379
77
63
33
147
155,305
Of the total 155,305 deaths, 84,918 were males and 70,378 females.
Ratio per mile of population
2·58
Ratio per cent. of all deaths registered ... 14·41
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Cholera in Bengal Province during the year 1877.
Lithographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, January 1885.
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BENGAL PROVINCE, 1877.
The monthly mortality registered from cholera among the civil population
of the province during 1877 is shown in the annexed tabular statement.
Of the total 155,305 deaths 84,918 were of males and 70,387 of females.
The rate per mille of population is 2·58 and per cent. of all deaths registered
14·41.
In 1877 cholera was present in the province in every month of the year,
and visited every district, as shown in the annexed statement. Out of the
663 registering circles it prevailed epidemically in 88 against 154 in 1876;
was severe in 103 against 178 ; mildly prevalent in 410 against 315, and
entirely absent from 62 against 19. The total mortality registered was 155,305
against 196,590 in 1876, giving a death-rate of 2·58 per mille of population
against 3·27, and 14·41 per cent. of all deaths against 19·99 in the preceding
year. As compared with its prevalence in 1876, cholera was markedly on the
decline in 1877, but the disease was nevertheless severely prevalent in parti-
cular localities, and districts that suffered most were those shown in the
subjoined statment:—
District.
Noakholli
Bakirganj
Chittagong
Puri
Maldah
Nuddea
Ratio per mille.
23·94
9·97
8·33
7·52
6·50
4·36
District.
Dhaka ...
Jesore ...
Ckumparan
Mymensingh
Pubna ...
Balasore
Ratio per mille.
4·27
4·13
3·62
3·39
3·15
3·08
The seasonal prevalence of the disease is shown in the subjoined diagram.
Cholera in the Bengal Province in 1877.
The high range of mortality in January and February of this year is
unusual, and entirely due to an exceptional cause, viz, the epidemic contin-
uance in the Bakirganj, Chittagong, and Noakholli districts of the cholera
developed by the great cyclone wave inundation of October and November
1876. In Bengal Proper the year 1877 opened with a severe prevalence of
cholera in the whole of the southern portion of the central districts, in all
the eastern districts, and in Beerbhum, Hughli, and Howrah of the western
districts. Within this area the disease continued to prevail until May, being
markedly severe in Nuddea, Howrah, Jessore, Dhaka, faridpur, and Tipperali
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inadequately covered pest-holes. The accumulated ordure of years within a
few feet of dwelling-houses must necessarily keep the -dwellers obnoxious to
causes of ill health. * * * This was not an exceptional state of things in the
epidemic of 1877. This state of things has, I believe, (says the Civil
Surgeon) continued ever since the city became an object of religious
pilgrimage."
The districts of Chota Nagpur enjoyed practical immunity from cholera
in 1877, only about one village in 200 being affected. What cholera existed
was sporadic in character, and during several months there was no sign of the
prevalence of the disease, not a single circle suffered much, and 48 were quite
free from cholera throughout the year.
The incidence of the cholera of 1877 among the troops and jail popu-
lations in this province is shown in the subjoined abstract statements.
Among the European troops, total average strength 2,797, there were
3 admissions and 2 deaths from cholera, giving a death-rate of 0'71 per mille
of strength. Of the 5 stations occupied by the European troops, the 2 following
recorded cholera in 1877 :—
Fort William.
Dum-Dum
Strength
855
614
Admissions
2
1
Deaths
1
1
The strength of the affected troops is 1,469, the percentage of admissions
to strength 0·20, and of deaths to admissions 67.
Of the 3 admissions there were 1 in January, 1 in October, and 1 in
December.
Among the families of the European troops total average strength,
women 246, and children 481, there was no cholera in 1877.
Among the native troops total average strength 5,692, there were
altogether 9 admissions and 6 deaths from cholera, giving a death-rate of
1·07 per mille of strength. Of the 12 stations occupied by the native troops
the four following recorded cholera in 1877 :—
Fort William
Alipore
Barrackpore
Dinapore
Strength
634
1,016
992
533
Admissions
2
2
4
1
Deaths
1
1
4
o
The strength of the affected troops is 3,175, the percentage of admissions
to strength 0·28, and of deaths to admissions 67. Of the 9 admissions,
there were 1 in January, 1 in March, 1 in April, 1 in June, 1 in July, 3
in September, and 1 in December.
Among the jail population, total average strength 18,353, there were
altogether 331 admissions and 148 deaths from cholera, giving a death rate of
8·06 per mille of strength. Of the 47 jails in the province, the 28 following
recorded cholera in 1877 :—
Presidency
Alipore
...
Kishnagarh
. .
Mursbidabad
. .
Hugli
. «
Burdwan
. .
Maldah
. .
Dinajpur
. .
Bajsbahi
. .
Myrnensingh
.
Bakirganj
Chittagong
••
Dacca
Midnapur
..
2 Bhagalpur, 0. &
D.
Ranchi
...
Gya
...
Patna
Arrah
...
Buxar
Strength
978
2,314,
329
393
325
268
87
466
769
„
386
316
218
„
602
873
1,129
„
200
391
441
381
707
Admissions
5
5
1
15
20
18
1
40
17
" 2
80
3
32
1
56
1
6
17
1
1
Deaths
2
a
0
5
6
3
1
13
12
3
„
13
3
5
1
26
0
3
„
10
,,
1
1
s 2
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available, but chiefly to exportations to the famine districts in southern India and
the North-Western Provinces. The rise was greatest during the third and
fourth quarters of the year, particularly the last.
No injurious effect on the general health was attributed in the local reports
to the high prices of food, except in the districts of Murshidabad, Dhaka,
Chittagong, Tipperah, Noakholli, Kattak, and Puri, where the scarcity was
severely felt, and the health of the people impaired from this cause. There can
be little doubt, however, that in a country like Bengal, where large bodies of the
people are in a chronic state of extreme poverty, but little above starvation
point, any general rise in price must mean extreme suffering and a greatly
diminished power of resisting disease, although with our imperfect registration,
these results may not be apparent in the death-rate. The large exportation of
food-grains would show that the yield was sufficient to meet this contingency
as well as to provide for home consumption. In fact to the land-holding class,
which is very large in Bengal, high prices and exportation are a boon, as they
enable the people to dispose of their surplus stock at a profit, thus enhancing
their material prosperity, and affording the means of paying off their debts.
But on the mere day-labourers and the classes who have small fixed incomes,
the dearth entails great hardship.
The general rise in prices had no effect on the value of labour, either
skilled or unskilled. It remained stationary in all the districts except Naddia,
Murshidabad, Faridpur, Mymensingh, Tipperah, and Malda, where it was
somewhat higher than in 1876; but the reports do not show that this rise was
due to dearness of food.
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BENGAL PROVINCE, 1878.
The Monthly Mortality registered from CHOLERA among the Civil Population during the
year 1878 is shewn in the subjoined tabular statement.
Division
Burdwan
Presidency
Rajshahye
Kuch behar
Dacca
Chitagung
Patna
Bhagulpre
Orissa
Chota Nagpur
DISTRICTS.
Burdwan ...
...
...
Bankura
Beerbhum
Midnapore ...
Hooghli and Serampore ...
Howrah.
24-Pergunnahs
Calcutta
,.i
.
Nuddea
...
,.,
Jessore
,.
Murshidabad
Dinagepore
...
Maldah
Rajshahye
Runppore
Bogra ...
Pubna
Julpaiguri ...
...
Furridpore
Backergunge
Mymensing
C
hittagong
Noakholli
Tipperah
' Patna
...
Gya
Shahabad ...
Mozufferpore ...
Tirhut
Durbhanga
...
Chumparun ...
Monghyr
Purneah
...
Southal
Cuttack
Balasore
Singbhum
...
...
Manbhum
...
...
..
Monthly Totals
CHOLERA DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE MONTHS OF 1878.
January
496
...
81
121
109
175
955
153
1,026
1,697
258
222
25
146
427
68
132
783
464
160
563
5
14
190
4
17
}...
19
2
14
93
. 187
161
70
2
1
. 8,840
february
391
11
80
289
53
189
624
168
622
526
118
163
49
51
160
32
17
1
4
212
165
107
180
5
1
233
3
10
1
...
1
...
2
2
...
35
120
86
40
3
1
19
4,724
march
883
67
190
880
141
413
960
418
1,410
1,104
171
255
157
61
211
35
69
......
22
188
504
467
131
6
22
345
32
161
8
38
1
136
1,443
598
1S9
264
225
108
8
6
22
63
12,420
April
502
106
66
604
266
367
798
473
1,410
1,261
301
155
126
303
492
133
381
114
510
705
660
233
1
33
309
110
134
86
479
13
2
883
3,769
3,968
393
321
319
112
46
65
88
1S1
21,128
May
79
78
9
306
57
175
143
183
420
678
137
79
37
67
332
77
90
52
255
301
295
693
257
22
30
67
204
95
86
807
85
551
1,055
1,299
316
623
1,783
70
41
57
47
117
12,095
June
36
3
3
77
12
63
18
28
53
82
8
14
8
...
96
2
10
87
401
94
53
254
88
20
4
23
262
45
299
458
27
25
300
187
162
188
510
2,185
19
202
60
...
55
6,511
July
59
16
...
144
30
46
24
54
5
72
6
1
6
7
...
1
73
74
44
25
48
23
13
1
1
129
82
365
369
4
8
7
2
279
899
1,535
304
606
29
4
123
5,722
August
61
14
6
139
56
56
17
171
2
62
2
2
2
1
13
...
3
36
24
30
27
20
17
39
...
1
466
291
551
61
329
15
92
140
34
156
739
456
101
900
90
1
84
5,298
September
54
6
63
58
74
22
109
9
27
19
8
1
20
4
2
9
16
51
13
19
36
28
3
129
289
279
28
298
93
78
187
15
64
385
88
43
681
71
1
12
8,287
Octomber
44
88
28
58
23
85
7
9
10
3
1
1
40
4
6
••••••
78
88
13
148
2
2
3
85
71
146
15
56
46
192
27
9
11
549
36
58
54
11
9
2,015
November
29
2
131
68
51
114
161
67
59
34
52
43
9
491
129
141
2
27
257
47
29
600
29
35
2
28
59
17
88
10
14
2
82
66
28
25
4,587
December
89
41
7
269
57
211
483
361
877
516
85
189
71
34
1,259
241
238
6
11
861
123
140
447
2
134
282
1
18
68
23
32
31
340
5
66
17
68
4
8,62
Total
2,723
338
448
3,111
936
1,878
4,181
2,364
5,408
6,083
1,148
1,137
520
673
3,548
730
1,089
266
918
3,409
2,459
2,610
2,628
113
270
1,492
1,377
1,224
1,908
2.245
843
203
2,440
6,875
6,604
1,806
6,080
7,669
1,847
2,444
404
116
668
95,192
Of the total 95,192 deaths, 52,118 were males and 43,074 females:
Ratio per mille of population 1·68.
Ratio per cent. of all deaths registered 8·94.
Cholera in Bengal Province during the year 1878.
Lithographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, January 1885.
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BENGAL PROVINCE, 1878.
The mortality registered from cholera among the civil population in this
province in 1878 is shown in the annexed tabular statement.
Of the total 95,192 deaths, 62,118 were of males and 43,074 of females.
The ratio per mille of population is 1·58, and per cent, of all deaths regis-
tered 8·94.
During the year 1878 cholera visited every district, and was present
in every month, as shown in the annexed statement. Compared with the results
of the preceding year;—Of the 673 registering circles it prevailed epidemically
in 46 against 88; was severe in 67 against 103 ; mildly prevalent in 518 against
410, and entirely absent from 47 against 62; and it affected 18,821 villages
against 23,041. The total deaths registered amounted to 95,192, or 1·58 per
mille of the population under registration, against 155,305, or 2·58 per mille.
Thus both the extent of prevalence and fatality of cholera in 1878 were mark-
edly less than in 1877. There were, however, as in former years, special
localities in which the ravages of the disease were severely felt, and the
districts that suffered most are the following:—
Districts.
Puri
...
...
•••
Kattak
Parnia
Bhagalpur
...
•••
•••
•••
Hazaribagh.
...
...
...
.1.
24-Parganahs
...
...
...
•••
Naddia
...
...
...
Jaisur
...
...
...
Darjiling ...
Howrah •••
...
...
...
...
Balasur
...
...
•••
...
...
Jalpaiguri ...
Ratio per
mille.
9·83
4·06
3·85
3·76
3·16
3·06
2·97
2·93
2·80
2·56
2·36
2·26
The features of the monthly incidence of cholera in this year are shown
in the subjoined diagram and statement of mortality and rainfall:—
Cholera in the Bengal Province in 1878.
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per mille of strength, Of the 11 stations occupied by native troops the 6
following recorded cholera in 1878 :—
Alipore
Barrackpore
Dacca
Baxa
Bhagalpur
Dinapore
Strength 818
„
1,019
,, 265
,, 578
,, 516
„
505
Admissions 1
,, 2
,, 4
,, 2
,, 5
,, 1
Deaths ...
,, 1
,,
1
,, 2
,,
5
,,
The strength of the affected troops is 3,701, the percentage of admissions
to strength 0·40, and of deaths to admissions 60. Of the 15 admissions there
were 1 in March, 2 in April, 4 in May, 2 in June, 1 in October, 2 in November,
and 3 in December.
Among the jail population—total average strength 18,350—there were
altogether 409 admissions and 210 deaths from cholera, giving a death-rate
of 11·44 per mille of strength. Of the 47 jails in the province, the 27 follow-
ing recorded cholera in 1878;—
Presidency
Alipore
Russa
Baraset
Murshidabad
Hugli
Burdwan
Bankura
Suri
Parniah
Jalpaiguri
Rangpur
Mymensingh
Faridpur
Dacca
Bakirganj
Midnapur
Cuttack
Puri
2 Bhagalpur, C and D
Hazaribagh
Gya
Patna
Arrah
Buxar
Cuaprah
Strength 1,050
„
2,081
,, 228
,, 244
,, 283
,, 376
,, 263
,, 168
,, 207
,, 198
,, 99
,, 443
,, 374
,, 246
,, 628
„
630
,, 1,133
,, 290
,, 93
,, 1,296
,, 715
„
385
,, 426
,, 325
,, 667
,, 298
Admissions 1
,, 6
,, 1
,, 2
,, 3
,, 7
,, 3
,, 1
,, 1
,, 28
,, 5
,, 93
,, 4
,, 10
,, 17
,, 4
,, 4
,, 2
,, 1
,, 6
,, 125
,, 4
,, 8
,, 18
,, 14
,, 41
Deaths 0
,, 2
,, 1
,, 1
,, 1
,, 4
,, 0
,, 0
,, 0
,, 18
,, 4
„
33
,, 3
,, 1
„
11
,, 1
,, 0
,, 1
,, 1
,, 4
,, 89
,, 2
,, 2
,, 10
,, 6
„
15
The strength of the affected jails is 13,246, the percentage of admissions
to strength 3·09, and of deaths to admissions 51. Of the 409 admissions,
there were 1 in January, 7 in February, 6 in March, 132 in April, 20 in May,
6 in June, 114 in July, 93 in August, 8 in September, 1 in October; and 2 in
November. Of the 132 deaths in April, all but 18 occurred in jails in Lower
Bengal; of the 114 in July, all but 8 occurred in the jails in Bihar ; of the
93 in August, 16 occurred in jails in Lower Bengal and 77 in jails in Bihar
Meteorology. —No remarks.
Divisions.
Burdwan.
Presidency.
Rajshahye.
Kuch
Behar.
Dacca.
Chitta.
gong.
Patna.
Bhagulpore.
Orissa.
Chota
Nagpur.
DISTRICTS.
Burdwan
Bankura
...
Beerbhum ...
Midnapore
Hooghli and Serampore ...
Howrah
24-Pergunnahs
Calcutta
...
...
...
Nuddea
Jessore
Murshidabad
Dinagepore ...
...
...
Maldah.
Rajshahye ... ,
Rungpore
Bogra
...
...
Pubna
...
,
Julpaiguri ...
Dacca
Furridpore ...
...
Backergunge
Mymensing
Chittagong .
...
Noakholli
Tipperah ...
Patna
Gya
Shahabad
Tirhoot Mozufferpore
Durbhanga
M onghyr ...
...
Bhagulpore ...
Purneah.
...
Sonthal
Cuttack
P
oori
Balasore
...
Hazaribagh
Lohardugga
Singbhum
Manbhum
Monthly Totals
CHOLERA DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE MONTHS OF 1879.
January.
82
4
6
89
107
126
390
160
734
485
20
118
95
29
829
74
77
14
565
97
94
343
1
106
458
1
37
1
1
11
157
33
271
G9
407
6
2
6,089
February.
61
4
1
67
81
73
310
135
380
247
75
60
84
13
382
1
3
19
181
123
68
360
25
245
1
57
4
1
3
3
180
9
309
328
140
10
13
4,006
March.
114
1
13
173
57
118
238
257
642
680
295
176
305
25
497
67
5
62
369
657
751
263
15
29
448
77
8
71
2
1
7
3
351
20
614
409
810
3
6
40
8,177
April.
83
5
11
147
29
82
143
186
740
1,455
163
337
457
324
655
43
400
14
27
413
1,058
1,139
375
101
51
340
314
94
292
57
9
164
63
634
62
372
48
481
4
26
7
5
11,348
May.
158
49
8
238
77
226
445
383
370
1,301
127
394
163
452
469
228
152
144
183
278
1,009
343
105
15
361
616
1,376
417
941
108
13
1,954
290
69S
107
307
59
653
52
1G9
6
395
15,839
June.
392
430
2
1,347
54
201
435
379
221
698
102
320
182
61
158
67
21
1
64
147
261
174
34
7
101
1,254
3,997
962
6,991
1,035
380
2,446
688
176
261
1,187
431
2,486
205
841
744
1,308
30,147
July.
197
247
22
1,483
33
76
90
111
213
178
5
387
81
9
46
53
2
11
49
47
88
53
83
3
10
1,716
2,997
296
4,581
1,129
1,134
1,444
1,776
223
805
914
348
1,312
449
1,678
619
855
25,802
August.
89
59
72
234
6
12
13
21
26
14
2
129
1
6
8
1
96
16
17
19
319
4
839
1,294
392
3,392
650
2,098
758
1,352
163
598
113
62
157
417
2,142
83
267
15,945
September.
33
5
69
23
8
11
4
41
7
30
7
142
10
65
63
171
39
10
27
144
1
121
307
38
973
140
705
182
412
141
175
87
8
59
87
594
11
61
4,939
October.
49
2
46
14
7
7
3
11
6
16
6
84
81
9
60
145
4
1
219
98
7
26
63
9
4
28
21
75
415
99
158
88
189
69
20
7
75
25
91
2
2,237
November.
28
9
11
20
13
14
13
76
13
238
5
164
233
20
20
277
116
440
655
56
129
630
16
18
36
10
26
89
20
14
1
96
338
5
23
101
1
3
2
3,968
December.
111
26
153
76
38
19
95
121
50
934
52
55
160
100
10
100
168
1,821
1,242
793
392
1,335
30
206
4
6
21
7
1
33
124
1
15
1
64
2
7,866
Total.
1,397
841
399
3,914
459
964
2,179
1,870
3.402
6,275
853
2,306
1,797
1,058
8,189
1,061
1,011
20
278
4,061
4,467
4,293
2,504
2,833
291
2,196
5,035
10,107
2,663
16,463
3,200
4,503
6,999
4,816
3,162
2,096
4,169
1,706
6,245
1,243
5,566
1,476
2,936
136,363
Of the total 136,303 deaths, 76,100 were males and 60,263 females.
Ratio per mille of population
...
.., 2.27
Ratio per cent. of all deaths registered
14.34
U
Cholera in Bengal Province during the year 1879.
Lithographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, January 1885.
( 147 )
BENGAL PROVINCE, 1879.
The monthly mortality registered from cholera among the civil population
in 1879 is shown in the annexed tabular statement. Of the total 136,363
deaths, 76,000 were of males and 60,263 of females. The ratio per mille of
population is 2·27, and per cent, of all deaths registered 14·34.
The mortality registered in 1879 exceeded that of the preceding year by
41,171 deaths, the figures for the latter year being 95,192, or 1·58 per mille of
population. As shown by the returns, the disease in 1879 visited every district,
and was present during every month. Of the 673 circles, it prevailed epidemically
in 87, against 46 in 1878; was severe in 98, against 67; mildly prevalent in 458,
against 518; and entirely absent from 30, against 47 ; and it affected 23,663
villages, or 12·39 per cent. of the total number of villages in the province,
against 18,121, or 9·75 per cent. in 1878. The urban circles returned 11,513
deaths, or 4·90 per mille of population, against 8,752, or 3·69 per mille in 1878 ;
and the rural circles returned 124,850 deaths, or 2·.16, against 86,440, or 1·49
per mille.
The seasonal incidence of the disease in the four divisions of the province
and in the province as a whole during 1879 are shown in the following
diagrams and statements, together with the rainfall:—
Clolera in Bengal Proper in 1879.
U 2
( 148 )
Cholera in Behar in 1879.
( 149 )
Cholera in Chultia Nagpur in 1879.
Total rainfall of the year 65·72 inches.
There is little to be recorded regarding the deportment of cholera in 1879
which differs from what has been written in the review of previous years.