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Among native troops—total average strength 4,128—there were altogether
5 admissions and 3 deaths from cholera, giving a death-rate of 0·73 per mille
of strength. Of the 11 stations occupied by native troops, the 4 following
recorded cholera in 1879 :—
Barrackpore
Dacca
Baxa
Dinapore
Strength
1,176
„
248
,, 529
„
595
Admissions 1
,, 1
,, 1
,, 2
Deaths
1
,, 1
,, 0
,, 1
The strength of the affected troops is 2,548, the percentage of admissions
to strength 0·20, and of deaths to admissions 60. Of the 5 admissions, there
were 1 in March, 1 in April, 1 in July, 1 in August, and 1 in October.
Among the jail populations—total average strength 18,317—there were
altogether 682 admissions and 336 deaths from cholera, giving a death-rate
of 18·34 per mille of strength. Of the 47 jails in the province, the 36 follow-
ing recorded cholera in 1879 :—
Presidency
... Strength 1,268
Admissions 23 Deaths 10
Alipore
Russa
Jessore
Murshidabad
Hugli
Bard wan
Bankura
Purulia
Sun
Rajshahi
Dinajpnr
Rungpur
Bogra
Mymensingh
Faridpur
Dacca
Tipperah
Bakirganj
Chittagong
Midnapur
Balasur
Cuttack
..
Puri ...
Monghyr
..
2 Bhagulpur, C.
and D.
Chyebasa
Ranchi
...
Hazaribagh
Gya
Patna
Champaran
...
Muzaffarpur
Darbhanga
Chapra
,, 2,116
,, 244
,, 322
,, 244
,, 501
,, 190
,, 285
,, 182
,, 194
,, 872
,, 151
,, 876
„
282
,, 422
„
359
,, 632
,, 202
,, 569
,, 252
,, 940
,, 95
,, 268
,, 89
,, 202
,, 1,208
,, 166
,, 312
,, 563
,, 312
,, 361
,, 340
,, 235
„
235
,, 183
,, 82
,, 2
,, 2
,, 1
,, 24
,, 8
,, 1
,, 20
,, 3
,, 102
,, 24
,, 1
,, 24
,, 5
,, 4
,, 3
,, 6
,, 32
,, 1
,, 43
,, 1
,, 6
,, 3
,, 5
,, 51
,, 25
,, 23
,, 2
,, 53
,, 38
,, 31
,, 18
,, 11
,, 4
,, 32
,, 0
,, 0
,, 1
,, 13
,, 0
,, 1
,, 14
,, 3
,, 49
,, 9
,, 0
,, 17
,, 5
,, 1
,, 3
,, 1
,, 17
,, 0
,, 22
,, 1
,, 5
,, 3
,, 3
„
22
,, 19
,, 13
,, 0
,, 22
,, 12
,, 19
,, 11
,, 8
,, 1
The strength of the affected jails is 15,072, the percentage of admissions
to strength 4·52, and of deaths to admissions 49. Of the 682 admissions
there were 4 in January, 2 in February, 22 in March, 33 in April, 165 in May,
220 in June, 138 in July, 67 in August, 10 in September, 2 in November,
and 19 in December. Of the 165 admissions in May all but one were in jails
in Lower Bengal; of 220 in the June, 63 were in jails in Bihar, and the rest in
Lower Bengal and Orissa (54); of the 138 in July, 82 were in jails in Bihar,
and the rest in Lower Bengal and Orissa (23).
Meteorology.—The following " brief review of the meteorological condi-
tions of the year is abstracted from a note received from the Meteorological
Reporter to Government."
Atmospheric Pressure.—The variations in the distribution of atmospheric
pressure during the year in Bengal were not very large in amount, but were
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BENGAL PROVINCE, 1880.
The Monthly Mortality registered from CHOLERA among the Civil Population during the
year 1880 is shown in the subjoined tabular statement.
Division.
Burdwan.
Presidency.
Rajshahye.
Kuch Behar.
Dacca.
Chitta. gong.
Patna.
Bhagulpore.
Orissa.
Chota Nagpur.
DISTRICTS.
Burdwan
Bankura
Beerbhum
Midnapore
Hoogbli and Serampore ...
Howrah
...
24-Pergunnahs
...
Calcutta
Nuddea
...
Jessore
Murshidabad
Dinagepore ...
Maldah
Rajshahye
Rungpore
Bogra
Pubna
Furridpore
Backergunge
Mymensingh
...
Chittagong ...
Noakholli
Tipperah
Gya
Shahabad
Tirhut {Mozufterpore...
Durbhanga
Chumparun
Monghyr
Bhagulpore
Purneah
Sonthal
Cuttack
P
oori
Balasore
...
...
...
Hazaribagh
Lohardugga
Singhbhum
Manbhum
Monthly Totals
CHOLERA DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE MONTHS OF 1880.
January.
44
83
243
121
41
39
216
105
63
871
146
68
20
21
1
69
10
635
619
280
107
288
35
292
1
1
2
1
23
9
19
8
120
1
2
1
1
4,426
February.
43
186
645
227
41
43
200
164
70
363
387
60
16
36
8
63
5
179
132
35
188
197
1
172
2
2
1
2
1
7
4
148
199
319
4
18
3
4,159
March.
79
133
£43
244
135
71
187
80
153
348
447
24
4
15
27
7
1
1
72
79
143
72
106
18
64
3
23
1
24
11
103
2
6
10
27
397
330
536
67
48
SO
4.661
April.
137
16
106
220
229
78
128
120
139
389
234
104
98
20
10
2
2
109
78
166
53
100
6
62
31
114
17
616
163
1,727
24
29
163
36
173
156
366
53
4
17
3
6,278
May.
89
37
8
265
111
42
78
69
114
245
46
77
199
59
2
66
29
27
32
184
2
4
44
53
92
1,286
669
1,972
31
27
46
16
136
28
161
61
15
12
6
6,260
June.
9
63
10
17
6
21
7
29
4
5
4
4
1
7
13
6
10
79
1
2
75
45
325
862
340
829
30
57
7
101
15
68
2
146
1
6
8,195
July.
3
6
39
3
6
6
12
2
18
4
1
4
4
2
1
5
7
7
8
186
4
1
41
24
194
264
12
79
39
17
6
128
131
99
9
123
4
1
1,502
August.
1
8
103
6
18
6
18
4
11
8
1
1
3
2
3
4
3
72
4
23
6
291
37
4
58
29
6
1
282
62
48
1
10
11
1,137
Septembere.
11
1
55
7
25
12
31
5
18
1
8
1
5
1
6
7
14
38
10
28
3
5
26
1
3
174
224
33
1
10
1
769
Octomber.
71
8
48
6
61
1
7
14
1
1
11
5
1
11
1
9
13
1
26
2
27
2
103
836
31
118
3
1
918
November.
1
1
166
38
189
87
123
19
18
3
27
11
49
1
30
7
35
21
1
7
6
2
2
10
11
1
44
79
5
427
382
66
1
1,749
December.
6
9
2
423
126
610
280
193
277
75
1
81
09
1
243
818
51
306
67
7
28
12
1
21
7
6
32
10
692
501
263
2
4,589
Total.
423
478
1,547
1,976
764
1,036
1,160
997
844
2,382
1,270
383
391
161
49
160
312
11
1,339
824
965
659
1,226
75
627
288
293
951
8,125
1,137
4,773
191
196
384
118
2,780
2,372
2,105
807
300
128
61
39,643
Of the total 39,643 deaths, 21,901 were males and 17,742 females.
Ratio per mille of population
0·66.
Ratio par cent, of all deaths registered
4·30.
x2
Cholera in Bengal Province during the year 1880.
Lithographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, January 1885.
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BENGAL PROVINCE, 1880.
The monthly mortality registered from cholera among the civil population
is shown in the annexed tabular statement. Of the total 39,643 deaths, 21,901
were males, and 17,742 females; the ratio per mille of population is 0·66, and
per cent, of all deaths registered 4·30.
The returns show a very marked decrease in the prevalence of cholera in
1880 as compared with the total mortality from the disease registered in the
preceding year, for which the figures are 136,363, the decrease being 96,720
deaths. As shown in the statement, the cholera of 1880 visited every district
in the province, and was present in every month of the year. The disease
prevailed epidemically in only 19 circles, against 87 in the preceding year ; was
severe in only 45, against 98; was mildly prevalent in 493, against 458; and was
entirely absent from 118, against 30. It affected 9,447 villages, or 5·02 per
cent. of the total number of villages in the province, against 23,663, or 12·39
per cent, in 1879. The mortality registered in the urban circles as a whole
amounted to 3,253 deaths, or 1·37 per mille of population, against 11,513, or
4·90 per mille in 1879. For the rural circles the figures are 36,390, or ·63 per
mille, against 124,850, or 2·16 per mille respectively. Contrary to the experience
of 1879, both the urban and rural circles suffered to a considerably lesser extent,
the preponderance in the rate of abatement being observable in the urban circles.
Thus, both in extent of prevalence and fatality the disease exhibited very
considerable abatement as compared with 1879 or any of the preceding years,
back to 1875, from which year death registration may be said to have made
great improvement, as is shown in the subjoined tabular statement:—
CIRCLES OF REGISTRATION..
Urban
Rural
Totals
Death-rate per mille of population.
1880.
1·37
·63
·66
1879.
4·90
2·16
2·27
1878.
3·69
1·49
1·58
1877.
4·24
2·52
2·58
1876.
4·97
3·22
3·27
1875.
2·77
1·77
1·80
Only the three districts of Champaran, death-rate 3·31 per mille, Puri 3·08,
and Balasur 2 ·73, which show the highest rates of cholera mortality of the
year, suffered on the whole with any approach to epidemic severity, against 19
districts in 1879 with death-rates ranging from 2·14 to 8·10 per mille of
population.
The seasonal incidence of the cholera of 1880 is shown in the following
diagrams and statements separately for each of the four divisions of the province
and for the province as a whole, together with the rainfall of each month:—
Cholera in Bengal proper in 1880.
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Cholera in Bihar in 1880.
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Cholera in the Bengal Province in 1880.
The total rainfall for the year is 72·14 inches.
These diagrams and statements show that the seasons of greatest and
least prevalence of cholera in 1880 corresponded very nearly with its seasonal
distribution in the five years from 1875 to 1879 inclusive, in Bengal Proper,
Bihar, and Chota Nagpur, hut not in Orissa, where the uniformity is marred
by marked differences, which are probably attributable to the presence or
absence of pilgrims in this division of the province. In 1880 cholera affected
less than half the area that was affected by the disease in 1879, and it pre-
vailed on the whole more extensively during the first half of the year than
during the second half, in which latter the abatement is most marked, whilst
the usual autumnal exacerbation of the disease commenced a month later
than is ordinarily the case, viz. in November instead of in October.
Excluding local epidemic outbreaks of cholera, the general incidence
of the disease in the province as a whole during 1880 may be thus summed up.
In Bengal Proper.—The declining epidemic of 1879 was continued into
the earlier part of 1880 in its eastern, southern, and western districts, with
the exception only of Noakhalli, and in the area covered by them cholera
continued to prevail with more or less severity up to June, after which
month the disease gradually subsided, and its autumnal revival was promi-
nently marked only in the southern districts of central Bengal, its prevalence
in the remaining districts being mild. In Bihar, contrary to the experience
of 1879, there was very little cholera in severe form, Champaran, Muzaffar-
pur, and Shahabad, where it prevailed from March to June, being the only
districts that show this tendency. In Orissa, as in the preceding year,
cholera prevailed in very severe form almost throughout the year in all the
three districts of the division. In Chota Nagpur, which suffered epidemically
in 1879, there was a marked immunity from cholera in 1880, the only
district in which the disease was severe being Singbhum, where it prevailed
during February to May.
In connection with the influence of rainfall on the prevalence and fatality
of cholera, it is to be observed that in 1880 the rainfall of the year (72·14
inches) was not only excessive, but was also considerably larger in amount
than that of 1879 (65·72 inches), as well as that which represents the average
of several preceding years (64·98 inches), and further, that with this
excessive rainfall a correspondingly great abatement of cholera prevalence
and mortality has taken place as compared not only with 1879, but also
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grain trade, &c., caused a fall in the prices of food-grains everywhere except
in the districts of Champaran, Hughli, and Shahabad. The subjoined tabular
statement shows the average quantities in seers and chittacks of wheat,
common rice, and pulses that were obtainable for a rupee—
MEAn FOR the-
1st quarter
2nd „
3rd „
4th „
Year
WHEAT.
1880.
11·13
15·10
16·5
17·0
15·3
Average of the
three preceding
years.
13·3
13·2
12·10
12·10
12·11
RlCE.
1880.
18·6
19·3
21·4
25·6
20·15
Average of the
three preceding
years.
16·3
15·5
138
15·3
15·3
PULSES.
1880.
12·15
16·6
17·9
19·4
16·9
Average of the
three preceding
years.
14·6
14·7
13· 11
12·8
13·12
The reduction in price, it will be seen, is considerable of all three food-
grains, and the fall commencing as early as the second quarter, continued
falling to the end of the year.
The value of labour was reported not to have been affected by this agricul-
tural prosperity in the majority of districts, while in some it was lower, but
it was higher in Bakirganj, Darbhanga, Chittagong, Noakhalli, and Shahabad.
Under the above mentioned circumstances, the general health of the people
had not been adversely affected.
Cholera in Bengal Province during the year 1881.
Lithographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, January 1885.
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BENGAL PROVINCE, 1881.
The Monthly Mortality registered from CHOLERA among the Civil Population during the
year 1881 is shown in the subjoined, tabular statement.
Division
Presidency
Rajshahye
KuchBehar
Dacca
Chitta gong
Patna
Bhugulpore
Orissa
Chota Nagpur
DISTRICTS.
Burdwan ... ...
..
Bankura
...
Beerbhum
Midnapore ...
... ...
Hooghli and Serampore ...
Howrah
24-Pergunnahs
Calcutta
...
.Nuddea
Jessore
Murshidabad
Dinagepore
Maldah
Rajshahye ...
,,.
...
Rungpore
Bogra
Pubna
.
Dacca
Furridpore
Backergunge
Mymensing
Chittagong
Noakholli
Tipperah ...
Gya
Shahabad
Tirhut
Dubhanga
...
Chumparun
Monghyr
Bhagulpore
Purneah
Sonthal
Cuttack
Poori
Balasore
Hazaribagh ...
Lohardugga
Singbhum
Manbhum
Monthly Total
...
CHOLERA DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE MONTHS OF 1881.
January
45
10
18
270
112
417
440
)
650
94
24
32
12
70
3
7
65
361
55
153
51
1
7
92
2
1
9
542
232
319
3
2
3,999
February
160
11
35
270
155
178
295
184
96
80
30
3
68
7
...
44
1
1
224
24
36
35
...
7
66
...
3
1
5
4
265
152
181
2
3
2,616
March
282
27
154
285
86
130
821
1,385
804
141
37
33
206
3
2
311
2
349
106
65
83
...
9
152
20
26
26
2
36
13
96
10
601
245
488
38
3
84
18
7,119
April
743
25
191
389
214
145
762
2,425
1,590
593
176
358
2,116
511
113
1,443
24
1,004
1,143
299
219
2
53
158
161
267
226
82
59
9
181
186
619
47
731
411
655
62
15
45
56
18,431
may
107
10
45
279
69
93
260
1,276
576
77
240
110
613
867
97
280
9
7
318
569
363
135
4
10
37
654
578
944
482
67
119
281
161
253
103
422
150
269
12
......
3
46
10,833
June
28
2
8
81
9
20
68
31
46
4
65
3
12
540
11
1
7
6
19
23
67
55
1
8
482
360
913
1.063
272
342
93
140
9
56
250
31
171
6
1
3
5,324
July
14
67
11
224
21
29
66
12
38
7
5
9
1
67
2
6
12
2
30
10
1
14
308
385
436
1,850
726
491
219
4S
29
530
396
696
12
6
83
6,753
August
58
168
32
211
71
38
99
29
16
63
1
12
10
1
7
3
19
62
82
8
137
352
201
1,862
481
2,010
278
70
2
2
416
167
155
1
16
25
7,155
September
28
134
8
177
72
65
120
16
22
92
49
8
6
3
7
9
34
31
123
16
281
139
610
17
67
14
183
93
51
15
13
3
2,409
Octomber
77
39
9
123
130
105
140
4
678
253
1
32
102
1
8
11
1
19
19
4
1
66
45
41
69
74
46
19
2
10
290
122
170
2
2
1
2,711
November
110
141
2J
253
284
180
649
17
69
153
14
...
126
118
30
66
30
31
70
28
53
14
6
105
...
30
15
38
46
78
45
495
67
297
6
...
...
12
3,674
December
826
154
101
437
193
283
1,274
220
928
635
31
1
165
328
19
173
875
207
510
133
6
42
194
5
18
...
...
2
...
30
27
8
...
273
103
415
...
...
8
8,153
Total
1,078
788
637
2,999
1,416
1,633
4,974
6,149
4,917
2,122
630
530
3,330
2,607
299
2,375
17
46
3,213
2,180
1,606
839
18
318
747
1,703
2,281
2,810
6,670
1,835
3,570
1,219
780
977
329
5,001
2,162
3,800
140
28
173
255
79,180
Of the total 79,180 deaths, 43,153 were males and 36,027 females.
Ratio per mille of population
1·32
Ratio percent, of all deaths registered
6·31
Chart showing the Distribution of Rainfall by Quarters in the Bengal Province during the years 1862 to 1881, inclusive.
Lithographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, October 1884.
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BENGAL PROVINCE.
Statement showing the monthly mortality registered from CHOLERA in the Districts of Behar for
the 20 years, from 1862 to 1881.
MALES
9,797,649
POPULATION, CENSUS 1872 ..
...
TOTAL
...
18,982,101
FEMALES
...
...
9,184,452
AREA IN SQUARE MILES
42,417
YEars.
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
...
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
Total
POPULATION PER SQUARE MILE ... 452
CHOLERA DEATHS REGISTER in the MONTHS of-
January.
14
111
41
16
2
13
19
149
241
37
12
655
February.
17
44
S3
3
...
24.
55
64.
258
19
13
520
28
108
323
4
41
291
172
2,606
638
210
229
4,550
i
73
201
2,182
8
382
1,613
1,941
9,787
1,619
2,910
1,740
22,409
May-
a
810
651
3,144
136
599
2,466
3,977
4,448
6,520
4,136
3,550
29,937
58G
1,726
2,784
193
693
1,545
3,543
1,953
17,093
2,570
3,735
36,421
187
1,462
4,682
184
251
1,429
4,055
1,450
16,101
679
4,492
34,972
203
1,417
6,753
377
221
978
3,774
2,128
11,541
454
5,395
33,241
September.
266
934
3,144
121
128
266
3,544
1,410
3,194
113
1,198
14,368
October.
513
638
963
67
92
116
929
608
1,112
80
362
5,369
November.
852
806
82
21
89
143
568
372
635
160
363
3,094
December.
220
66
36
22
27
41
286
560
197
88
90
1,633
TOTAL.
Males.
a
...
-
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
..,
...
...
...
...
...
3 o
Total
2,768
7,614
24,167
1,145
2,475
8,925
22,866
25,525
59,049
11,456
21,179
187,169
Ratio per mille of population.
...
...
...
...
...
...
-
Average rainfall in inches.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chart showing Deaths from Cholera by Months in the Orissa Division of the Bengal Province during the years 1871 to 1881, inclusive.
Lithographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, October 1884.
Chart showing Deaths from Cholera by Months in the Behar Division of the Bengal Province during the years 1871 to 1881, inclusive.
Lithographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, October 1884.
( 1T1 )
BENGAL PROVINCE.
Statement showing the monthly mortality registered from CHOLERA in the districts of Orissa for
the 20 years, from 1862 to 1881
( MALES
...
... 1,493,866 )
POPULATION, CENSUS, 1872
...
TOTAL
.„ 8,034,690
FEMALES
...
.,. l-,540,83
ArEA IN sQUArE MILES
1,717
YEArS.
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
Total
POPULATIONS PER SQUARE MILE .„, 393
CHOLErA DEATHS REGISTErED IN THE MOnTHs of—
January
22
43
271
8
13
138
418
747
147
1,093
2,900
February
11
174
682
6
8
7
1,083
196
777
666
598
4,203
March
15
593
1,126
3
24
135
3,650
697
1,333
1,263
1,334
10,073
April
11
1,028
441
1
61
84
1,724
752
901
695
1,800
7,498
May
21
970
150
8
64
35
813
2,476
1,019
825
841
6,722
June
12
1,451
619
40
84
133
873
2,714
4,107
184
455
10,20
July
6
814
1,405
134
169
517
826
2,788
2,574
858
1,522
10,56
august
4
167
275
67
69
139
456
1,299
332
392
738
3,918
September
4
108
62
12
107
129
872
616
104
436
330
2,680
Octomber
6
43
69
1
71
40
780
613
82
470
582
2,787
November
10
10
28
2
77
113
988
1,669
124
865
849
4,735
December
60
15
10
1
20
106
1,284
1,478
80
1,456
821
5,331
TOTAL
Males
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total
182
5,421
5,168
265
742
1,451
12,487
15,496
12,180
7,25
10,963
71,61
Ratio per mile Population
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Avrage rainfall
in inches
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
z2
( 172 )
BENGAL PROVIINCE.
Statement showing the monthly mortality registered from CHOLERA in the Districts of Chota
Nagpore for the 20 years, from 1862 to 1881.
(MALES
... 1,727,455)
POPULATION, CENSUS 1872
...}
TOTAI, ... 2,419,591
FEMALES ... 1,692,136.)
AREA IN SQUArE MILES
...
... 23,482
yEArS.
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
18SO
1881
Total
POPULATION PEE SQuArE MILE
... 120
CHOLErA DEATHS REGISTErED IN THE MONTHS OF—
January
8
15
6
...
...
9
9
3
8
6
5
68
February
8
6
S3
...
9
47
23
23
25
5
179
March
10
26
31
2
4
26
25
104
49
135
143
555
April
31
26
62
1
1
80
34
270
42
77
168
792
May
25
94
129
27
209
63
262
622
94
61
1,576
June
12
181
217
49
1
226
43
307
3,093
154
9
4,297
July
70
92
725
53
4
216
16
762
8,601
137
101
5,777
August
34
7
418
18
93
212
5
1,075
2,909
22
42
4,835
september
13
9
91
12
38
9
13
665
743
12
81
1,636
Octomber
9
6
21
9
17
4
88
74
118
122
5
423
November
17
8
23
4
2
16
39
6
1
18
128
December
3
8
6
1
...
11
43
2
2
8
89
TOTAL.
Male
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Female
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total
210
473
1,762
171
163
1,002
309
8,632
11,221
786
596
20,355
Ratio per mille of Population
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Avrage Ra
in inchase
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chart showing Deaths from Cholera by Months in the Chhota Nagpur Division of the Bengal Province during the years 1871 to 1881, inclusive.
Lithographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, October 1884.
Chart showing Deaths from Cholera by Months in the Lower Bengal Division of the Bengal Province during the years 1871 to 1881, inclusive.
( 173 )
BENGAL PROVINCE.
Statement showing the monthly mortality registered from CHOLERA in the Districts of Lower
Bengal for the 20 years, from 1862 to 1881.
MALES ... 16,851,256
POPULATION, CENSUS 1872
ToTAL
... 85,614,134
.FEMALES 17,662,878.)
ArEA IN Square MILES
73,751
YEArS.
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1S67
1868
1869
1870
1871
1873
1S73
1874
1875
1S76
1S77
1878
1879
1880
1881
Total
POPULATION PEr SQuare MILE
... 467
CHOLERA DEATHS rEGISTErED in THE MONTHS Of—
January
210
4,537
3,606
266
181
661
37,976
8,270
5,093
4,237
2,SS9
67,826
February
184
2,226
2,395
821
£36
347
17,031
4,451
2,948
3,419
2,000
35,688
March
251
1,875
4,007
511
649
1,357
8,025
9,113
6,257
3,053
6,413
40,411
April
1,212
2,225
5,859
787
643
2,298
13,485
10,319
8,786
2,596
14,726
62,936
May
869
1,688
3,858
882
300
803
7,297
4,909
7,678
1,705
6,381
36,370
June
204
819
1,715
527
149
911
1,519
1,537
6,849
287
1,125
14,642
July
173
678
9SO
177
153
203
510
772
3,526
328
638
8,174
August
191
649
618
140
100
70
524
791
1,163
209
980
5,495
September
326
665
496
123
82
46
851
616
898
208
850
5,191
Octomber
809
599
297
261
300
332
4,236
690
925
246
1,762
10,520
November December
2,011
1,842
1,532
475
776
2,003
12,142
2,507
3,203
728
2,444
29,658
4,820
6,225
3,370
291
755
2,746
16,011
6,534
7,587
3,043
7.231
58,616
TOTAL.
Males
...
...
...
...
females
...
...
Total
11,320
21,028
28,733
4,761
4,824
11,077
119,643
60,539
53,913
20,144
46,442
375,527
Ratio per mil
...
...
...
...
Average rainfall
in inches
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
( 174 )
BENGAL PROVINCE.
Statement showing the monthly mortality registered from CHOLERA in the Districts of Bengal for the
20 year, from 1862 to 1881.
MALES
...
29,870,216
POPULATION, CENSUS 1872
TOTAL
...
69,950,516
FEMALES ...
30,080,300
ABBA IN SQuArE
milles
...
145,867
YEArS.
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869*
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
Total
POPULATION PER SQUArE MILE
...
412
CHOLErA DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE MONTHS OF—
January February March April MayJune July August September Octomber November december
TOTAL.
males Females Total
Cholera ordinarily prevalent, as gauged by troop3 and jails.
Cholera epidemic in province generally.
Cholera subsiding from previous year's epidemic.
Cholera ordinarily prevalent, not generally epidemic.
254
4,711
3,924
282
186
596
38,142
8,840
6,089
4,426
3,999
71,449
220
2,450
3,143
330
339
387
18,216
4,724
4,006
4,169
2,016
40,590
304
2,602
6,487
620
618
1,809
11,872
12,420
8,177
4,661
7,119
55,589
1,327
3,480
8,544
797
1,037
4,075
17,187
21,128
11,348
6,278
18,434
93,635
1.225
3,403
7,281
1,053
963
3,513
12,140
12,095
15,839
6,260
10,833
74,605
814
4,177
5,365
809
927
2,815
5,478
6,511
30,147
3,195
5,324
65,562
•••
436
3,046
7,792
548
677
2,365
4,943
5,722
25,802
1,502
0,733
59,486
432
2,240
8,064
592
473
1,399
4,759
5,293
15,945
1,137
7,155
47,489
609
1,766
3,793
268
355
450
5,280
3,237
4,039
769
2,409
23,875
1,396
1,186
1,350
331
480
492
6,983
2,015
2,237
918
2,711
19,099
2,390
2,161
1,665
601
946
2,261
13,713
4,587
3,968
1,749
3,674
37,615
5,103
6,314
3,422
314
803
2,893
17,592
8,620
7,866
4,589
8,153
65,669
?
21,289
23,982
3,494
4,402
12,721
84,918
52,118
76,100
21,901
43,153
?
...
p
16,247
25,848
2,851
3,302
10,334
70,378
43,074
60,263
17,742
36,027
P
21,691
14,510
37,536
69,830
6,345
7,704
23,055
1,55,305
95,192
1,36,303
89,643
79,180
654,663
ratio per mille of populatio
0·70
0·25
0·63
0·94
2·36
5·76
3·35
2·58
1·58
2·27
0·66
1·32
...
Average Rainfall
in Inchase
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
* From 1862 to 1869 inclusive, the ratios are per mille of strength of troops and jail population. In the other years they are
per mille of population under registration in each year. The figures for the year 1874 to 1876 inclusive, relate only to the "selected
areas " of registration. These for the other years to the population of the province as a whole
Chart showing Deaths from Cholera by Months in the Bengal Province during the years 1871 to 1881, inclusive.
Lithographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, November 1884.