JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY , 1874.
VII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in the PUNJAB during the Year 1874,
and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
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 .
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 , I n t e r m i t t e n t .
F e v e r s , R e m i t t e n t a n d
C o n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y . D y s e n t e r y . 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 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
14, 637 486 33.2 99
1 12 11 9 1 1 42 1 1
1
19
February
14, 665 435 29.7 56
17
3 4
17
1 1
1 1 11
March
14, 407 419 29.1 42
1 1
2 1
1 8
2
3
5
April
14, 614 435 29.8 23
8
1 2
3
3 1
5
May
14,246 440 30.9 37
9
1 3 1 1 8
1
2 1 10
June
14, 334 436
3 0 . 4 35
3 5 2 3 1
10
2 9
Jul y
14, 486 381 26.3 15
1 2 1 1 1
5
1 2 1
August
14,714 457 31. 1 14
1
2 1 1 2
2 1 1
2 1
September
14, 852 576 38.8 31
4 1
5 4
7
3 2
2 3
October
1 4 , 9 4 6 782 52.3 36
9 2
6 4
10
1
1
3
November
14,828 745 50.2 37
1 6
4 5
16 1
1
3
December
14,696 428 29.1 44
2 1
7 6
20
1
2
5
1 23 75 4 46 40 2 2 158 3 14 5
13 9 74
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
F o r t h e y e a r 14, 619 502 34.3 469 32.08 .07
6. 70 .27 5. 88 .14 .14 10.81 . 21 .96 .34
.89 .61 5.06
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted during
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. Jul y. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
Smal l pox
1
1
2
.1 5 0 . 0 0
Enteri c Fever
Fever, Intermi ttent
261 175 282 415 483 354 446 1, 075 1, 239 1, 909 929 485
8, 053
550.9 . 2 8
Fevers, Remittent and
Conti nued
109 138 171 122 98 61 43 36 90 20 29 22
939
64.2 8 . 0 0
Apopl exy
9 5 2
1 2
19
1.3 2 1 . 0 5
Dysentery
78 38 29 54 60 39 29 54 62 83 64 64
654
44.8 7.15
Diarrhœa 38 33 36 53 63 40 51 43 61 48 40 43
549
37.6
Hepati ti s
2
2
1 3 2
1
1 1
13
.9 1 5 . 3 8
Spl een Di sease
16 11 7 12 10 10 8 10 14 17 19 10
144
9.8 1 . 4 0
Respi ratory Di seases
196 97 99 54 75 90 51 41 50 51 148 185
1, 137
77.8 1 3 . 9 0
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s 2 3 3 6 3 2 2 3 9 2 1 1
37
2.5 3 7 . 8 4
Dropsy
4 3
8 1
3
5 4 4 2 2 2
38
2.6 1 3 . 1 6
Atrophy and Anæmia 8 4 5
8 8 10 9 11 9 8 6 6
92
6.2 1 4 . 1 3
Scurvy
2 2 1
3 2
2
2
14
1.0
Rheumati sm
23 24 22 25 25
2 2 21 17 21 11 13 17
2 4 1 16.5
1. 9
8
Venereal Di seases
10 14 23 21 18 25 14 25 16 17 21 15
219
15.0
Eye Di seases
4 8 13 28 24 15 20 18 18 12 17 8
185
12.7
Abscess and Ul cer
137 117 115 147 124 155 179 177 155 100 81 107
1, 594
109.0
Wounds and Acci dents
23 37 46 56 77 43 69 52 48 32 33 40
556
38.0
Al l other Causes
131 142 149 149 192 168 124 119 103 125 71 73
1, 546
105.8
1,042 846 1, 012 1, 152 1, 265 1, 046 1, 081 1,690 1, 902 2, 438 1, 479 1, 079 16, 032
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
71.2 57. 6 70. 2 78.8 88. 8 72.9 74. 6 114. 8 128. 1 163. 1 99.8 73.4
1 0 9 6 . 7