JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1876.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY
during the Year 1876, 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 .
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 , I n t e r m i t 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 i 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
69,670 2,040 29.3 203 2.91 4 1
3 7 1 63 19
3 46
19 5
11 2 19
February
68,885 1,928 28.0 165 2.40 1 1
2 4
44 12 1 5 48
20 4
14
9
March
68,584 1,924 28.1 138 2.01 24
2 2 2 1 20 14 1
30
14 3
9 2 14
April
69,194 2,175 31.4 192 2.77 48
1 6 1 34 19
2 29 2 16 1
11 6 1 6
May
69,713 2,074 29.8 160 2.30 44 2
2 9 2 23 10 1 1 13
20 5
12 3 13
June
70,746 2,177 30.8 182 2.57 31 1 1 2 5 21 29 13
22 3 18 7
12 4 13
July
71,264 2,225 31.2 223 3.13 65
1 3 8 8 42 19
1 23
17 2
11 2 21
August
71,143 2,730 38.4 238 3.35 40
1 1 14 2 64 27
3 24 1 23 3
11 7 17
September
71,000 2,903 40.9 251 3.54 6
4 22
96 40
1 22 1 21 7 1 11 2 17
October
69,807 2,853 40.9 308
4 . 4 1 12
1 9 15 2 129 45 2 4 25 3 17 7
15 6 16
November
69,178 2,505
3 6 . 2 286 4.13 6
7 16 1 112 33 1
4 3
24 4
20 1 1 8
December
68,071 2,070 30.4 271 3.98 15
9 6 2 84 38 1
55 1 17 3
16 1 23
296 5 6 45 114 41 740 289 7 20 380 11 226 51 1 153 36 196
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
69,771 2,300 33.0 2,617 37.51 4.24 . 0 7
2.36 .59 14.75.10 .29 5.45 .16 3.24 .73 .01 2.19 .52 2 . 8 1
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted durin
g
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
8
75 110 81 51 130 52
8 19 17 30
581
8.3 5 0 . 9 5
Smallpox
4
8 13 14 16
2
2
1
2
5
6
73
1.1 6 . 8 5
Enteric Fever
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
13
.2 4 6 . 1 5
Fever, Intermittent
1,535 1,187 1,414 2,043 2,036 2,045 2,205 3,996 5,085. 4,529 3,109 1,975
31,159
446.6
.14
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
52 33 56 47 47 37 65 87 128 105 63 28
748
10.7 1 5 . 2 4
Apoplexy
1
1
3
5 61 25
1
2
3
2
104
1.5 3 9 . 4 2
Dysentery
495 321 374 547 455 468 675 951 868 854 687 571
7,266
104.1 7.7
4
Diarrhœa
333 419 576 598 493 563 640 710 505 443 419 332
6,031
86.5
Hepatitis
6 6
2
3
5
1
3
9
2
7
4
48
.7 1 4 . 5 8
Spleen Disease
56 39 34 51 52 40 63 45 42 43 39 49
553
7.9 3 . 6 2
Respiratory Diseases
386 311 242 230 222 161 210 179 147 209 249 342
2,888
41.4 1 3 . 1 6
Phthisis Pulmonalis 31 17 31 35 38 32 38 23 19 24 31 19
338
4.8 6 6 . 8 6
Dropsy
20 18 15 18 21 23 18 11 14 22 21
24
225
3.2 2 2 . 6 7
Atrophy and Anæmia 105 93 65 105 106 138 117 113 123 118 133 130
1,346
19.3 1 1 . 3 7
Scurvy
7 16 21 18
5
9 25 22 44 43 27 22
259
3.7
.39
Rheumatism
110
8 2 107 100 105 129 114 76 97 99 107 96
1,222
17.5
1 . 2 6
Venereal Diseases
88 71 66 78 77 86 72 60 69 54 47 64
832
11.9
Eye Diseases
39 39 75 74 91 85 79 77 79 76 42 41
797
11.4
Abscess and Ulcer
601 580 639 743 850 933 943 666 578 564 439 485
8,021
115.0
Wounds and Accidents
181 216 259 301 279 299 285 235 198 170 154 129
2,706
38.8
All other Causes
453 589 699 505 463 445 520 486 436 419 376 373
5,764
82.6
4,512 4,047 4,765 5,623 5,448 5,610 6,225 7,797 8,451 7,799 5,975 4,722
70,974
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
64.8 58.7 69.5 81.3 7 8 . 1
79.3 87.3 109.6 119.0 111.7 8 6 . 4
69.4
1 0 1 7 . 2