JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1874.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY 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
69,722 2,067 29.6
3 0 8
4.42 2 1 1 6 20
77 36 2 2 81 3 17 10
18 1 31
February
70,592 1,938 27.4 194 2.75 4 5
5 24 1 38 13 1 3 42 2 6 6
10 4 30
March
70,930 1,985 28.0 169 2.38 9 1
5 16 2 30 14
1 45
11 8 1
8 4 14
April
71,147 2,077 29.2 164 2.31 16 1
8 13 42 20
3 25
9 4
5 2 16
May
71,060 2,037 28.7 166 2.32 3 1 2 4 19 4 36 13 1 2 20
18 1 1 12 4 25
June
72,123 2,086 28.9 177 2.45 14 1 1 9 11 2 39 12
2 23 3 22 1
6 10 21
July
73,021 2,338 32.0 189 2.59 22 2
6 4 3 56 19
2 33 3 12 3 1 4 7 12
August
73,548 2,951 40.1 232 3.16 7 1
11 7 2 93 28 1 4 18
2 17 5
19
2 15
September
74,245 3,132
4 2 . 2 370 4.98 72
2 12 4 4 138 43 2 1 29 2 12 5
18 5 21
October
73,635 3,360 45.6 325 4.41 9
1 20 16 3 123 30
1 39 1 19 7
27 5 24
November
72,809 2,980 40.9 326
4 . 4 8 16
12 15 1 132 34
1 34 2 17 6 1 24 4 27
December 71,891 2,426 33.8 255 3.53 5 1
9 5
87 27 1 4 . 4 5
21 5 1 20 2 22
179 14 7 107 154 22 891 289 8 26 434 18 181 61 5 171 50 258
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year 72,060 2,448 34.0 2,875 39.90 2.48 . 1 9 3. 72
. 31 1 6 . 3 8
. 1 1 . 3 7 6 . 0 2
. 2 5 2 . 5 1 . 8 5 . 0 7 2.37 . 6 9 3.58
C A U S E S O F
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. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Chol era
4 12 33 43 16 37 72 38 167 21 29 8
480
6.7 37.29
Smallpox
15 28 38 45 29 16
6
2
1
4 1
185
2.5 7.57
Enteric Fever
1
1
4
1
2
1
10
.1 70.00
Fever, Intermittent
1,507 1,119 1,522 1,638 1,737 1,756 3,020 4,147 4,058 4,956 3,063 2,053
30,576
424.3 .35
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
135 162 202 158 146 87 90 89 157 114 93 73
1,506
20.9 10.22
Apoplexy
2
2 2 10
9
7
3
5
4
3
1
48
.7 45.83
Dysentery
487 343 451 526 504 477 763 1,054 881 717 555 535
7,293
101.2
8 . 2 8
Diarrhœa
440 400 638 732 599 569 708 799 654 511 450 429
6,929
96.1
Hepatitis
5
4
4
5
6
9
7
6 12
9
3
4
74
1.0 10.81
Spl een Di sease
5 9 39 35 34 45 46 52 59 50 66 57 46
588
8.2 4.59
Respi ratory Di seases
365 274 271 229 232 241 228 189 219 211 325 457
3,241
45.0 13.36
Phthisis Pulmonalis
26 21 24 26
2 2 33 15 20 24 26 28 27
292
4 . 1 61.99
Dropsy
37 25 33 20 22 21 28 23 26 24 10 20
289
4.0 21.11
Atrophy and Anæmia
93 70 71 65 55 70 87 112 101 128 102 105
1,059
14.7 16.15
Scurvy
12
4
9 12 14 12 16 17 29 21 14
7
167
2.3 3.00
Rheumatism 110 90 124 112 116 105 124 146 94 115 111 123
1,370
19.0 1. 52
Venereal Di seases
75 79 94 104 94 115 80 115
8 8 97 105 97
1,143
15.9
Eye Di seases
30 38 66 102 100 86 122 89 88 70 71 36
898
12.5
Abscess and Ul cer
610 666 658 669 709 850 761 714 609 524 454 467
7.691
106.7
Wounds and Accidents
149 232 295 290 320 278 360 305 280 231 218 226
3,184
44.2
All other Causes
6 6 8
6 2 9 611 641 657 615 596 615 593 548 463 414
7,050
97.8
4,828 4,237 5,181 5,454 5,437 5,432 7,142 8,543 8,138 8,394 6,158 5,129
74,073
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
69.2 60.0 75.0 76.7 76.5 75. 3 97.8 116.2 109.6
1 1 4 . 0
84. 6 71.3
1 0 2 7 . 9