JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY 1872.
VIII.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION of the
various PROVINCES of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
RATIO PER 1,000 OF THE AVERAGE STRENGTH.
Bengal Proper
and Assam.
Gangetic
Provinces and O u d e .
Central Pro-
vinces (exclud-
i n g S a u g o r and
Jubbulpore).
Agra and
Central India. Rohilcund
and Meerut. Punjab.
BENGAL
PRESIDENCY.
1.—AVERAGE DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH.
January . . .
3 9 . 8
2 4 . 3
4 5 . 7
2 6 . 4
26.1
1 5 . 7
2 7 . 0
February . . .
3 4 . 4
2 3 . 3
3 8 . 3
2 3 . 3
2 5 . 1
1 6 . 7
2 5 . 1
March . . .
3 2 . 3
2 2 . 7
3 2 . 9
2 0 . 6
2 3 . 5
1 9 . 9
2 4 . 7
April . . .
3 3 . 2
2 4 . 1
3 0 . 8
1 7 . 8
2 5 . 6
2 0 . 0
2 5 . 4
May . . .
3 3 . 6
2 3 . 5
3 8 . 5
1 9 . 7
26.6
1 9 . 9
2 5 . 8
June . . .
3 4 . 2
2 2 . 8
3 3 . 2
2 5 . 0
2 4 . 5
2 1 . 4
2 6 . 0
July . . .
4 1 . 8
2 5 . 1
3 8 . 9
2 4 . 5
2 4 . 2
2 2 . 5
2 9 . 0
August . . .
44.1
3 2 . 4
5 4 . 4
3 0 . 4
37.2
3 7 . 3
3 7 . 4
September . . .
41.3
3 4 . 1
6 5 . 5
4 3 . 3
51.7
4 2 . 2
4 0 . 8
October . . .
41.0
3 2 . 0
4 9 . 5
4 0 . 7
4 9 . 5
4 7 . 1
4 0 . 2
November . . .
41.7
3 0 . 3
4 3 . 7
33.1
3 5 . 1
4 0 . 8
3 6 . 3
December . . .
40. 1
2 5 . 3
3 6 . 3
3 0 . 0
2 7 . 1
3 3 . 4
3 1 . 4
AVERAGE OF THE YEAR . . .
3 8 . 2
2 6 . 8
4 2 . 4
2 8 . 2
3 1 . 5
2 8 . 3
3 1 . 0
2.—COMPOSITION OF TILE ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR.
Dengue . . .
4 7 . 7
4 . 0
. . .
8 8 . 9
2 . 3
.4
1 8 . 3
Cholera . . .
11.1
12. 5
2 . 4
.6
4 . 8
6 . 7
9 . 1
Smallpox . . .
.3
2 . 2
. . .
. . .
.3
.8
1 . 0
Fevers . . .
4 5 6 . 8
271.3 6 9 0 . 5
300.2
4 5 8 . 8
7 0 8 . 7
4 4 6 . 7
Apoplexy . . .
.7
.1
. . .
.6
.3
.9
.5
Dysentery and Diarrhœa . . .
3 5 2 . 2
193. 1
251.9
1 4 5 . 3
1 5 6 . 7
1 4 3 . 7
2 1 6 . 6
Hepatitis . . .
2.2
1.4
1 . 5
. . .
.2
1.4
1.4
Spleen Disease . . .
19.8
3.4
6 . 9
2 . 6
4 . 1
6 . 5
8 . 2
Respiratory Diseases . . .
3 5 . 3
21.1
4 3 . 8
4 6 . 7
4 2 . 7
5 3 . 0
3 5 . 9
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
7 . 4
3 . 3
.5
1 . 8
1 . 3
1 . 9
3 . 6
Dropsy . . .
6 . 4
1.5
2 . 4
.3
.8
.9
2 . 5
Atrophy and Anæmia . . .
1 2 . 0
10. 6
1 6 . 3
2 . 6
1 6 . 1
8 . 0
1 0 . 7
Scurvy . . .
5 . 2
.3
1 6 . 8
4 . 4
.2
2 . 1
2 . 6
Rheumatism . . .
2 9 . 4
12.6
51.3
1 2 . 6
1 5 . 8
1 3 . 6
1 8 . 5
Venereal Diseases . . .
1 4 . 4
10. 2
17.3
1 6 . 4
1 3 . 1
1 0 . 0
1 2 . 1
Eye Diseases . . .
9 . 6
11.5
17.3
1 3 . 8
1 5 . 6
1 3 . 5
12.2
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
61.7
97. 4
2 3 8 . 0
1 0 7 . 4
119.1
8 9 . 3
9 4 . 3
Injuries . . .
3 8 . 4
50. 6
6 6 . 0
2 2 . 0
4 2 . 1
2 6 . 6
4 0 . 4
All other Causes
. . .
1 2 1 . 0
69.9
1 4 2 . 4
7 7 . 2
5 1 . 7
7 8 . 1
8 5 . 2
ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR . . .
1231. 6
7 7 7 . 0
1565. 3
8 4 3 . 4
946. 0
1166. 1
1019. 8
3.—COMPOSITION OF THE DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR.
Cholera . . .
4.75
5 . 3 3
1 . 9 7
. . .
2. 96
3 . 0 3
4.04
Smallpox . . .
. 1 4
.28
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. 1 3
Fevers . . .
3 . 9 5
1 . 8 7
4 . 4 4
1.18
3 . 1 2
7 . 9 2
3 . 8 8
Apopl exy . . .
. 4 7
. 1 4
. . .
.29
. . .
.30
.24
Dysentery and Diarrhœa . . .
2 3 . 9 8
2 3 . 7 0
1 4 . 2 9
1 6 . 1 5
3 0 . 5 5
1 0 . 3 6
2 0 . 7 8
Hepatitis . . .
. 2 7
. 0 9
. . .
. . .
. . .
. 2 2
. 1 5
Spleen Diseases . . .
. 5 4
. 1 4
1 . 4 8
.29
.33
. . .
. 2 8
Respiratory Diseases . . .
3 . 5 5
3. 74
2 . 4 6
4 . 9 9
7 . 0 6
7 . 3 3
4 . 8 4
Heart Diseases . . .
. 4 7
. 2 3
. . .
.29
. . .
. 2 2
. 2 6
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
3 . 0 8
2 . 5 7
. 9 9
. 8 8
1.15
1 . 0 4
2 . 0 7
Dropsy . . .
1 . 9 4
. 8 0
1 . 4 8
. 2 9
. 5 0
. 3 7
. 9 5
Atrophy and Anæmia . . .
2 . 0 1
2. 34
6 . 4 1
1.76
2. 30
.81
2 . 0 2
All other Causes . . .
4 . 5 5
4 . 5 8
1 . 9 7
5 . 2 9
2 . 4 6
2 . 8 9
3 . 9 4
DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR . . .
4 9 . 7 0
45.81 3 5 . 4 9
3 1 . 4 1
50. 43
3 4 . 4 9
43. 58
DIED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED.
4.—MORTALITY RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER TREATED.
Cholera . . .
4 3 . 0 3
4 2 . 5 4
80. 00
. . .
62. 07
4 5 . 0 6
4 4 . 2 9
Smallpox . . .
5 0 . 0 0
1 2 . 7 7
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 2 . 5 0
Intermittent Fevers . . .
. 4 4
.23
. 4 4
. . .
.38
.31
.33
Remittent and Continued Fevers . . .
1 7 . 2 8
2 2 . 4 1
11.11
1 3 . 6 3
5. 36
1 7 . 7 1
1 5 . 7 3
Apoplexy . . .
7 0 . 0 0
100. 00
. . .
5 0 . 0 0
. . .
3 3 . 3 3
51.72
Dysentery and Diarrhœa . . .
6 . 8 1
12.28
5 . 6 8
1 1 . 1 1
19. 50
7 . 2 1
9 . 5 9
Hepatitis . . .
1 2 . 1 2
6 . 6 7
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 5 . 7 9
1 0 . 4 6
Spleen Disease
2 . 7 0
4.17
21. 43
11.11
8. 00
. . .
3 . 3 7
Respiratory Diseases . . .
1 0 . 0 6
17.70
5 . 6 2
1 0 . 6 9
16. 54
1 3 . 8 3
13. 48
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
41.82
7 7 . 4 6
. . .
5 0 . 0 0
87. 50
5 6 . 0 0
57. 47
Dr o p s y . . .
3 0 . 5 3
5 3 . 1 2
60. 00
100. 00
60. 00
4 1 . 6 7
3 8 . 6 7
Atrophy and Anæmia . . .
16.76
2 2 . 0 3
39. 39
6 6 . 6 7
14. 29
1 0 . 1 9
18. 96