JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1875.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in LOWER BENGAL and in ASSAM.
during the Year 1875, 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 e r 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 , 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 s .
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
... 16,543
661
40.0
61
...
2 ... ... 4 2 1 21 12 ... 3
5 ...
1 3 ...
4 ...
3
February
... 16,665
635
38.1
49
...
3 ... ... ... 2 1 20 6 ... 1
7
1
4 ... ...
1 ...
3
March
. . . 16,534
656
39.7
61
...
13 ... ... 2 6 1 17 3 ... ...
6
. . .
6 4 ...
1
1
1
April
... 16,444
690
42.0
53
...
6 ... ... ... 2 1 11 4 ... ...
7
1
10 2 ...
4
2
3
May
... 16,580
639
38.5
67
...
17 ... ... ... 1 ... 21 5 1 2
6 ...
6 3 ...
4 ...
1
June
... 16,815
582
34.6
61
...
... ... ... 1 2 ... 19 5 ... 2
7
1
7 2 ...
9 ...
6
July
... 16,930
659
39.0
62
...
7
. . . . . . ... 7 ... 16 7 1 1
10
. . .
3 2 ...
4
1
3
August
... 17,076
668
39.1
45
...
3 ... ... 1 3 ... 16 2 ... 3
1
1
4 3 1
3 ...
4
September
... 17,226
764
4 4 . 4
86
...
23 ... ... 3 3 ... 26 4 ... 1
3
1
4 6 ...
5
3
4
October
... 17,316
808
46.7
71
...
4 ... ... 4 7 1 22 13 1 2
4 ...
4 2 1
5 ...
1
November
... 17,378
916
52.7
106
...
9 ... ... 10 9 ... 40 7 ... 4
6 ...
6 2 3
5
2
3
December
... 17,321
787
45.4
121
...
6 ... ... 9 3 ... 44 13 ... 7
14
1
8 5 1
3
1
6
93 ... ... 34 47 5 273 81 3 26
76
6
63 34 6
48
10
3 8
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 16,902
705
41.7
843 49.88 5.50 ...
4.79
.30 20.94 .18 1.54 4.50 .35 3.73 2.01 .35 2.84
. 5 9 2.25
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted during
the year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Di ed out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.
Nov. Dec.
Cholera
...
9
18
49
25
35
8
39
17
36
8
35
6
285
16.9
32.63
Smallpox
...
112
110
104
70
43
7
1
. . . ...
6
8
17
478
28.3
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
1 ...
...
...
...
...
...
3
. 2
. . .
Fever, Intermittent ...
472
334
392
416
387
389
636
583
671
822 1,036
710
6,848
405.2
.50
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
...
9 8
84
135
107
91
88
131
150
194
179
110
50
1,417
83.8
3.32
Apoplexy
. . .
1
1
1
1
. . . ...
...
...
...
1
. . .
. ..
5
.3
100.00
Dysentery
...
189
136
211
218
192
173
187
244
268
294
309
240
2,661
157.4
5 . 7 9
Diarrhœa
...
209
197
382
404
251
240
3 0 5 323
324
316
266
234
3,451
204.2
Hepatitis
. . .
1
1
5
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
. . .
18
1.1
16.67
Spleen Disease
...
1 8
19
21
21
22
13
21
16
14
32
37
36
270
16.0
9.63
Respiratory Diseases ...
43
48
46
57
57
52
57
57
43
76
79
81
696
41.2
10.92
Phthisis Pulmoualis ...
5
11
13
17
14
15
8
9
7
14
10
16
139
8.2
45.32
Dropsy
...
1 2
7
8
5
12
14
16
15
14
15
17
17
152
9.0
22.37
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
57
37
53
72
44
40
43
49
51
6 0
50
47
603
35.7
7.96
Scurvy
...
4
4
7
2
5
6
11
30
10
28
47
35
189
11.2
3.17
Rheumatis
...
4 0
40
39
43
45
32
47
29
28
33
62
41
479
28.3
1.01
Venereal Diseases
...
42
31
56
47
32
37
39
45
34
34
44
31
472
27.9
Eye Disease
...
13
13
6
19
12
16
17
16
10
14
13
23
172
10.2
Abscess and Ulcer
...
139
140
159
151
123
114
143
130
108
98
93
103
1,501
88.8
Wounds and Accidents ...
47
60
78
73
65
85
71
70
84
55
46
60
794
47.0
All other Causes
...
154
158
184
193
160
184
193
176
140
129
140
116
1,927
114.0
1,665 1,449 1,949 1,946 1,591 1,515 1,966 1,960 2,037 2,215 2,404 1,863
22,560
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
100.6 86.9 117.9 118.3 96.0 90.1 116.1 114.8 118.3 127.9 138.3 108.1
1 3 3 4 . 8