JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1873.
VI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in the ROHILCUND and MEERUT DIS.
TRICTS during the Year 1873, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the, Year.
MO N T H S .
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 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 .
Apopl e xy.
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 Di 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 .
Dr ops 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 ...
6,021
180
29.9
47
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . .
2
...
1 0
1
. . .
. . .
2 4
. . .
6
...
. . .
2
. . .
2
February ...
6,048
159
26.3
20
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . .
1
1
4
2
. . . ...
9
. . .
... ... ...
2
. . .
1
March ...
6,171
140
22.7
14
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . .
1 ...
3
2
. . . 1
4
. . . ... ... ...
2
1
...
April ...
6,307
146
23.1
14
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
3
1
. . . ...
5
. . .
1
... ...
1
. . .
2
May ...
6,361
1 4 5
22.8
1 8
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
4
1
. . .
...
7
. . .
4
... ...
. . .
. . . 2
June ...
6,720
141
21.0
12
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
3
1
. . . ...
4
. . .
... ... ...
1
. . .
...
July ...
6,837
151
22.1
6
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1
. . .
. . .
...
1
1
1 ... ...
...
2
. . .
August ...
7,164
268
37.4
15
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . .
1 ...
3
. . .
. . .
...
2
. . .
3
... ...
4
. . .
2
September ...
7,256
332
45.8
31
. . .
... ...
. . .
1
2 ... 16
3
. . . ...
1
. . .
3
... ...
4
. . . 1
October ...
7,257
402
55.4
43
. . .
... ...
. . .
3
2 ... 20
7
. . . 1
5
. . . 2 ... ...
2
. . . 1
November ...
7,275
263
36.1
48
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . .
2 2
24
1
. . . ...
7
. . .
4
... ...
6
1
1
December ...
7,250
217
29.9
62
. . .
... ...
. . .
1
1 ... 31 13
. . . ...
7
. . . 1
1 ...
3
. . .
4
... ...
. . .
5
12
7
122 32
. . . 2
76
1 25 1 ...
27
4
16
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ...
6,722
212
31.5
330 49.09
... ...
2.53
1.04 22.91
. . . .29 11.31 .15 3.72 .15 ...
4.02
.59 2.38
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.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
3
.4
. . .
Smallpox ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
Enteric Fever ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Fever, Intermittent ...
85
77
105
154
160
108
105
615
681
552
226
132
3,000
446.3
.17
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued ...
7
3
6
9
9
5
5
5
10
8
5
6
78
11.6
15.38
Apoplexy ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
6
. 9
100.00
Dysentery ...
54
15
17
23
11
18
14
90
99
115
57
36
5 4 9
8 1 . 7
14.58
Diarrhœa ...
25
17
31
28
19
28
29
55
85
69
51
70
507
75.4
Hepatitis ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
3
. 4
Spleen Disease ...
2
1
1
. . .
. . .
2
7
4
5
1
. . .
1
2 4
3 . 6
8 . 3 3
Respiratory Diseases ...
114
58
30
24
33
26
25
22
12
18
26
27
415
61.7
18.31
Phthisis Pulmoualis ...
4
1
. . .
1
2
3
1
. . .
1
2
1
3
19
2.8
100.00
Dropsy ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
.1
. . .
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
13
8
5
4
1
3
7
13
8
9
8
8
8 7
12.9
31.03
Scurvy ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. 3
. . .
Rheumatism ...
. 6
3
8
2
7
6
10
5
6
12
9
7
81
12.1
1.32
Venereal Diseases ...
5
9
5
8
10
11
11
7
12
8
3
7
96
14.3
Eye Diseases ...
8
4
6
13
19
13
3
6
16
22
14
5
129
19.2
Abscess and Ulcer ...
66
56
57
74
78
79
113
64
48
40
34
43
752
112.0
Wounds and Accidents ...
24
10
22
22
26
27
39
30
16
20
18
12
266
39.6
All other Causes ...
15
17
23
26
16
38
22
28
20
14
23
27
269
40.0
428
279
316
390
391
370
392
944
1,023
891
477
386
6,287
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
71.1
46.1
51.2
61.8
61.5
55.1
57.3
131.8
141.0
122.8
65.6
53.2
935.3