JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1874.
III.
TABLE s howi ng t he SI CKNESS a nd MORTALI TY a mong t he J AI L POPULATI ON i n CHOTA NAGPORE a nd i n t he DI NAPORE,
BENARES, OUDE and CAWNPORE DISTRICTS, 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 .
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 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
24,253 609 25. 1
72
1 1
3
29 6
15
3
6
8
February
24,711 566 22. 9
57
5
3
15 4 1 1 10
2
1 3 12
March
25,041 607 24. 2
41
1 1
2
11 7
7
4 2
1 1 4
April
24,793 610 24. 6
44
1
1 1
19 9
1 4
1 1
1 1 4
May
24,953 569 22. 8
42
1
1 4 2 13 5
1 2
1
1 3
8
June
25,268 576 22. 8
43
2 1 1 2
13 3
2 3 1 5
2 3 5
July
25,905 703 27. 1
75
4 1
3 1 1 26 12
12 1 3 1 1 1 1 7
August
26,137 836 32. 0
107
5
4 3
45 17 1 4
10 1 6 1
6
4
September
26,430 811 30. 7
159
23
1 4
73 26
6 1 4 2
7 2 10
October
26,426 847 32. 0
112
4
2 4
52 1 2
8
2 4
10 3 11
November
26,088 713 27. 3
115
12
2 2 1 55 15
1 6
1 2
8 1 9
December
25,777 627 24. 3
77
1
2
29 6 1 2 8
5 5
10
8
52 11 3 19 25 4 3 8 0 122 3 12 91 4
35 20 2 56 15 90
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
25,482 673 26. 4
9 4 4 37. 05 2 . 0 4 .43
1.85 .16 1 9 . 7 0
.12 .47 3 . 5 7
. 1 6 1.37 .78 .08 2 . 2 0
.59 3 . 5 3
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
1
3
2
3
4
6
9
41
6
19
2
96
3. 7
54. 17
Smallpox
15
28
35
41
24
15
5
1
2
166
6.5
6 . 6 2
Enteric Fever
1
1
1
3
.1
Fever, Intermittent
397 311 408
392 3 8 6
4 6 2
966 920 936 1, 085
584
455
7,302
286. 6
.26
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
10
7
19
16
17
6
29
19
20
41
34
31
249
9. 8
10. 04
Apoplexy
5
1
1
1
1
9
.3
4 4 . 4 4
Dysentery
163
89 170 134
103 109 258 395 282 236 186 146
2 , 2 7 1
89.1 1 1 . 5 1
Diarrhœa
1 6 0
96 179 193 155 155 222 293 238
156 151 151
2 , 0
8 9
82. 0
Hepatitis
1
3
1
4
2
3 2
4
2
22
.9
13. 64
Spleen Disease
13
6
8
7
16
12
7
17
10
11
10
10
127
5.0
9.45
Respiratory Diseases
53
63
43
39
40
41
79
68
67
52
49 154
748
29. 3
12.17
Phthisis Pulmonalis
7
6
3
6
8
8
3
9
5
8
2
10
75
2. 9
46. 67
Dropsy
5
5
3
3
4
2
3
3
3
5
5
41
1.6
4 8 . 7 8
Atrophy and Anæmia
26
23
7
22
21
23
21
43
29
47
18
40
320
12. 6
17. 50
Scurvy
1
6
10
9
4
1 2
1
34
1 . 3
5 . 8 8
Rheumatism
29
23
36
24
25
23
38
33
34
33
38
47
3 8 3
15. 0
1
. 6 7
Venereal Diseases
19
24
24
33
30
36
25
27
30
33
36
29
346
13. 6
Eye Diseases
13
14
26
33
35
28
37
32
23
10
19
9
279
11.0
Abscess and Ulcer
199 224
237 190 237 3 4 6
2 6 3
195 155 159 123 161
2,489
97.7
Wounds and Accidents
58
110 109 124
94 114 157 139 121
91 104
86
1,307
51. 3
All other Causes
150 148
126
157 156 156 141 177 172 137 115 102
1,737
68. 2
1,260 1 , 1 8 1
1,437 1,426 1,372 1,549 2, 268 2, 383 2,170 2,114 1,492 1,441
20,093
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
51.9 47. 8
57. 4
57. 5
55. 0
61.3 87. 6
9 1 . 2
8 2 . 1 80. 0
57. 2
55. 9
7 8 8 . 5