JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1872.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in CHOTA NAGPORE and in the DINA
-PORE, BENARES, OUDE, and CAWNPORE DISTRICTS during the Year 1872, 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 , R e m i t t e n t .
F e v e r , 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 . . .
19,438
472
24.3
71
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
24
8
. . .
1
6
1
6
3
. . .
7
. . .
11
February . . .
20,000
466
23.3
44
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
14
6
1
. . .
9
. . .
1
4
. . .
. . .
2
5
March . . .
20,188
459
22.7
34
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
2
. . .
. . .
5
3
. . .
. . .
9
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
4
4
April . . .
20,386
492
24.1
37
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
3
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
8
May . . .
20,426
480
23.5
56
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
2
. . . 1
1
17
9
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
7
1
. . .
4
2
4
June . . .
20,960
477
22.8
35
. . .
1
3
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
9
6
. . . 1
1
. . .
3
1
. . .
2
. . .
5
July . . .
21,674
545
25.1
60
. . .
13
1
. . .
3
4
. . .
. . .
13
5
1
. . .
5
. . .
4
1
. . .
2
2
6
August . . .
22,306
722
32.4
174
. . .
67
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . . 1
54
22
. . .
. . .
3
1
9
1
. . .
7
1
5
September . . .
22,992
783
34.1
103
. . .
9
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
54
16
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
3
1
. . .
6
1
8
October . . .
22,861
732
32.0
121
. . .
13
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
1
. . .
61
20
. . . 1
10
. . .
2
2
. . .
4
. . .
3
November . . .
22,782
690
30.3
137
. . .
8
. . .
. . .
2
1
1
. . .
64
23
. . .
. . .
9
1
8 2
. . .
3
2
13
December . . .
22,702
574
25.3
108
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
2
. . .
1
49
16
. . .
. . .
10
2
8
1
. . .
5
4
8
114
6
1 13 21
5
3
370
137
2
3
80
5
55 17
. . .
50 18
80
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 21,393
574
26.8
980
45.81
5.33 .28
1.87
.14
23.70
.09 .14 3.74 .23
2.57 .80
. . .
2.34 .84 3.74
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.
Dengue . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
23
27
27
4
. . .
86
4.0
. . .
Cholera . . .
1
. . .
2
4
2
4
40
136
10
63
6
. . .
268
12.5
42.54
Smallpox . . .
7
4
4
2
9
9
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
6
47
2.2
12.77
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
.2
. . .
Fever, Intermittent . . .
320
276
364
427
383
394
429
624
827
743
557
339
5,683
265.7
.23
" Remittent
and
Continued . . .
4
6
12
4
7
9
18
8
15
17
7
9
116
5.4
22.41
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
.1
100.00
Dysentery . . .
110
87
89
120
127
92
195
425
339
326
360
231
2,501
116.9 12.28
Diarrhœa . . .
8 0
6 8
115
95
109
130
208
242
164
167
166
85
1,629
76.2
Hepatitis . . .
2
3
4
2
1
3
5
1
2
1
4
2
30
1.4
6.67
Spleen Disease . . .
8
3
8
8
6
13
3
7
4
4
3
5
72
3.4
4.17
Respiratory Diseases . . .
65
76
47
35
24
18
23
13
30
52
36
33
452
21.1
17.70
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
4
7
9
6
6
5
8
4
3
8
6
5
71
3.3
77.46
Dropsy . . .
2
3
1
2
4
2
2
. . .
4
4
2
6
32
1.5
53.12
Atrophy and Anæmia . . .
28
20
19
15
12
15
20
24
27
18
14
15
227
10.6
22.03
Scurvy . . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
.3
. . .
Rheumatism . . .
26
21
29
18
17
28
20
24
19
27
19
21
269
12.6
1 . 8 8
V e n e r e a l D i s e a s e s . . .
13
15
25
27
17
15
32
12
18
13
21
11
219
10.2
Eye Diseases . . .
2
11
10
37
33
24
34
22
24
19
18
12
246
11.5
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
119
108
139
173
172
204
255
263
194
189
119
148
2,083
97.4
Wounds and Accidents . . .
63
79
119
129
103
94
79
8 8
91
91
69
76
1,081
50.6
All other Causes . . .
103
100
131
134
163
138
155
136
110
105
96
125
1,496
69.9
957
890
1,128
1,239
1,196
1,201
1,533
2,053
1,910
1,874
1,511
1,129
16,621
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
49.2
44.5
55.9
60.8
58.5
57.3
70.8
92.0
83.1
82.0
66.3
49.8
777.0