JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1876.
IV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in the CENTRAL PROVINCES, excluding
JUBBULPORE and SAUGOR, during the Year 1876, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
M O 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 .
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
2,485
94 37.8
5
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
2
. . . . . . 1
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
1
February
2,413 101
41.9
5
... ... ... ... ...
1 ...
1
... ...
1
1 ...
...
... ...
1
... ...
March
2,563
1 0 4
4 4 . 0
6
... ...
1
... ... ... ... ...
1
1
... ... ... ...
1
... ...
1
...
1
April
2,429
99
4 0 . 8
8 ...
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
...
. . .
...
3
. . . . . . 2
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
1 1
1
May
2,452
92 37.5
3 ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
. . . . . . 1
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 1
. . .
. . .
June
2,539
97 38.2
1 ...
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1 . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
July
2,601
107
41.1
4
. . .
. . .
... ... ... ...
. . . 1
. . .
... ...
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
3
August
2,601
146
56.1
19
. . .
4
. . . . . . . . .
1 ...
4 3
. . . . . .
1 ...
1
. . . . . .
2 1
2
September
2,526
127
50.3
1 4
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
8
3
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . 1 . . .
1
1
October
2,499
139 55.6
8
...
... ... ... ... ... ...
3
2 1 ...
2
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
November
2,534
113
44.6
13
. . .
... ... ...
. . .
. . . . . .
2
2
1 ...
3
. . .
2
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
2
December
2,483
86
34.6
6 ...
. . .
...
. . .
... ... ... ...
1
. . . . . . . . .
1
2
. . . . . .
... ...
2
5
. . .
...
. . .
2 1 21 18 2 1 11 1
6
. . .
1
7 3
13
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
2,494 109
43.7
92 36.89 2.01 ...
...
.80 .40
15. 64
. 8 0
. 4 0
4 . 4 1
. 4 0
2 . 4 1
...
.40 2.81 1.20 5.21
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH M
ONTH.
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
... ...
...
...
7
...
...
...
...
9
3.6
55.56
Smallpox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
Enteric Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Fever, Intermittent ...
47
29
51
69
61
51
92
88
110
107
81
72
858
3 4 4 . 0
...
" Remittent and
Continued
5
2
... ...
1
...
...
1 ...
6
1 ...
16
6.4
12.50
Apoplexy
...
...
... ...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
. 4
...
Dysentery
6
10
12
6
3
9
33
60
40
16
5
3
203
81.4
1 0 . 5 4
Diarrhœa
11
5
8
12
10
2
19
47
24
8
13
8
167
67.0
Hepatitis
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
1
1
1
. . .3
1.2
. . .
Spleen Disease
. . .
. . .
...
...
1
2
1
3 ...
1
1
. . .
9
3 . 6
1 1 . 1 1
Respiratory Diseases
11
2
10
10
10
4
4
12
3
11 I
11
8
9 6
3 8 . 5
11.46
Phthisis Pulmonalis ..
...
...
...
...
...
..
1
...
2
..
1
4
1.6
100.00
Dropsy
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
Atrophy and Anæmia
9
9
2
6
8
5
3
5
9
7
13
5
81
32.5
8.64
Scurvy
. . .
5
10
2
. . .
...
3
2
10
2
1
4
39
15.6
2.57
Rheumatism
6
7
3
2
6
6
4
3
7
8
3
2
5 7
2 2 . 9
1 . 5 2
Venereal Diseases
8
2
3
3
3
8
2
1
3
1
. . .
2
3 6 14.5
Eye Diseases
2
1
5
4
4
4
4
5
3
4
1
2
39
15.6
Abscess and Ulcer
5 7
43
70
44
54
79
73
63
41
60
39
28
651
261.0
Wounds and Accidents
6
11
7
8
8
9
9
6
6
10
5
7
92
36.9
All other Causes
18
17
18
16
20
13
26
29
25
17
24
18
241
96.6
186
143
201
182 189
193
273
333
282
261
199
160
2 , 6 0 2
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
74.8 59.3 85.1 74.9 77.1
76.0 105.0 128.0 111.6 104.4 78.5 64.4
1043.3
1876.15