JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1875.
VII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in the PUNJAB 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 .
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
... 14,418
425
29.5
51
...
... ... ... 4 3 ... 6 2 ... 1
26
1
1 ... ...
1 ...
6
February
... 14,230
401
28.2
36 ...
...
. . . . . . 5 7 1 2 1 ... ...
11
1
. . . . . . . . .
. . . ...
8
March
... 13,985
398
28.5
33
...
...
. . . . . . 2 6
. . . 5 5
. . . . . . 12
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . . ...
2
April
... 13,885
425
30.6
16
...
...
. . . ... 1 8 ... 2 1 ... ...
2
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
1 ...
1
May
... 14,001
448
32.0
17
...
...
. . . . . . 1 4
. . . 3 1
. . . . . . 5 ...
1
. . . . . .
. . . 1
1
June
... 14,239
453
31.8
27
...
... ... ... ... 2 7 ... 2 1 ...
7
2
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 5
July
... 14,610
412
28.2
21
. . .
5
. . . . . . 1
. . . 2
2 1
. . . . . .
6
1
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
August
... 14,872
646 43.4
21
...
. . . . . . . . . 3 1
. . . 2 2
. . . . . . 2
. . . 2 1 ...
1
1
6
September
... 14,822
694
46.8
47
...
12 ... ... 4 5 ... 11 3 ... ...
4
1
3 1 ... ...
3
. . .
October
... 14,635
704
48.1
61
...
4 ... ... 13 9 ... 7 7 ... 2
8 ...
2
. . . 1 ...
7
1
November
... 14,380
638
44.4
72
...
... ... 2 11 6 1 9 9 ... 2
20 ...
1 ... ...
4
5
2
December
... 14,092
542
38.5
53
...
...
. . .
1 8 1 ... 20 5 ... ...
9 ...
1
. . . . . .
1
1
6
21 ... 3 53 52 11 69 39 1 5 112
6
12 4 1
8
18 40
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 14,347
516
36.0
455 31.71 1.46 ...
7.53
.77
7.53 .07 .35 7.81
. 4 2 .84 .28 .07
. 56 1.25 2.79
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
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
14
. . .
28
2
...
...
44
3.1
47.73
Smallpox
...
...
1
1
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
...
...
1
...
6
.4
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
. . .
...
...
1
1
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
3
2
7
.5
42.86
Fever, Intermittent ...
385
288
314
309
525
504
448 1,082 1,570 1,706 1,284
940
9,355
652.0
.57
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
...
30
66
109
70
26
31
24
61
96
144
99
43
799
55.7
6. 51
Apoplexy
. . . ...
2
1
1
3
13
8
. . .
...
...
1
...
29
2.0
37.93
Dysentery
. . .
55
35
60
59
98
91
71
163
134
169
192
175
1,302
90.8
5. 41
Diarrhœa
...
31
27
51
66
63
75
61
58
101
65
63
34
695
48.4
Hepatitis
. . .
1
1
...
1
1
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
...
1
8
.6
12.50
Spleen Disease
. . .
9
13
11
8
10
17
3
7
6
8
25
23
140
9.8
3. 57
Respiratory Diseases ...
157
115
75
46
87
50
29
37
27
46
84
61
814
56.7
13.76
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
1
. . .
1
1
3
2
. . .
4
7
1
5
1
26
1.8
46.15
Dropsy
. . .
1
1
2
4
4
3
1
4
...
. . .
1
1
22
1.5
18.18
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
15
3
6
5
3
3
8
7
7
7
14
10
94
6.6
8. 51
Scurvy
...
1
. . .
1
. . .
3
1
. . .
2
3
1
1
1
14
1.0
7.14
Rheumatism
...
25
15
13
16
17
22
24
20
11
10
10
15
198
13.8
1. 47
Venereal Diseases
. . .
15
23
21
12
31
40
19
29
19
18
16
23
266
18.5
Eye Diseases
...
7
12
17
43
20
19
16
31
25
11
12
9
222
15.5
Abscess and Ulcer
...
106
112
131
139
181
197
238
250
161
115
124
113
1,867
130.1
Wounds and Accidents ...
38
26
54
59
58
72
56
45
43
48
34
28
561
39.1
All other Causes
...
117
102
108
105
118
163
138
117
91
57
55
64
1,235
86.1
994
842
976
945 1,254 1,304 1,159 1,919 2,329 2,408 2,024 1,550
17,704
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
68.9
59.2
69.8
68.1
89.6
91.6
79.3 129.0 157.1 164.5 140.8 110.0
1234.0