JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1872.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in LOWER BENGAL and in ASSAM 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 mi 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 .
Apopl exy.
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 .
Scurvy.
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 . . . 13,782
549
39.8
50
. . .
1
. . . . . . 6
1
. . .
. . .
21
4
. . .
. . .
2
1
1
4 1
3
1
4
February . . . 14,100
485
34.4
54
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . .
2
. . .
. . .
2 3 4
. . .
. . .
7
. . . 5
4 . . .
2
2
4
March . . . 14,185
458
32.3
40
. . .
5
. . . . . . 1
1
. . .
. . .
1 5 . . .
2 . . .
3
. . . 4
2 . . .
4
1
2
April . . . 14,349
477
33.2
45
. . .
8
. . . . . . 2
2
. . .
. . .
1 3 4
. . .
. . .
3
. . . 3
1 . . .
3
1
5
May . . . 14,873
499
33.6
64
. . .
20
. . . . . . 2
1
. . . 1 19 3
. . . 1
5 1
4
. . . . . .
2
2
3
June . . . 15,450
528
34.2
49
. . .
5
. . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
2
2 0 2
2 . . .
4
. . .
4
. . . . . .
1
2
6
July . . . 15,533
649
41.8
69
. . .
12
1 . . . . . .
2
. . . 2 35 6
. . . . . .
3 1
1
1 . . .
2
1
2
August . . . 15,589
688
44.1
75
. . .
2
. . . 1 1
2
. . . 1 33 10
. . . . . .
2
. . .
6
3 . . .
5
1
8
September . . . 15,505
641
413
76
. . .
. . .
1 . . . 3
4
. . . 1 30 12
. . . 1
7
1
5
. . .
. . .
3
2
6
October . . . 15,326
629
41.0
83
. . .
3
. . .
1 5
7
. . . . . . 23 16
. . . 5
6
2
6
5 . . .
1
2
1
November . . . 15,360
640
41.7
73
. . .
4
. . . . . . 6
3
. . . . . . 21 13
. . . . . .
7
1
5
5 . . .
2
2
4
December . . . 15,086
605
40.1
64
. . .
10
. . . . . . 3
2
. . . . . . 21 10
. . . 1
4
. . .
2
4 1
2
1
3
71 2 2 29 28
. . . 7 274 84 4 8
53
7
46
29 2
30
18
48
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 14,930
571
38.2
742
49.70 4.75 .14
3.95
.47
23.98 .27 .54 3.55 .47 3.08 1.94 .14 2.01 1.20 3.21
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN E A C H M O N T H .
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 . . .
. . .
. . .
1
44
80
145
158
157
42
62
18
5
712
47.7
. . .
Cholera . . .
3
4
18
18
41
14
26
6
4
5
6
20
165
11.1
43.03
Smallpox . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
.3
50.00
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
2
1
5
.3
40.00
Fever, Intermittent . . .
463
342
390
482
550
399
562
612
651
741
764
698
6,654
445.7
.44
" R e m i t t e n t a n d
C o n t i n u e d . . .
4
8
7
11
9
11
17
25
11
29
20
10
162
10.8
17.28
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
10
.7
70.00
Dysentery . . .
189
151
168
162
197
246
353
329
305
221
222
223
2 , 7 6 6
185.2 6 . 8 1
Diarrhœa . . .
86
138
217
215
183
250
34]
211
192
236
227
197
2,493
167.0
Hepatitis . . .
1
2
5
1
5
2
1
2
5
4
1
4
33
2.2
12.12
Spleen Disease . . .
24
26
15
24
16
20
28
21
33
29
22
38
296
19.8
2.70
Respiratory Diseases . . .
49
36
41
36
35
44
31
39
41
45
62
68
527
35.3
10.06
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
10
14
14
6
6
9
6
6
11
8
14
6
110
7.4
41.82
Dropsy . . .
11
6
6
4
7
3
14
9
11
10
10
4
95
6.4
30.53
Atrophy and Anæmia . . .
11
20
9
14
18
11
21
19
17
20
8
11
179
12.0
16.76
Scurvy . . .
3
3
1
4
4
6
8
7
13
2
19
8
78
5.2
2.56
Rheumatism . . .
35
32
33
31
29
43
44
36
43
34
47
32
439
29.4
1.78
Venereal Diseases . . .
13
15
15
21
22
29
28
12
23
13
14
10
215
14.4
Eye Diseases . . .
11
11
9
19
16
13
12
9
14
7
13
9
143
9.6
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
80
78
79
92
77
78
97
81
82
61
53
63
921
61.7
Wounds and Accidents . . .
48
43
4 8
53
59
58
55
47
47
51
30
35
574
38.4
All other Causes . . .
100
93
120
151
180
144
155
200
174
181
159
150
1,807
121.0
1,142
1,022
1,197
1,389
1,535
1,529
1,959
1,830
1,721
1,760
1,712
1,592
18,388
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
82.9
72.5
84.4
96.8
103.2
99.0
126.1
117.4 111.0
114.8
111.5
105.5
1231.6
1872.
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