JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1871.
VI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in the ROHILCUND and MEERUT DIS
TRICTS during thee Year 1871, 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 r 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 .
F e v e r , I n t e r m i t t e d .
F e v e r , R e m i t t e d 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 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
... 6,150
199 32.4 44 ...
...
...
1
9
. . .
15
3
. . . ...
7
... ...
. . .
. . .
4
1
4
February ... 5,983
146 24.4
13 ...
...
...
...
3
1
4
1
. . . ...
3
... ...
1
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
March
. . . 5,900
142 24.1
8 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
1
. . .
. . . ...
1
... ...
. . .
. . .
1 ...
1
April
... 5,974
142 23.8
15
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
. . . 2
1
. . . ...
4
... ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1
May
... 6,010
120 20.0 13 ...
...
...
. . .
6
. . .
. . .
2
. . . 1
. . . ... ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
4
June
... 6,109
111 18.2
5 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . ...
3 ... ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1
July
...
6, 045
137 22.7
12 ...
...
...
...
4
. . .
. . .
2
. . . ...
1 ... 1
. . .
. . .
2 ...
2
August
... 0,079
168 27.6
19 ...
...
...
...
7
. . . 6
1
. . . ...
. . . ...
1
1
. . .
1
...
2
September ... 6,077
221 36.4
37 ...
...
...
4
10
. . .
16
7
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
October
...
6 , 0 3 9
240 39.6 66 ...
. . .
. . .
6
6
. . . 34
16
. . .
. . .
2 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1
November ... 5,941
201 33.8
55 ...
...
...
2
6
1
25
13
. . .
. . .
4 ...
1
. . .
. . .
2
...
1
December ... 5,778
159 27.5
45 ...
. . .
...
...
5
...
17
10
... ...
7
2
... ... ...
4
...
...
...
13
68
2 120
56
...
1
32
3
3
2
...
14
1
17
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ... 6,007
166 27.6 332 55.27
... ...
1 3 . 4 8
.33
29. 30
...
. 17 5.33
. 5 0
. 5 0 .33 ... 2.33
. 1 7 2.83
CAUSES OF
ADM ISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admi t t e d pe r 1, 000 of St r e ngt h.
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.
Nov. Dec.
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Smallpox
... ...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
.3
...
Fever, Intermittent
...
106
52
98
106
119
127
236
437
468
404
174
85
2,412
401.5
.54
„ Remittent and
Continued ...
10
6
14
23
10
...
19
20
46
26
29
17
231
38.5
29. 44
Apoplexy
...
...
1
...
...
...
11
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
.3
1 0 0 . 0 0
Dysentery
...
38
13
18
10
14
21
17
51
100
73
54
48
455
75.7
2 3 . 9 8
Diarrhœa
...
20
13
20
26
19
14
2 7
18
43
38
25
19
279
46.5
Hepatitis
. . .
. . .
...
1
2
. . . ...
...
2
. . . ...
...
...
5
.8
. . .
Spleen Disease
...
1
1
2
3
2
1
2
3
4
3
. . .
...
22
3.7
4. 55
Respiratory Diseases ...
16
22
13
25
9
4
8
11
12
16
28
52
216
36.0
14.81
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
. . .
...
1
1
. . .
1
2
1
...
1
. . . ...
7
1.2
42.86
Dropsy
...
1
1
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
5
.8
4 0 . 0 0
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
5
1
4
5
2
3
1
5
1
7
7
7
48
8.0
29.17
Scurvy
...
1
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
.2
...
Rheumatism
...
10
4
6
4
7
7
4
6
9
7
9
8
81
13.5 1. 64
Venereal Diseases
...
15
6
9
4
8
7
8
4
9
11
3
5
89
1 4 . 8
Eye Diseases
...
4
3
7
1
4
7
11
8
5
8
4
2
68
11.3
Abscess and Ulcer
...
75
51
39
4 4
32
48
43
51
46
51
38
33
551
91.7
Wounds and Accidents...
6
11
25
31
17
19
18
12
55
16
17
11
238
39.6
All other causes
...
29
18
26
31
18
28
20
17
22
15
14
16
254
42.3
335
203
283
320
261
298
417
647
820
676
403
303
4,966
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
54.5
33.9
48.0
53.6
43.4
48.8 69.0 106.4 134.9 111.9
67.8
52.4
826.7
1871.
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