JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1873.
VII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in the PUNJAB during the Year 1873,
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 . T y p h u s 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 s , 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 . 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 ...
12,982 423 32.6 95 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 5 22 ... 14 6 . . . 1 38 . . . 2 . . . . . . 4 . . . 3
12,915 427 33.1 65 . . . . . .
. . . . . . 3 3 16 ... 4 3 . . . 1 28 . . . . . . 1 . . . 4 1 1
February ...
March ...
12,920 457 35.4 74 . . . . . .
. . . . . . 23 3 16 1 2 4 . . . . . . 17 . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . 6
April ...
13,013 439 33.9 39 . . . . . .
. . . . . . 10 4
5 2 4 1 . . . 1 4 1 2 1 . . . . . . 2 2
May ...
13,185 408 31.0 47 . . . . . . 1 . . . 4 10 9 ... 3 2 . . . . . . 9 . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 4 3
June ...
13,707 391 28.5 36 . . . . . .
. . . . . . 2 5 9 5 5 . . . . . . . . .
3 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
July ...
14,130 359 25.4 16 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3
1 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
August ...
14,498 524 36.1 17 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 4 1 . . . . . . 2 1 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . 2
14,581 876 60.1 35 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 2 9 1 4 4
. . . . . . 8 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 5
September ...
14,900 931 62.5 61 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 1 26 1 5 5 1 1 15 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 2
October ...
November ...
14,838 653 44.0 90 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 3 29 1 11 2 . . . . . . 30 . . . 1 . . . . . . 5 . . .
8
December ...
14,683 518 35.3 101 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 1 27 ... 12 8 . . . . . . 41 . . . 2 . . . . . . 1 . . .
9
. . . 1 . . . 42 37 176 15 69 36 1 4 197 5 13 2 . . . 18 11 49
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ...
13,863 534 38.5 676 48.76 . . . .07
1 8 . 3 9 *
1.08 7.57
.07 .29 14.21 .36 .94 .14 . . . 1.30 .80 3. 54
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted dur i ng t he 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 ...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Smallpox ...
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
.2 33.33
Enteric Fever ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Fever, Intermittent ...
534 307 301 444 608 501 352 1,326 1,931 1,419 802 429
8,954
645.9
.41
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued ...
156 213 247 114
81
96
51
71 241 585 235 119
2,209
159.3
9.87
Apoplexy ...
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
6
5
1
1
1
1
. . .
18
1.3 83.33
Dysentery ...
56
28
45
52
60
84
68
93 156 116
79
74
911
65.7
5.0 8
Diarrhœa ... 93
59
69
75
86 109 100 125 142 149
85
62
1,154
83.3
Hepatitis ...
1
1
. . .
1
2
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
8
.6
12.50
Spleen Disease ...
12
6
5
13
9
14
12
3
20
9
19
14
136
9.8
2.94
Respiratory Diseases ... 209 152
97
46
39
48 33
42
61
83 140 235
1,185
85.5 16.62
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
3
4
1
3
1
4
. . . . . .
1
1
3
2
23
1.7 56.52
Dropsy ...
3
. . . 2
1
2
3
. . .
2
4
3
2
2
24
1.7
8.33
Atrophy and Anæmia ... 30
59
6
16
13
3
8
6
9
11
10
8
179
12.9 10.06
Scurvy ...
1
1
. . .
3
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
2
3
. . . 1
11
.8
. . .
Rheumatism ...
16
12
10
6
25
28
26
28
22
19
17
20
229
16.5 1 . 6 1
Venereal Diseases ...
15
7
18
15
19
15
28
18
. 1 9 19
13
11
197
14.2
Eye Diseases ...
3
8
15
20
30
34 24
37
46
17
7
10
251
18.1
Abscess and Ulcer ...
91
70
99 106 122 196 268 184 108
99 115 156
1,614
116.4
Wounds and Accidents ... 25
35
36
45
43
41
45
41
37
41
36
17
442
31.9
All other Causes ...
92
84
98 104 125 123 138 108 100
83 105 155
1,315
94.9
1,340 1,047 1,050 1,067 1,266 1,306 1,158 2,086 2,900 2,659 1,669 1,315
18,863
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
103.2 81.1 81.3 82.0 96.0 95.3 81.9 143.9 198.9 178.2 112.5 89.6
1 3 6 0 . 7