JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1872.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY 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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S .
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 . F e v e r , 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 s C a u s e s .
January . . .
57,696 1,560 27.0 200 3.47 1 1 . . . 7 11 . . . . . . 62 22 1 2 33 3 11 8 1 14 3 20
February . . .
58,603 1,474 25.1 150 2.56 1 . . . . . . 1 4 6 . . . 46 17 1 . . . 30 1 8 9 . . . 5 4 17
March . . .
58,632 1,450 24.7 124 2.11 7 . . . 1 3 7 14 1 26 5 3 1 26 . . . 7 2 . . . 9 5 7
April . . .
59,292 1,509 25.4 114 1.92 10 . . . . . . 3 5 4 . . . 25 10 . . . . . . 19 . . . 8 1 . . . 10 3 16
May . . .
60,071 1,550 25.8 152 2.53 21 . . . . . . 4 2 5 2 43 14 . . . 2 20 1 12 1 . . . 9 5 11
June . . .
61,112 1,588 26.0 106 1.73 7 3 . . . . . . 5 2 5 33 12 2 1 6 . . . 7 1 . . .
5 3
1 4
July . . .
62,382 1,811 29.0 164 2.63 29 2 . . . 4 6 . . . 2 56 14 1 . . . 13 2 10 3 . . .
6 5 11
August . . .
63,666 2,381 37.4 344 5.40 102 . . . 1 8 12 . . . 2 104 38 . . . 1 14 1 16 5 . . . 16 6 18
September . . . 64,684 2,641 40.8 307 4.75 29 1 . . . 11 16 . . . 1 129 46 1 1 26 1 11 1 2 11 3 17
October . . .
64,017 2,574 40.2 348 5.44 19 . . . 2 15 26 1 1 129 69 . . . 7 29 2 8 8 . . . 12 2 18
November . . .
63,511 2,307 36.3 352 5.54 12 . . . . . . 12 12 1 . . . 150
6 4 . . . . . . 31 2 17 10 . . .
. . . 12 5 24
December . . .
62,622 1,964 31.4 313 5.00 10 1 . . . 18 9 . . . 1 124 37 . . . 2 50 3 12 9 2
15 5 15
248 8 4 86 115 33* 15 927 348 9 17 297 16 127 58 5 124 49 188
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 61,359 1,901 31.0 2,674 43.58 4.04 .13
3.88
.24 20. 78
.15 .28 4.84 .26 2.07 .95 .08 2.02 .80 3.06
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.
Dengue . . .
. . .
. . .
1
44 80 146 163 247 299 114
22
5
1,121
18.3
. . .
Cholera . . .
4
4
22
22
43
19
80 223
42
69 12
20
560
9.1
44. 29
Smallpox . . .
12
7
7
2
10
13
2
. . .
1
. . .
4
6
64
1.0
12. 50
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
3
2
. . .
1
. . . 3
2
1
15
.2 26. 67
Fever, Intermittent . . . 1,226 1,044 1,224 1,419 1,534 1,388 1,861 3,428 4,642 3,836 2, 856 2,002
26,460
431.2
.33
" Remittent and
Continued . . .
37
47 148 89
90
53
61
91
94 118
61
52
941
15.3* 15. 73*
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
2
13
6
3
1
1
1
. . .
29
.5
51.72
Dysentery . . .
367 306 342 373 428 421 740 1,091 998 926 872 705
7,569
123.4
9 . 5 9
Diarrhœa . . .
230 252 393 442 407 479 722 747 552 555 535 408
5,722
93.2
Hepatitis . . .
5
6
11
10
9
5
9
4
9
5
6
7
86
1.4 10. 46
Spleen Disease . . .
44 36
30 40
30
39
37
40
53
52
40
63
504
8.2
3. 37
Respiratory Diseases . . . 278 212 187 211 159 126 107 106 144 192 198 283
2,203
35.9 13. 48
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
19
27
25
13
13
18
19
11
18
19
22
17
221
3.6 57. 47
Dropsy . . .
14
11
9
6
14
6
17
10
18
14 19
12
150
2.5 38. 67
Atrophy and Anæmia . . . 51
48
35
44
4 4 47
59
59
72
74 54
67
654
10.7 18. 96
Scurvy . . .
3
5
4
8
8
13
12
16
28
15
23
27
162
2.6
3. 09
Rheumatism . . .
9 8 91
99
86 84 120
97
92 99
93
97
79
1,135
18.5
1 . 5 7
Venereal Diseases . . .
50
49
68
86
70
80
82
50
65
53
48
39
740
12.1
Eye Diseases . . .
24
36 43
98
95
72 82
68 64 71
57
38
748
12.2
Abscess and Ulcer . . . 406 378 421 480 539 593 716 572 501 419 357 402
5,784
94.3
Wounds and Accidents . . . 178 178 237 269 240 235 234 199 198 194 155 163
2,480
40.4
All other Causes . . .
312 298 413 465 519 487 506 558 432 435 392 409
5,226
85.2
3,358 3,036 3,722 4,208 4,421 4,375 5,612 7,616 8,330 7,258 5,833
4 , 8 0 5
62,574
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
58.2 51.8 63.5 71.0 73.6 71.6 90.0 119.6 128.8 113.4 91.8 76.7
1 0 1 9 . 8
See Note to Table VII.