JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1871.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY during the
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 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 .
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 t a n d C o n t i n u i e d .
A p o p l e x y .
D y s e n t 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 .
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 v e r a g e 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 .
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January
... 57,510 1,691 29.4 217 3.78
1 ...
1 1 21
3
57
20
1 ...
37
3
13
1
. . .
28
2
19
February
. . . 57,371 1,552 27.0 133 2.32
2
1
3
39
2
18
15 ...
2
20
2
9
3
2
3
1
11
March
... 56,542 1,425 25.2 113 2.00
2
. . . 3
16
3
23
9
1
1
16
1
17 ...
...
10
1
10
April
. . . 50,589 1,396 24.7
96 1.70
7
. . . 1
15 ...
16 7
. . . 1
15
2
8
5
1
2
4
12
May
... 56,718 1,375 24.2 110 1.94
3
. . . 2
21
2
26
6
1
2
11
1
7
4 ...
7
4
13
June
... 57,628 1,375 23.9
92 1.60
6
. . .
2
5
9
21 3
. . . 2
15
1
10 ...
1
7
3
7
July
. . . 57,716 1,546 26.8
82 1.42
3
. . . 2
14
1
13 7
. . . 1
7
. . . 10
3 ...
5
3
13
August
... 58,022 1,820 31.4 122 2.10
1
. . . 7
18
2
37
15
. . . 5
6
. . . 10
1 ...
7 ..
13
September ... 58,388 2,003 34.3 163 2.79
3
. . . 14 18
2
44 28
1 1
17
2 9
1 ...
8
2
13
October
... 58,196 2,175 37.4 262 4.50
16 ...
12
11
4 108
44
2
4 23
2
9
6 ...
6
4
11
November ... 58,165 2,125 36.5 266 4.57
8 ...
4
12
1 113
45
1
4
28
1
11
6
. . .
11
6
15
December ... 57,598 1,809 31.4 330 5.73
11
1
7
14
2 130
40
3
1
59
5
13
4
...
8
5
27
63 2
6 8 204 31
6 0 6 239
10
24 254 20 126
34
4 102
35 1 6 4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year... 57,537 1,691 29.4 1,936 34.52 1.10
. 0 3
4 . 7 3
.54
14. 69
.17 .42 4.41 .35 2.19 .59
. 07 1.77 .61 2. 85
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total ,
Admitted
during s
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept.
Oct. Nov.
Dec.
Cholera
...
6
12
13
20
15
14
12
5
7
27
28
12
171
3.0
36.84
Smallpox
...
3
7
1
4
6
1
. . .
1
. . . ...
5
9
37
.7
5.41
Fever, Intermittent ... 1,290 1,099 1,303 1,432 1,520 1,564 2,291 3,235 3,251 3,383 2,645 1,624
24,628
428.0
.27
„ Remittent and
Continued ...
35
166
83
92
75
44
87
88
113
70
69
44
966
16.8
21.12
Apoplexy
...
1
2
4
1
7
26
6
2
2
9
2
3
65
1.1
47.69
Dysentery
. . . 376
254
329
303
281
332
450
658
748
671
639
499
5,510
96.3 8. 71
Diarrhœa
...
209
234
328
320
320
278
404
481
458 442
389
295
4,158
72.3
Hepatitis
...
3
4
4
4
3
1
1
4
7
3
2
5
41
.7
24.39
Spleen Disease
. . .
37
37
30
43
41
26
45
52
56
68
55
57
547
9.5
4.39
Respiratory Diseases ...
222
208
162
142
139
97
97
121
107
172
226
277
1,970
34.2
12.89
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
35
19
30
31
21
24
28
21
17
4 0
15
1 8
299
5.2
42.14
Dropsy
...
6
7
9
10
9
4
9
13
9
16
14
13
119
2.1
28.57
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
157
27
43
39
32
40
44
52
35
47
46
47
609
10.6
16.75
Scurvy
. . .
7
5
9
4
7
8
7
6
6
8
18
3
88
1.5
4.54
Rhemnatism
. . . 102
78
102
94
108
93
8 0
81
94
99
87
87
1,105
19.2
1.55
Venereal Diseases
...
87
62
95
96
8 0
99
87
69
77
69
54
59
934
16.2
Eye Diseases
. . .
30
28
57
58
80
74
79
91
56
66
51
25
695
12.1
Abscess and Ulcer
...
388
364
348
332
364
502
455
458
422
384
351
322
4,690
81.5
Wounds and Accidents...
176
175
192
194
220
190
169
159
198
182
147
131
2,126
36.9
All other causes
...
338
362
414
430
445 412
396
389
378
352
324
334
4,574
79.5
3,508 3,141 3,556 3,649 3,773 3,829 4,740 5,986 6,041 6,108 5,167 3,864
53,362
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Mouth.
61.0
54.8
62.9
64.5
66.5 I 66.4
82.1 103.2 103.5 104.9
88.8
67.1
927.4