JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1875.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY during the
Year 1875, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
M O N T H S .
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 m i t t e n t .
F v e r e 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 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
... 71,152 2,238
31.5
216
3.04
2 ... ... 14 10 2 49 24 ... 5
57
2
11 4 ...
9
1
26
February
... 70,843 2,069
29.2
149
2.10
3 ... 1 9 9 3 35 15 ... 2
27
2
12 2 ...
10
2
17
March
... 70,326 2,012
28.6
164
2.33
22 ... 1 8 16 1 35 16 ... 4
24 ...
8 5 ...
3
2
19
April
... 70,181 2,075
29.6
123
1.75
9 ... ... 1 15 1 24 9 ... 1
22
2
14 2 ...
9
4
10
May
70,509 1,960
27.8
162
2.30 21 ... ... 6 11 1 39 11 4 2
28
1
12 3 ...
9
2
12
June
... 71,546 1,878
26.2
160
2.24
8 ... ... 3 9 15 31 10 1
6 29
3
13 2 ...
10 ...
20
July
... 72,430 1,942
26.8
153
2.11
19 ... ... 2 9 3 34 18 2 2
22
2
10 4 ...
9
2
15
August
72,515 2,324 32.0
160
2.21
9 ... ...
6 6 1 49 15 1 7
5
1
10 5 2
11
7
25
Sept ember
... 72,716 2,641
36.3
248 3.41
45 ... ... 16 13 2 66 25 1 3
23
3
10
8 1
10
6
16
October
... 72,275 2,740
37.9
257
3.56
10 ... ... 22 30 3 74 30 1 7
33 ...
11 2 2
10
9
13
November
.. 71,663 2,742
38.3
325
4.54 14 ... 2 28 26 3 103 40 1 7
41
4
8 4 3
13
7
21
December
... 70,812 2,287
32.3
286
4.04
6 ... 1 17 9 2 106 26 ... 9
47
3
14 7 1
15
2
21
168
. . . ... 5 132 163 37 645 239 11 55 358
23 133 48 9 118
44 215
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 71,414 2,242
31.4 2,403 33.65 2.35 ...
4.20
. 5 2 12.38
. 1 5 .77 5.01 .32 1.86 .67 .13 1.65 .62 3.01
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.
Cholera
. . .
9
18
62
30
44
23
66
33
76
14
43
6
424
5.9
39.62
Smallpox
. . . 120
122
1.32
171
98
17
1
2
2
6
14
47
732
10.3
...
Enteric Fever
. . .
. . .
...
1
5
1
1
. . .
...
...
...
3
2
13
.2
38.46
Fever, Intermittent
. . . 1,455 1,120 1,229 1,431 1,518 1,431 1,661 2,622 3,607 3,932 3,252 2,231
25,439
356.9
.52
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
. . . 157
193
284
254
204
180
201
288
362
411
290
120
2,944
41.2
5. 54
Apoplexy
. . .
2
4
2
2
4
30
12
1
3
3
3
1
67
. 9
55.22
Dysentery
...
436
283
473
468
450
420
501
823
810
756
787
625
6,832
95.7
6 . 6 5
Diarrhœa
...
339
318
6 6 0
666
532
503
609
687
664
567
520
391
6,456
90.4
Hepatitis
. . .
4
3
10
8
3
5
6
6
4
3
4
2
58
.8
18.97
Spleen Disease
. . . 50
39
39
36
54
47
48
32
35
61
79
64
584
8.2
9. 42
Respiratory Diseases
...
347
273
209
197
230
166
150
150
144
217
290
294
2,667
37.3
13.42
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
19
25
24
30
27
31
16
19
19
20
24
24
278
3.9
47.84
Dropsy
15
15
15
16
17
20
18
21
19
20
19
19
214
3.0
22.43
Atrophy and Anæmia
...
129
93
102
101
77
74
86
99
84
89
122
110
1,166
16.3
10.12
Scurvy
...
6
4
9
2
8
9
15
35
29
50
52
38
257
3.6
3.50
Rheumatism
...
107
92
83
93
96
100
113
94
82
83
127
87
1,162
16.3
1. 47
Venereal Diseases
...
123
125
135
130
121
149
126
137
102
108
121
111
1,483
20.8
Eye Diseases
...
42
38
52
119
79
82
73
84
70
64
54
56
813
11.4
Abscess and Ulcer
. . . 563
551
612
559
583
650
790
727
560
517
492
482
7,086
99.2
Wounds and Accidents ...
222
198
327
309
295
344
276
263
260
204
172
179
3,049
42.7
All other Causes
...
475
437
526
521
492
542
532
490
432
370
397
333
5,517
77.7
4,620 3,951 4,991 5,148 4,933 4,824 5,300 6,613 7,364 7,495 6,865 5,222
67,326
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
64'9
55.8
71.0
73.4
70.0
67.4
73.2
91.2 101.3 103.7
95.8 73.7
9 4 2 . 8