JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1876.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in LOWER BENGAL and in ASSAM
during the Year 1876, 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 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
16,933 702 41.5 75
4 1
1 3
22 8
2 13
12 4
2
3
February
17,117 660 38.6 76
1
1 1
20 7 1 4 14
14 3
6
4
March
17,159 672 39.2 56
14
2 1 1
9 5 1
10
7
2 1 3
April
17,393 725 41.7 87
30
3 1 14 8
2 5
13
4 1 6
May
17,485 634 36.3 84
30 2
1 4
13 3 1
1
15 3
4 1 6
June
17,667 663 37.5 69
13 1 1
20 6
7 1 11 2
4 1
2
July
17,661 726 41.1 74
16
1 4
16 6
1 7
10 2
6 2 3
August
17,536 730 41.6 59
1
1
6 1 14 6
6
13 3
2 1 5
September
17,358 734 42.3 48
5
1 6
1
1 7 3
4
October
17,002 713 41.9 84
7
3
30 9
3 4 2 12 2
3 2 7
November
17,027 692 40.6 85
6
3 1 28 6
14
13 1
4 1 8
December
16,706 639 38.2 81
15
3 1
17 11 1
5
11
4
13
137 4 4 8 34 3 224 81 4 13 86 4 138 23
45 10 60
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
17,254 691 40.0 878 50.89 7.94 .23
2 . 6 7
. 1 8 17. 68
. 2 3 .75 4.98 . 2 3 8 . 0 0 1 . 3 3 2. 61 .58 3.48
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted durin g 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
8
45 79 52 24 24
6
1 12 17 30
298
17.3 45. 97
Smallpox
6 15
1
1
23
1.3 17. 39
Enteric Fever
2
1
1
1
2
1
8
.5 50. 00
Fever, Intermittent
574 493 479 556 510 651 827 761 859 857 819 618
8,004
463.9
.10
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
20 27 36 29 26 24 50 37 21 18 22 12
322
18.7 10. 56
Apoplexy
1
1
1
4
.2 75. 00
Dysentery
226 163 174 308 219 238 348 335 327 283 281 268
3,170
183.7 4.96
Diarrhœa
181 275 344 309 274 337 278 247 164 209 196 166
2,980
172.7
Hepatitis
5
4
3
1
5
1
3
3
25
1.4 16. 00
Spleen Disease
27 22 19 34 33 21 39 28 28 10 11 21
293
17.0
4 . 4 4
Respiratory Diseases
104 79 77 61 58 53 73 45 40 70 76 6 6
802
4 6 . 5
1 0 . 7 2
Phthisis Pulmonalis
23
8 20 23 25 23 22 15
8 11 18 15
211
1 2 . 2
6 5 . 4 0
Dropsy
13 14 12 13 16 18 14
8
8 13 13 18
160
9 . 3
1 4 . 3 8
Atrophy and Anæmia 38 40 36 38 35 43 49 52 41 36 45 49
502
29.1 8. 96
Scurvy
6
7
9 12
3
9 19 14 12
6 21 17
135
7.8
Rheumatism
38 20 50 38 46 59 41 23 32 41 45 37
470
2 7 . 2
1. 38
Venereal Diseases
24 26 23 25 26 35 29 25 32 17 16 23
301
1 7 . 5
Eye Diseases
4 15 18
9 13 19 17 15 23 29
8
7
177
1 0 . 3
Abscess and Ulcer
123 100 119 124 137 154 151 118 145 138 80 111
1,500
8 6 . 9
Wounds and Accidents
45 69 76 80 80
7 1
6 8 72
6 9
4 4
4 8
4 8
7 7 0
4 4 . 6
All other Causes
200 268 329 172 158 149 158 149 161 129 137 158
2,168
125.7
1,659 1,632 1,867 1,917 1,729 1,930 2,208 1,955 1,976 1, 926 1,857 1,667
22,323
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
98.0 95.3 108.8 110.2 98.9 109.2 125.0 111.5 113.8
1 1 3 . 3 109.1 99.8
1 2 9 3 . 8