JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1873.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in LOWER BENGAL and in ASSAM
during the Year 1873, and the prevalcnce 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 .
F e v e r , I n t e r m i t t e n t .
F e v e r , I n t e r 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 a r y .
D i a r r h œ a . Hepat 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 .
Dropsy.
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 ... 15,559
566
36.4
60
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . . 24
4 ...
1
7
2
4
4
. . .
3
2
4
15,844
504
31.8
3 2
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1 2
5 ...
. . .
6
. . .
2 1
. . .
2
. . . 1
February ...
15,872
516
32.5
47
. . .
8
. . .
. . . 2
3
. . . 12
2 ...
1
9
. . . 4
1
. . .
3
. . . 2
March ...
15,958
535
33.5
56
. . .
12
. . . 1
1
2
3 11
6 ...
2
3
1
8
1
. . .
3
. . . 2
April ...
16,015
521
32.5
49
. . .
10
1
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
1 5
7 ...
. . . 3
. . . 3
1
. . .
2
3
1
M a y . . .
16,297
509
31.2
46
. . .
9
. . .
. . . 1
2
1
9
3 ...
. . . 6
. . . 8
1
. . .
2
2
2
J u n e . . .
July
... 16,419
598
36.4
33
. . .
7
. . .
. . . 1
2
. . . 7
5 ...
1
3
1
2 ...
. . .
2
1
1
August ... 16,499
673
40.8
95
. . .
34
. . .
. . . 1
3
1 17
9 ...
. . . 8
3
4
2
. . .
5
1
7
16,459
660
40.1
77
. . .
14
. . .
. . . 1
1
2 32
8
1
1
2
1
6
1
. . .
1
1
5
September ...
16,278
643
39.5
68
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
2 25 17 ...
. . . 6
4
4
4
. . .
2
. . . 2
October ...
November ... 16,321
662
40.6
85
. . .
5
. . . 1
2
3
3 23 16 ...
. . . 6
2
9
4
. . .
2
. . . 9
16,241
642
39.5
69
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
. . . 20 13 ...
3
7
3
7
5
. . .
4
1
3
December ...
104 1
2 10 26 12 207 95
1
9 66 17 61 25
. . .
31 11 39
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ... 16,147
586
36.3
717
44.40 6.44
. 0 6
2. 35
. 7 4 18.70 .06
. 5 6 4.09 1.05 3.78 1.55
. . .
1.92
. 6 8 2.42
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
c a s e s
treated.
Jan.
Feb.
March. April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug,
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera ...
4
1
25
28
38
14
23
80
12
3
16
4
248
15.4
41.94
. . .
1
1
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
1
3
. . .
3
12
. 7
8.33
Smallpox ...
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
3
. 2
. . .
E n t e r i c F e v e r . . .
5 4 8
4 1 7
543
556
4 9 6
3 9 7
581
8 4 4
777
841
886
696
7,582
469.6
. 1 3
Fever, Intermittent ...
8
10
10
10
6
13
9
13
9
17
11
19
135
8.4
19.26
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued ...
1
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
2
. . .
1
2
. . .
3
. . .
12
.7
100.00
Apoplexy ...
222
136
161
205
221
194
266
370
350
246
260
314
2,945
182.4
4 . 7 1
Dysentery ...
218
176
323
237
233
290
436
370
315
320
276
264
3,458
214.2
Diarrhœa ...
4
. . .
1
. . .
1
2
3
1
3
. . .
2
3
20
1.2
5..00
Hepatitis ...
36
22
20
24
25
23
31
27
25
22
21
22
298
18.4
3.02
Spleen Disease ...
50
46
50
42
43
43
42
53
38
48
41
37
533
33.0
12.38
Respiratory Diseases ...
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s . . .
8
8
8
3
8
9
9
3
7
14
7
17
101
6.2
60.40
7
7
8
7
9
11
10
8
10
12
9
27
125
7.7
20.00
Dropsy ...
10
6
10
15
16
29
216
72
79
94
138
69
754
46.7
4.11
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
11
8
6
10
19
25
17
10
21
16
7
4
154
9.5
. . .
Scurvy ...
3 2
34
33
37
30
32
33
28
28
26
31
32
376
23.3
1.53
R h e u m a t i s m . . .
18
19
16
20
22
11
14
16
29
10
18
22
215
13.3
Venereal Diseases ...
3
10
15
13
8
14
15
14
12
17
10
4
135
8.4
Eye Diseases ...
61
54
92
90
69
97
106
81
69
80
74
99
972
60.2
Abscess and Ulcer ...
52
49
56
671
41.6
45
Wounds and Accidents ...
41
51
45
58
83
66
80
45
121
144
213
2,018
125.0
All other Causes ...
168
215
148
182
191
198
162
148
128
1,450
1,221
1,516
1,541
1,519
1,471
2,054 2,184
1,960
1,943
2,003
1,905
20,767
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
93.2
77.0
95.5
96.6
94.8
90.3
125.1
132.4
119.1
119.4
122.7
117.3
1286.1
1873.
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