JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1875.
IV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in the CENTRAL PROVINCES, excluding
JUBBULPORE and SAUGOR, during the Year 1875, 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 s .
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
. . .
2,412
94 39.0
7
...
...
. . .
... ...
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . . ...
1
February
... 2,465
92
37.3
8
. . .
. . . . . . . . . ... ... ... 1 1
. . . . . . 3 ...
2 ... ... ... ...
1
March
... 2,460
88 35.8
9
. . . 3
. . . . . . 2 ...
. . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
1 ... ...
. . . . . . 1 ...
1
April
... 2,391
90
37.6
2 ...
... ...
. . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2
May
... 2,377
8 0 33.7
4 ...
...
. . . ... 1 ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ...
1
. . . . . .
. . . 1 ...
1
June
... 2,447
70
28.6
5
. . . 3
. . . . . . . . .
...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...
... ... ... ... ...
2
July
... 2,451
94 38.4
10 ...
5 ...
. . . ... ...
. . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ...
. . . 2 ...
2
August
... 2,421
106
43.8
14 ... 5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1
. . . ... ... ... ... ...
2 ...
3
September
... 2,434
131
53.8
8 ... 1
. . . . . . 1 1
. . . 1 . . . 1
. . . ... ...
...
. . . 1
1 ...
1
October
... 2,404
135
56.2
4
. . . ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1
1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
2
November
... 2,481
135
54.4
9
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...
2
1 ...
. . . . . .
. . . ...
1
December
... 2,470
107
43.3
8 ... ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
. . .
1
. . . ...
1 . . .
2 . . . ...
17 ... ... 4 2 ... 9 7 2 1 12
1
5 1
1
9 ...
17
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 2,434 102 41.9
88 36.15 6.98 ...
2.47
... 6.57 .82.41 4.93
. 4 1 2.05 .4 1 .41 3.70 ... 6.98
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS .INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admitted
der 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
... ...
...
3
. . .
...
3
9
9
1 ...
...
...
25
10.3
68.00
Smallpox
... ...
. . .
. . . ...
1
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ...
...
1
. 4 ...
Enteric Fever
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
Fever, Intermittent ...
4 2
35
46
38
29
48
65
87
108
99
131
70
798
327.9
. 5 0
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
...
7
2
4
3
2 ...
8
5
6
7
7
2
53
21.8
3.77
Apoplexy
... ...
...
. . . . . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . .
...
...
. . .
Dysentery
. . .
9
19
14
8
5
12
3 0
19
31
1 0
17
13
187
76.8
4.47
Diarrhœa.
...
7
7
23
8
8
13
28
29
16
8
13
11
171
70.3
Hepatitis
. . . ...
...
1
. . . ...
...
1
2
1 ...
...
...
5
2.1
40.00
Spleen Disease
...
3
. . . ...
. . .
2
. . .
4
1
1
1
3
3
18
7.4
5.56
Respiratory Diseases ...
8
10
7
6
6
1
2
6
6
12
11
12
87
35.7
13.79
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
3
. . .
1
1
1 ...
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
1
7
2.9
7 1 . 4 3
Dropsy
... ...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
1
4
1.6
2 5 . 0 0
Atrophy and Anæmia ... ...
3
4
. . .
3
2
4
4
4
3
15 ...
42
17.3
21.43
Scurvy
...
1 ...
...
...
...
...
2
3
14
5
2
1
28
11.5
3.57
Rheumatism
...
12
1
7
4
3
10
7
3
6
3
8
2
66
27.1
1.60
Venereal Diseases
...
5
8
8
2
4
6
8
3
6
2
9
5
66
27.1
Eye Disease
. . .
2
2
2
4
. . .
3
2
3
4
6
4
. . .
32
13.1
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
40
25
28
41
55
42
69
60
71
60
46
3 7
574
235.8
Wounds and Accidents...
6
6
20
20
15
5
1
8
17
5
8
7
121
49.7
All other Cause
...
23
22
27
15
15
18
16
26
27
23
30
21
263
108.1
168
140
195
150
149
163
259
268
320
246
304 186
2,548
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
69.7 56.8 79.3 62.7 62.7 66.6 10.57 110.7 131.5 102.3 122.5 75.3
1 0 4 6 . 8
1875.
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