JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1871.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in LOWER BENGAL and in ASSAM
during the Year 1871, 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 .
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 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
... 14,006
469 33.5
43 ...
1
. . .
5
. . .
. . .
7
6
1 ...
3
1
9
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
4
February ... 13,977
443 31.7
33 ...
2
. . .
...
4
1
4
6
. . .
. . .
4
1
4
1
. . .
1 ...
5
March
... 13,837
451 32.6
40 ...
2 ...
1
2
. . . 11
5
. . .
1
3 ...
8
. . .
. . .
6 ...
1
April
. . . 13,864
473 34.1
32
. . .
6
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
7
2
. . .
1
3 1
3
3 . . .
1 ...
2
May
. . . 14,077
476 33.8
32 ...
...
...
1
1
. . . 14
2
1 ...
3
1
5
1
. . .
1 1
1
June
. . . 14,307
503 35.2
4 0 ...
6
. . .
1
2
. . .
9
1
. . .
2
4
. . .
6
. . . . . .
5
1
3
July
. . . 14,231
572 40.2 28 ...
3
. . .
2
4
. . .
3
1 ...
1
3
. . .
5
2
. . .
2
. . .
2
August
... 14,208
627 44.1
3 6 ...
1
. . .
2
5
1
11
2 ...
1
3 ...
3
. . .
. . .
2 ...
5
September ... 14,241
645 45.3 50 ...
3
. . .
5
2
1
1 1
3
1
1
7
2
6 ...
. . .
3 ...
5
October
... 14,074
718 51.0
75
. . .
16
. . .
5
3
2
23
5
2
1
1 0
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
November ...
1 3 , 8 6 4
684 49.3 76
. . .
3
.
1
1 ...
3 4
1 3
1
1
4
1
5
2
. . .
3
1
6
December ... 13,621
619 45.4 82 ...
9
. . .
2
1
1
32 7
1
1
14
1
5
3
. . .
2
1
2
52 ...
25
28
6 166
53
7
10
61
8
63
12 ...
3 3
4
3 9
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . .
1 4 , 0 2 6
5 5 7 39.7
5 6 7
4 0 . 4 2
3 . 7 1 . . .
3 . 7 8
. 4 3
1 5 . 6 1
. 5 0
. 7 1
4.35
. 57
4 . 4 9
. 8 5
. . .
2 . 3 5
. 2 9
2 . 7 8
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
To t a l Ad mi t t e d d u r i n g t h e Ye a r .
A d m i t t e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
Di ed out of each hundr ed t r eat ed.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera
...
6
12
12
1 4
1 1
11
10
4
7
27
9
9
132
9.4
39.39
Smallpox
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. 1
...
Fever, Intermittent ...
371
344
406
437
465
574
797
1,022
901
1,035
9 0 6
6 9 1
7,949
566.7
.31
„ Remittent and
Continued ...
5
8
12
11
8
9
17
2 4
13
13
9
6
135
9.6
2 0 . 7 4
Apoplexy
. . . ...
1
...
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
3
. . . .
1
9
.6
6 6 . 6 7
Dysentery
. . .
102
93
110
129
1 1 8
138
202
214
235
261
223
2 1 4
2 , 0 3 9
1 4 5 . 4
5 . 8 2
Diarrhœa
...
65
83
143
133
152
1 2 4
179
196
178
218
132
123
1 , 7 2 6
1 2 3 . 1
Hepatitis
...
1
1
1
1
3
1
. . .
1
6
2
2
3
22
1 . 6
3 1 . 8 2
Spleen Disease
...
19
20
17
17
20
12
31
33
44
4 6
28
36
3 2 3
23.0
3.10
Respiratory Diseases ...
65
62
58
51
58
4 2
37
46
42
61
58
51
631
45.0
9 . 6 7
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
11
11
20
14
12
16
14
13
12
2 4
12
12
171
12.2
3 6 . 8 4
Dropsy
...
4
4
8
2
5
4
5
1 9
6
6
10
11
75
5 . 4
1 6 . 0 0
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
16
9
11
17
8
17
19
15
11
13
17
10
1 6 3
1 1 . 6
20.24
Scuvry
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
4
7
2
5
5
4
6
12
...
49
3.5
. . .
Rheumatism
...
39
30
39
43
51
50
32
31
35
32
32
3 2
4 4 6
3 1 . 8
1 . 2 9
Venereal Diseases
...
21
24
34
3 8
25
38
28
26
28
22
23
18
325
23.2
Eye Diseases
...
11
6
6
12
14
12
8
26
11
21
8
9
1 4 4
10.3
Abscess and Ulcer
...
58
5 8
54
67
65 6 5
81
72
57
64
58
44
5 5
733
5 2 . 3
Wounds and Accidents
62
56
50
5 6
59
52
3 8
37
37
42
41
34
5 6 4
4 0 . 2
All other causes
...
149
164
163
177
178
126
136
133
146
1 2 2
120
1 1 3
1,727
1 2 3 . 1
1,005
986 1,148
1,224
1,260
1,311
1,630
1,894 1,781
2,012
1,686
1,428
17,365
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
7 1 . 7
7 0 . 5
8 3 . 0
8 8 . 3
8 9 . 5
91.6
1 1 4 . 5
1 3 3 . 3
1 2 5 . 1
143.0
121.6
104.8
1 2 3 8 . 1