JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1875.
VI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in the ROHILCUND and MEERUT Districts
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 .
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 , 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
... 7,521
362
48.1
42
...
. . .
. . . . . . 5 2 ... 7 1 ... ...
14 ...
5
. . . . . .
1
1
6
February
... 7,319
300
41.0
16
. . . ... ... ...
3
. . . . . .
1 2 . . .
. . . 1 ...
4 1 ...
4
. . .
. . .
March
. . . 7,271
207
28.5
8
...
...
... ... 1 3
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 1
April
... 7,258
166
22.9
9 ...
... ... ...
. . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
5 ...
2
. . . . . . 1
1 ...
M a y
. . . 7,508
158
21.0
17
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1 3 1 2 ... ... ...
6
1
1
. . . . . . 1
. . .
1
June
. . . 7,628
139
18.2
9
...
... ... ... ... 1
. . . 1
. . . . . .
. . . 4
. . . 1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2
July
... 7,774
134
17.2
14
...
... ... ... ... 1
. . . 2 4
. . .
. . . 4 ...
1
. . . . . .
. . .
1
1
August
. . . 7,728
151
19.5
14
...
1
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . 3
. . . . . .
. . . 1 ...
1
. . . . . .
. . .
3
4
September
... 7,877
203
25.8
32
...
7
. . . . . . . . . 2
. . . 5 5
. . .
. . . 8 ...
1
. . . . . . 1 ...
3
October
... 7,874
196
24.9
33
...
... ... ... 1 9 1 8 ... ... ...
5 ...
2
. . . . . . 2
1
4
November
. . . 7,701
178
23.1
39
...
. . . ... ... 4 7 ... 9 5 ... ...
6
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 7
December
... 7,532
154 20.4
31
...
... ... ... ... 4 1 5 1 ... ...
9
1
2
. . . . . .
3
. . .
5
8 ... ... 15 33 3 43 19 ... ...
64
2
22
1 ...
1 3
7
3 4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 7,583
196
25.8
264 34.81 1.05 ...
6.33
.40 8.18 ... ... 8.44 .26 2.90
. 1 3 ... 1.71 .92 4.48
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admitted
Per 1,000of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
9
. . .
...
...
1 1
1.5
72.73
Smallpox
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
1
.1
...
Enteric Fever
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
Fever, Intermittent ...
151
106
88
131
147
107
113
146
297
320
171
122
1,899
250.4
.79
Fevers, Remittent and C o n t i n u e d . . .
11
22
12
12
14
9
3
7
19
23
14
4
150
19.8
22. 00
Apoplexy
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
1
...
...
1
...
1
6
.8
50. 00
Dysentery
. . .
23
9
12
18
29
13
15
66
62
51
41
31
370
48.8
9. 73
Diarrhœa
...
21
9
10
15
18
18
14
36
46
21
46
13
267
35.2
Hepatitis
...
. . .
...
. . .
...
. . .
...
...
...
1
. . .
1
...
2
.3
...
Spleen Disease
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
5
3
2
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
16
2.1
...
Respiratory Diseases ...
43
26
12
25
20
19
17
6
1 1
19
26
33
257
33.9
24.90
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
4
2
2
4
1
3
4
1
...
...
3
2
26
3.4
84. 62
Dropsy
. . .
1
4
2
1
. . .
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
8
1.1
12. 50
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
28
19
9
5
6
1
4
4
4
4
7
13
104
13.7
12. 50
Scurry
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
...
...
...
Rheumatism
...
4
4
6
2
2
7
6
5
6
5
11
6
64
8.4
3. 19
Venereal Diseases
...
8
8
6
10
11
18
12
12
7
13
12
13
130
17.1
Eye Diseases
.. ...
5
2
10
11
8
13
5
3
4
6
3
7
77
10.2
Abscess and Ulcer
...
55
41
43
41
34
41
63
52
32
36
31
21
490
64.6
Wounds and Accidents ...
18
7
26
27
38
31
22
24
16
29
12
15
265
34.9
All other Causes
. . .
2 8
26
24
38
28
27
24
25
34
25
26
17
322
42.5
400
280
264
340
363
313
305
388
548
554
405
299
4,465
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
53.2 39.1
36.3 46.8 48.4 41.0 39.2 50.2 69.6
70.4 52.6 39.7
5 8 8 . 8
1875.
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