JAILS OF TIE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1873.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in. CHOTA NAGPORE and in the DINA
-PORE, BENARES, OUDE, and CAWNPORE DISTRICTS, during the Year 1873, 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 mb 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.
Cholera.
Smallpox.
Enteric Fever.
Fever, Intermittent.
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued.
Apoplexy.
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 .
He a r t Di 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 ...
22,721 502 22.1 84
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 1
42
12
. . . 1
14 ... 4
. . . . . . 1 3
5
February ...
22,698 563 24.8 54
. . .
1 1
. . .
. . . 2 1
19
10 1 1
7 ... 2
. . . . . . 1 2
6
March ...
22,397 499 22.3 50
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . . 1 1
16
6
. . .
. . . 12 1 4
1 . . . 1
. . .
4
April ...
22,568 560 24.8 52
. . .
8 3
. . . 1
1
. . . 11
4
1
. . .
6 ... 2 2
. . . 4 1
8
May ...
2 2 , 8 8 1 527 23.0 40
. . .
. . . 2
. . .
. . . 3
4 12
. . .
. . .
. . .
7 ... 1 1
. . . 2
. . .
8
June ...
23,129 544 23.5 60
. . .
7 2
. . .
. . . 10 10
8
8
. . .
. . .
2 ...
4
. . . . . . 3 2
4
July ...
23,781 549 23.1 61
. . .
13
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . 13
5
. . .
. . .
8 ... 3
. . . . . . 6 4
8
August ...
24,340 659 27.1 117
. . .
45 1 2 1
3
. . . 26
14
. . .
. . .
6 1 5
. . . . . . 4 4
5
September ...
24,875 759 30.5 104
. . .
15
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . . 53
10
. . . 1
4 1 4
1 . . . 3 3
8
October ...
24,947 750 30.1 137
. . .
2
. . .
. . . 3
4 1
63
14
. . . 2
10 ... 8 1
. . . 5 1
23
November ...
25,067 713 28.4 115
. . .
1
. . .
. . . 4
4
. . . 52
12 2 1
12 ...
8
. . . . . . 5
. . . 14
December ...
24,476 674 27.6 112
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1
1 44
13
. . .
. . . 17
... 6
. . .
. . .
9 1
19
95 9 2 12
30 19 359 108 4 6 105 3 51 6
. . . 44 21 112
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ... 23,657 608 25.7 986 41.68 4.02
. 3 8
1.86
.80
19.74 .16 .25 4.44 .13 2.16 .25
. . . 1.86 .89 4.74
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 cases
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Choler ...
. . .
1
4
18
. . .
33
34
95
27
2
3
. . .
217
9.2
43.78
Smallpox ...
6
9
20
31
17
20
7
1
. . .
1
8
10
130
5.5
6.92
Enteric Fever ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
.1
. . .
Fever, Intermittent ...
346
345
353
528
448
455
474
574
742
711
554
434
5,964
252.1
.20
Fevers, Remittent and
C o n t i n u e d . . .
7
8
5
2
12
11
1
6
7
10
9
6
84
3.6
35.71
Apoplexy ...
1
1
2
1
8
37
1
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
53
2.2
35.85
Dysentery ...
137
89
136
163
102
91
185
337
406
281
215
186
2,328
98.4
11.37
Diarrhœa ...
87
55
91
120
115
147
167
293
255
179
148
124
1,781
75.3
Hepatitis ...
1
3
. . .
3
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
2
2
1
14
.6
28.57
Spleen Disease ...
9
6
5
6
6
2
7
9
5
4
9
9
77
3.2
7.79
Respiratory Diseases ...
71
48
51
36
55
35
26
45
27
60
73
62
589
24.9
17.83
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
8
4
4
4
5
9
9
5
3
7
5
9
72
3.0
70.83
Dropsy ...
3
4
2
3
3
2
1
3
1
3
2
1
28
1.2
21.43
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
18
15
17
21
17
12
14
20
17
26
24
43
244
10.3
18.03
Scurvy ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
1
2
1
. . .
6
.3
. . .
Rheumatism ...
33
21
24
19
25
29
26
24
30
35
26
23
315
13.3
2.06
Venereal Diseases ...
15
17
32
23
21
24
33
30
22
26
9
21
273
11.5
Eye Diseases ...
7
10
22
39
28
13
15
24
45
17
16
10
246
10.4
Abscess and Ulcer ...
156
194
191
1 9 2
219
306
372
295
287
231
242
205
2,890
122.2
Wounds and Accidents ...
102
112
106
105
122
136
134
71
107
63
76
63
1,197
50.6
All other Causes ...
126
155
159
117
140
146
136
165
123
127
111
164
1,669
70.5
1,133
1,097
1,224
1,431
1,344
1,509
1,642
2,001
2,105
1,789
1,533
1,371
18,179
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
49.9
48.3
54.7
63.4
58.7
65.2 69.0
82.2
84.6
71.7
61.1
56.0
768.4