JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1871.
VIII.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION of the
various PROVINCES of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
RATIO PER 1,000 OF THE AVERAGE STRENGTH.
Bengal proper and Assam. Ga n g e t i c P r o v i n e s s a n d Ou d e .
Central Pro
vinces (exclud
ing Saugor and Jubbulpore).
A g r a a n d C e n t r a l I n d i a .
R o h i l c u n d a n d M e e r u t . Punjab
.
B e n g a l P r e s i d e n c y .
1.—AVERAGE DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH.
January
... 33.5
3 0 . 0
4 8 . 0
2 7 . 4
3 2 . 4
2 0 . 6
2 9 . 4
F e b r u a r y
. . .
31.7
2 3 . 7
4 5 . 6
2 6 . 5
2 4 . 4
2 5 . 3
2 7 . 0
M a r c h ... 32.6
2 2 . 3
4 4 . 9
2 4 . 4
2 4 . 1
1 8 . 9
2 5 . 2
A p r i l ... 34.1
2 1 . 8
3 8 . 8
2 3 . 1
2 3 . 8
1 7
. 2
2 4 . 7
M a y
. . .
33.8
2 0 . 8
3 8 . 1
1 9 . 1
2 0 . 0
1 9 . 7
2 4 . 2
J u n e
. . .
35.2
1 9 . 7
3 3 . 5
1 9 . 8
1 8 . 2
1 9 . 6
2 3 . 9
J u l y
...
40.2
2 1 . 9
3 9 . 0
2 1 . 4
2 2 . 7
2 0 . 6
2 6 . 8
A u g u s t
...
44.1
2 5 . 5
3 6 . 7
2 6 . 6
2 7 . 6
2 8 . 1
3 1 . 4
S e p t e m b e r
...
45.3
3 0 . 2
4 2 . 0
3 2 . 9
3 6 . 4
2 6 . 7
3 4 . 3
O c t o b e r
...
51.0
3 5 . 8
4 4 . 8
3 4 . 6
3 9 . 6
2 4 . 1
3 7 . 4
N o v e m b e r
...
49.3
3 6 . 4
5 1 . 3
3 4
. 8
3 3 . 8
2 3 . 3
3 6 . 5
D e c e m b e r
...
45.4
2 9 . 7
4 9 . 1
2 6 . 5
2 7 . 5
1 9 . 8
3 1 . 4
A V E R A G E O F T H E Y E A R
. . .
39.7
2 6 . 6
4 2 . 6
2 6 . 5
2 7 . 6
2 2 . 0
2 9 . 4
2.—COMPOSITION OF THE ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR.
.
C h o l e r a
. . .
9.4
1 . 9
1 . 9
...
...
...
3 . 0
S m a l l p o x ... .1
1 . 2
. 5
... . 3
. 7
. 7
F e v e r s
...
576.3
3 3 1 . 5
6 7 5 . 8
3 3 0 . 2
4 4 0 . 0
4 6 0 . 1
4 4 4 . 8
A p l p l e x y
... .6
. 5
. 5
1 . 2
. 3
3 . 0
1 . 1
D y s e n t e r y a n d D i a r r h œ a
. . .
268.5
1 7 9 . 0
1 6 7 . 2
1 0 0 . 8
1 2 2 . 2
8 7 . 5
1 6 8 . 6
H e p a t i t i s
... 1.6
. 3
. 5
. 6
. 8
. 5
. 7
S p l e e n D i s e a s e
. . .
23.0
4 . 2
6 . 2
4 . 4
3 . 7
7 . 2
9 . 5
R e s p i r a t o r y d i s e a s e s .
. . .
45.0
2 0 . 3
3 5 . 9
4 2 . 7
3 6 . 0
3 9 . 1
3 4 . 2
p h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s
. . .
12.2
4 . 9
1 . 4
. 9
1 . 2
1 . 8
5 . 2
D r o p s y
. . .
5.4
1 . 0
1 . 0
...
. 8
1 . 3
2 . 1
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a
... 11.6
1 7 . 0
7 . 2
2 . 7
8 . 0
4 . 2
1 0 . 6
S c u r v y
. . .
3.5
. 6
1 . 9
1 . 2
. 2
1 . 3
1 . 5
R e u m a t i s m
... 31.8
1 5 . 6
4 9 . 8
9 . 7
1 3 . 5
1 1 . 2
1 9 . 2
V e n e r a l D i s e a s e s .
. . .
23.2
1 4 . 8
3 2 . 1
1 4 . 7
1 4 . 8
9 . 5
1 6 . 2
E y e D i s e a s e s .
... 10.3
1 1 . 9
1 4 . 8
1 5 . 0
1 1 . 3
1 3 . 4
1 2 . 1
A b s c e s s a n d U l c e r
. . .
52.3
8 2 . 0
2 5 0 . 0
8 2 . 8
9 1 . 7
8 0 . 4
8 1 . 5
I n j u r i e s
. . .
40.2
4 2 . 1
3 9 . 7
2 5 . 3
3 9 . 6
2 7 . 7
3 6 . 9
A l l o t h e r c a u s e s
. . .
123.1
5 6 . 6
1 2 6 . 0
7 2 . 7
4 2 . 3
7 6 . 8
7 9 . 5
ADMISSION-RATE OfTHE YEAR
. . .
1238.1
7 8 5 . 4
1 4 1 2 . 4
7 0 4 . 9
8 2 6 . 7
8 2 5 . 7
9 2 7 . 4
3.—COMPOSITION OF THE DEATH-RATE.
Cholera
. . .
3.71
. 4 8
. 9 6
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . 1 0
Smallpox
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. 1 5
. 0 3
Fevers
... 3.78
1 . 1 3
3 . 3 5
2 . 6 5
1 3 . 4 8
7 . 5 5
4 . 7 3
Apolexy
... .43
. 3 8
. 4 8
. 5 9
. 3 3
. 9 5
. 5 4
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
... 15.61
1 6 . 9 0
1 0 . 5 4
6 . 7 8
2 9 . 3 0
6 . 7 2
1 4 . 6 9
Hepatitis
. . .
.50
. 0 5
...
. 2 9
...
. 0 8
.7
Spleen Disease
. . .
.71
. 3 8
. 4 8
. . .
. 1 7
. 3 7
. 4 2
Respiratory Diseases
. . .
4.35
3 . 2 2
2 . 8 8
4 . 4 2
5 . 3 3
5 . 9 8
4 . 4 1
Heart Disease
. . .
.57
. 3 2
. 4 8
. 2 9
. 5 0
. 0 8
. 3 5
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
4.49
2 . 3 6
1 . 9 1
. 2 9
. 5 0
. 8 2
2 . 1 9
SDropsy
. . .
.85
. 6 4
. 4 8
. 5 9
. 3 3
. 3 7
. 5 9
Atrophy and Anæmia
. . .
2.35
2 . 3 6
. 4 8
. . .
2 . 3 3
. 7 5
1 . 7 7
All other causes
. . .
3.07
3 . 9 8
4 . 7 8
3 . 8 3 3.00
3 . 3 7
3 . 5 3
DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR
... 40.42
3 2 . 2 0
2 6 . 8 2
1 9 . 7 3
5 5 . 2 7
2 7 . 1 9
3 4 . 5 2
DIED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED.
4.—MORTALITY RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER TREATED.
Cholera
. . .
39.39
2 5 . 7 1
5 0 . 0 0
. . .
. . .
. . .
3 6 . 8 4
S m a l l p o x
. . .
...
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2 2 . 2 2
5 . 4 1
Intermittent Fevers
. . .
.31
. 1 3
. 0 7
. . .
. 5 4
. 3 6
. 2 7
Remittent and Continued Fevers
. . .
20.74
1 0 . 4 8
1 2 . 7 7
8 . 4 1
2 9 . 4 4
2 4 . 8 4
2 1 . 1 2
Apoplexy
. . .
66.67
7 7 . 7 8
. . .
5 0 . 0 0
1 0 0 . 0 0
3 2 . 5 0
4 7 . 0 9
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
. . .
5.82
9 . 4 4
6 . 3 0
6 . 7 3
2 3 . 9 8
7 . 6 9
8 . 7 1
Hepatitis
. . .
31.82
2 0 . 0 0
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 6 . 6 7
2 4 . 3 9
Spleen Disease
. . .
3.10
9 . 0 9
7 . 7 0
. . .
•
4 . 5 5
5 . 1 5
4 . 3 9
Respiratory Diseases
. . .
9.67
1 5 . 8 3
8 . 0 0
1 0 . 3 4
1 4 . 8 1
1 5 . 2 7
1 2 . 8 9
Phthisis Pulmoualis
. . .
36.84
4 8 . 3 5
1 0 0 . 0 0
3 3 . 3 3
4 2 . 8 6
4 5 . 8 3
4 2 . 1 4
Dropsy
... 16.00
6 3 . 1 6
5 0 . 0 0
. . .
4 0 . 0 0
2 7 . 7 8
2 8 . 5 7
Atrophy and Anæmia
...20.24
1 3 . 8 8
6 . 6 7
. . .
2 9 . 1 7
1 7 . 5 5
1 6 . 7 5