JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1875.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in CHOTA NAGPORE and in the DINAPORE,
BENARES,OUDH, and CAWNPORE 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
... 25,500
529
20.7
46
...
.... ... ... 1 1 1 14 9 ... 1
4
1
3 1 ...
3
...
7
February
... 25,361
505
19.9
37
...
. . .
. . . 1 1 ... 1 10 5 ... 1
4 ...
2 1 ...
4
2
5
March
... 25,300
537
21.2
49
...
5 ... 1 1 1 ... 13 6 ... 4
2 ...
1
. . . . . . 1
1
13
April
... 25,276
563
22.3
39
...
3
. . . ... ...
4 ... 11 3 ... 1
6
1
2 ... ...
3
1
4
May
... 24,938
512
20.5
44 ...
4 ... ... 3 ... ... 13 5 2 ...
6 ...
2 ... ...
3
1
5
June
... 25,239
517
20.5
52
...
5
. . . ... 2 3 7 11 3 ... 4
8 ...
3
. . . . . .
1
. . . 5
July
... 25,352
519
20.5
40
...
1 ... ... 1 ... 1 13 6 1 1
1
1
4 1 ...
3 ...
6
August
... 25,158
586
23.3
58 ...
. . .
. . . . . . 2 1 1 25 8 ... 4 ...
...
2 1 1
4
3
6
September
... 25,097
624 24.9
61
...
1 ... ... 8 2 2 16 13 ... 2
4
1
1 1 ...
2
. . .
8
October
... 24,795
662
26.7
67
...
2 ... ... 4 3 1 26 9 ... 2
9 ...
2
. . . . . .
3
1 5
November
... 24,465
640 26.2
79
...
5 ... ... 3 4 2 28 16 1 ...
5 2
. . .
2
. . .
4
. . . 7
December
... 24,169
499
20.6
53
...
. . . . ... ... ... 1 ... 20 5 ... 2
11 1
3
1
. . .
5
. . .
4
26
. . . 2 26 20 16 200 88 4 22
60
7
25 8 1
36
9
7 5
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 25,054
558
22.3
625 24.95 1.04 ...
1.92
.64 11.50 .16 .88 2.39
. 2 8 1.00 .32 .04 1.44
. 3 6 2.99
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.°D
ied out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.
Nov. Dec.
Cholera
...
...
...
9
5
9
11
2
5
1
4
8
...
54
2.2
48.15
Smallpox
...
7
11
24
100
51
9
. . .
2
2
. . .
5
30
241
9.6
...
Enteric Fever
...
...
...
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
.1
66.67
Fever, Intermittent ...
300
282
309
414
307
306
327
560
797
873
530
338
5,343
213.3
.49
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
...
9
12
23
55
05
48
32
65
42
55
52
20
478
19.1
4.19
Apoplexy
...
1
1
...
...
...
10
3
1
3
1
2
. . .
22
.9
72.73
Dysentery
...
134
78
152
144
106
112
160
206
196
170
152
117
1,727
68.9
8 . 3 1
Diarrhœa
...
69
76
182
154
178
142
182
226
164
147
127
93
1,740
69.4
Hepatitis
...
2
1
3
3
...
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
20
.8
20.00
Spleen Disease
...
18
6
5
6
15
14
17
6
11
18
11
1
128
5.1
17.19
Respiratory Diseases ...
71
48
43
42
43
34
31
37
46
41
59
67
562
22.4
10.68
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
6
11
5
6
7
9
3
6
5
4
4
4
69
2.8
36.23
Dropsy
...
1
3
3
6
. . .
3
1
2
4
2
. . . ...
25
1 . 0
32.00
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
24
23
24
15
19
25
25
31
15
13
27
21
262
10.5
13.74
Scurvy
. . . ...
...
1
. . . ...
2
1
...
2
15
1
1
23
.9
4.35
Rheumatism
...
24
30
21
23
27
27
27
33
29
28
30
22
321
12.8
1.62
Vnereal Diseases
...
16
42
39
52
35
41
42
43
30
31
34
32
467
18.6
Eye Diseases
...
10
7
15
26
33
21
26
22
18
19
17
14
228
9.1
Abscess and Ulcer
...
172
203
195
148
156
208
225
169
146
143
153
169
2,087
83.3
Wounds and Accidents ...
84
88
134
114
102
137
114
101
85
54
61
58
1,132
45.2
All other Causes
...
109
97
135
135
136
123
130
114
101
105
105
94
1,384
55.2
1,087 1,019 1,323 1,450 1,289 1,284 1,351 1,629 1,698 1,725 1,379 1,082
16,316
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
42.6 40.2
52.3
57.4
51.7 50.9
53.3
64.8 67.7
69.0
56.4
44.8
651.2