JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1875.
V.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in the AGRA DISTRICT and in CENTRAL
INDIA durina 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
... 4,758
167
35.1
9
...
... ... ... ...
1
. . .
1 . . . . . . . . .
4
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
3
February
... 4,803
136 28.3
3
...
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 . . . . . . . . . 1 ...
... ... ...
1
...
. . .
March
... 4,776
126
26.4
4
...
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
2 ... ... ... ... ...
...
1
April
... 4,927
141
28.6
4
...
... ... ... ... 1
. . .
. . . 1
. . . . . . 2
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
May
... 5,105
123
24.1
13
...
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
3 . . .
. . . . . . 1 ...
5 ...
1
. . . . . . ... ...
3
June
... 5,178
117
22.6
6
...
... ... ... ... 1 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ...
1
. . . . . . ... ...
...
July
... 5,313
124
23.3
6
...
1
. . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
1 . . . . . . . . . 1 ... 1
. . . . . . ... ...
1
August
... 5,260
167
31.7
8
...
... ... ... ... ... ...
1 2 . . . . . .
1 ...
1
. . . . . . 1 ...
2
September
... 5,260
225
42.8
14
...
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 . . . . . . . . . 4 ...
1
. . . . . . 1 ...
...
October
... 5,251
235
44.8
21
...
... ... ... ... 2 ... 11 1 ... ...
6 ... 1
. . . . . .
...
... ...
November
... 5,258
235
44.7
20
...
...
. . . ... ... ...
. . . 15
. . . . . . 1
2
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1
December
. . . 5,228
198
37.9
20
...
...
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1 14 1
. . . . . .
3 ...
... ... ... 1
...
. . .
3 ... ... ... 9 2 51 5 1 1
34
1
6
. . . . . . 4 ...
11
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 5,093
166 32.6
128 25.13
. 5 9 ...
1.77
.39 11.00 .20 .20 6.68
. 2 0 1.18 ... ...
. 7 9 ... 2.16
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH HOSPITAL.
_
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.
Cholera
...
...
...
1
. . .
...
...
2
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
1.0
60.00
Smallpox
...
1
...
3
1
. . . ...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
1.0
...
Enteric Fever
. . . ...
. . . ...
...
...
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
. . .
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
105
75
80
123
123
77
72
164 164
112
100
51
1,246
214.6
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued ...
2
7
1
7
6
4
3
. . .
5
3
8
1
47
9.2
19.15
Apoplexy
. . . ...
. . . ...
...
...
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
1.0
40.00
Dysentery
. . .
26
6
24
21
20
19
38
125
119
62
76
49
585
114.9
7.81
Diarrhœa
...
2
2
12
19
14
15
19
15
13
10
5
6
132
25.9
Hepatitis
. . . ...
...
1
1
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
1.0
20.00
Spleen Disease
...
2
...
...
1
. . .
. . .
1
2
3
1
2
...
12
2.4
8.33
Respiratory Diseases ...
25
26
26
21
17
10
14
7
11
23
31
40
251
49.3
13.55
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
...
1
2
1
1
2
1
...
...
1
2
. . .
11
2.2
54.55
Dropsy
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
. . .
. . .
...
1
1
. . .
3
. 6
. . .
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
5
8
6
4
2
3
2
4
3
2
9
13
61
12.0
6.56
Scurvy
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
1
...
3
. 6
. . .
Rheumatism
...
2
2
2
5
2
2
2
4
2
4
6
1
34
6.7 .88
Venereal Diseases
...
7
13
5
7
8
7
6
5
6
10
6
7
87
17.1
Eye Diseases
...
5
2
2
16
6
10
7
9
9
8
5
3
82
16.1
Abscess and Ulcer
...
51
30
56
39
34
48
52
66
42
65
45
39
567
111.3
Wounds and Accidents ...
29
11
15
16
17
14
9
15
15
13
11
11
176
34.6
All other Causes
...
44
32
48
35
35
27
31
32
39
31
41
21
416
81.7
306
215
284
317
287
245
260
449
432
347
349
242
3,733
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
64.3 44.8 59.5 64.3 56.2
47.3 48.9 85.4 82.1 66.1
66.4 46.3
733.0