JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1876
VII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL, POPULATION in the PUNJAB during the Year 1876,
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 .
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
13,859 464 33·5
4 2
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1
1 1 15
3
. . . . . .
11
. . .
2
. . . . . .
2 2
4
February
13,465
375
27·8
23
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
1
. . .
. . .
9
1
. . . . . . 9
. . .
2 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
March
13,408 352
26·3
1 6 . . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1 . . .
. . . 2
. . .
. . . . . . 8
. . . 1
. . . . . .
1 1
2
April
13,363
518
38·8
21
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
...
1
. . .
6
3
. . . . . .
8 . . .
...
. . . . . .
... 1
2
May
13,518 577
42·7
19
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
3
3 . . .
1 6
. . .
1
1 . . . . . .
1 . . .
June
13,597
631
46·4
29
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 2
1 3
1
2
. . . . . . 1 0
. . .
2
. . . . . . . . .
2
6
July
13,756
524
38·1
24
. . .
2 . . .
1
2
2 5
3
. . .
. . . . . .
7 . . .
1
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
1
August
13,743
833
60·6
27
. . .
4 . . . . . .
1
4 . . .
2
5
. . . . . .
4 1 . . .
. . . . . .
1 3
2
September
1 3 , 7 6 9
998
72·5
63
. . .
4 . . . . . .
3 14
. . .
17 10
. . . . . .
5 . . .
4
1 . . . 1
. . .
4
October
13,350
929 69·6
64
. . .
4 . . . . . .
7
6
1
17 10
. . . . . . 8
. . . 2
. . . . . .
3 1
5
November
13,091
741
56·6
88
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 7
8
. . .
31 15
. . . . . .
1 4 . . .
2
2 . . . 4
. . .
5
December
12,830
585
45·6
78
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
4
3
1
22 14
. . . . . .
2 3 . . .
...
1 . . .
5
1
4
14 1
1
30 42 11 128 66 ... 1
1 1 3
1
17
5
. . .
17 12 35
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
13,479
627
46·5 494 36·65 1·04 ·08
5·41 ·81
14·39
... ·08 8·38 ·08 1·26 ·37 ... 1·26 ·89 2·60
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.
Cholera
. . .
...
. . .
...
...
1
11
6
6
6 ...
. . .
30
2·2
46·67
Smallpox
...
1 ...
. . .
...
...
...
1 ...
. . .
...
1
3
·2
33·33
Enteric Fever
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 ...
3
· 2
. . .
Fever, Intermittent
541
313
469
766
949 898
747 2,231 3,073 2,400 1,452
854
14,693
1090·1
·20
" Remittent and
Continued
19
1
2
4
6
2
4
31
70
65
23
8
235
17·4
17·87
Apoplexy
1
. . .
...
2
2
9
17 ...
...
1 ...
1
33
2·4
33·33
Dysentery
120
56
71
1 1 0
92
56
52
115
151
171
163
109
1,266
93·9
9·58
Diarrhœa
32
45
48
53
49
49
79
100
81
73
82
68
759
56·3
Hepatitis
. . .
...
...
...
1
. . .
...
...
...
...
1 ...
2
·2
...
Spleen Disease
12
9
12
7
6
5
4
6
8
17
11
16
113
8·4
· 8 9
Respiratory Diseases
128
88
58
49
58
37
50
40
25
44
79
147
803
59·6
14·07
Pht hi si s Pul monal i s
2
3
1
5
5
2
2
1
4
4
5
1
35
2·6
48·57
Dropsy
3
2
. . .
. . .
1
...
1
1
. . .
1
4
4
17
1·3
29·41
Atrophy and Anæmia
11
6
2
13
11
15
16
11
7
19
29
32
172
12·8
9·88
Scurvy
1
1
1
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
...
...
...
1
7
· 5
. . .
Rheumatism
22
16
18
21
22
17
20
13
14
18
17
18
216
16·0
1 · 0 8
Venereal Diseases
22
16
14
12
15
14
11
8
5
9
9
11
146
10·8
Eye Diseases
14
8
17
16
26
15
11
19
12
13
4
8
163
12·1
Abscess and Ulcer
142
154
181
315
387
312 283
196
173
172
137
140
2,592
192·3
Wounds and Accidents
24
23
42
45
38
40
38
40
22
27
20
22
381
28·3
All other Causes
61
61
89
82
83
88
100
116
66
72
62
55
935
69·4
1,156
803 1,025 1,500 1,753 1,561 1,447 2,935 3,717 3,113 2,098. 1,496
22,604
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
83·4
59·6 76·4 112·3 129·7 114·8 105·2 213·6 270·0 233·2 160·3 116·6
1677·0