JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1871.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in the PUNJAB during the Year 1871,
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 or DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
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 d 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 c c i d e n t s .
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 ... 13,250
273 20.6 53 ... ... ...
3 11 ...
8
4
... ...
21 ...
1 ...
...
1 ...
4
February ... 13,181
333 25.3 52 ...
...
1
3 31
...
1
3
...
2
8
...
1
... ... ... ...
2
March
... 12,790 242 18.9 24 ... ... ...
2
7
...
2
2
... ...
6
...
2
... ... ... ...
3
April
... 12,883
221 17.2 18 ...
...
...
1
4 ...
1
1 ... ...
5
1 ... ...
... ...
2
3
May
... 12,876
254 19.7 22 ... ... ...
1
8
2
2
... ... ...
3 ... ...
1 ...
1
1
3
June
... 13,224
259 19.6 23 ... ... ...
1
1
9
3
1
. .
...
5
... ... ... ...
1
1
1
July
... 13,354 275 20.6 10 ... ... ... ...
3
1
1
1
... ...
1 ... ... ...
... ...
2
1
August
... 13,690
384 28.1
20
...
... ...
4
4
...
1
5
... ... ... ...
3
...
...
2
...
1
September ... 13,851
370 26.7 32 ... ...
...
3
3
1
4
6
... ...
6 ...
1
1 ...
1
1
5
October
... 13,881
335 24.1 31 ...
... ... ...
1 ...
10
6
...
3
4
...
1
1
...
1
1
3
November ... 13,933
325 23.3 33 ...
... ...
1
3
...
9
5 ... ...
6 ...
1
2
...
2
2
2
December ... 13,707
272 19.8
46
...
...
1
2
4
...
6
8
1 ...
15 ...
1 ... ...
1
2
5
...
2 21 80 13 48 42
1
5 80
1 11
5 ...
10 12 33
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year... 13,385
295 22.0 364 27.19 ... .15
7.55
.95
6.72
.08 .37 5.98
. 0 8 .82 .37 ... .75 .90 2. 47
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total Admitted
during
the Year.
Admi t t ed per 1, 000 of St r engt h.
D i e d o u t o f e a c h h u n d r e d
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
C h o l e r a .
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
Smallpox
...
2
. . . ...
...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
5
9
.7
22.22
Fever, Intermittent
. . . 380
260
302
296
414
409
650 1,007
785 559
510
264
5,836
436.0
.36
„ Remittent and
Continued
. . .
10
138
33
33
33
10
20
7
13
6
10
9
322
24.1
24.84
Apoplexy
. . . ...
...
...
...
6
24
6 ...
1
2
1 ...
40
3.0
32.50
Dysentery
...
61
37
38
33
33
40
4 4
93
84
94
85
40
682
51.0
7 . 6 9
Diarrhœa
...
33
38
42
39
19
26
40
65
68
52
41
2 6
489
36.5
Hepatitis
...
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
... ...
1
6
. 5
1 6 . 6 7
Spleen Disease
...
8
9
6
9
9
5
4
8
6
1 0
1 2
1 1
9 7
7 . 2
5 . 1 5
Respiratory Diseases ...
79
64
40
24
35
18
11
21
31
38
72
91
524
39.1
15.27
Phthisis pulmonalis ...
3
2
3
2
2
3
5
1 ...
1 ...
2
2.4
1.8
45.83
Dropsy
...
...
1
...
3
2
...
3 ...
1
5
1
2
18
1.3
27.78
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
13
4
5
4
3
4
2
3
2
6
3
8
57
4.2
17.55
Scurvy
...
5
2
3
æ ...
3
1
1
1
1
1
. . .
18
1.3
. . .
Rheumatism
...
11
10
23
12
8
10
13
11
13
21
11
7
150
11.2
1.57
Venereal Diseases
...
15
6
10
15
6
14
11
8
9
11
10
12
127
9.5
Eye Diseases
...
2
6
13
21
36
20
22
25
13
9
9
3
179
13.4
Abscess and Ulcer
...
4 3
59
66
78
76
120
116
139
111
90
97
81
1,076
80.4
Wounds and Accidents...
22
24
25
26
49
4 6
39
41
34
26
18
20
370
27.7
All other cause
. . .
48
71
82
91
8 6 114 106 115
82
82
82
69
1,028
76.8
736
732
692
686
818 866 1,093 1,546 1,255 1,013
964 651
11,052
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
55.5 55.5 54.1
53.3 63.5
6 5 . 5
8 1 . 9 1 1 2 .
9
90.6 73.0 69.2
47.5
8 2 5 . 7