JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1876.
V.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in the AGRA DISTRICT and in CENTRAL
INDIA 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 c 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
5,118
157 30.7
28
. . . ... ... ... ...
1
. . . 10
. . .
. . . . . . 7
. . . 1 1 ...
5 ...
3
February
5,120
162 31.6
13 ...
... ... ... ...
1 . . .
1 . . .
. . . . . .
6 . . .
1 . . . . . .
4 . . .
. . .
March
5,029
136 27.0
7
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
3
. . . 1 1 ...
1 . . . 1
April
5,002
132 26.4
10 ...
... ... ... 1 ...
. . . 2 . . .
. . . . . .
4 . . .
. . . . . . . . . 2
1 ...
May
4,940
133 26.9
7 ...
1 ... . . . . . .
1 . . .
. . . . . . ... ...
1
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 2
. . . 2
June
4,982
131 26.3
8
... ...
... . . . . . .
. . . . . . 1
1 ... ...
2
. . . 1 . . . . . . 2
. . . 1
July
4,965
112 22.6
7
... ...
... . . . . . .
. . . . . .
1
. . . . . . . . .
3 ...
. . . ... ...
2 . . .
1
August
4,889
155 31.7
18
. . .
1
... . . . . . .
. . . . . .
7
. . . . . . . . .
3 . . . 2
. . . . . . 2
1 2
September
4,892
185 37.8
16 ... 1
... . . . . . .
. . . . . .
5
1 . . . . . .
2 . . . 4 1 . . .
1 . . . 1
October
4,844
184 38.0
4
... ...
... . . . 1
. . . . . .
2
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . 1 . . .
. . . ...
. . .
November
4,845
173 35.7
9
... ... ... ... ...
1 . . .
5
1 . . . . . .
1 . . .
. . . 1 . . .
. . . . . . ...
December
4,846
132 27.2
1 6 ... ...
... . . . . . .
1 ...
7
1 ...
. . .
3
. . .
2 . . . . . .
2
. . . ...
3 ... ... 2
5 ... 41
4 ... ... 35 ... 12 5 ... 23 2 11
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
4,956
149 30.1 143 28.85 . 61 ...
1 . 4 1
...
9. 08
... ...
7 . 0 6 ... 2.42 1.01 ... 4.64 .40 2.22
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admi t t ed dur i ng t he 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
. . .
...
...
4
.8
75.00
Smallpox
. . . ...
2
. . . . . .
...
...
...
...
...
1
. . .
3
.6
. . .
Enteric Fever
. . . ...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Fever, Intermittent
Remittent and
Continued
44
1
62
...
43
1
64
...
70
...
52
1
59
...
108
...
170
....
203
...
128
2
68
1
1,071
6
216.1
1.2
.19
83.33
Apoplexy
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
Dysentery
34
23
11
10
20
13
27
109
65
33
30
33
408
82.3
7 . 7 9
D i a r r h œ a
4
5
4
13
6
12
9
45
26
19
19
8
170
34.3
Hepatitis
. . . ...
...
1 ...
...
...
...
...
. . .
1
. . .
2
.4
. . .
Spleen Disease
. . . ...
1
. . . 2
. . .
1
1
. . .
6
. . . ...
11
2.2
. . .
Respiratory Diseases
39
46
23
38
31
23
19
23
28
21
17
17
325
65.6 10.77
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
. . .
2
1 ...
. . .
13
2.6 92.30
Dropsy
...
...
...
1 ...
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
4
.8 100.00
Atrophy and Anæmia
7
6
6
12
22
13
6
4
13
8
5
2
104
21.0 22.12
Scurvy
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
..
4
6
2
2
. . .
14
2.8
. . .
Rheumatism
6
1
6
1
2
8
1
5
10
5
9
8
62
12.5
1. 07
Venereal Diseases
2
3
1
8
1
4
5
4
4
2
1
3
38
7.7
Eye Diseases
1
3
4
7
4
2
8
7
3
6
4
5
54
10.9
Abscess and Ulcer
65
61
44
41
48
75
53
59
41
28
26
25
566
114.2
Wounds and Accidents
8
12
12
13
7
12
11
22
8
6
13
4
128
25.8
All other Causes
20
26
39
26
33
42
25
34
43
51
19
14
372
75.1
233 249
198
236 248
258
227
428
421
391
277 189
3,355
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
45.5 48.6 39.4 47.2 50.2 51.8 45.7 87.5 86.1 80.7 57.2 39.0
6 7 6 . 9