JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1874.
VIII.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION of the various
PROVINCES of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
RAT I O P E R 1 , 0 0 0 OF T HE AVE RAGE S T RE NGT H.
Bengal
Proper and
Assam.
Gangetic
Provinces and
Oude.
Central
Provinces (excluding
Saugor and
Jubbulpore).
Agra and
Central India. Rohilcund
and Meerut. Punjab .
BENGAL
PRESIDENCY.
I.—AVERAGE DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH.
January
3 8 . 4
2 5 . 1
2 8 . 5
23.3
2 2 . 5
3 3 . 2
2 9 . 6
February
3 6 . 1
2 2 . 9
3 5 . 4
23.5
1 9 . 1
2 9 . 7
2 7 . 4
March
3 7 . 3
2 4 . 2
3 7 . 9
22.4
1 8 . 7
2 9 . 1
2 8 . 0
April
3 8 . 6
2 4 . 6
3 8 . 0
25.4
2 2 . 2
2 9 . 8
2 9 . 2
May
3 8 . 6
2 2 . 8
3 1 . 0
22.1
25.1
3 0 . 9
2 8 . 7
June
3 7 . 9
2 2 . 8
3 6 . 1
2 2 . 8 2 8 . 0
3 0 . 4
2 8 . 9
July
40. 1
2 7 . 1
3 7 . 2
27.9
4 1 . 9
2 6 . 3
3 2 . 0
August
43.5
3 2 . 0
5 4 . 2
42.1
7 1 . 3
31. 1
4 0 . 1
September
4 2 . 8
3 0 . 7
5 7 . 8
48.9
7 6 . 9
3 8 . 8
4 2 . 2
October
4 1 . 9
3 2 . 0
5 9 . 9
56.0
7 6 . 4
5 2 . 3
4 5 . 6
November
4 1 . 0
2 7 . 3
4 5 . 2
47.6
6 3 . 5
5 0 . 2
4 0 . 9
December
4 0 . 9
24.3
43. 5
38.3
5 3 . 0
2 9 . 1
3 3 . 8
AVERAGE OF THE YEAR
3 9 . 8
2 6 . 4
4 2 . 1
33.3
43. 7
3 4 . 3
3 4 . 0
II.—COMPOSITION OF THE. ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR.
Cholera
2 2 . 6
3 . 7
6 . 7
Smallpox
.7
6.5
.8
.3
.1
2 . 5
Fevers
524. 7
296. 5
455. 2
343.3
505. 6
615. 1
4 4 5 . 3
Apoplexy
.6
.3
1 . 6
.4
.5
1 . 3
.7
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
400. 9
171. 1
169. 4
102.1
125. 1
8 2 . 4
1 9 7 . 3
Hepatitis
1 . 4
.9
2. 1
1. 4
.4
.9
1 . 0
Spleen Diseases
1 6 . 1
5 . 0
6.5 2.2
2 . 4
9 . 8
8 . 2
Respiratory Diseases
3 7 . 0
2 9 . 3
40. 5
59.7
4 3 . 7
7 7 . 8
4 5 . 0
Phthisis Pulmonalis
7 . 2
2 . 9
.8
2. 6
5 . 8
2 . 5
4 . 1
Dropsy
1 2 . 1
1 . 6
. 4
.4
.4
2 . 6
4 . 0
Atrophy and Anæmia
2 4 . 6
1 2 . 6
2 2 . 1
8. 8
1 7 . 5
6.2
1 4 . 7
Scurvy
3 . 0
1. 3
2 5 . 0
1. 8
1 . 0
2 . 3
Rheumatism
31.2
1 5 . 0
2 5 . 3
13.2
1 1 . 9
16.5
1 9 . 0
Venereal Diseases
2 0 . 7
1 3 . 6
21.7
14.8
1 3 . 2
1 5 . 0
1 5 . 9
Eye Diseases
1 2 . 6
11.0
1 8 . 8
17.0
1 1 . 9
1 2 . 7
1 2 . 5
Abscess and Ulcer
9 1 . 6
9 7 . 7
254. 8
137.0
9 8 . 7
1 0 9 . 0
1 0 6 . 7
Injuries
4 4 . 0
5 1 . 3
5 0 . 7
38.7
3 4 . 0
3 8 . 0
4 4 . 2
All other Causes
161. 1
6 8 . 2
9 6 . 1
97.2
4 1 . 9
105. 8
9 7 . 8
ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR
1412. 1
788. 5
1191. 0
841.4
913. 3
1096. 7
1 0 2 7 . 9
III.—COMPOSITION OF THE DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR.
Cholera
7 . 5 0
2 . 0 4
2 . 4 8
Smallpox
.12
.43
. 0 7
. 1 9
Fevers
4 . 5 0
1 . 8 5
1 . 6 3
.80
5 . 1 4
6 . 7 0
3 . 7 2
Apoplexy
. 5 9
. 1 6
.20
.40
.27
.31
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
20. 57
19. 70
16. 36
12.78
18. 45
5 . 8 8
1 6 . 3 8
Hepatitis
. 0 6
.12
. 4 1
.13
. 1 4
.11
Spleen Disease
.71
.47
.14
.37
Respiratory Diseases
5 . 0 2
3 . 5 7
3 . 6 8
5.39
8 . 4 4
10. 81
6 . 0 2
Heart Diseases
.30
. 1 6
1 . 2 3
.40
.13
.21
.25
Phthisis Pulmonalis
5. 67
1.37
.41
1.00
3 . 9 6
. 9 6
2 . 5 1
Dropsy
1 . 8 9
.78
.41
.40
.34
.85
Atrophy and Anæmia
2 . 0 6
2 . 2 0
4 . 4 9
3.20
5.27
. 8 9
2.37
All other Causes
3. 25
4.20
4 . 5 1
5.19
4 . 0 8
5 . 6 7
4 . 3 4
D E A T H - R A T E O F T H E Y E A R
52.4
37. 65
33. 13
28.96
46. 40
32.08
3 9 . 9 0
DI ED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED.
IV.-MORTALITY RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER TREATED.
Cholera
33. 07
5 4 . 1 7
3 7 . 2 9
Smallpox
18. 18
6 . 6 2
50. 00
7 . 5 7
Intermittent Fever
.43
. 2 6
.71
.28
.35
Remittent and Continued Fevers
15. 42
10. 04
23. 07
18.18
21. 43
8 . 0 0
1 0 . 2 2
Apoplexy
100. 00
44. 44
50.00
75. 00
21. 05
4 3 . 8 3
D y s e n t e r y a n d D i a r r h œ a
5 . 1 3
11.51
9 . 6 1
12.52
14. 75
7 . 1 5
8 . 2 8
Hepatitis
4 . 1 7
13. 64
20. 00
33. 33
15. 38
1 0 . 8 1
Spleen Disease
4.78
9 . 4 5
1.40
4 . 5 9
Respiratory Diseases
13. 43
12. 17
9 . 0 9
9.03
19. 28
13. 90
1 3 . 3 6
Phthisis Pulmonalis
79. 34
46. 67
50. 00
38.46
68. 18
37. 84
61.99
Dropsy
1 5 . 6 9
48. 78
100. 00
13. 16
21. 11
Atrophy and Anæmia
8 . 4 1
17. 50
2 0 . 3 7
36. 36
30. 07
14. 13
16.15
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