JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1873.
VIII.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION of the various
PROVINCES of' the BENGAL PRESIDENCY
RATIOS PER 1,000 OF AVERAGE STRENGTH.
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 6 . 4
2 2 . 1
2 9 . 0
2 6 . 4
2 9 . 9
3 2 . 6
2 9 . 0
February ...
3 1 . 8
2 4 . 8
2 4 . 8
1 8 . 6
2 6 . 3
33.1
2 8 . 0
March ...
3 2 . 5
2 2 . 3
3 0 . 5
2 0 . 7
2 2 . 7
3 5 . 4
2 7 . 7
April ...
3 3 . 5
24.8
31.5
21.2
23.1
3 3 . 9
2 8 . 6
May ...
3 2 . 5
2 3 . 0
2 8 . 2
2 0 . 0
2 2 . 8
31.0
2 7 . 0
June ...
31.2
2 3 . 5
2 7 . 3
2 0 . 8
21.0
2 8 . 5
26.1
July ...
3 6 . 4
2 3 . 1
2 7 . 2
2 4 . 0
22.1
2 5 . 4
2 6 . 9
August ...
4 0 . 8
27.1
3 9 . 8
3 0 . 5
37.4
3 6 . 1
3 3 . 9
September ...
4 0 . 1
3 0 . 5
4 9 . 0
4 0 . 0
4 5 . 8
6 0 . 1
4 1 . 7
October ...
3 9 . 5
3 0 . 1
5 5 . 9
4 2 . 7
5 5 . 4
6 2 . 5
4 3 . 4
November ...
4 0 . 6
2 8 . 4
4 2 . 4
3 4 . 3
3 6 . 1
4 4 . 0
3 6 . 2
December ...
3 9 . 5
2 7 . 6
3 6 . 4
2 7 . 9
2 9 . 9
3 5 . 3
3 2 . 5
AVERAGE OF THE YEAR ...
3 6 . 3
2 5 . 7
3 5 . 7
2 7 . 7
3 1 . 5
3 8 . 5
31.9
II.—COMPOSITION OF THE ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR.
Cholera ...
1 5 . 4
9 . 2
. 4
. . .
.4
. . .
7 . 0
Smallpox ...
.7
5 . 5
. . .
2 . 3
. . .
.2
2 . 3
Fevers ...
4 7 8 . 2
255. 8
459. 6
2 5 1 . 0
457. 9
805. 2
450.2
Apoplexy ...
.7
2 . 2
. . .
. . .
.9
1 . 3
1 . 3
Dysentery and Diarrhœa ...
3 9 6 . 6
173. 7
198.1
1 0 9 . 7
157.1
149. 0
2 1 7 . 4
Hepatitis ...
1 . 2
.6
.8
1 . 4
. 4
.6
.8
Spleen Disease ...
1 8 . 4
3 . 2
5.5
2 . 8
3.6
9 . 8
8 . 3
Respiratory Diseases ...
3 3 . 0
24.9
31.5
3 6 . 3
61.7
8 5 . 5
44.0
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
6.2
3 . 0
2.1
2 . 8
2 . 8
1.7
3.5
Dropsy ...
7.7
1 . 2
. . .
.5
.1
1.7
2 . 7
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
4 6 . 7
10. 3
4 . 7
5 . 8
1 2 . 9
1 2 . 9
1 9 . 4
Scurvy ...
9 . 5
.3
5 . 5
6 . 0
.3
.8
3.2
R h e u m a t i s m . . .
2 3 . 3
1 3 . 3
2 8 . 1
1 5 . 6
1 2 . 1
1 6 . 5
1 6 . 9
Venereal Diseases ...
13.3
11.5
21. 3
1 4 . 9
14.3
1 4 . 2
3 . 3
Eye Diseases ...
8 . 4
10. 4
2 0 . 4
1 5 . 4
19.2
1 8 . 1
13.0
Abscess and Ulcer ...
6 0 . 2
122. 2
249.6
1 3 1 . 0
112. 0
116. 4
110.0
Injuries ...
4 1 . 6
5 0 . 6
42. 5
4 2 . 8
3 9 . 6
31.9
4 2 . 7
All other Causes ...
1 2 5 . 0
70. 5
105. 9
7 1 . 4
4 0 . 0
9 4 . 9
8 6 . 9
ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR ...
1286. 1
768. 4
1176. 0
7 0 9 . 7
935. 3
1360. 7
1 0 4 2 . 9
III.—COMPOSITION OF THE DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR.
Cholera ...
6 . 4 4
4 . 0 2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 . 9 7
Smallpox ...
.06
.38
. . .
.23
. . .
.07
.18
Fevers ...
2 . 3 5
1 . 8 6
3 . 4 0
1.16
2 . 5 3
1 8 . 3 9
5 . 4 7
Apoplexy ...
.74
. 8 0
. . .
.23
1 . 0 4
1.08
.81
Dysentery and Diarrhœa ...
1 8 . 7 0
19. 74
1 1 . 0 6
14. 20
22. 91
7.57
16.63
H e p a t i t i s . . .
.06
. 1 6
. . .
. 4 7
. . .
. 0 7
.12
Spleen Disease ...
.56
.25
.42
. . .
.29
.29
.33
Respiratory Diseases ...
4 . 0 9
4 . 4 4
2 . 5 5
4. 42
11. 31
1 4 . 2 1
7 . 0 0
Heart Diseases ...
1 . 0 5
.13
.85
1. 63
.15
.36
.52
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
3.78
2 . 1 6
. . .
1.39
3 . 7 2
. 9 4
2 . 3 3
Dropsy ....
1.55
.25
.42
.47
.15
.14
.55
Atrophy and Anæmia ...
1.92
1 . 8 6
1.28
1. 63
4 . 0 2
1 . 3 0
1 . 9 4
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s . . .
3 . 1 0
5 . 6 3
3 . 8 2
2. 80
2 . 9 7
4 . 3 4
4.23
DRATH- RATE OF THE YEAR ...
44.40
41. 68
2 3 . 8 0
28.63
49. 09
4 8 . 7 6
4 3 . 0 8
DIED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED.
IV.-MORTALITY RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER TREATED.
Cholera ...
4 1 . 9 4
4 3 . 7 8
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
42. 43
S m a l l p o x . . .
8 . 3 3
6 . 9 2
...
10.00
. . .
3 3 . 3 3
7.74
Intermittent Fever ...
. 1 3
.20
.19
. . .
.17
.41
.24
Remittent and Continued Fevers ...
1 9 . 2 6
35.71
26.09
25.00
1 5 . 3 8
9 . 8 7
11.65
Apoplexy ...
100. 00
3 5 . 8 5
. . .
. . . 100. 00
8 3 . 3 3
60. 67
Dysentery and Diarrhœa ...
4.71
1 1 . 3 7
5.58
12.95
1 4 . 5 8
5 . 0 8
7 . 6 6
Hepatitis ...
5 . 0 0
28.57
....
33.33
. . .
1 2 . 5 0
15. 09
S p l e e n D i s e a s e . . .
3.02
7 . 7 9
7 . 7 0
. . . 8 . 3 3
2 . 9 4
3 . 9 3
Respiratory Diseases ...
1 2 . 3 8
17.83
8.11
12.18
1 8 . 3 1
1 6 . 6 2
15. 88
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s . . .
60. 40
70. 83
. . . 50.00
100. 00
5 6 . 5 2
67. 24
Dropsy ...
2 0 . 0 0
2 1 . 4 3
. . .
. . .
. . .
8 . 3 3
20. 56
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a . . .
4 . 1 1
1 8 . 0 3
27.27
28.00
3 1 . 0 3
1 0 . 0 6
10. 00