JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1876.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in CHOTA NAGPORE and in the DINAPORE,
BENARES , OUDH, a n d CAWNP ORE DI S TRI CTS d u r i n g t h e Ye a r 1 8 7 6 , a n d t h e p r e v a l e n c e o f t h e p r i n c i p a l Di s e a s e s i n e a c h
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
23,939 492 20.6 33
1 1
9 4
1 6
2
2
7
February
23,547 499 21.2 26
1
6 3
6
2 1
3
4
March
23,352 520 22.3 48
9
1 1 7 7
9
4 2
4
4
April
23,604 533 22.6 59
18
1
9 5
9 2 2 1
4 2 6
May
23,837 499 20.9 34
13
2
5 3
2
2 1
3 1 2
June
24,056 531 22.1 63
18
3 15 7 3
1 2 3 5
3
3
July
24,265 629 25.9 108
47
1 3 19 13
5
6
3
11
August
24,266 673 27.7 96
30
1 1 32 11
2 6
5
2
6
September
24,251 639 26.3 83
1
1 2
34 16
10
5 2
3 1 8
October
24,072 611 25.4 84
1
1 1 3 1 32 19 1
6 1 3 3
7 2 3
November
23,876 578 24.2 56
3
26
9
5
4
6
3
December
23,558 461 19.6
5 6
2 1 1 22 10
8
2 2
4
4
137
1 5 18 24 208 103 1 3 73 5 40 17
44 6 61
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
23,885 555 23.2 746 31.23 5.74
1 . 0 0
1.00 13.02 .04 .13 3.06 .21 1.68 .71
1.84 .25 2.55
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
28
31
28
26
95
31
1
240
10.1 57.08
Smallpox
4
7
11
8
1
1
1
2
4
5
44
1.8
Enteric Fever
1
1
2
.1
Fever, Intermittent
258 236 278 473 273 279 409 465 523 695 462 270
4,621
193.5
.11
„ Remittent and
Continued
6
3
13
9
6
8
8
8
28
9
11
7
116
4.9 15.52
Apoplexy
1
3
45
6
2
1
58
2.4 41.38
Dysentery
93
58
82
86 104 129 191 299 228 197 135 109
1,711
71.6
8.96
Diarrhœa
92
78 162 191 142 152 242 235 188 120
94 65
1,761
73.7
Hepatitis
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
1
13
.5
7.70
Spleen Disease
15
7
2
8
10
11
14
6
6
4
15
11
109
4 . 6
2.75
Respiratory Diseases
73
70
49
59
52
37
50
46
36
48
48
74
642
26.9 11.37
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
3
8
5
6
5
8
4
3
5
7
2
58
2.4 68.96
Dropsy
4
2
3
4
4
5
3
1
4
8
3
1
42
1.7 40.48
Atrophy and Anæmia 35
23
14
25
27
51
34
32
22
27
24 29
343
14.4 12.83
Scurvy
3
1
4
2
2
16
33
3
64
2.7
Rheumatism
27
32 21
26
25
27
41
31
29
24 26
24
333
13.9
1.19
Venereal Diseases
20
17
18
23
26
23
13
19
21
21
11
21
233
9.8
Eye Diseases
16
8 20
32
39
36
32
28
27
17
22
14
291
12.2
Abscess and Ulcer
188 174 182 171 192 275 313 198 152 131 137 163
2,279
95.4
Wounds and Accidents
81
85
95 110 110 135 132 84 73
58
57
33
1,053
44.1
All other Causes
142 194 201 183 151 134 189 141 123 138 120 118
1,834
76.8
1,056 1,002 1,190 1,450 1,201 1,380 1,782 1,632 1,484 1,541 1,181 948 15,847
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
44.1 42.5 51.0 61.4 50.4 57.4 73.4 67.3 61.2 64.0 49.5 40.2
6 6 3 . 5