(151)
Among native troops-total average strength 4,128-there were altogether
5 admissions and 3 deaths from cholera, giving a death-rate of 0.73 per mille
of strength. Of the 11 stations occupied by native troops, the 4 following
recorded cholera in 1879:-
Barrackpore 
Strength 
1,176
Admissions
1
Deaths
1
Dacca
"
248
"
1
"
1
Baxa
"
529
"
1
"
0
Dinapore 
"
595
"
2
"
1
The strength of the affected troops is 2,548, the percentage of admissions
to strength 0·20, and of deaths to admissions 60. Of the 5 admissions, there
were 1 in March, 1 in April, 1 in July, 1 in August, and 1 in October.
Among the jail populations-total average strength 18,317-there were
altogether 682 admissions and 336 deaths from cholera, giving a death-rate
of 18·34 per mille of strength. Of the 47 jails in the province, the 36 follow-
ing recorded cholera in 1879 :-
Presidency 
Strength
1,268
Admissions 
23
Deaths 
10
Alipore
"
2,116
"
82 
"
32
Russa
"
244
"
2
"
0
Jessore
"
322
"
2 
"
0
Murshidabad
"
244
"
1
"
1
Hugli
"
501
"
24
"
13
Bardwan
"
190
"
8
"
0
Bankura
"
285
"
1
"
1
Purulia
"
182
"
20
"
14
Suri
"
194 
"
3
"
3
Rajshahi
"
872
"
102
"
49
Dinajpur
"
151
"
24
"
9
Rungpur
"
376
"
1
"
0
Bogra
"
282
"
24
"
17
Mymensingh
"
422
"
5
"
5
Faridpur
"
359
"
4
"
1
Dacca
"
632
"
3
"
2
Tipperah
"
202
"
6
"
1
Bakirganj
"
569
"
32
"
17
Chittagong
"
252
"
1
"
0
Midnapur
"
940
"
43
"
22
Balasur
"
95
"
1
"
1
Cuttack
"
268
"
6
"
5
Puri 
"
89
"
3
"
3
Monghyr
"
202
"
5
"
3
2 Bhagulpur, C. and D.
"
1,208
"
51
"
22
Chyebasa
"
166 
"
25
"
19
Ranchi
"
312
"
23
"
13
Hazaribagh
"
563
"
2
"
0
Gya
"
312 
"
53
"
22
Patna
"
361
"
38
"
12
Champaran 
"
340
"
31
"
19
Muzaffarpur
"
235
"
18
"
11
Darbhanga
"
235
"
11
"
8
Chapra
"
183
"
4
"
1
The strength of the affected jails is 15,072, the percentage of admissions
to strength 4·52, and of deaths to admissions 49. Of the 682 admissions
there were 4 in January, 2 in February, 22 in March, 33 in April, 165 in May,
220 in June, 138 in July, 67 in August, 10 in September, 2 in November,
and 19 in December. Of the 165 admissions in May all but one were in jails
in Lower Bengal; of 220 in the June, 63 were in jails in Bihar, and the rest in
Lower Bengal and Orissa (54); of the 138 in July, 82 were in jails in Bihar,
and the rest in Lower Bengal and Orissa (23).
Meteorology.-The following "brief review of the meteorological condi-
tions of the year is abstracted from a note received from the Meteorological
Reporter to Government."
Atmospheric Pressure.-The variations in the distribution of atmospheric
pressure during the year in Bengal were not very large in amount, but were