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BENGAL PROVINCE.
Statement showing the monthly mortality registered from CHOLERA in the Districts of Bengal for the
20 year, from 1862 to 1881.
		
POPULATION, CENSUS 1872 ...	MALES ... ... 	29,870,216	TOTAL ... 59,950,516
	FEMALES ...	30,080,300	

Ratio per mille of Population.
Average rainfall in inches.
AREA IN SQUARE MILES ..... .	145,367
POPULATIONS PER SQUARE MILE  412



CHOLERA DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE MONTHS OF-
TOTAL


YEARS.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Males.
Females.
Total.


1862 .........
Cholera ordinarily prevalent, as gauged by troops and jails.


1863 .........
Cholera epidemic in province generally.


1864 .........
Cholera subsiding from previous year's epidemic.


1865 .........
Cholera ordinarily prevalent, not generally epidemic.


1866 .........
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1867 .........
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1868 .........
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1869* .........
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1870 .........
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21,691
0·70
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1871 .........
254
220
304
1,327
1,225
814
436
432
609
1,396
2,390
5,103
?
?
14,510
0·25
...
1872 .........
4,711
2,450
2,602
3,480
3,403
4,177
3,046
2,240
1,766
1,186
2,161
6,314
21,289
16,247
37,536
0·63
...
1873 .........
3,924
3,143
5,487
8,544
7,281
5,365
7,792
8,064
3,793
1,350
1,665
3,422
23,982
25,848
59,830
0·94
...
1874 .........
282
330
520
797
1,053
809
548
592
268
331
501
314
3,494
2,851
6,345
2·36
...
1875 .........
186
339
618
1,037
963
927
577
473
355
480
946
803
4,402
3,302
7,704
5·76
...
1876 .........
596
387
1,809
4,075
3,513
2,815
2,365
1,399
450
492
2,261
2,893
12,721
10,334
23,055
3·35
...
1877 .........
38,142
18,216
11,872
17,187
12,140
5,478
4,943
4,759
5,280
5,983
13,713
17,592
84,918
70,378
1,55,305
2·58
...
1878 .........
8,840
4,724
12,420
21,128
12,095
6,511
5,722
5,293
3,237
2,015
4,587
8,620
52,118
43,074
95,192
1·58
...
1879 .........
6,089
4,006
8,177
11,348
15,839
30,147
25,802
15,945
4,039
2,237
3,968
7,866
76,100
60,263
1,36,303
2·27
...
1880 .........
4,426
4,169
4,661
6,278
6,260
3,195
1,502
1,137
769
918
1,749
4,589
21,901
17,742
89,643
0·66
...
1881 .........
3,999
2,016
7,119
18,434
10,833
5,324
0,733
7,155
2,409
2,711
3,674
8,153
43,153
36,027
79,180
1·32
...

Total
71,449
40,590
55,589
93,635
74,605
65,562
59,486
47,489
23,875
19,099
37,615
65,669
P
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654,663
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  * From 1862 to 1869 inclusive, the ratios are per mille of strength of troops and jail population. In the other years they are
per mille of population under registration in each year. The figures for the year 1874 to 1876 inclusive, relate only to the "selected
areas " of registration. These for the other years to the population of the province as a whole