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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY. [Section III.
STATISTICS OF JAIL ADMINISTRATIONS, 1867-76.
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TABLE showing in the AGGREGATE the SICKNESS and MORTALITY in JAILS in charge of POLITICAL
OFFICERS which have furnished RETURNS during the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867—76, and the prevalence
of the principal Diseases in each Month.
[The Jails which have furnished Returns for the whole or portions of the period are Nagode, Sehore, Ajmere, and Beaur. The aggregate is shown here to supple-
ment the Provincial Statements, and complete the Statistics as they appear in the Annual Returns.]
| MONTHS. | Aggregate of the Average Strength in each Month, 1867—76. |
Average Number Daily Sick. | Number Daily Sick per 1,000 of Strength. |
Number of Deaths. | Died per 1,000 of Strength. | CAUSES OF DEATHS. | |||||||||||||||||
| Cholera. | Smallpox. | Enteric Fever. | Fevers. | Apoplexy. | Dysentery and Diarrhœa. | Hepatitis. | Spleen Disease. | Respiratory Diseases. | Heart Diseases. | Phthisis Pulmonalis. | Dropsy. | Scurvy. | Atrophy And Anæmia. | Wounds and Accidents. | All other Causes. | ||||||||
| January | ... | ... | 5,055 | 260 | 51.4 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| February | ... | ... | 5,003 | 265 | 53.0 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| March | ... | ... | 4,871 | 516 | 51.5 | 13 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| April | ... | ... | 4,868 | 226 | 54.6 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| May | ... | ... | 4,856 | 261 | 53.7 | 16 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 |
| June | ... | ... | 4,951 | 273 | 55.1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
| July | ... | ... | 5,149 | 292 | 56.7 | 11 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| August | ... | ... | 5,236 | 339 | 64.7 | 18 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| September | ... | ... | 5,293 | 413 | 78.6 | 16 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| October | ... | ... | 5,225 | 438 | 83.8 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
... | 14 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| November | ... | ... | 5,074 | 387 | 76.3 | 24 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| December | ... | ... | 4,988 | 264 | 52.9 | 27 | ... |
... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 16 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 16 | 1 | ... | 37 | 1 | 75 | 1 | ... | 33 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | 7 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||
| Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the ten years | ... | 5,048 | 309 | 61.2 | 197* | 39.03 | 3.17 | .20 | ... | 7.33 | .20 | 14.86 | .20 | ... | 6.53 | .20 | ... | .99 | ... | 1.39 | 1.39 | 2.57 | |
| CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS. | NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH. |
Total admitted during the ten years. |
Admitted per 1,000 of Strength. |
Died out of each hun- dred cases treated. |
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| Jan. | Feb. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||||||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 53 | 10.5 | 30.19 |
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | .4 | ...... |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ..... | ...... |
| Fever, Intermittent | ... | 153 | 149 | 151 | 181 | 162 | 121 | 209 | 326 | 429 | 623 | 352 | 167 | 3,023 | 598.8 | 1.08 | |
| Fevers, Remittent and Continued...... |
15 | 18 | 26 | 36 | 21 | 31 | 47 | 42 | 58 | 53 | 24 | 20 | 391 | 77.5 | |||
| Apoplexy | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | .6 | 33.33 |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | 46 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 32 | 35 | 70 | 151 | 150 | 86 | 77 | 82 | 833 | 165.0 | 6.52 |
| Diarrhœa | ... | ... | 12 | 15 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 25 |
42 | 56 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 317 | 62.8 | |
| Hepatitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 1.6 | 12.50 |
| Spleen Disease | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 3.8 | ...... |
| Respiratory Diseases | ... | 45 | 66 | 45 | 46 | 33 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 35 | 30 | 37 | 426 | 84.4 | 7.75 |
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| Phthisis Pulmonalis | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | .8 | ...... | |
| Dropsy | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2.6 | 38.46 |
| Atrophy and Anæmia | ... | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 77 | 15.2 | 9.09 | |
| Scurvy | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2.2 | ...... |
| Rheumatism | ... | ... | 21 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 196 | 38.8 | .64 |
| Venereal Diseases | ... | 11 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 156 | 30.9 | ||
| Eye Diseases | ... | ... | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 149 | 29.5 | |
| Abscess and Ulcer | ... | 105 | 79 | 107 | 97 | 106 | 156 | 121 | 130 | 97 | 94 | 84 | 75 | 1,251 | 247.8 | ||
| Wounds and Accidents | ... | 25 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 49 | 40 | 29 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 328 | 65.0 | ||
| All other Causes | ... | ... | 61 | 67 | 102 | 112 | 129 | 142 | 133 | 136 | 122 | 74 | 73 | 48 | 1,202 | 238.1 | |
| 520 | 494 | 564 | 628 | 636 | 633 | 743 | 958 | 982 | 1,073 | 735 | 496 | 8,462 | |||||
| Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | |||||||||||||||||
| 102.9 | 98.7 | 115.8 | 129.0 | 131.0 | 127.9 | 144.3 | 183.0 | 185.5 | 205.4 | 144.9 | 99.4 | 1676.3 | |||||
*In 1869, 75 deaths occureed in these jails. The year was universally unhealthy, and the population in Rajpootana was suffering heavily from the effects of famine.