JAILS OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY, 1871.

II.

TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL POPULATION in LOWER BENGAL and in ASSAM
during the Year 1871, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.

MONTHS. Average Strength. 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. Fever, Intermittent. Fever, Remittent and Continued. Apoplexy. Dysentery. Diarrhœa. Hepatitis. Spleen Disease. Respiratory Diseases. Heart Diseases. Phthisis Pulmonalis. Dropsy. Scurvy. Atrophy and Anæmia. Wounds and Accidents. All other Causes.
January ... 14,006 469 33.5 43 ... 1 ... 5 ... ... 7 6 1 ... 3 1 9 ... ... 6 ... 4
February ... 13,977 443 31.7 33 ... 2 ... ... 4 1 4 6 ... ... 4 1 4 1 ... 1 ... 5
March ... 13,837 451 32.6 40 ... 2 ... 1 2 ... 11 5 ... 1 3 ... 8 ... ... 6 ... 1
April ... 13,864 473 34.1 32 ... 6 ... ... 3 ... 7 2 ... 1 3 1 3 3 ... 1 ... 2
May ... 14,077 476 33.8 32 ... ... ... 1 1 ... 14 2 1 ... 3 1 5 1 ... 1 1 1
June ... 14,307 503 35.2 40 ... 6 ... 1 2 ... 9 1 ... 2 4 ... 6 ... ... 5 1 3
July ... 14,231 572 40.2 28 ... 3 ... 2 4 ... 3 1 ... 1 3 ... 5 2 ... 2 ... 2
August ... 14,208 627 44.1 36 ... 1 ... 2 5 1 11 2 ... 1 3 ... 3 ... ... 2 ... 5
September ... 14,241 645 45.3 50 ... 3 ... 5 2 1 11 3 1 1 7 2 6 ... ... 3 ... 5
October ... 14,074 718 51.0 75 ... 16 ... 5 3 2 23 5 2 1 10 ... 4 ... ... 1 ... 3
November ... 13,864 684 49.3 76 ... 3 . 1 1 ... 34 13 1 1 4 1 5 2 ... 3 1 6
December ... 13,621 619 45.4 82 ... 9 ... 2 1 1 32 7 1 1 14 1 5 3 ... 2 1 2
              52 ... 25 28 6 166 53 7 10 61 8 63 12 ... 33 4 39
              Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ... 14,026 557 39.7 567 40.42 3.71 ... 3.78 .43 15.61 .50 .71 4.35 .57 4.49 .85 ... 2.35 .29 2.78
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 treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera ... 6 12 12 14 11 11 10 4 7 27 9 9 132 9.4 39.39
Smallpox ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 .1 ...
Fever, Intermittent ... 371 344 406 437 465 574 797 1,022 901 1,035 906 691 7,949 566.7 .31
„ Remittent and
Continued...		 5 8 12 11 8 9 17 24 13 13 9 6 135 9.6 20.74
Apoplexy ... ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 1 3 .... 1 9 .6 66.67
Dysentery ... 102 93 110 129 118 138 202 214 235 261 223 214 2,039 145.4 5.82
Diarrhœa ... 65 83 143 133 152 124 179 196 178 218 132 123 1,726 123.1
Hepatitis ... 1 1 1 1 3 1 ... 1 6 2 2 3 22 1.6 31.82
Spleen Disease ... 19 20 17 17 20 12 31 33 44 46 28 36 323 23.0 3.10
Respiratory Diseases ... 65 62 58 51 58 42 37 46 42 61 58 51 631 45.0 9.67
Phthisis Pulmonalis ... 11 11 20 14 12 16 14 13 12 24 12 12 171 12.2 36.84
Dropsy ... 4 4 8 2 5 4 5 19 6 6 10 11 75 5.4 16.00
Atrophy and Anæmia ... 16 9 11 17 8 17 19 15 11 13 17 10 163 11.6 20.24
Scuvry ... ... ... 4 4 7 2 5 5 4 6 12 ... 49 3.5 ...
Rheumatism ... 39 30 39 43 51 50 32 31 35 32 32 32 446 31.8  
1.29
Venereal Diseases ... 21 24 34 38 25 38 28 26 28 22 23 18 325 23.2
Eye Diseases ... 11 6 6 12 14 12 8 26 11 21 8 9 144 10.3
Abscess and Ulcer ... 58 58 54 67 65 81 72 57 64 58 44 55 733 52.3
Wounds and Accidents 62 56 50 56 59 52 38 37 37 42 41 34 564 40.2
All other causes ... 149 164 163 177 178 126 136 133 146 122 120 113 1,727 123.1
    1,005 986 1,148 1,224 1,260 1,311 1,630 1,894 1,781 2,012 1,686 1,428 17,365    
    Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.    
    71.7 70.5 83.0 88.3 89.5 91.6 114.5 133.3 125.1 143.0 121.6 104.8 1238.1