( 143 )
per mille of strength. Of the 11 stations occupied by native troops the 6
following recorded cholera in 1878 :-
Alipore
Strength
818
Admissions
1
Deaths
Barrackpore
"
1,019
"
2
"
1
Dacca
"
265
"
4
"
1
Baxa
"
578
"
2
"
2
Bhagalpur
"
516
"
5
"
5
Dinapore
"
505
"
1
"
...
The strength of the affected troops is 3,701, the percentage of admissions
to strength 0.40, and of deaths to admissions 60. Of the 15 admissions there
were 1 in March, 2 in April, 4 in May, 2 in June, 1 in October, 2 in November,
and 3 in December.
Among the jail population-total average strength 18,350-there were
altogether 409 admissions and 210 deaths from cholera, giving a death-rate
of 11.44 per mille of strength. Of the 47 jails in the province, the 27 following recorded cholera in 1878:-
Presidency
Strength
1,050
Admissions
1
Deaths
0
Alipore
"
2,081
"
6
"
2
Russa
"
228
"
1
"
1
Baraset
"
244
"
2
"
1
Murshidabad
"
283
"
3
"
1
Hugli
"
376
"
7
"
4
Burdwan
"
263
"
3
"
0
Bankura
"
168
"
1
"
0
Suri
"
207
"
1
"
0
Parniah
"
198
"
28
"
18
Jalpaiguri
"
99
"
5
"
4
Rangpur
"
443
"
93
"
33
Mymensingh
"
374
"
4
"
3
Faridpur
"
246
"
10
"
1
Dacca
"
628
"
17
"
11
Bakirganj
"
630
"
4
"
1
Midnapur
"
1,133
"
4
"
0
Cuttack
"
290
"
2
"
1
Puri
"
93
"
1
"
1
2 Bhagalpur, C and D
"
1,296
"
6
"
4
Hazaribagh
"
715
"
125
"
89
Gya
"
385
"
4
"
2
Patna
"
426
"
8
"
2
Arrah
"
325
"
18
"
10
Buxar
"
667
"
14
"
6
Chaprah
"
298
"
41
"
15
The strength of the affected jails is 13,246, the percentage of admissions
to strength 3.09, and of deaths to admissions 51. Of the 409 admissions,
there were 1 in January, 7 in February, 6 in March, 132 in April, 20 in May,
6 in June, 114 in July, 93 in August, 8 in September, 1 in October; and 2 in
November. Of the 132 deaths in April, all but 18 occurred in jails in Lower
Bengal; of the 114 in July, all but 8 occurred in the jails in Bihar ; of the
93 in August, 16 occurred in jails in Lower Bengal and 77 in jails in Bihar
Meteorology. -No remarks.