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AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867 TO 1876.
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STATISTICS OF JAIL ADMINISTRATIONS—BENGAL PROPER, 1867—76.
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the JAIL
POPULATION in the SUB-DIVISIONS of the AREA included under the ADMINISTRATION of BENGAL
PROPER, on the AVERAGE of the TEN YEARS 1867—1876.
| RATIO PER 1,000 OF THE AVERAGE STRENGTH. | ||||||
| Eastern and Northern Bengal. |
Assam and Cachar. |
South- Western Bengal and Chota Nag- pore. |
Behar. | Alipore Cen- tral Jail. |
Administra- tion of Bengal Proper. |
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| 1.—DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH. | ||||||
| January | 36.4 | 42.6 | 28.4 | 24.9 | 52.9 | 35.1 |
| February | 33.6 | 38.7 | 29.8 | 24.9 | 51.2 | 33.6 |
| March | 34.7 | 39.3 | 31.4 | 25.8 | 50.3 | 34.6 |
| April | 37.0 | 44.5 | 31.3 | 28.8 | 51.4 | 36.5 |
| May | 35.1 | 51.1 | 29.2 | 25.9 | 48.4 | 34.7 |
| June | 34.3 | 53.3 | 28.8 | 25.2 | 48.3 | 34.1 |
| July | 35.7 | 56.4 | 34.5 | 28.3 | 58.6 | 38.2 |
| August | 37.6 | 56.4 | 37.5 | 37.2 | 60.5 | 41.7 |
| September | 38.6 | 54.8 | 34.8 | 40.3 | 58.3 | 41.9 |
| October | 40.3 | 51.0 | 33.0 | 38.8 | 57.9 | 41.8 |
| November | 42.4 | 48.0 | 31.8 | 35.5 | 62.9 | 42.0 |
| December | 39.6 | 43.9 | 28.2 | 28.9 | 62.1 | 38.4 |
| AVERAGE ANNUAL SICK-RATE | 37.1 | 48.3 | 31.6 | 30.4 | 55.3 | 37.7 |
| 2.—ADMISSION-RATE OF EACH MONTH. | ||||||
| January | 84.8 | 122.3 | 71.5 | 48.8 | 122.6 | 85.0 |
| February | 77.7 | 98.3 | 71.0 | 48.8 | 117.2 | 79.6 |
| March | 96.8 | 117.9 | 87.5 | 68.3 | 140.5 | 99.7 |
| April | 101.6 | 143.5 | 89.9 | 74.9 | 129.0 | 103.3 |
| May | 94.7 | 176.1 | 77.6 | 64.3 | 129.0 | 97.1 |
| June | 89.0 | 180.1 | 79.7 | 66.2 | 131.7 | 95.5 |
| July | 101.7 | 193.8 | 108.5 | 93.2 | 176.1 | 119.5 |
| August | 110.2 | 181.3 | 102.0 | 113.5 | 165.4 | 123.4 |
| September | 105.8 | 168.0 | 87.9 | 101.6 | 152.0 | 114.2 |
| October | 113.2 | 152.4 | 91.1 | 88.0 | 155.9 | 115.8 |
| November | 112.6 | 137.8 | 80.1 | 72.1 | 173.6 | 110.2 |
| December | 99.0 | 130.3 | 67.1 | 53.4 | 155.3 | 95.2 |
| AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE. | 1188.0 | 1802.8 | 1014.5 | 896.2 | 1750.4 | 1239.9 |
| 3.—COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE. | ||||||
| Cholera | 17.2 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 32.1 | 17.6 | 19.5 |
| Fevers | 501.6 | 631.2 | 451.3 | 248.8 | 671.8 | 478.7 |
| Apoplexy | .6 | .9 | .3 | .8 | .3 | .6 |
| Dysentery and Diarrhæa | 273.2 | 451.2 | 189.2 | 316.2 | 575.9 | 331.7 |
| Hepatitis | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .9 | 1.6 |
| Spleen Disease | 21.5 | 29.0 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 15.4 | 14.3 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 42.8 | 59.5 | 38.6 | 28.4 | 38.7 | 39.3 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis | 10.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 10.0 | 7.6 |
| Dropsy | 12.0 | 8.5 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 6.9 |
| Atrophy and Anæmia | 14.7 | 25.6 | 15.1 | 17.7 | 54.6 | 22.1 |
| Scurvy | 2.1 | 35.5 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 11.9 | 6.0 |
| Rheumatism | 33.8 | 54.7 | 27.8 | 24.9 | 25.7 | 31.1 |
| Eye Diseases | 9.8 | 20.6 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 7.1 | 10.8 |
| Abscess and Ulcer | 62.8 | 119.1 | 58.2 | 62.1 | 63.8 | 69.3 |
| Wounds and Accidents | 42.0 | 78.0 | 37.2 | 38.7 | 26.3 | 42.1 |
| All other Causes | 142.0 | 266.4 | 157.0 | 96.0 | 227.5 | 158.3 |
| AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE | 1188.0 | 1802.8 | 1014.5 | 896.2 | 1750.4 | 1239.9 |
| 4.—COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL DEATH-RATE. | ||||||
| Cholera | 7.50 | 8.65 | 6.23 | 13.01 | 4.95 | 8.02 |
| Fevers | 5.04 | 3.97 | 3.11 | 2.26 | 1.98 | 3.53 |
| Apoplexy | .49 | .71 | .31 | .42 | .33 | .44 |
| Dysentery and Diarrhœa | 20.12 | 21.36 | 16.15 | 34.36 | 23.10 | 22.34 |
| Hepatitis | .30 | .08 | .41 | .07 | .17 | .24 |
| Spleen Disease | 1.36 | .24 | .20 | .37 | .17 | .67 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 4.77 | 4.37 | 3.47 | 3.23 | 5.48 | 4.20 |
| Heart Diseases | .34 | 1.27 | .15 | .27 | .66 | .40 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis | 4.90 | 1.59 | 2.32 | 2.16 | 6.40 | 3.81 |
| Dropsy | 2.52 | 2.14 | .97 | 1.34 | .49 | 1.62 |
| Atrophy and Anæmia | 2.99 | 4.13 | 3.29 | 3.18 | 2.43 | 3.02 |
| All other Causes | 3.30 | 2.14 | 2.91 | 3.75 | 4.66 | 3.37 |
| Violent Deaths | .68 | .87 | .59 | .67 | .49 | .65 |
| AVERAGE ANNUAL DEATH-RATE | 54.31 | 51.52 | 40.11 | 65.09 | 51.31 | 52.31 |
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