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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE JAIL POPULATION OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
[Section III.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PUNJAB-RAWALPINDI JAIL
LI.
AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY in the JAIL at RAWALPINDI during the TEN YEARS
from 1867 to 1876.
[A Jail which in several years of the period has suffered from outbreaks of Contagious Fever.]
MONTHS. | Aggregate of the Average Strength in each Month, 1867 to 1876. |
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. | Small pox. | Enteric Fever. | Contagious Fever. | Other Fever. | Apoplexy. | Dysentery and Diarrhœa. | Hepatitis. | Spleen Disease. | Respiratory Diseases. | Heart Diseases. | Phthisis Pulmonalis. | Dropsy. | Scurvy. | Atrophy and Anæmia. | Wounds and Accidents. | All other Cases. | ||||||
January | 9,416 | 417 | 44.3 | 59 | 6.27 | ... | ... | ... | 25 | ... | ... | 10 | 1 | 2 | 14 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
February | 9,256 | 522 | 56.4 | 85 | 9.18 | ... | ... | ... | 58 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 |
March | 9,130 | 573 | 62.8 | 108 | 11.83 | ... | 1 | ... | 84 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 4 |
April | 8,907 | 500 | 56.1 | 46 | 5.16 | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 11 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
May | 8,815 | 286 | 32.4 | 33 | 3.74 | 5 | ... | ... | 11 | 12 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
June | 9,030 | 201 | 22.3 | 22 | 2.44 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
July | 9,166 | 184 | 20.1 | 11 | 1.20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
August | 9,253 | 280 | 30.3 | 11 | 1.19 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
September | 9,289 | 406 | 43.7 | 30 | 3.23 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 |
October | 9,598 | 533 | 55.5 | 45 | 4.69 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 8 | ... | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 |
November | 9,585 | 595 | 62.1 | 54 | 5.63 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 9 | 1 | 12 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 |
December | 9.114 | 448 | 47.6 | 49 | 5.21 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 6 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
9 | 1 | ... | 258 | 64 | 7 | 71 | 5 | 5 | 77 | ... | 8 | ... | 1 | 13 | 6 | 28 | ||||||
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
For the ten years | 9,240 | 412 | 44.6 | 553 | 59.85 | .97 | .11 | ... | 27.92 | 6.93 | ... | 7.68 | .54 | .54 | 8.33 | ... | .87 | ... | .11 | 1.41 | .65 | 3.03 |
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 hundred cases treated. |
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Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||||
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 1.7 | 56.25 |
Smallpox | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | .4 | 25.00 |
Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Fever, Intermittent | 379 | 276 | 262 | 283 | 281 | 252 | 356 | 849 | 1,171 | 1,129 | 705 | 426 | 6,369 | 639.3 | .96 |
Fevers, Remittent; and Con- tinned |
4 | 10 | 73 | 60 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 273 | 29.6 | |
Contagious Fevers | 173 | 554 | 722 | 280 | 101 | 57 | 17 | 1 | ... | 315 | 151 | 87 | 2,458 | 266.0 | 10.50 |
Apoplexy | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 12 | 1.3 | 58.33 |
Dysentery | 19 | 21 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 50 | 59 | 61 | 78 | 46 | 442 | 47.8 | 6.74 |
Diarrhœa | 32 | 29 | 26 | 42 | 41 | 24 | 82 | 96 | 60 | 55 | 88 | 37 | 612 | 66.2 | |
Hepatitis | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 | 1.0 | 55.56 |
Spleen Disease | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 70 | 7.6 | 7.14 |
Respiratory Diseases | 104 | 85 | 52 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 71 | 106 | 559 | 60.5 | 13.77 |
Phthisis Pulmonalis | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 18 | 2.0 | 44.44 |
Dropsy | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | ... |
Atrophy and Anæmia | 16 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 114 | 12.3 | 11.40 |
Scurvy | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1.6 | 6.67 |
Rheumatism | 18 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 113 | 12.2 | 1.90 |
Venereal Diseases | 21 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 80 | 8.7 | |
Eye Diseases | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 83 | 9.0 | |
Abscess and Ulcer | 95 | 59 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 52 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 59 | 81 | 774 | 83.8 | |
Wounds and Accidents | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 193 | 20.9 | |
All other Causes | 44 | 39 | 36 | 42 | 39 | 48 | 59 | 55 | 37 | 31 | 60 | 54 | 544 | 58.9 | ... |
940 | 1,119 | 1,301 | 856 | 639 | 546 | 705 | 1,199 | 1,483 | 1,771 | 1,292 | 911 | 12,762 | |||
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | |||||||||||||||
99.8 | 120.9 | 142.5 | 96.1 | 72.5 | 60.5 | 76.9 | 129.6 | 159.7 | 184.5 | 134.8 | 96.8 | 1381.2 |
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Description | Appendix to Section III. Ten-year standard for the jail population of the Bengal Presidency, based on the statistics of the years from 1867 to 1876. Tables I-LVI |
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