Medical topography and statistics of the Presidency of Madras : compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office.
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- 1843-1844
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Credit: Medical topography and statistics of the Presidency of Madras : compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![JAIL OP WEGAPATAM. No. 19 — Table exhibiting the Number of Admissions and Deaths of the Convicted Prisoners^ from each class of Disease^ from 1834 to 1841 inclusive. CLASSES DISEASES. f Febris ephemera j ,, intermit, quot Fevers < ,, remittens... . I ,, com. conti- 1 nua Cholera. Diseases of the Ahrto- r Diarrhoea Dysenteria acu- ta et chronica. CoUca . : Uolica minal vis-'j obsliMtio Dys))opsia Hepatitis cera. ICatarrhus Asthma Phthisis pulmo- nalis..._ Pneumonia 1834 to 1841 inclusive. Aggregate strength 1361. {Epilepsia Paralysis Phrenifcis Mania EruptiveFe- ( Variola.., vers 1 Varicella {Anasarca Ascites Hydrothorax.... Rheumatic ( Rheuraat.acutus afl'ections. et chronicus.. Specmcdis.(Ay;P>;;-;;.;;; ( Dracunculus. . eases. Diseases of ( Morbi the eye, \ oculo- rum. ’’Sa' jMovhi cutis.... Other diseases.. Total.... * • Admissions & deaths o <r from each class of disease. ’g ^ ^ — st Half. 2d Half. 1st Half. 2nd Half. 15 £ Ld. Dd. Ad. Dd. Ad. Dd. Ad. 1 Dd. cr* 53 0 101 0 10 2 9 1 f 7 3 0 0 V 70 5 119 4 189 0 0 9 m O ) 1 0 7 1 i 0 4 1 8 6 1 9 2 10 3 2 0 6 3 4 0 > 36 3 42 9 78 16 0 22 1 1 1 0 2 2 J 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 9 0 1 0 1 1 [ 8 4 16 5 21 2 2 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 4 0 3 0 ' . 5 5 4 3 9 1 1 0 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 ! - 0 1 0 14 6 3 4 3 ] 1 1 0 0 8 5 5 4 13 1 1 1 1 J 6 0 2 0 i « 0 2 0 8 5 2 O • f 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 1 12 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 4 13 0 10 0 13 0 10 0 23 91 2 57 1 91 57 1 148 2')9 27 1 272 28 1 259 i 27 1 272 ' 28 > 531 W 00 a ^ o 12 0 ;o •3 Per centage of sick to strength. Percentage of deaths to sick treated. 14 -361 4 -761 0 -GOT 12 -560: 5 -937 15 -384 0 -076 100 -000 1 -823 37 *500 0 *683 88 *888 1 -063 0 -000 0 -987 69 -230 0 -607 0 -COO 0 -911 25 -000 o CO o CO 0 *000 1 -747 0 *000 11 -246 2 -027 40 *349 10 -357 *** Two of these were from wounds inflicted bj the peons, when several prisoners a ttempted to escape from the jail in 1837.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21935725_0490.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
