Vital Statistics of the Presidency Jail, Calcutta, during the Years 1871—1876

By Surgeon-Major S. Coul Mackenzie, M.D. [Dr. Mackenzie lias kindly placed at our disposal a very careful report of the health of the prisoners?European and Native?during the six years, 1871-76, in which }>e held the office of superintendent and medical officer. The facts recorded thus possess an additional value from having been placed on record by one observer who was further intimately conversant with all the circumstances affecting the lives of those under his charge, and solely responsible for the sanitary administration of the prison and the medical treatment of the prisoners. "We have taken the liberty of omitting some portions of the report and condensing others. The condensed portions are included in brackets.] Site.?The jail is situated on the edge of a plain exposed in all directions to the prevailing winds, and not in close proximity to any source of malaria; it shares with Calcutta