SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
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I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1867—76.
IX.
TABLE showing in the Aggregate the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the AGRA.
DISTRICT and in C ENTRAL INDIA during the Ten-year period 1867—76, and the prevalence of the principal
Diseases in each Month of the period.
(Several of the stations of this area were occupied by Madras Troops during the period, and the Statistics of these Regiments are not included.)
MONTHS.
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
A v e r a g e N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k .
N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
N u m b e r o f D e a t h .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f s t r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
E n t e r i c F e v e r . ( 1 8 7 2 - 7 6 . )
F e v e r I n t e r m i t t e n t . .
F e v e r , R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y .
D y s e n t e r y .
D i a r r h œ a .
H e p a t i t i s .
S p l e e n D i s e a s e .
R e s p i r a t o r y D i s e a s e s .
H e a r t D i s e a s e s .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D r o p s y .
S c u r v y .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January . . .
43,608
2,166
49.7
29
.67
. . .
1
. . . 3
4
. . .. . .
2
. . .
2
1 3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .2
1
February. . .
46,334
2,183
47.1
30
.65
. . . . . .
. . .
4
3
. . . 1
4
. . . 1
10
. . .
2
. . .
. . . 2
1
2
. . .
March . . .
46,681
1,990
42.6
35
.75
. . .
. . .
. . . 7
1
. . . 1
3
. . .
. . .
9
. . . 3
. . .
. . . 3
1
6
1
April . . .
41,651
1,862 44.7
29
.70
1
2
. . . 7
1
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .2
4
May . . .
40,205
1,719 43.5
37
.92
5
4
. . . 5
3
5
2
1
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
1
. . .
. . . 1
1
4
2
June . . .
40,105
1,545 38.5
31
..77
6
. . .
1
4
1
9
1
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . 1
. . . 1
2
J u l y . . .
41,888
1,602 38.2
37
.88
7
1
. . . 3
5
. . . 2
6
1
. . .
4
1
2
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 1
3
August . . .
41,686
1,978 47.4
44 1.06
15
. . .
. . . 6
2
2
4
4
1
. . .
5
. . . 4
. . .
. . . 1
. . .. . .
. . .
S e p t e m b e r . . . 41,633
2,630
63.2
28
.67
7
. . .
. . .
5
3
1
3
2
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 1
1
1
October.. . .
41,951
3,020 72.0
26
.6 2
2
. . .
. . .
9
3
. . . 2
1
1
. . .
1
. . . 2
. . . 1
2
. . . 1
1
N o v e m b e r . . .
41,546
2,618 63.7
43
1.03
1
. . .
1
7
5
. . . 4
3
. . . 2
6
. . . 4
2
. . . 1
1
5
1
December. . .
39,550
2,106 53.2
37
.94
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
3
. . . 4
3
1
1
11
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
. . . 2
2
41
8 2 67
34 17 25 33
5
6
70
1 23
3
2 16
5 27 18
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . .
42,216
2,123 50.3
406
9.61
1.01 .19
2.44
.40 .59 .78 .12 .14 1.66 .02 .54 .07 .05
.38
.12 .64 .43
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 of
each hundred
each
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May.
June. July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dengue . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
111
811
172
19
2
1,118
26.5
. . .
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
1
3
6
9
10
31
11
2
1
. . .
74
1.8
59. 46
Smallpox . . .
8
3
21
2 1
10
3
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
69
1.6
11.59
Enteric Fever (1872-76). . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
100.00
Fever, Intermittent . . .
1,910
1,365
1,874
2,942 2,745
1,615
2,002
2,891
4,786
6,822
5,139
2,559
36,650
867.7
. 1 8
Fevers, Remittent and Con
-
tinued . . .
19
36
25
35
42
23
29
33
45
68
16
11
388
9.2
876
Apoplexy. . .
1
. . .
1
1
9
34
1
3
2
1
. . .
. . .
53
1.3
32. 08
Dysentery . . .
115
79
113
188
135
114
197
481
299
223
228
139
2,311
54.7
. 1.50
Diarrhœa. . .
109
48
123
111
109
206
186
277
125
106
98
70
1,568
37.1
Hepatitis. . .
13
3
8
6
6
4
6
6
10
4
7
6
79
1.9
6.33
Spleen Disease . . .
49
48
34
27
29
27
21
23
29
50
58
45
410
10.4
1.36
Respiratory Diseases . . .
221
244
161
81
70
83
76
71
62
107
140
214
1,533
36.3
4.57
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
7
5
9
5
6
5
8
4
5
6
7
7
74
1.8
31.08
Dropsy . . .
1
1
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
2
1
10
.2
30.00
Scurvy. . .
8
4
2
6
3
5
1
4
34
9
14
3
93
2.2
2.15
Rheumatism . . .
407
292
225
170
157
179
203
220
166
204
256
230
2,709
64.1
. 2 2
Venereal Diseases. . .
205
237
247
209
182
181
161
202
196
217
189
198
2,424
57.4
Eye Diseases . . .
53
74
81
92
83
75
102
161
138
104
87
61
1,111
26.3
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
502
425
437
332
337
562
593
612
592
485
503
422
5,802
137.4
Wounds and Accidents . . .
697
632
611
429
372
327
430
652
498
625
618
549
6,440
152.5
All other Causes . . .
4 4 3
381
412
337
260
335
315
401
362
293
320
287
4,146
98.1
4,771
3,877
4,386 4,996 4,561
3,788 4,343
6,186
8,176 9,500
7,703
4,807
67,094
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
109.4
83.7
94.0 119.9 119.9
94.5
103.7
148.4
196.4 226.5
185.4
121.5
1588.5