SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
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Section II.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1867—76.
VII.
TABLE showing in the Aggregate the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the
MEERUT DISTRICT and in ROHILCUND during the Ten-year period 1867—76, and the prevalence of the principal
Diseases in each Month of the period.
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 s .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n 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 mi t t e d .
F e v e r s , R e n i t t e n t a n d C o n - i n u e d . A p o p l e x y .
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 .
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January . . .
50,648
1,432
28.3
49
1.30
. . .
1
. . . 8
11
. . . 1
4
2
. . .
18
2 12
2
. . . 3
. . . 2
. . .
February . . .
54,559
1,550 28.4
45
.90
. . .
. . .
. . . 4
10
1
1
1
1
. . .
18
1
3
. . .
. . . 3
1
3
2
March . . .
55,881
1,567
28.0
56
.81
. . .
. . .
. . . 4
7
. . . 1
4
2
1
11
. . . 3
1
. . . 3
. . . 4
1
April . . .
51,560
1,425
27.6
45
1.09
6
4
. . . 3
6
1
. . . 3
2
2
6
5
9
1
. . . 3
1
4
. . .
May . . .
49,643
1,486
29.9
39
.91
8
6
1
3
4
2
4
5
. . . 1
7
. . . 2
. . .
. . . 1
1
2
1
June . . .
49,344
1,430
29.0
44
.79
2
1
. . . 3
4
3
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
6
. . .
. . . 3
1
5
2
July . . .
50,277
1,385 27.5
47
. 8 8
2
1
. . . 6
2
1
6
4
1
1
5
2
5
. . .
. . . 1
1
2
4
August . . .
50,417
1,766
35.0
35
.93
15
. . .
. . . 4
6 1
. . .
. . . 3
4
1
2
3
1
. . . 1
1
4
1
September . . .
50,085
2,279
45.5
50
.70
5
. . .
. . . 3
5
. . . 3
1
1
1
2
3
4
. . . 1
2
. . . 3
1
October . . .
50,627
2,153 42.5
53
.99
2
. . .
. . . 6
6
. . . 8
4
1
1
6
. . . 5
. . .
. . . 5
1
4
1
November . . .
52,035
1,857
35.7
45
1.02
1
. . .
. . . 11
3
1
4
1
1
2
8
1
5
. . .
. . . 3
1 11
. . .
December . . .
50,300
1,544 30.7
.89
1
. . .
. . . 8
4
. . . 6
1
. . .
. . .
8
1
3
1
. . . 4
3
4
1
42 13
1 63
6 8 10 36 25 11 13
100 17 60
6
1 32 11 48 14
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . . 51,281
1,656 32.3
574 11.19
.82 .25
2.57
.20 .70 .49 .27 .25
1.95 .33 1.17 .12 .02 .62 .22 .94 .27
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
cases treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July.
Aug. Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dengue . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
125
9
17
5
157
3.1
. . .
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
3
12
11
6
4
20
10
4
1
1
72
1.4
58.33
Smallpox . . .
22
9
7
28
16
10
2
. . .
. . .
1
1
13
109
2.1
11.93
Enteric Fever, (1872—70) . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
50.00
Fever, Intermittent . . .
873
715
844 1,090
1,515
1,313
1,438 3,178 1,751
3,727 2,241
1,176
22,861
445.8
.28
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued . . .
45
51
70
82
80
57
70
79
143
124
43
44
897
17.5
7.58
Apoplexy . . .
1
1
. . .
3
3
5
1
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
17
.3
58.82
Dysentery . . .
148
81
106
138
164
154
128
190
206
286
290
235
2,126
41.5
1 . 7 9
Diarrhœa . . .
59
77
92
133
123
140
109
141
103
91
109
94
1,274
24. 8
Hepatitis . . .
10
12
12
11
6
9
14
13
9
8
9
18
131
2.6
10.69
Spleen Disease . . .
24
21
38
43
32
33
40
44
57
67
8 0
4 8
527
10.3
2.47
Respiratory Diseases . . .
223
262
199
154
136
114
95
106
97
176
186
217
1,965
38.3
5.09
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
10
12
15
13
15
8
10
11
12
7
10
11
134
2.6
44.78
Dropsy . . .
2
1
2
1
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
3
1
1
14
.3
42.86
Scurvy . . .
5
5
3
3
1
2
4
6
3
5
1
3
41
.8
2.44
Rheumatism . . .
233
258
218
186
196
162
169
173
147
161
229
206
2,338
45.6
.53
Venereal Diseases . . .
186
163
198
173
169
181
173
182
129
148
187
149
2,038
39.7
Eve Diseases . . .
84
50
9 6
147
167
122
154
158
120
98
93
79
1,368
26.7
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
324
297
277
265
297
324
418
480
352
347
401
305
4,090
79.8
Wounds and Accidents . . .
459
465
466
494
467
440
408
498
427
429
548
511
5,602
109.2
All other Causes . . .
400
444
421
428
415
390
367
403
419
406
416
365
4,874
95.0
3,109
2,927
3,067
3,404
3,821
3,470 3,605 5,675
7,111
6,100 4,867
3,481
50,637
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Mouth.
61.4
53.6
54.9
6 6 . 0 77.0
70.3
71.7
112.6 142.0
120.5
93.5
69.2
987.4