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CONTENTS.
P AGE
The fact demonstrated from the figures of 1871—76, that enteric fever is the disease above all others
which contributes to the death-rate of the young soldier . . .
60
Loss in the first five years of Indian service, illustrated from the experience of 13 regiments . . .
62
Loss during a tour of service extending over 9 to 13 years, illustrated by the medical history of six
regiments . . .
63
The loss and ratios shown year by year . . .
65
Loss by death and invaliding in the course of Indian service of the original body of men who consti
-tuted the regiments on arrival in India. Experience of 42 regiments . . .
65
Loss from all causes, as well as from death and invaliding, in 23 regiments in the course of their tour of
Indian service, which occurred amongst the men who constituted the body on arrival in India.
66
CHAPTER IV.
Death Table for the women and children of the Army of Bengal, for the ten years from 1860 to 1869, for
comparison with the statistics of the past six years . . .
69
Aggregate of the Sickness and Mortality of the women of the Army of India, for the five years 1871 to
1875 . . .
70
Comparative statement showing the ratios of each year for the women of the Army of India, and the ratios
for each Presidency on the average of the period . . .
71
Composition of 100 deaths of children in the Armies of the Three Presidencies compared . . .
72
Liability to death at different ages illustrated, showing the rapid decrease of the death-ratio as the ages of
the children progress . . .
72
Composition of 100 deaths of children at six different ages—results of 1872—76 . . .
73
Deaths and Death-rates from the chief causes of mortality shown in relation to the ages of the children
who died. Results from 4,076 deaths, which occurred from 1872 to 1876 . . .
74
Comparative liability of children to death in the different months of the year, illustrated by the monthly
mortality of the Armies of the Three Presidencies from 1871 to 1875 . . .
75
Aggregate of the sickness and mortality of the children of the Army of India for the five years 1871—75,
showing the prevalence of the principal diseases in each month.
76
Comparative statement showing the ratios of sickness and mortality for the children of the Army of
India for each of the five years 1871—75, and for the children of the Armies of the Three
Presidencies on the average of the five-year period . . .
77
SECTION II.
TEN-YEAR STANDARD FOR THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY,
BASED ON THE STATISTICS OF THE YEARS FROM 1867 TO 1876.
The Statistics of the European and Native Armies compared as related to season . . .
81
Causes of mortality at the different seasons compared in the two bodies . . .
82
Components of the death-rates of the Native and European Armies of 1867—76 compared . . .
82
Etiological distinction between the Fevers of the European and Native Armies . . .
83
Enteric Fever of the native soldier, its nature and the extent of its prevalence . . .
83
The native soldier a foreigner in many parts of India. The ratios of areas adapted to his constitution
compared with those of unsuitable localities . . .
83
The characteristics of the death-rate of the native soldier, and their variation with locality . . .
8 4
The characteristics of the death-rate of Eastern Bengal. The decay of native regiments in Eastern
Bengal illustrated . . .
8 5
Aggregate loss in a four-year tour of service in different Provinces . . .
8 6
Decay of a native regiment in Upper India illustrated . . .
8 6
Illustration of the effects of an epidemic season on the health of the native army of Northern India . . .
87
The cholera ratio of native troops in Hindostan Proper contrasted with that of Eastern Bengal and the
North-Western Frontier . . .
8 7
The deaths of native soldiers at their homes must be taken into account in the calculation of the death-
ratio. Comparison of the annual death-rates of the period . . .
88
Annual death-rate of the Frontier Force for the ten-year period . . .
88
The characteristics of the admission-rates and death-rates of the Goorkha regiments . . .
89
Constitution by race of the Native Army of Bengal . . .
89
Fluctuation in strength of the Native Army in the ten years. Chief causes of fluctuation . . .
91
TABULAR STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN SECTION II.
How, taken month by month, 100 deaths are made up in each month in the European and Native Armies
respectively
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81
How 100 deaths from the chief causes of mortality, are made up in the Native Army . . .
8 2
Contrasted ratios of areas adapted to the native soldier or unsuited to his constitution; ratios of troops
serving Trans-Indus, in Bengal Proper and Assam, and in the Gangetic Provinces and Oudh,
1870-76
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84
Components of the death-rate, showing its distinguishing characteristics for the different Provinces, from
Bengal Proper to the Punjab Frontier . . .
85
Loss by death and invaliding during a tour of service in the different Provinces illustrated . . .
86
Increase of fever deaths and deaths from pneumonia in Northern India illustrated . . .
87
Deaths-rates of each of the ten years, for the Regular Army and the Frontier Force, showing the ratios
inclusive of absent deaths, as well as the ratios for the men present with their regiments . . .
88
Ratios for Goorkha Regiments, and the ratios compared with those of the Army of Hindostan Proper . . .
89
Tabular statement showing the constitution by Race of the Native Army and Frontier Force in two
years of the period, 1872 and 1876 . . .
89
Tabular statement showing the Gain and Loss in Strength of the Regular Native Army and of the Fron-
tier and Central India Forces for each of the ten years from 1867 to 1876, and for the ten-year
period . . .
91
TEN-YEAR STANDARD FOR THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY,
1867 To 1576.—TABLES I TO XLIX.
Table of Contents is prefixed to the Tabular Statements.