SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
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[Section II.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1867—76.
I.
TABLE showing in the Aggregate the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS of the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY during the Ten-year period 1867-76, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of
the period.
(This statement is for the Regular Native Army only, and for men present with their Regiments from month to month during 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 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 s , 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 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 . . .
425,896 16,978 39.9 672 1.58 31 4
. . . 76 54
4 54 10 3 14 237 12 34 6 8 34 7 33 22
February . . . 426,506 16,000 37.5 453 1.06
33 9 2 58 42
6 31 26 2
8 135 7 20 4 4 15 10
2 2 1 9
March . . . 424,709 15,143 35.7 557 1.31 135 3 1 59 41
4 34 32 12 9 103 3 30 3 3 23 5 44 13
April . . . 384,449 13,352 34.7 414 1.08
75 20 3 28 34
8 15 24 6 10
70 8 41 2 3 20 4 24 19
May . . . 367,270 12,530 34.1 381 1.04 91 20 3 26 33 13 25 13 2 7
53 8 19 1 2 10 5 31 13
June . . . 366,947 12,336 33.6 310 .84 61 11 3 26 37 18 16 16 4 3
29 2 23
4 . . . 9
8 21 19
July . . . 373,869 13,044 34.9 310 .83
59 3 2 23 33
9 23 21 4 5
28 8 25
. . . . . . 6 9 31 21
A u g u s t . . . 374,963 15,660 41.8 318 .85
80 1 1 35 33
5 22 22 4 11
27 5 21 5
. . . 6 7 23 10
September . . .
375,612 20,120 53.6 3 3 8 3 1.02 124
. . . 6 26 29
6 39 18 6 9
21 8 15 2 9 11 5 30 19
October . . . 385,931 23,569 61.1 462 1.20
81
. . . 1 69 37
3 62 31 6 12
33 5 29 2 9 15 6
4 0 21
November . . .
414,979 23,546 56.7 529 1.27
22
. . . 5 115 43
6 50 46 3 10
95 6 24 4 9 23 9 52 8
December . . . 419,842 19,221 45.8 678 1.61
44 2 1 93 42
4 75 58 9 12 184 8 24
5 10 33 8 41 25
836 79 28 634 458 85 446 347 61 110 1,015 80 305 37 57 205 83 392 209
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . . 395,081 16,792 42.5 5,467 13.84 2.12 .20
2.84
.22 1.13 .88 .15 .28 2.57 .20 .77 .09 .14 .52 .21 .99 5 3
Absent Deaths, 2,282. Ratio of 7,749 Deaths, 17.25 per 1,000 of the Total Regimental Strength.
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 . . .
3
. . .
1
214
420
273
403
767 1,635
690
141
19
4,566*
11.6
. . .
Cholera . . .
42
66
187
148
157
126
143
141
218
130
37
56
1,451
3.7
5 7 . 6 2
Smallpox . . .
59
64
117
121
6 8
48
5
1
2
2
6
27
520
1.3
15.19
Enteric Fever (1872—76) . . .
1
4
3
3
6
5
5
7
9
4
7
3
57
.1
49.12
Fever, Intermittent . . . 13,209 10,003 11,181 12,8841 14,140 13,563 16,381 26,466 42,365 52,533 39,301 20,995
273,021
691.1
. 2 3
Fevers, Remittent and Con -
tinued . . . 297
209
335
399
546
398
397
428
579
590
394
286
4,918
12.5
9. 26
Apoplexy . . .
4
10
11
16
27
50
14
10
11
7
6.
5
177
.5
48.02
Dysentery . . . 2,841 1,988 2,082 2,274 1,957 1,805 1,917 2,812 2,796 3,192 3,378 3,423
30,465
77.1
1.63
Diarrhœa . . . 1,546 1,009 1,353
1 , 4 8 6 1,455 1,579 1,648 1,793 1,528 1,478 1,592 1,699
18,226
46.1
Hepatitis . . .
77
58
77
64
71
70
73
62
61
56
63
6 6
8 0 3
2. 0
7 . 6 0
Spleen Disease . . .
370
291
291
232
277
259
260 310
575 561 628
523
4,580
11.6
2 , 4 0
Respiratory Diseases . . . 2,831 2,410 1,974 1,311 1,059
841
8 8 7
942
942 1,255 1,872 2,581
18,908
47.9
5.37
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
62
77
90
89
72
63
78
78
62
65
75
61
867
9.2
35. 18
Dropsy . . .
19
14
7
7
10
6
16
9
16
13
19
17
153
.4
2, 4. 18
Scurvy . .. 86
96
70
74
78
61
81
55
106
148
130
96
1,081
2.7
5 . 2 7
Rheumatism . . . 2,731 2,367 2,018 1,504 1,431 1,445 1,548 1,593 1,482 1,768 2,117 2,283
22,320
56.5
. 4 3
Venereal Diseases . . . 1,421 1,271 1,449 1,212 1,184 1,209 1,240 1,165 1,096 1,115 1,279 1,297
14,945
37.8
Eye Diseases . . . 521
441
642
870 1,007 926 1,089 1,235 1,102
901 522
562
10,069
25. 5
Abscess and Ulcer . . . 3,531 2,740 2,655 2,438 2,570 3,207 4,148 4,332 3,446 3,211 3,396 3,255
38,929
98.5
Wounds and Accidents . . . 4,384 4,024 4,131 3,610 3,762 3,457 3,761 4,221 3,681 4,193 4,951 4,552
48,727
123.3
All other Causes . . . 3,693 3,494 3,959 3,466 3,219 3,202 3,491 3,731 3,506 3,578 3,755 3,507
42,601
107.8
37,737 30,790 32,663 32,422 33,516 32,599 37,590 50,208 65,221 75,490 63,864 15,313
537,413
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
8.86 72.2 76.9 84.3 91.3 88.8 100.5 133.9 173.6 195.6 153.9 107.9
1 3 6 0 . 2
* Except i ng 19 cas es whi ch occur r ed i n 1873, t hes e Admi s s i ons wer e caus ed by t he epi demi c Dengue of 1872.