SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
(Section II.
III.—STATISTICS OF SELECTED STATIONS,—PESHAWAR, 1867—76.
XLII.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS occupying
PESHAWAR during the TEN YEARS from 1867 to 1876, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month.
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 D i s 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.
Di e d o u t o f Ho 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 .
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 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 .
He a r t Di 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 . . . 39,098
1,665
42.6
111
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 13
8
1 10
8
. . . 3
48
3
2
1
1
5
1
3
3
40,025
1,380
34.5
74
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 11
10
. . . 1
3
. . . 2
38 . . .
2
. . .
. . . 3
1
1
1
February . . .
39,878
1,095
27.5
45
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 7
5
. . .
. . . 3
1
. . .
15
1
4
. . .
. . . 2
3
4 . . .
March . . .
36,107
858
23.8
33
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
3
6
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 1
8
2
1
. . . 1
3 . . .
2
2
April . . .
34,159
870
25.5
36
. . .
11
. . . 1
2
5
1
2
1
. . .
. . .
6
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
3
1
May . . . 34,254
9 6 6
28.2
31
. . .
13
. . .
. . . 2
4
1
1
2
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
2
. . .
. . .
3 . . .
. . .2
June . . .
34,628
1,031
29.8
31
. . .
1
. . .
. . . 2
4
2
2
. . .
. . . 1
4
2
2
. . .
. . . 2
3
5
1
July . . .
37,683
1,376
39.7
16
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 2
5
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3 . . .
1
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
2 . . .
August . . .
34,363
2,453
71.4
126
. . .
96
. . . 1
3
5
1
8
. . .
. . . 1
4
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 4
1
September . . .
34,106
4,031
118.2
118
. . .
63
. . .
. . . 17
4
1
9
5
. . .
. . .
8
1
1
. . .
. . . 2 . . .
3
4
O c t o b e r . . .
37,168
4,062
109.3
100
. . . 4
. . . 1
28
6 1
14 15
. . .
. . .
19
1
2
. . . 1
2 . . .
6 . . .
November. . .
37,251
2,509
67.4
112
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 24
6
1 15 15
. . . 2
33
2
1
1
1
3
2
5
1
December . . .
1 8 8 3
6 114
6 8 10 62 53
1 10
187 15 19
2
4 26 11 38 16
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . . 36,310
1,858
51.2
833 22.9
4
5.18
. 0 8
5.18
. 2 8
1.71 1.46 .03 .28 5.15 .41 .52 .05 .11 .72 .30 1.04 .44
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
admitted
d u r i n g
the 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.
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
25
33
4
3
162
91
6
. . .
324
8.9
58.02
2
4
1
2
2
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
14
.4
21.43
Smallpox . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
2
10
.3
6 0 . 0 0
Enteric Fever . . .
1,790
1,161
987
1,071
1,466
1,786
1,940
3,506
8,671 13,112 9,183
3,907
48,580
1337.9
.23
Fever, Intermittent . . .
Fevers, Remittent and Con
-tinued . . .
50
32
37
26
100
51
4 3
3 4
48
74
56
48
599
16.5
11.35
Apoplexy . . .
1
1
. . .
2
2
1
3
1
1
2
. . .
1
15
.4
6.67
227
133
112
148
134
202
211
391
475
495
570
376
3,474
95.7
1.93
Dysentery . . .
141
106
9 6
145
123
202
255
283
305
287
320
223
2,486
68.5
Diarrhœa . . .
11
7
7
2
7
5
7
4
3
4
4
5
6
1.8
1.52
Hepatitis . . .
78
31
31
15
24
26
20
25
251
176
196
159
1,038
28.6
.96
Spleen Diseases . . .
404
345
268
152
93
76
80
87
85
99
224
413
2,326
6 4 . 1
8 . 0 4
Respiratory Diseases . . .
6
5
7
5
4
3
8
2
2
4
4
1
51
1.4
37.25
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
Dropsy . . .
3
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
2
3
1
13
.4
1 5 . 3 8
5
3
. . .
5
4
1
4
5
3
9
11
8
58
1.6
6.90
Scurvy . . .
2.45
229
210
168
119
121
138
156
126
132
151
185
1,980
54.5 .65
Rheumatism . . .
79
68
61
67
69
68
87
73
82
67
79
64
864
23.8
Venereal Diseases . . .
36
44
42
53
94
108
129
1ll
95
77
59
28
876
24.1
Eve Diseases . . .
310
208
212
161
228
287
387
435
302
257
264
263
3,314
91.3
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
298
321
252
231
325
329
335
293
215
234
272
273
3,378
93.0
Wounds and Accidents . . .
329
258
276
264
221
241
296
319
248
281
409
389
3,531
97.2
A11 other Causes . . .
4,015
2,956
2,600
2,520
3,041
3,541
3,955
5,729 11,077 15,403 11,814 6,346
72,997
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
102.7
73.9
65.2
69.8 89.0
103.4
114.2. 165.2 322.4 451.6 317.9
170.4
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