SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
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[ Section II.
I.-STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1867-76.
V.
TABLE showing in the Aggregate the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the
DINAPORE, BENARES and CAWNPORE DISTRICTS and in OUDE, during the Ten-year period 1867-76
and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the period.
MONT HS .
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.
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 i s .
S p l e e n D i s e a s e s .
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 .
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
January . . . 67,677
2,345 34.6 47
.69
. . .
. . .
. . . 5
2
1 6 2
. . . 5
14
. . . 3 1
. . . 3 1 3 1
February . . . 71,164
2, 470 34.7
3 4
. 4 8
2 2 1
3
3
1 11
. . .
. . . . . .
7 1
. . . 1
. . . 1 1 . . . . . .
March . . . 73,280
2,522 34.4 53
.72
2 1
. . . 5
7
2 8 2 3 3
10
. . . 1 1
. . . 1 ... 3
4
April . . . 67.098 2,231 33.2 47
. 7 0 12 4
. . . 2
3
1 3 2 2 1
3
. . . 6
. . .
. . . 1 ... 5
2
May . . . 65,260
2,024 31.0 61
.93
17 12
. . . 2
6
2 3
. . .
. . . 2
6 2 2
. . .
. . . 2 . . . 5 . . .
J u n e . . . 65,846 1,921 29.2 43
.65
11 4
. . . 3
4
2 2 1 1 1
3
. . . 2 1
. . . . . . 3 3 2
July . . . 66,897
2,067 30.9 33
. 4 9 11
. . .
. . .
. . .
4 1
. . . 1 1 . . .
3
. . .
5
. . . . . . . . .
3 4
. . .
August . . . 66,971
2,405 35.9 66
.99
30
. . .
. . . 4
3
. . . 2 3
. . . 2
4 2 6
. . .
. . . . . .
1 7
2
September . . . 66,335
2,708 40.8 26
.39
4
. . .
. . . 1
1
1 1 1 1 1
2
. . . 5 1
. . .
1 . . . 2
4
October . . . 67,303
3,006 44.7 51
.76
5
. . .
. . . 10
1
. . .
6 1 2 1
4 2 7
. . .
. . . 1 8 3
November . . . 67,919
2,860 42.1 48
.71
5
. . .
. . . 8
6
. . .
6 4 1 . . .
8
. . .
4
. . . . . .
. . . 2 4 . . .
December . . .
66 382 2,495 37.6 58
.87
2 1 1 8
5
1 5 3 2 2
14
. . . 5 1
. . .
1
1 4 2
101 24 2 51 45 12 53 20 13 18
78 7 46 6
. . . 10 13 48 20
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . . 67,678 2,421 35.8 567
8.38 1.49 .35
1.45
.18 .78 .30 .19 .27 1.15 .10 .68 .09
. . .
. 15 .19 .71 .30
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
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
4
413
630
449
88
8
1,595
23.6
. . .
Cholera . . .
. . .
9
9
21
27
17
18
42
9
11
6
2
171
2.5
5 9 . 0 6
Smallpox...
"'
9
15
4 8
29
20
7
. . . . . .
1
. . .
. . .
6
135
2.0
17.78
Enteric Fever (1872-76) . . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
3
. . .
6 6 . 6 7
Fever, Intermittent. . .
1,455 1,365 1,764 1,644 1,714 1,600 2,262 2,836 3,556 5,385 3,876 2,078
29,535
436.4
.17
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinned . . .
34
53
57
57
54
46
41
50
65
74
61
27
619
9.2
7.27
Apoplexy. . .
. . .
2
3
3
6
7
2
1
2
. . .
. . .
1
27
.4
4 4 . 4 5
Dysentery . . .
225
265
314 305
223
183
226
420
381
355
420
367
3,684
54.4
1 . 2 6
Diarrhœa . . .
103
130
237
214
1 7 8 197
181
278
158
140
142
147
2,105
31.1
H e p a t i t i s . . .
10
4
9
10
9
9
15
4
8
13
10
10
111
1 . 6
1 1 . ' 7 1
Spleen Disease . . .
25
34
36
25
34
17
16
30
29
39
37
36
358
5.3
5 . 0 3
Respiratory Diseases . . .
248
247
240
1 4 4 144
90
132
135
141
192
265
262
2,240
33.1
3.48
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
7
12
21
16
12
18
14
16
12
13
18
14
173
2.6
2 6 . 5 9
D r o p s y . . .
. . .
4
. . .
2
3
. . .
1
. . .
2
2
2
2
18
.3
33.33
Scurvy. . . .
10
3
4
8
15
7
4
9
4
2
6
5
77
1.1
. . .
Rheumatism . . .
451
348
321
229
213
236
289
247
247
295
350
370
3,616
53.4 . 2 5
Venereal Diseases . . .
323
283
377
275
279
311
260
252
260
208
259
293
3,380
49.9
Eye Diseases . . .
102
76
140
204
207
194 242
234 179
150
117
39
1,934
28.6
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
596
488
503
472
481
644 823
768
612
596
511
531
7,028
103.9
Wounds and Accidents . . .
714
702
808
628
727
642
738
811
665
751
851
684
8,721
128.9
All other Causes . . .
485
546
679
491
476
501
541
579
558
487
519
453
6,315
93.3
4,799 4,587 5,570 4,777 4,844 4,726 5,809 7,125 7,519 9,162 7,541 5,386
71,845
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
70.9
64.5 76.0
71.2
74.2
71.8
86.8 106.4 113.3 136.1 111.0
81.1
1061.6