SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
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III.—STATISTICS OF SELECTED STATIONS,—MEEAN MEER, 1867—76.
XXXVIII.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS occupying
MEEAN MEER 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 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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
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 .
F e v e r , I n t e r m i t t e n t.
F e v e r , 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 . . .
12,192
607
49.8
41
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
8
2
. . . 1
1
. . .
. . . 26
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
February . . .
13,609
556
40.9
34
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 14
. . .
2
1
1
. . .
. . . 13
. . .
1
. . . . . .
1
. . . 1
. . .
March . . .
14,400
576
40.0
19
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 5
2
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
3
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
April . . .
13,120
455
34.7
13
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
. . . 2
. . . . . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
May . . .
12,053
398
33.0
12
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 4
1
1
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 1
1
June . . .
12,217
357
29.2
5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 2
. . .
July . . .
12,346
307
24.9
7
. . .
4
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1 1
. . .
August . . .
12,250
517
42.2
16
. . .
11
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
September . . .
11,841
806
68.1
4
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
October . . .
11,807 1,076
91.1
21
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
1
. . . 3
6 1
1
1
. . .
2
. . .. . .
. . .
. . . 2
1
November . . .
11,364 1,063
93.5
25
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 5
1
1
2
1
. . .
. . .
7
1
1
. . . . . .
2
. . . 3
1
December . . .
11,380
791
69.5
53
. . .
1
. . .
. . . 9
5
. . . 5
1
1
1
24
. . .
1
. . . . . .
1
. . . 3
1
18
. . .
. . . 50
16
4 12 12
3
2
89
1 12
. . .
. . .
6 3 16 6
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . .
12,382
626
50.6
250
20.19 1.45
. . .
5.33
.32 .97 .97 .24 .16 7.19 .08 .97
. . .
. . . .49 .24 1.29 .49
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.
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
11
20
6
. . .
. . .
1
39
3.1
46.15
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
.1
. . .
Smallpox . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
523
393
418
402
403
437
392 1,464
2,658 3,539
2,360 1,116
14,105
1139.2
.35
Fever, Intermittent . . .
5
6
22
33
18
10
5
20
19
16
12
11
177
14.3
9.04
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued . . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
7
.6
57.14
Apoplexy . . .
49
35
45
36
55
32
28
61
100
144
149
87
821
66.3 1.93
Dysentery . . .
22
18
29
32
40
33
29
43
22
48
60
44
420
33.9
Diarrhœa . . .
4
3
3
2
6
5
. . .
1
1
1
1
1
28
2.3
10.71
Hepatitis . . .
23
12
12
9
13
20
8
8
7
18
25
56
211
17.0
.95
Spleen Diseases . . .
228
146
108
69
45
31
17
26
14
35
74
177
970
78.3
9.18
Respiratory Diseases . . .
5
2
7
13
6
4
6
7
1
2
. . .
2
55
4.4
21.82
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
. 6
. . .
Dropsy . . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
15
1.2
. . .
Scurvy . . .
104
110
98
62
50
51
48
45
35
49
64
79
795
64.2
.49
Rheumatism . . .
26
21
32
34
21
21
29
24
19
20
13
22
282
22.8
Venereal Diseases . . .
Eye Diseases . . .
12
11
30
30
40
21
29
42
32
19
29
14
309
25.0
145
116
108
97
117
119
189
221
158
142
130
110
1,652
133.4
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
113
125
110
112
114
85
111
123
85
112
86
114
1,290
104.2
Wounds and Accidents . . .
94
92
119
107
102
89
71
63
64
61
73
83
1,018
82.2
All other Causes . . .
1,357 1,092 1,141
1,040
1,035
962
976
2,170
3,224 4,208
3,079
1,918
22,202
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
111.3
80.2
79.2
79.3
85.9
78.7
79.1
177.1
272.3
356.4
270.9
168.5
1793.1