SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
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[Section II.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1867—76.
XI.
TABLE showing in the Aggregate the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the
PUNJAB during the Ten-year period 1867—76, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of 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 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 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 .
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 . . .
157,685
5,908 37.5
293 1.86
. . .
2
. . . 41
24
1 21 13
. . . 3
137
5 13
1
2 11
3 13
3
February . . .
163,135
5,397
33.1
195
1.20
1
7
. . . 35
14
3
3
1 1
1
2
81
1 11
1
. . .
8
2 10
4
March . . .
160,955
4,745 29.5
149
.93
. . .
. . . . . . 23
14
. . . 5
10
3
. . .
53
1
10
1
1
5
3 16 4
April . . .
144,261
3,979
27.6
123
.85
2
1
. . .
7
22
2
1
3
1
2
45
3
8
. . .
1
8
3
8
6
May . . .
137,628
3,754 27.3
112
.81
13
. . . 4 10
9
2
8
5
2
. . .
26
2 10
. . .
1
1
2 11
6
June . . .
137,621
3,808 27.7
100
.73
23
. . . . . .
8
17
3
3
5
2
. . .
10
2
8
. . .
. . .
3
3
6
7
July . . .
140,775
4,080 29.0
118
.84
32
1
1
6
11
6
2
5
. . .
1
10
4
6
. . .
. . . 3
5
1 6 9
August . . .
141,434
5,343 37.8
72
.51
15
1
. . .
7
9
2
2
2
. . .
2
10
. . . 4
1
. . .
3
5
6
3
September . . .
143,020 8,182 57.2
179
1.25
103
. . . 1
7
9
1 16 2
. . .
1
9
3
4
. . .
. . .
5
1 12
5
October . . .
146.959 10,676
72.7
212
1.44
64
. . . . . . 34
14
1 27 13
1
3
18
1
4
2
1
3
2 14 10
November . . .
158,416 10,664 67.3
253
1.60
4
. . .
1 72
20
2 22 22
. . .
. . . 61
4
5
2
1
13
1 21
2
December . . .
161,026
7,609
47.3
322 2.00
1
1
. . . 55
21
1 32 25
2
4
128
5
7
2
1
9
2 16 10
258 13
7 305
184 24 142 116 12 18
588 31 90
1 0 8 72 32 149 69
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . . 149,410
6,179
41.4 2,128 14.24 1.73 .09
3.32
.16 .95 .78 .08 .12
3.94 .20
. 6 0 .07 .05 .48 .21 1.00 .46
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN RACH 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
3
4
10
.1
. . .
Cholera . . .
. . .
2
. . .
8
29
51
76
35
178
93
7
1
480
3.2
53.75
Smallpox . . .
10
22
13
10
5
15
1
1
. . .
1
3
3
84
.6
15.48
Enteric Fever (1872—76) . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
17
.1
41.18
Fever, Intermittent . . .
5,296
3,773
3,547
3,706 4,690
5,452 5,781 11,748 23,834 30,356 21,277
9,452
128,912
862.8
. 2 4
Fevers, Remittent and Con
-
tinued . . .
106
72
96
132
204
113
94
127
173
186
132
100
1,535
10.3
11.99
Apoplexy . . .
1
5
2
2
7
8
9
4
3
2
2
2
47
.3
51.06
Dysentery . . .
588
350
353
536
559
527
561
974
1,199
1,4.62
1,447
992
9,548
63.9
1.69
Diarrhœa . . .
347
232
274
378
394
443
583
592
626
645
659
524
5,697
38.1
Hepatitis . . .
22
22
31
18
29
28
19
25
18
17
17
13
259
1.7
4.63
Spleen Disease . . .
149
77
96
58
73
88
83
8 0
330
279
323
279
1,915
12.8
. 9 4
Respiratory Diseases . . .
1,318 1,074
865
538
397
286
297
324
304
408
771
1,226
7,808
52.3
7 . 5 3
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
22
25
28
32
19
15
31
20
9
14
21
13
249
1.6
3 6 . 1 4
Dropsy . . .
8
5
2
2
2
2
5
4
7
2
10
4
53
.4
18.87
Scurvy . . .
17
14
16
13
24
21
30
17
17
25
28
21
243
1.6
3.29
Rheumatism . . .
1,004
9 0 3
782
556
506
5 4 6
542
606
535
669
741
866
8,258
55.3
.46
Venereal Diseases . . .
376
328
336
312
296
316
351
298
302
307
362
343
3,927
26.3
Eye Diseases . . .
184
152
213
319
469
425
459
603
517
404 304
218
4,267
28.6
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
1,248
911
890
821
905
1,089
1,655 1,827
1,322
1,214 1,280
1,299
14,461
96.8
Wounds and Accidents . . .
1,384
1,280
1,254
1,208
1,376
1,315
1,386
1,474 1,327
1,468 1,674
1,605
16,751
112.1
All other Causes . . .
1,123
987
1,141
1,139
990
987
1,201
1,281
1,130
1,107
1,278
1,152
13,516
90.4
13,204 19,234 9,939 9,791 10,976 11,729 13,166
2 0 , 0 4 1 31,832 38,662
30,342
1 8 , 1 1 9
218,035
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
83.7
62.7 61.7
67.9
79.8
85.2
93.5
141.7 222.6
263.1
191.5
112.5
1459.3