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[Section II.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1867—76.
XIII.
TABLE showing in the Aggregate the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS composing the
PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE during the Ten-year period 1867—76, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases
in each Month of the period.
M O N T H S .
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 ( 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 .
January . . .
111,228
5,293 47.6
228 2.05
. . .
1
1 19
33
5 10
5
1
3
123
3
7
. . .
. . . 1
3 12
1
February . . .
110,901
4,619 41.6
173
1.56
. . .
2
. . . 3
25
2
7
. . . 2
2
106
3
1
3
. . . 3
2
9
3
March . . .
109,260
3,791
34.7
88
.81
. . .
. . .
. . . 4
13
1
6
2
3
2
36
3
3
. . .
. . . 3
3
9
. . .
April . . .
99,979
2,782
27.8
95
.95
12
3
. . . 8
14
3
3
1
. . . 1
30
1
6
. . .
. . . 1
2
5
5
May . . .
91,712
2,781
30.3
58
.63
1
. . .
. . .
5
9
2
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
12
2
5
. . . 1
2
. . . 11
4
June . . .
92,442
2,931
31.7
55
.59
1
. . . 2
6
13
2
3
2
1
1
6
. . . 1
. . .
. . . 1
3
7
6
July . . .
92,437
3,056 33.1
73
.79
8
. . . 1
3
13 12
5
2
. . . 2
4
1
6
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
9
4
August . . .
92,507
3,924 42.4
100
1.08
48
. . .
. . . 5
9
1
4
. . . 1
. . .
3
2
4
1
1
2
4
7
8
September . . .
93,545
5,627 60.2
102 1.09
41
. . . 1
9
14
3 10
2
. . . 1
7
1
2
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
8 2
October . . .
93,833
7,4 84 79.8
230 2.45
154
. . . 1 15
13
4 14
1
1
. . .
4
1
3
. . . 2
5
. . . 10
2
November . . .
102,852
7,824
76.1
162
1.58
8
5
. . . 25
26 2
8
7
1
2
43
2
8
3
. . . 4
2 12
4
December . . .
111,035
6, 437 58.0
226 2.04
. . .
6
. . . 21
30
4 17
5
1
4
108
2
4
. . . 1
6 1
15
1
273 17
6 123
212 41 91 27 11 18
482 21 50
7
5 29 23 114 40
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . . 100,144 4,712
47.1 1,590 15.88 2.73 .17
3.40
.41 .91 .27 .11 .18 4.81 .21 .50 .07 .05 .29 .23 1.14 .40
Absent Deaths, 656. Ratio of 2,246 Deaths, 18.37 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 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
30
2
3
24
87
63
220
10
. . .
439
4.4
62.19
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
51
. 5
33.33
14
Smallpox . . .
3
7
4
4
2
1
3
2
. . .
2
9
1
2
11
.1
54.55
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
2
. . .
. . .
2
Enteric Fever (1872—76) . . .
3,939
7,943 14,809 21,318 16,984 8,346
95,735
956.0
.13
Fever, Intermittent . . .
4,915
3,376 3,141
2,944
3,938 4,082
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued . . .
1 7 1
148
110
77
85
63
54
66
82
138
130
148
1,272
12.7
16.67
70
.7
58.57
Apoplexy . . .
4
3
3
2
6
10
21
3
7
3
2
6
69.1
495
258
246
350
445
445
444
798
914
890
933
705
6,923
.98
Dysentery . . .
51.3
Diarrhœa . . .
358
238
252
332
387
400
491
619
5 5 9
496
502
503
5,137
5.21
2.1
23
17
14
20
211
Hepatitis . . .
16
13
23
15
13
26
20
11
82
116
210
233
1,297
12.9
1. 39
Spleen Disease . . .
155
110
74
71
73
57
55
6 1
199
266
504
1,154
6,639
66.3
7.26
Respiratory Diseases . . .
1,410
990
754
470
311
199
167
215
1.8
23
17
20
11
19
11
12
10
1 4
12
15
21
185
27.03
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
.3
Dropsy . . .
4
1
1
. . .
1
1
2
3
. . .
4
6
5
28
25.00
23
12
17
15
27
23
26
24
268
2.7
1 . 8 7
22
23
24
32
Scurvy . . .
347
400
365
406
382
385
553
691
5,856
58.5
.37
633
567
383
744
Rheumatism . . .
164
209
202
180
199
158
170
176
176
2,234
22. 3
209
198
193
Venereal Diseases . . .
28.1
2,813
Eye Diseases . . .
112
114
161
219
296
287
337
327
334
267
201
158
13,636
136.2
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
1,303
859
761
674
903
1,013
1,637
1,843
1,257
1,021
1,155
1,210
13,627
136.1
1,168
982
1,051
1,069 1,110
1,085
1,124
1,277
1,079 1,126
1,250
1,306
Wounds and Accidents . . .
928
1,014
1,008
1,016 1,046 1,042
1,085
997
768
888
994
11,774
117.5
988
All other Causes . . .
12,100
8,898
8,399
7,855
9,186
9,347
9,936 14,970 20,986 27,244 23,569 15,716
168,206
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
108.8 80.2
76.8
78.6
100.2 101.1
107.5
161.8
224.3
290.3 229.2
1 4 1 . 5
1 6 7 9 . 6