SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY. (Section II.
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I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1867—76.
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the ANNUAL RATIOS of SICKNESS and MOR
- T A L I T Y a m o n g t h e N A T I V E T R O O P S s e r v i n g i n t h e v a r i o u s P R O V I N C E S o f t h e B E N G A L
PRESIDENCY, on the Average of the Ten-year period 1867—76.
R A T I O S P E R 1 , 0 0 0 O F S T R E N G T H .
Bengal
Proper and
Assam.
Gangetic
Provinces.
Meerut and
Rohilcund.
Agra and
Central
India.
Punjab.
Regular
Native
Army.
Central
India
Force.
P u n j a b
Frontier
Force.
1. DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH
MONTH.
J a n u a r y . . .
49.8
34.6
28.3
49.7
37.5
39.9
32.5
47.6
February . . .
48.3
34.7
28.4
47.1
33.1
37.5
31.0
4 1 . 6
March . . .
47.1
34.4
28.0
42.6
29.5
35.7
29.1
34.7
April . . .
47.6
33.2
27.6
44.7
27.6
34.7
29.3
2 7 . 8
May . . .
47.5
31.0
29.9
43.5
27.3
34.1
30.3
28.8
June . . .
49.2
29.2
29.0
38.5
27.7
33.6
28.7
3 1 . 7
July . . .
52.8
30.9
27.5
38.2
29.0
34.9
31.0
33.1
August . . .
55.7
35.9
35.0
47.4
37.8
41.8
34.6
42.4
September . . .
58.3
40.8
45.5
63.2
57.2
53.6
39.7
6 0 . 2
October . . .
60.6
44.7
42.5
72.0
72.7
61.1
49.1
79.8
64.3
November . . .
42.1
35.7
63.7
67.3
56.7
45.1
76.1
December . . .
55.7
37.6
30.7
53.2
47.3
45.8
36.1
58.0
AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY SIC K-
RATE . . .
53.0
35.8
32.3
50.3
41.4
42.5
34.7
47.1
2. ADMISSION-RATE OF EACH MONTH.
January . . .
109.7
70.9
61.4
109.4
83.7
88.6
71.3
108.8
February . . .
93.1
64.5
53.6
83.7
62.7
72.2
63.4
80.2
March . . .
100.8
76.0
54.9
94.0
61.7
76.9
68.0
7 6 . 8
April . . .
116.6
71.2
66.0
119.9
67.9
84.3
69.6
78.6
May . . .
125.0
74.2
77.0
113.4
79.8
91.3
68.4
100.2
June . . .
121.1
71.8
70.3
94.5
85.2
88.8
67.3
101.1
July . . .
144.1
86.8
71.7
103.7
93.5
100.5
74.5
107.5
August . . .
150.3
106.4
112.6
148.4
141.7
133.9
95.5
161.8
September . . .
142.3
113.3
142.0
196.4
222.6
173.6
108.5
224.3
October . . .
152.8
136.1
120.5
226.5
263.1
195.6
142.2
290.3
November . . .
149.1
111.0
93.5
185.4
191.5
153.9
110.9
2 2 9 . 2
December . . .
122.5
81.1
69.2
121.5
112.5
107.9
78.1
141.5
AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION -
RATE . . .
1522.8
1061.6
987.4
1588.5
1459.3
1360.2
1020.5
1679.6
3. COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE
ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE.
Cholera . . .
5.9
2.5
1 . 4
1 . 8
3 . 2
3.7
2. 6
4.4
Intermittent Fevers . . .
659.2
436.4
445.8
867.7
862.8
691.1
429.7
9 5 6 . 0
Remittent and Continued Fevers . . .
19.1
9.2
17.5
9 . 2
10.4
12.6
12. 7
12.8
Apoplexy . . .
.3
. 4
.3
1.3
.3
. 5
. 4
. 7
Dysentery . . .
139.0
54.4
41.5
54.7
63.9
77.1
36. 4
69.1
Diarrhœa . . .
84.3
31.1
24.8
37.1
38.1
46.1
33.2
51.3
Hepatitis . . .
2.6
1.6
2.6
1.9
1.7
2.0
1.8
2.1
Spleen Disease . . .
17.2
5.3
10.3
10.4
12.8
11.6
4 . 2
12.9
Respiratory Diseases . . .
62.6
33.1
38.3
36.3
52.3
47.9
36.6
66.3
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
3.1
2.6
2 . 6
1 . 8
1.6
2.2
.8
1 . 8
Dropsy . . .
.7
.3
.3
.2
.4
.4
. 5
. 3
Scurvy . . .
7.8
1.1
.8
2.2
1.6
2.7
.6
2.7
Rheumatism . . .
63.3
53.4
4 5 . 6
6 4 . 1
55.3
56.5
47.4
58.5
Venereal Diseases . . .
36.0
49.9
39.7
57.4
26.3
37.8
36.0
22.3
Eye Diseases . . .
16.9
28.6
26.7
26.3
28.6
25.5
62.6
28.1
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
88.0
103.9
79.8
137.4
96.8
98.5
88. 9
136.2
Wounds and Accidents . . .
124.3
128.9
109.2
152.5
112.1
123.3
101.2
136.1
All other Causes . . .
192.5
118.9
100.2
126.2
91.1
120.7
124.9
118.0
AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-
RATE . . .
1522.8
1061.6
987.4
1588.5
1459.3
1360.2
1020.5
1679.6
4. COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE
ANNUAL. DEATH-RATE.
Cholera . . .
3.10
1.49
. 8
1.04
1.73
2.12
1.32
2 . 7 3
Fevers . . .
3.38
1.45
2.57
2.44
3.32
2.84
2.46
3 . 4 0
Apoplexy . . .
.2 7
.18
.2 0
. 4 0
. 1 6
.22
.10
.41
Dysentery and Diarrhœa . . .
3.80
1.08
1.19
1 . 3 7
1.73
2.01
1.10
1 . 1 8
Hepatitis . . .
.17
.19
.27
.12
. 0 8
.15
.19
.11
Spleen Diseases . . .
.74
.27
.25
.14
.12
.28
.02
.18
Respiratory Diseases . . .
1.77
1 . 1 5
1 . 9 5
1.66
3.94
2.57
2.63
4.81
Heart Diseases . . .
. 3 1
. 1 0
.33
.02
.20
.20
.10
21
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
1.ll
.68
1.17
.54
.60
.77
.29
.50
Dropsy . . .
.16
.09
.12
.07
.07
.09
.10
.07
Scurvy . . .
. 6 2
. . .
.02
.05
.05
.14
. . .
.05
Atrophy and Anæmia . . .
.92
.15
.62
.38
.48
.52
.29
.29
All other Causes . . .
1.73
1.06
1.19
.83
1.09
1.19
1.88
1.31
Violent Deaths . . .
1.05
.49
.49
.55
.67
.74
.62
.63
AVERAGE ANNUAL DEATH-RATE . . .
19.13
8.38
11.19
9.61
14.24
13.84
11.10
15.88