[Section II.
SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
III.—STATISTICS OF SELECTED STATIONS,—BAXA, 1867—76.
XXVIII.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS occupying
BAXA during the TEN YEARS from 1867 to 1876, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MO 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 .
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 c a s e .
R e s p i r a t o r y D i s c a s e s .
H e a r t D i s c 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 . . .
6,719
283
42.1
10
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
3
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
February . . .
6,642
289
43.5
5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . .
March . . .
6,537
287
43.9
10 . . .
. . . . . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
3
3
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2
. . .
April . . .
6,147
335
54. 5
16 . . .
. . . 4
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
4
. . .
. . .
3
. . . 1
. . .
. . . 1 . . .
. . . 1
May . . .
5,908
411
69.6
11
. . .
. . .
1
. . . 2
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
3
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . .
June . . .
5,809
433
74.5
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2
2
July . . .
5,804
424
73.1
14
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
2
. . .
2
2
. . .
. . .
3
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
1
August . . .
5,881
395
67.2
16 . . .
. . . . . .
. . . 4
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
2
1
1
1
. . .
. . .. . .
3
1
September . . .
5,967
388
65.0
20
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
1
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . . 1
4 1 . . .
3
. . .
O c t o b e r . . . 5,845
384
65.7
22
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
5
. . .
1
3
1
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . . 5
1 . . .
1
. . .
November . . .
6,191
390
63.0
12
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . . 2
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . . 3
. . . . . .
2
1
December . . .
6,701
376
56.1
14
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1
. . .
1
3
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
. . . 2
1 . . .
2
. . .
. . .
5
. . . 18
12
. . . 13 31
1
1
18
7
5
3 15
4 . . . 18
6
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . .
6,179
366
59.2
157 25.41
. . . .81
4.86
. . . 2.10 5.02 .16 .16 2.91 1.13 .81 .49 2.43 .65
. . . 2.91 .97
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total admitted
during the
ten years.
Admi t t ed 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
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
.3
. . .
Smallpox . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
10
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
12
1.9
41.67
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Fever, Intermittent . . .
153
137
146
186
336
273
230
211
160
200
315
185
2,532
409.8
.71
Fevers, Remittent and Con
-
tinued . . .
1
6
5
17
50
9
16
8
17
26
9
5
169
27.4
7.10
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Dysentery . . .
90
49
100
138
72
91
52
29
26
16
51
88
802
129.8
3 . 3 9
Diarrhœa . . .
32
33
37
50
72
78
33
36
25
27
35
39
497
8 0 4
Hepatitis . . .
2
1
. . .
1
1
3
1
. . .
3
1
. . .
. . .
13
2.1
7.69
Spleen Disease . . .
3
2
. . .
3
3
5
5
1
. . .
5
2
4
33
5.3
3.03
Respiratory Diseases . . .
41
45
49
26
21
35
32
24
27
43
28
43
414
67.0
4 . 3 5
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
. . .
1
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
3
1
. . .
. . .
1
9
1.5
55. 56
Dropsy . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
1
1
6
1.0
5 0 . 0 0
Scurvy . . .
3
10
11
11
17
2
16
10
15
27
8
8
138
22.3
10.87
Rheumatism . . .
29
34
32
16
20
23
19
34
25
28
41
28
329
53.2
. 8 6
Venereal Diseases . . .
11
11
11
12
4
8
8
9
4
9
8
8
103
16.7
Eye Diseases . . .
7
2
6
11
9
6
8
8
7
6
4
10
84
13.6
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
50
30
39
60
60
59
49
39
27
28
31
47
519
84.0
Wounds and Accidents . . .
58
72
68
81
87
71
83
60
59
92
140
104
975
157.8
All other Causes . . .
102
95
126
115
129
120
100
111
86
103
120
143
1,350
218.5
582
529
631
738
884
784
653
584
483
612
793
714
7,987
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
86.6
79.6
96.5
120.1
149.6 135.0
112.5
99.3
80.9
104.7 128.1
106.6
1292.6