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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
[ Section II.
III.—STATISTICS OF SELECTED STATIONS,—KOHAT, 1867—76.
XLIV.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS occupying
KOHTAT 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
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
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 , I n t e r 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 .
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
47.2
January . . . 24,545
1,158 39.2
6 0
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
7
10
1
3
. . . . . .
1
32
1
1
. . . . . . 1 . . . 3
. . .
25,836 1,013 32.9
35
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
9
. . .
1 . . . . . . . . .
February . . .
23
1 . . .
1 .
. . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
March . . . 26,618
877 25.0
2 1 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
. . .
3
1
. . .1
7 1 . . .
. . .
. . .. . .
1
2
. . .
April . . . 24,778
620 26.4
2 2 . . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
6
2
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
8 . . .1
. . .
. . .. . . . . .
1
. . .
22,094
584 29.8
1 5 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
3
May . . .
1 1
. . .
. . .. . . . . .
4
. . .
2 2 , 1 1 4
658 32.7
1 3 . . .
. . .
. . .
1
4
4
. . .
2
. . .
. . .. . .
. . .
June . . .
. . .. . .
. . .
. . .. . . . . .
2
. . .
July . . . 22,022
720 44.6
25
. . . 5
. . .
. . .
3
7
1
2
1
. . .. . .
1 1 . . .
. . .
. . .. . . . . .
2
2
21964
979 73.1
51
. . .
42
. . . . . .
3
4
. . . . . .
August . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . . 1 . . .
. . .
. . .
22,580
1,651 90.8
59
. . .
.40 . . . . . .
1
3
1
5
1 . . .
1
2
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1
September . . .
October . . . 21,821
1,981 76.2 163
. . . 134
. . .
. . .
6
9
1
4
. . .
. . .. . .
1 1 . . .
. . .
. . . 4 . . .
2
1
24,159 1,840 54.6
4 8
. . .
2
. . . . . . 11
9
. . .
2
November . . .
2
. . . 2
11
. . . 2
1
. . . 1 . . . 3
2
December . . . 26,779
1,461
53
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
5
7
2
4
2 . . .
1
25
1 . . . . .
. . .
4 . . .
1
. . .
223
2
1 49
76
8 26
7 . . .
6 113
8
5
2 . . . 11
1 21
6
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . . 23,776
1,120 47.5 565 23.76 9.38
. 0 8
5.30
.34 1.10 .30 . . . .25 4.75 .34 .21
. 0 8 . . . .46 .04 .88 25.
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. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
11
66
59
189
2
. . .
327
13.8
68.20
Smallpox . . .
. . .
1
2
1
. . .
. . .
2
2
. . .
1
2
2
13
.5
15.38
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
.1
. . .
Fever, Intermittent . . .
1,294
818
810
786
962 1,094 1,245 2,741 5,140 5,814 4,134 2,110
26, 948
1133.4
.18
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
tinued. . .
43
32
23
23
18
11
1 6
15
1
12
34
33
37
297
12.5
25.59
Apoplexy . . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. 2 . .
1
4
. . . 2
2
. . .
2
15
. 6
53.33
Dysentery . . .
143
69
70
94
131
135
163
334
341
244
239
199
2,162
90.9
. 8 4
Diarrhœa . . .
111
77
88
98
105
142
169
262
262
147
139
185
1,785
75.1
Hepatitis . . .
3
2
7
1
1
2
4
1
5
4
2
7
39
17
. . .
Spleen Disease . . .
2 5
30
19
12
13
11
9
12
24
33
49
61
293
125
2 . 0 1
Respiratory Diseases . . .
369
201
168
105
81
4 0
31
48
43
59
121
349
1,615
67.9
7 . 0 0
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
3
. . .
5
3
5
3
2
. . .
1
2
4
. . .
28
1.2
17.86
Dropsy . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
5
.2
40.00
Scurvy . . .
2
4
10
6
3
2
5
2
5
2
3
6
50
2.1
. . .
Rheumatism . . .
204
172
127
105
65
92
8 6
87
82
87
155
194
1,456
6 1 . 2
. 3 8
Venereal Diseases . . .
5 8
5 9
36
40
39
47
43
50
41
36
34
5 5
538
22.6
Eye Diseases . . .
11
17
29
48
72
54
41
42
51
44
31
37
480
20.2
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
278
175
158
158
227
206
258
310
245
209
292
293
2,809
118.2
Wounds and Accidents. . .
230
204
229
224
211
192
192
202
201
190
250
319
2,644
111.2
All other Causes . . .
259
209
248
236
260
265
256
239
241
165
207
299
2,884
121.3
3,035 2,070 2,029 1,941 2,195 2,299 2,537 4,413 6,758 7,262 5,700 4,155
44,394
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
123.7 80.1
76.2
78.3
99.3 104.0 115.2 200.9 299.3 332.8 235.9 155.2
1867.2