134
SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
[ Section II.
III.—STATISTICS OF SELECTED STATIONS,—MORAR, 1867—76.
XXXIV.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS occupying
MORAR 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 .
CAUS E S OF DE AT HS I N HOS P I T AL .
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
E n t e r i o 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 .
Apopl exy.
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 .
Di e d o u t o f Ho s p i t a l .
January . . .
1 6 , 7 2 3
8 2 2
49.2
8 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
February . . .
17,423
775 44.5
11
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . .
1 . . . . . .
6
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 . . .
March . . .
17,395
743 42.7
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .1
April . . .
15,210
800 52.6
15
. . .
1
1
. . .
5
. . .. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 1
May . . .
14,684
792 53.9
18
. . .
5
. . .
. . .
2
. . .4
1
1
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 1
June. . .
14,722
639 43.4
8
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
2
. . .4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
July . . .
14,931
605 40.5
13
. . .
. . .
1
. . . 1
1 . . . 1
3
. . . . . .
2 1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .2
August . . .
14,953
721 48.2
26
. . .
11
. . .
. . . 1
1
1
3
3
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
September . . .
14,988
911 60.8
15
. . .
5
. . .
. . . 2
. . .
1
1
1
1 . . .
2
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .1
Oc t obe r . . .
15,511
1,118 71.9
7 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 4
1
. . .
2
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
November . . .
15,096
1,017 67.4
19
. . .
1 . . .
1
3
1 . . .
2
1 . . .
. . .
4 . . .
2
1
. . . 1
. . . 1 1
December . . .
14,330
796 55.5
8
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
2 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 1
25
2
1 26
6 10 11 11
1 . . .
32
1 10
1
1
2
. . . 7 8
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . .
15,500
812 52.4 155 10.00 1.61 .13
2.13
.65 .71 .71 .06 . . . 2.07
.06 .65 .06 .06 .13 . . . .45 .52
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
T o t a l
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. . . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
5
2
. . .
18
8
. . .
1
. . .
37
2.4
6 7 . 5 7
3
1
17
11
2
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
37
2.4
5 . 4 1
Smallpox . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
1 0 0 . 0 0
Enteric Fever . . .
.1
965
606
904 1,895 1,747
812
832 1,250 1,905 2,860 2,537 1,357
17,670
1140.0
.15
Fever, Intermittent . . .
6
13
6
9
7
13
2
6
28
36
Fevers, Remittent and Con-
t i n u e d . . .
4
3
133
8.6
4.51
3
25
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
31
2.0
32.26
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
33
29
29
65
64
48
92
250
131
97
8 3
4 6
967
62.4
1.38
.
Dysentery . . .
29
10
44
42
56
73
82
138
49
51
37
19
630
40.6
Diarrhœa . . .
5
2
3
1
1
2
3
2
3
1
2
4
29
1.9
3.45
Hepatitis . . .
12
12
9
20
23
15
11
12
13
15
16
14
172
11.1
. . .
Spleen Disease . . .
108
114
67
22
36
30
29
24
22
42
60
105
659
42.5
4.86
Respiratory Diseases . . .
4
3
5
1
3
4
5
. . .
1
3
4
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
4
37
2.4
27.03
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
1
5
Dropsy . . .
.3
20.00
4
4
2
5
1
. . .
1
4
32
6
10
2
71
4.6
1.41
Scurvy . . .
148
100
84
53
34
.62
76
109
70
95
68
60
959
61.9
. 1 3
Rheumatism . . .
78
91
82
72
72
58
63
5 8
70
75
65
64
Venereal Diseases . . .
848
54.7
22
24
32
42
24
23
30
67
46
43
28
24
410
26.4
Eye Diseases . . .
140
133
110
83
100
187
194
187
172
143
143
98
1,690
A b s c e s s a n d U l c e r . . .
109.0
247
198
180
112
100
88
163
294
204
224
173
133
2,116
Wounds and Accidents . . .
136.5
171
136
133
105
92
146
114
147
135
93
1 0 7
93
1,472
95.0
All other Causes
. . .
1,975 1,476 1,709 2,540 2,370 1,594 1,699 2,567 2,891 3,785 3,341 2,027
27,974
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
118.1
84.7
98.2 167.0 161.4 108.3 113.8 171.7 192.8 243.5 221.3 102.7
1804.8