SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
[S ection II.
III.—STATISTICS OF SELECTED STATIONS,—DIBRUGARH,* 1867—76.
XXVI.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS occupying
DIBRUGARH 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.
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
C h o l e r a .
Smal l pox.
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 .
Hepat 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 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 .
Dropsy.
S e 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 .
Al l ot he r Ca us e s .
January . . .
8,022
304
37.9
5
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
February. . .
8,150
280
34. 4
2 5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3 1
. . .
1
. . . . . .
1
2
1
1 . . .
. . . . . .
3
1
11
March . . .
7,997
222
27.8
5
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1
. . .
. . .. . . . . .
2
1
April . . .
8,031
255
31.8
10
. . .
3
3
. . . . . ..
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1 . . . 2
. . .
. . .1
. . . . . .
. . .
M a y . . .
7,938
290
36.5
9
. . .
5 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . . . . .
. . .. . . . . . 2
. . .
June . . .
7,888
329
41.7
8
. . .
3 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .. . . . . . . . .
1
July . . .
7,822
361
46.2
6
. . .
2 . . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
1 . . . 1
. . .
. . .. . . . . . . . .
. . .
August . . .
7,832
403
51.5
10
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
3
. . .
2
1 . . .
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
1
September . . .
7,854
437
55.6
14
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
1 1
. . .
1 1
. . . . . .
. . .. . .
1
1
4
October . . .
7,938
446
56.2
5
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . 2
. . .
. . .. . .
. . .. . .
1
November . . .
7,354
397
53.9
3
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
1
. . .
. . . . . . 1
. . .
. . .. . . . . . . . .
. . .
December . . .
7,415
307
41.4
1 4
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
2
2 . . .
. . .
2 . . .
2
1
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
1
18
3
. . . 8
6
1 11
4
2
1
9
4 12
1
. . . 2
5
7
20
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . .
7,853
336
42.8
114 14.52 2.29 .38
1.78
.13 1.40 .51 .25 .13 1.15 .51 1.53 .13
. . . .25 .64 .89 2.55
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
admitted
during
t h e t e n y e a r s .
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
. . .
1
9
7
6
4
2
2
5
1
2
40
5.1
15.00
Smallpox . . .
. . .
1
4
5
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
11
1.4
27.27
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Fever, Intermittent . . .
296
175
180
213
265
429
594
962
1,014
1, 0<i l l egi bl e>26
739
406
6,299
802.1
.13
Fevers, Remittent and Con
-
tinued. . .
1
5
. . .
1
1
6
9
1 2
8
4
4
1
52
6.6
1 1 . 5 4
Apoplexy . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
3
. 4
33.33
Dysentery . . .
60
63
44
83
102
100
99
74
6 6
7 2
57
53
873
1 1 1 . 2 1 . 0 2
Diarrhœa . . .
25
21
28
36
99
89
87
5 2
49
40
44
28
598
76.1
Hepatitis . . .
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
1
. . .
3
11
1 . 4
1 8 . 1 8
Spleen Disease . . .
14
7
5
3
6
4
2
12
2
9
8
9
91
11.6
1 . 1 0
Respiratory Diseases . . .
65
34
45
60
37
32
37
3 6
35
22
39
37
479
61.0
1 . 8 8
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
2
3
. . .
2
13
1.7
9 2 . 3 1
Dropsy . . .
4
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
11
1 . 4
9 . 0 9
Scurvy . . .
2
. . .
1
1
3
1
1
2
. . .
1
1
. . .
13
1.7
. . .
Rheumatism . . .
66
59
48
40
61
40
52
4 4
45
46
63
62
626
79.7
.41
Venereal Diseases . . .
17
8
19
7
16
7
16
21
14
13
13
13
164
2 0 . 9
Eye Diseases . . .
6
8
12
7
11
19
18
16
26
20
10
5
158
20.1
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
103
77
58
67
86
116
101
90
81
95
97
67
1,038
132.2
Wounds and Accidents . . .
110
73
6 5
95
134
117
120
80
94
91
82
88
1,149
146.3
All other Causes . . .
73
69
87
103
150
136
109
102
133
107
104
76
1,249
159.0
844
602
601
733
980
1,104 1,252 1,506
1,582
1,557
1,262
855
12,878
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
105.2
73.9
75.2
91.3
123.5
140.0
160.1
192.3
201.4
196.1
171.6
115.3
1639.9
* Including the Outposts of Upper
Assam.