SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
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[Section II.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1867—76.
III.
TABLE showing in the Aggregate the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in BENGAL
PROPER and in ASSAM during the Ten-year period 1867—76, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each
Month of the period.
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 e n g t h .
Nu mb e r o f De 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 ( 1 8 7 2 — 7 6 ) .
F e v e r , I n t e r m i t t e n t .
F e v e r , 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 . Di a r r hœa .
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 .
January . . .
76,544 3,811 49.8
150
1.96
17 . . .
. . . 14
9
2 16 13
. . . 4
25
4
6
1
6 13
2 10
8
February . . .
77,010 3,721 48.3
105
1.36
8 . . .
1
6
10
1 10 10
. . . 5
15
4
4
2
4
1
5
7 12
M a r c h . . .
78,497 3,698 47.1
170
2.17
48
2
1 18
9
2 11 11
3
5
16 2 11
. . . 2 11
. . . 15
3
April . . .
76,261 3,630 47.6
138
1.81
42
9
. . .
8
5
4
8 13
1
5
9
. . . 12
1
2
8
. . . 5
6
May . . .
73,075 3,472 47.5
122
1.67
46
4
1
6
8
2
8
5
. . . 4
11
4
4
1
1
5
. . . 8
4
June . . .
72,416 3,565 49.2
91
1.26
16
5
2
8
11
1
8
6
1
2
9
. . . 7
2
. . . 1
1
6
5
July . . .
7 2 , 7 9 4
3,842 52.8
77
1.06
7 . . .
1
7
11
1 13
5
1
3
6
1
7
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 8
5
August . . .
73,495 4,093 55.7
87
1.18
5 . . .
1 13
13
. . . 14 13
. . . 3
7
1
4
3
. . . . . .
. . . 6
4
September . . .
73,593 4,289 58.3
111
1.51
5 . . . 5
9
11
3 15 12
3
6
5
2
2
1
7
3
2 12
8
October . . .
74,641 4,526 60.6
121
1.62
8 . . .
1 10
13
2 19 12
1
7
4
2 11
. . . 7
5
2 13
4
November . . .
73,741 4,721 64.3
110
1.50
10 . . .
3 13
7
1 12 14
1
6
9
1
6
. . . 8
6
1
9
3
December . . .
72,958 4,061 55.7
145
1.99
19 . . .
. . . 10
7
1 23 13
2
5
16
2
9
1
9 15
1 10
2
231 20 16 122
114 20 157 127 13 55
132 23 83 12 46 69 14 109
6 4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the ten years . . . 74,585 3,952 53.0 1,427
19.13 3.10 .27
3.38
.27 2.10 1.70 .17 .74 1.77 .31
1 . 1 1 .16 .62 .92 .19 1.46 .86
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.
Dengue . . .
. . .
. . .
1
214
418
273
399
240
69
43
1 4
. . .
1,671
22.4
Cholera . . .
20
14
74
8 8
79
40
35
13
10
20
16
28
437
5.9
52.86
Smallpox . . .
4
9
27
33
17
12
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
106
1.4
18.87
Enteric Fever (1872-76) . . .
. . .
3
3
. . .
3
2
3
5
8
2
4
. . .
33
.4
48.48
Fever, Intermittent . . .
2,663
2,249
2,491
3,340
3,428 3,559
4,850
5,743
5,374 5,883
5,651
3,935
49,166
659.2
.25
Fevers, Remittent and Conti-
nued . . .
55
68
77
91
158
159
163
139
150
137
126
73
1,396
18.7
8.17
Apoplexy . . .
1
1
2
5
2
2
1
1
3
4
2
2
26
.3
76.92
Dysentery . . .
1,164
819
890 1,022
867
825
800
743
707
835
794
900
10,366
139.0
1.70
Diarrhœa . . .
591
419
494
540
619
586
587
505
514
471
490
471
6,287
84.3
Hepatitis . . .
15
13
16
I8
21
20
24
14
16
13
12
13
195
2.6
6 . 6 7
Spleen Disease . . .
107
99
86
78
109
94
100
133
133
125
118
101
1,283
17.2
4.29
Respiratory Diseases . . .
581
475
451
374
310
267
284
304
336
362
427
499
4,670
62.6
2.83
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
15
22
15
23
20
17
15
26
24
25
14
16
232
3.1
35.78
Dropsy . . .
8
3
2
1
4
4
8
4
6
5
4
6
55
.7
21.82
Scurvy . . .
38
51
38
42
35
25
42
19
48
107
75
61
581
7.8
7.92
Rheumatism . . .
485
468
437
347
332
315
336
343
379
419
453
410
4,724
63.3
. 5 8
Venereal Diseases . . .
238
232
274
233
233
197
250
224
205
208
201
187
2,682
36.0
Eye Diseases . . .
73
76
105
104
78
108
130
129
145
137
89
84
1,258
16.9
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
630
506
484
532
534
575
635
621
559
526
506
453
6,561
88.0
Wounds and Accidents . . .
727
718
808
776
798
712
773
786
751
833
858
729
9,269
124.3
All other Causes . . .
983
927
1,136
1,029
1,067
975
1,054
1,054
1,034 1,251 1,102
968
12,580
168.7
8,398
7,172
7,911 8,890 9,132
8,767 10,490
1 1 , 0 4 6
10,471 11,406 10,957
8,938
113,578
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
109.7
93.1
100.8 116.6
125.0
121.1
144.1
150.3
142.3
152.8
149.1
122.5
1522.8