Appendix.]
AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867 TO 1876.
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II-GENERAL STATISTICS OF STATIONS, 1867—76.
XXIII.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the ANNUAL RATIOS of SICKNESS and MOR
-TALITY on the AVERAGE of the TEN YEARS, of the STATIONS on the NORTH-WESTERN
FRONTIER occupied by the PUNJAB FORCE during the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1867—76.
RATIOS PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Murdan. Abbottabad.
Kohat.
Edwardes-
abad.
Dera Ismail
Khan.
Dera Ghazi
Khan.
Rajanpore.
I.—DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH.
January . . .
58.5
34.5
47.2
57.6
43.4
48.8
54.0
February . . .
50.2
31.8
39.2
47.5
39.6
46.3
48.5
March . . .
42.0
26.6
32.9
39.5
32.2
38.1
42.4
April . . .
36.1
23.8
25.0
30.1
26.5
27.8
36.4
May . . .
38.2
29.4
26.4
31.9
31.5
26.7
41.3
June . . .
40.0
32.8
29.8
32.5
30.7
27.3
39.8
July . . .
41.4
34.6
32.7
32.9
29.0
28.5
42.0
August . . .
47.0
43.8
44.6
39.6
38.0
40.3
49.8
September . . .
56.9
55.8
73.1
52.2
48.8
65.8
6 6 . 1
October . . .
81.4
62.2
90.8
89.2
61.5
82.7
107.8
November . . .
89.0
49.6
76.2
98.3
65.7
74.2
112.1
December . . .
72.9
44.7
54.6
75.8
53.3
53.0
70.2
AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY SICK-RATE . . .
55.6
39.1
47.5
52.5
41.7
4 6 . 9
59.1
II—ADMISSION-RATE OF EACH MONTH.
January . . .
88.4
80.5
123.7
135.3
99.5
108.8
1 1 4 . 1 .
February . . .
75.1
62.8
80.1
95.5
81.6
80.2
84.7
March . . .
84.0
63.1
76.2
87.1
68.0
78.8
98.1
April . . .
89.5
71.4
78.3
84.5
64.3
78.4
98.0
May . . .
106.2
103.1
99.3
105.7
100.0
84.3
114.0
June . . .
114.9
106.4
104.0
107.3
89.9
85.1
105.4
July . . .
114.6
117.7
115.2
106.1
89.8
94.3
115.2
August . . .
151.0
169.0
200.9
140.6
125.2
161.3
145.7
September . . .
156.5
195.3
299.3
202.0
169.7
274.2
1 8 6 . 0
October . . .
212.5
184.8
332.8
362.7
238.9
340.0
341.3
November . . .
157.5
135.2
235.9
350.6
217.4
231.8
248.2
December . . .
97.7
102.5
155.2
208.6
132.7
126.2
129.7
AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE . . .
1423.5
1378.8
1867.2
1970.2
1452.9
1706.7
1780.5
III—COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL
ADMISSION-RATE.
Cholera . . .
.8
2.0
13.8
2. 4
.2
.3
. . .
Intermittent Fever . . .
5 8 8 . 7
761.9
1133.4
1176.3
784.0
1008.7
1022.3
Remittent and Continued Fevers . . .
9.0
6.1
12.6
22.1
11.9
14.7
6 . 6
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
.3
. 6
1.3
.8
.7
1.1
Dysentery . . .
27.0
36. 6
90.9
97.1
70.2
61.8
52.3
Diarrhœa . . .
53.5
49.9
75.1
58.0
29.1
22.2
1 4 . 8
Hepatitis . . .
6 . 2
2.9
1.7
1.8
1.5
1.0
1.3
Spleen Diseases . . .
9.3
7.3
12.5
16.6
18.5
13.8
7.5
Respiratory Diseases . . .
80.3
69.0
67.9
71.7
48.9
72. 6
4 0 . 6
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
2.4
3.3
1. 2
1.9
1.9
1.3
.9
Dropsy . . .
.2
.1
.2
.3
.5
.3
. . .
Scurvy . . .
1 . 7
4.1
2. 1
2.2
2.2
3.0
3.5
Rheumatism . . .
80.9
57.3
61.2
57.4
48.5
57.3
5 0 . 8
Venereal Diseases . . .
3 3 . 6
24. 7
2 2 . 6
17.6
25.8
16. 2
1 5 . 4
Eye Diseases . . .
63.3
33.5
20.2
25.9
23.1
26.1
24.5
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
113.6
80.0
118.2
148.7
168.5
159.0
233.0
Wounds and Accidents . . .
2 1 3 . 0
141.5
111.2
129.5
108.4
133.5
215.4
All other Causes . . .
1 4 0 . 0
98.3
121.8
139.4
108.9
114.2
90.5
AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE . . .
1423.5
1378.8
1867.2
1970.2
1452.9
1706.7
1 7 8 0 . 5
IV.—COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL
D E A T H - R A T E .
Cholera . . .
. 3 6 .42
9. 38
1.62
. 1 8
. . .
. . .
Fevers . . .
. 7 2
1.60
5.30
4.80
2.98
3.18
1.55
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
.07
. 3 4
. 8 1
.67
.34
. 4 4
Dysentery and Diarrhœa . . .
. 8 4
.97
1.40
1.37
.97
.90
1.55
Hepatitis . . .
. 5 9
.07
. . .
.12
.12
.07
. . .
Spleen Diseases . . .
. 1 2
.07
. 2 5
.12
. 36
.14
. . .
Respiratory Diseases . . .
2.03
3.33
4.75
6.42
4.01
7.54
3.09
Heart Diseases . . .
. 2 4
. . .
.34
.19
.18
.14
. 4 4
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
. 8 3
1.11
.21
.50
.43
.34
. 4 4
Dropsy . . .
. . .
.07
.08
. . .
.06
. 1 4
. . .
Scurvy . . .
. . .
.07
. . .
. 1 9
. . .
. . .
. . .
Atrophy and Anæmia . . .
. 1 2
. . .
.46
.56
.12
.34
. . .
All other Causes . . .
1.31
1.74
.96
1.55
1.34
.90
1.32
Violent Deaths . . .
. 2 4
.63
.29
.44
.91
.35
. 6 6
AVERAGE ANNUAL DEATH-RATE
7.40
10.15
23.76
18.69
12.33
14. 38
9.49