A.
1871—80.
1881.
Admissions per 1,000 strength . . . 1,231.01 1,154.01
Deaths
do.
do.
. . .
16.55
10.97
27.53
Invalided
do.
do.
. . .
41.09
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6. The marginal figures contrast some of the more important results in 1881
with those of the pre
-ceding 10 years, viz.,
1871 to 1880 inclusive.
It will be observed that
the comparison is favor-
-able as regards the
year under review.
7. The following
statement (No. 1) shows
in detail the eading
facts of the health statistics of British troops in this Command in 1881 in conjunc
-tion with the corresponding figures for 1880.
8. The following table shows sickness, mortality, and invaliding under the
chief diseases and groups of diseases :—
B.
Average Strength (10,389).
A d m i s s i o n s i n t o H o s p i t a l .
D e a t h s i n t h e C o m m a n d .
I n v a l i d s .
A v e r a g e N u m b e r c o n - s t a n t l y s i c k .
Ratio per 1,000 of Strength.
A d m i s s i o n s .
D e a t h s .
I n v a l i d s .
C o n s t a n t l y s i c k .
Diseases.
I. General Diseases
—
Eruptive fevers . . .
12
1
. . .
0.92
1.16 0. 10
. . . 0.09
Continued fevers . . .
736
6
. . . 21.00
70.84 0.58
. . . 2.02
F e b r i l e G r o u p . Yellow fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Paroxysmal fevers . . .
2,169
2
3
57.50 208.78
0.19 0.29 5.53
Cholera . . .
35
17
. . .
0.42
3.37 1.64
. . . 0.04
Other diseases . . .
13
3
. . .
0.92
1.25
0.29
. . . 0.09
Total of Febrile Group . . .
2,965
29
3
80.76 285.40
2.79 0.29 7.77
C o n s t i t u - t i o n a l G r o u p . Rheumatism . . .
329
. . .
8
16.58
31.67
. . .
0.77 1.60
Primary syphilis . . .
921
. . .
. . .
74.58
88.65 . . .
. . . 7.18
Secondary do. . . .
239
. . .
9
22.25
23.01
. . .
0 87 2.14
Tubercular diseases . . .
76
8
26
13.33
7.32
0.77 2.50 1.28
Scurvy and puerpura . . .
1
. . .
. . .
0.17
0.10
. . .
. . . 0.02
Other diseases . . .
29
. . .
8
2.50
2.79
. . .
0.77 0.24
Total of Constitutional Group . . .
1,595
8
51
129.41 153.53 0.77 4.91 12.46
II. Local Diseases
—
Diseases of the—
1.24
2.89
0.96
10
30
12.83
16.17
168
1. Nervous system . . .
2 . E y e . . .
14.8
. . .
6
8.00
14.24
. . .
0.58 0.77
3 . E a r . . .
98
. . .
7
3.67
9.43
. . .
0.67 0.35
4 . N o s e . . .
6
. . .
1
0.33
0.5 8 . . .
0.10 0.03
5. Circulatory system . . .
155
6
32
14.58
14.92 0.58 3.08 1.40
6. Absorbent
do. . . .
301
. . .
1
34.58
28.97
. . .
0.10 3.33
7. Ductless glands . . .
4
. . .
. . .
0.17
0.3 . . .
. . .
0.02
8. Respiratory system . . .
330
4
7
17.92
31.76 0.39 0.67 1.72
9. Digestive
do.
. . .
2,308
36
59 116.17
222.16 3.46 5.68 11.18
Gonorrhœa . . .
964
. . .
. . .
60.17
92.79
. . .
. . . 5.79
10. Urinary system. Sequelæ of gonorrhœa
. . .
137
. . .
3
10.75
13.19
. . .
0.29 1.03
Other diseases . . .
100
1
3
2.83
9.62 0.10 0.29 0.27
11. Generative system . . .
155
. . .
. . .
6.67
14.9
. . .
. . . 0.64
12. Organs of locomotion . . .
62
1
5
4.33
5.97 0.10 0.48 0.42
13. Cellular tissue . . .
190
. . .
2
6.92
18.29
. . .
0.19 0.67
14. Cutaneous system . . .
876
. . .
3
33.83
84.3
. . .
0.29 3.26
III. Debility . . .
279
1
66
18.75
26.86 0.10 6.35 1.80
IV. Poisons . . .
53
2
. . .
1.33
5.10 0.19
. . . 0.13
V. Injuries
—
1. General . . .
1
8
. . .
. . .
0.10 0.77
. . .
. . .
2. Local . . .
1,064
8
7
36.75 102.42 0.77 0.67 3.54
3 .In action . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
No Appreciable Disease . . .
30
. . .
. . .
1.42
2.89
. . .
. . .
0.14
General Total
. . .
11,989
114 286 602.17 1,154.01 10.97 27.53 57.96