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4. The annexed table No. 1 contrasts in detail the health statistics of the
troops in 1883, with those for 1882.
5. The following abstract shows the admissions, deaths, and invaliding in the
different classes and orders of diseases :—
B.
Average strength (10,612).
Diseases.
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 l y s i c k .
RATIO PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
A d m i s s i o n s i n t o h o s - p i t a l . De a t h s i n t h e c o m- ma 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 .
I. General Diseases—
F e b r i l e G r o u p
.
Eruptive fevers.
Small-pox . . .
9
1
. . .
0.77
0.85 0.09
. . .
0.07
Other . . .
5
. . .
. . .
0.20
0.47
. . . . . .
0.02
Continued fevers.
Enteric
. . .
94
29
. . .
13.16
8.86 2.74
. . .
1.24
Other . . .
437
. . .
. . . 15.83
41.18
. . .
. . .
1.50
Paroxysmal fevers . . .
853
3
2
30.57
80.38 0.28 0.19 2.88
Cholera . . .
19
10
. . .
0.36
1.79 0.94
. . .
0.03
Other diseases . . .
9
1
. . .
0.30
0.85 0.09
. . .
0.03
Total of Febrile Group . . .
1,426
44
2
61.19
134 .38 4.14 0.19 5.77
C o n s t i t u - t i o n a l G r o u p . Rheumatism . . .
259
. . .
15
14.15
24.41
. . .
1.41 1.33
Primary syphilis . . .
1,168
. . .
1
94.77 110.06
. . .
0.09 8.93
Secondary do. . . .
215
1
18
21.35
20.26 0.09 1.70 2.01
Tubercular diseases . . .
57
6
24
9.67
5.37 0.57 2.26 0.91
Scurvy and puerpura . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Other diseases . . .
33
2
2
2.53
3.11 0.19 0.19 0.24
Total of Constitutional Group . . .
1,732
9
60 142.47
163.21 0.85 5.65 13.42
Local Diseases
—
Diseases of the
—
1. Nervous system . . .
123
9
37
9.88
11.59 0.85 3.49 0.93
2. Eye . . .
159
. . .
3
7.43
14.98
. . .
0.28 0.70
3. Ear . . .
130
. . .
13
6.65
12.25
. . .
1.23 0.62
4. Nose . . .
3
. . .
. . .
0.09
0.28
. . .
. . . 0.01
5. Circulatory system . . .
199
1
52
18.44
18.75 0.09 4.90 1.74
6. Absorbent do. . . .
380
. . .
1
46.07
35.81
. . .
0.09 4.34
7. Ductless glands . . .
1
. . .
. . .
0.05
0.09
. . .
. . . 0.00
8. Respiratory system . .
280
4
5
15.64
26.39 0.38 0.47 1.47
9. Digestive
do. . . .
2,347
23
68 124.51
221.16 2.17 6.41 11.74
Gonorrhœa . . .
1,040
. . .
. . .
71.81
98.00
. . .
. . . 6.77
10. Urinary system. Sequelæ of gonorrhœa.
1 5 8 . . .
2
11.79
14.89
. . .
0.19 1.11
Other diseases . . .
64
3
2
2.56
6.03 0.28 0.19 0.24
11. Generative system . . .
130
. . .
1
5.92
12.25
. . .
0.09 0.56
12. Organs of locomotion . . .
43
. . .
10
3.12
4.05 . . .
0.94 0.29
13. Cellular tissue . . .
191
1
4
9.96
18.00 0.09 0.37 0.94
14. Cutaneous system . . .
744
. . .
1
30.56
70.11
. . .
0.09 2.88
III. Debility . . .
259
. . .
63
19.32
24.41 . . .
5.94 1.82
IV. Poisons . . .
24
2
. . .
1.23
2.26 0.19
. . . 0.11
V. Injuries —
1. General . . .
1
6
2
0.37
0.09 0.57 0.19 0.04
2. Local . . .
1,067
6
21
44.10
100.55 0.56 1.98 4.16
3. In action . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
No appreciable disease . . .
16
. . .
. . .
0.63
1.51
. . .
. . . 0.06
C ause unknown . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
General Total . . . 10,517
108
347 633.79
991.05 10.18 32.70 59.72
6. Febrile Group.—This shows a decrease of 47.46 per 1,000 in the admission
rate and an increase of 0.81 in the death rate, as compared with the results for
1882. Nine admissions and one death were due to small-pox. There was a case
of scarlatina in a man who had been three years in the country. Of enteric fever
there were 94 cases with 29 deaths, against 47 cases and 23 deaths in 1882. Enteric
fever was most prevalent at Bangalore, Secunderabad, and Kamptee, the admissions
at these stations having been 41, 28, and 10, respectively. Paroxysmal fevers
were most prevalent in the Nagpore, Bangalore, and Burma Circles, but less
so than in 1882. The admission rate for paroxysmal fevers throughout the