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with those for the antecedent ten years' period, it appears that the chief causes of
the increased sickness were fevers, continued and malarial, and of these principally
those of the paroxysmal type. Thus the average annual admissions in the ten years'
period amounted to 3017.2, whereas in the year under review there was a total of
4,636 admissions for continued and paroxysmal fevers. As regards the latter, their
prevalence fluctuates greatly from year to year, and although to some extent
dependent on sanitary conditions, it is still more so on seasonal peculiarities, which
can neither be foreseen nor controlled. Of cholera there was but one case in 1880-
a condition unparalleled in any of the ten preceding years except 1874, in which
also there was but a solitary case. Other formidable diseases, such as dysentery
and hepatitis including abscess of the liver, were also at zero in 1880, the admis-
sions having been very much less than in any annual period since 1870 inclusive.
5. The following table shows the sickness, mortality and invaliding which
took place under the several groups of' diseases:—
B.
Average Strength—(10,280).
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 , N o . s e n t H o m e .
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 s e n t Ho me.
C o u s t a n t l y s i c k .
Diseases.
C l a s s I . — G e n e r a l D i s e a s e s .
F e b r i l e G r o u p .
Eruptive Fevers . . .
8
. . .
. . .
0.50
0.78
. . .
. . .
0.05
Continued Fevers
Enteric . . .
25
11
. . .
2.75
2.43
1.07
. . .
0.27
Typhus . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
Other . . .
1,044
2
. . .
31.91
101.54
0.19
. . .
3.10
Yellow fever . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
P a r o x y s m a l f e v e r s
. . .
3,563
3
12
82.92
346.60 029
1.17 8.07
Cholera
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
0.10 0.10
. . .
. . .
influenza . . .
14
. . . . . .
0.25
1.36
. . .
. . .
0.02
Erysipelas . . .
15
1
. . .
0.33
1.47 0.10
. . .
0.03
Other diseases . . .
5
. . . . . .
0.25
0.48
. . .
. . .
0.02
Total of Febrile Group . . .
4,675
18
12
118.92
454.76
1.75 1.17 11.57
C o n s t i t u t i o n a l G r o u p . Rheumatism . . .
327
. . .
5
16.83
31.81
. . .
0.49 1.64
Primary syphilis . . .
1,106
. . .
1
85.83
107.59
. . .
0.10 8.35
Secondary do . . .
260
. . .
9
23.08
25.29
0. 10
0.88 2.24
Scrofula, Phthisis,,&c. . . .
75
5
21
10.67
7.30 0.49
2.04 1.04
Scurvy and purpura . . .
1
. . .
. . .
0.08
0.10
. . .
. . .
0.01
Anæmia . . .
32
. . .
. . .
3.17
3.12
. . .
. . .
0.31
Other diseases . . .
2
. . .
5
0.66
0.19
. . .
0.49 0.06
Total of Constitutional Group . . .
1,803
6
41
140.33
175.39
0.59 3.99 13.65
II
1
L o c a l D i s e a s e s — D i s e a s e s o f t h e
Nervous system . . .
154
16
22
9.75
14.98 1.56 2.14 0.95
2
Eye . . .
165
. . .
3
9.25
16.05
. . .
0.29 0.90
3
Ear . . .
101
. . .
. . .
3.33
9.82
. . .
. . .
0.32
4
Nose . ..
5
. . . . . .
0.25
0.49
. . .
. . .
0.02
5
Circulatory system . . .
183
12
42
14.92
17.80
1.17
4.09 1.45
6
Absorbent
do . . .
318
. . .
. . .
37.00
30.93
. . .
. . .
3.60
7
D u c t l e s s g l a n d s . . .
1
. . .
. . .
0.08
0.10
. . .
. . .
0.01
8
Respiratory system . . .
360
6
8
17.67
35.02 0.58
0.78 1.72
9
Digestive
do . . .
2,378
26
49 104.08
231.32 2.53 4.77 10.12
Urinary
system.
Gonorrhœeal . . .
1,109
. . .
. . .
69.50
107.88
. . .
. . . 6.76
10
Sequela of Gonorrhœa . . .
145
. . .
. . .
7.08
14.11
. . .
. . . 0.69
Other diseases
96
1
2
6.33
9.34
0. 10
0.19 0.62
11
Generative . . .
147
. . .
. . .
4.92
14.3
. . .
. . . 0.48
12
Organs of locomotion . . .
75
. . .
6
4.92
7.30
. . .
0.59 0.48
13
Cellular tissue . . .
172
. . .
1
5.58
16.73
. . .
0.10 0.54
14
Cutaneous system . . .
797
. . .
3
33 .. 3
77.53
. . .
0.29 3.29
III.
. . .
Debility . . .
371
. . .
43
20.33
36.0
. . .
4.18
1.98
IV.
. . .
Poisons . . .
28
3
. . .
1 .00
2.72
0.29
. . . 0.09
1
I n j u - r i e s .
ries.
General . . .
2
5
1
0.08
0.19
0 . 4 9
0.10 0. 01
V.
2
Local . . .
986
7
5
37.75
95.91 0.68 0.49 3.67
3
In action . ..
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
No appreciable disease . . .
13
. . .
. . .
0.33
1.27
. . .
. . . 0.03
Cause unknown . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
Total . . . 14,084
100
238 647.25 1370.04 9.72 23.15 62.96