MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 18TH SEPTEMBER 1878, No. 4838.
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B.
Diseases.
Strength (11,016.)
Ratio per 1,000 of Average Strength.
A d m i t t e d .
Died.
Invalided.
1877.
1876.
I n H o s p i t a l .
O u t o f H o s p i t a l .
C h a n g e .
D i s c h a r g e .
A d m i t t e d .
D i e d .
I n v a l i d e d .
A d m i t t e d .
D i e d .
I n v a l i d e d .
I.—General Diseases.
1 Febrile group ...
...
... 2,337
44 ...
7
1 212.14 3.99 0.72 202.48 4.13 0.90
2 Constitutional group ...
...
1,755
15 ...
65
25 159.31 1.36 8.17 135 19 0.89 8.26
II.–Local Diseases.
Diseases of the
—
1 Nervous system
...
...
164
23 1
17
15
14.89 2.18 2.91 21.38 2.16 3.86
2 Eye
...
...
...
...
233
..
7
3
21.15 ...
0.91
15.36 ...
. . .
3 Ear
............
71 ...
...
2
2
6.45 ...
0.36
9.34 ...
0.18
4 Nose ...
...
...
...
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
0.36 ..
...
0.53
...
0.09
5 Circulatory system ...
...
175
9 7
23
19
15.89 1.44 3.81
16.98 1.26 3.05
6 Absorbent do.
...
...
424
. . .
. . .
1 ...
33.49 ...
0.09 21.11 ...
0.26
7 Ductless glands
...
...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
0.09 ...
0.09
. . .
. . .
. . .
8 Respiratory system ...
...
437
4
. . .
16
7
39.67 0.36 2.09 40.96
0 . 4 4
1 . 0 8
9 Digestive
do.
...
... 3,465
57 2 136
15 314.54 5.36 13.71 317.73 4.49 14.01
10 Urinary
do.
...
... 1,183 ...
...
4
4 107.39 ...
0.72 88.48 0.09 0.36
11 Generative do.
...
...
182
. . .
. . .
1 ...
16.52 ...
0.09 13.92 ...
0.18
12 Organs of locomotion ...
...
41 ...
. . .
3
1
3.72 ...
0.36
1.44 ...
0.27
13 Cellular tissue ...
...
...
168
. . .
1 ...
15.25 ...
0.09 16.98
0 . 0 9
0.18
14 Cutaneous system ...
...
611 ...
. . .
2
2
55.46 ...
0.36 65.48 ...
0.45
III.—Conditions, &c.
Debility
...
...
...
314
1
. . .
107
14
28.50 0.09 10.98 31.98
. . .
9.16
IV.—Poisons...
...
63
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
5.72 0.18 ...
6.02 0.35
. . .
V.—Injuries.
1 Battle ...
...
...
..
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 Accidental
...
...
...
941
4 10
2
5
85.42 1.27 0.63
90.46 1.26 0.63
3 Homicidal
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
0.09 ...
. . .
4 Self-inflicted ...
...
...
3
1
6
. . .
. . .
0.27 0.63 ...
0.44 0.44 ...
5 Judicial...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
VI.—Surgical Operation ...
3 ...
...
...
2
0.27 ...
0.18
0.27 ...
...
No appreciable disease...
1 6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1.45
. . .
...
1.44 ...
...
Cause unknown
...
...
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
...
0 . 1 8
...
. . .
...
...
Total ... 12,591 160 28 394 116 1142.98 17.07 46.29 1098.09 15.63 42.94
Average for ten years, 1867—76 ...
...
... ...
... 1247. 6 20.24 ... 1302. 7 21.15 ...
This table shows the influence of the different classes of disease on the admis-
-
sions, mortality and invaliding,-the ratios of the years 1876-77 being contrasted in
adjacent columns.
SUMMARY OF THE PREVAILING DISEASES.
Febrile Group. -There is but little difference in the admission rates as compared
with the previous year, while the death rate shows a slight reduction. The ratios
were 212.14 and 3.99 respectively per mille of average strength, against 202.48 and
4.13 in 1876.
There was a complete absence of dengue, which in previous year caused six
admissions. Eruptive fevers caused but six admissions ; none were fatal. Five were
due to small-pox, one case of which occurred at each of the following stations, viz.,
St. Thomas' Mount, Bangalore, Secunderabad, Kamptee and Tonghoo.