2
4. The following table shows the sickness, mortality and invaliding from the
chief diseases and groups of diseases :—
B.
Average strength 10, 812.
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 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 .
Diseases.
I. General Diseases
—
F e b r i l e G r o u p .
Eruptive fevers
. . .
Small pox . . .
19
1
. . .
1.44
1.76 0.09
. . .
0.13
O t h e r . . .
13
. . .
. . .
0.48
1.20
. . .
. . .
0 . 0 4
Continued fevers.
129
1 . 8
1
17.66
11.93 1.66 0.09 1.63
E n t e r i c . . .
Other . . .
910
. . .
1
26.95
84.17
. . .
0.09 2.49
Paroxysmal fevers . . .
866
. . .
1
30.13
80.10
. . .
0.09 2.79
12
10
. . .
0.14
1.10 0.92
. . . 0.01.
Cholera . . .
4
1
. . .
0.10
0.37 0.09
. . .
0.01
Other diseases . . .
Total of Febrile group . . .
1,953
30
3
76.90
180.63 2.77 0.27 7.11
C o n s t i t u t i o n a l G r o u p . Rheumatism . . .
340
. . .
14
17.86
31.45
. . . 1.30 1.65
Primary syphilis . . .
1,096
. . .
. . .
79.01
101.37
. . .
. . .
7.31
Secondary do. . . .
272
. . .
22
25.85
25.16
. . .
2.03 2.39
Tubercular diseases . . .
59
4
25
8.57
5.45 0.37 2.31 0.80
Scurvy and purpura . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Other diseases . . .
24
1
2
1.82
2.22 0.09 0.18 0.16
Total of Constitutional Group . . .
1,791
5
63
133.11
165.65 0.46 5.83 12.31
II. Local Diseases
—
D i s e a s e s o f t h e —
160
10
29
12.18
14.80 0.92 2.68 1.13
1. Nervous system . . .
136
. . .
10
7.36
12.58
. . .
0.93 0.68
2. Eye . . .
148
. . .
5
8.18
13.69
0.46 0.76
3. Ear . . .
4. Nose . . .
9
. . .
. . .
0.69
0.83
. . .
. . .
0.06
5. Circulatory system . . .
158
1
52
12.02
14.61 0.09 4.81 1.11
6. Absorbent do. . . .
344
. . .
1
35.00
31.82
. . . 0.09 3.23
7. Ductless glands . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2.85
1
15
13.75
26.36 0. 09 1.38 1.27
8. Respiratory system . . .
2,478
29
61
122.50
229.19 2.68 5.64 11.33
9. Digestive
do.. . .
10. Urinary system.
Gonorrhœa . . .
1,256
. . .
. . .
83.25
116.17
. . .
. . . 7.70
. . .
5
10.62
17.39
. . .
0.98
Sequelæ of gonorrhœa . . .
188
0.46
5
4.83
13.97
0.46 0.44
Other diseases . . .
151
1
0.09
11. Generative system . . .
138
. . .
1
5.28
12.76
. . . 0.09 0.49
12. Organs of locomotion . . .
66
. . .
4
4.78
6.10
. . . 0.37 0.44
13. Cellular tissue . . .
191
.1
1
9.02
17.67 0.09 0. 09 0 . 8 4
14. Cutaneous system . . .
998
. . .
1
35.29
92.31
. . . 0.09 3.27
Debility . . .
221
1
87
13.01
20.44 0.09 8.05 1.20
Poisons . . .
25
1
. . .
0.88
2.31 0.09 . . .
0.08
Injuries—
0.01
0.09 0.65
1. General . . .
1
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
2. Local . . .
1,228
5
7
49.48
113.58 0.46 0.65 4.58
3. In action . . .
1
1
. . .
0.02
0.09 0.09
. . .
. . .
No appreciable disease . . .
1.36
3.14
0.13
34
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
General Total . . . 11,960 93 350 639.49 1,106.18 8.60 32.37 59.14
5. Febrile Group.—This shows an increase of 46.25 per 1,000 in the admission
rate, but a decrease of 1.37 in the death rate, as compared with the results for
1883.
Eruptive Fevers.—Of the thirty-two admissions, nineteen with one death were
cases of small-pox, and the remainder were cases of cow-pox, chicken-pox, and
measles.
Continued Fevers.—The total admissions and deaths were 1,039 and 18, respec
-tively, as compared with 531 admissions and 29 deaths in 1883.
Enteric Fever contributed 129 admissions and all the deaths under this head.
Though the rate of admissions per 1,000 has risen from 4.31 in 1882 to 11.94 in