Return showing the Admissions and Deaths among the Troops during the several months of the year 1888—cont.
Average strength 14,073.
Diseases.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
Average number
constantly
sick.
A d m i t t e d .
Died
A d m i t t e d .
Died
A d m i t t e d .
Died
A d m i t t e d .
Died
A d m i t t e d .
Died
A d m i t t e d .
Died
I n h o s p i - t a l .
O u t o f h o s p i t a l .
I n h o s p i - t a l .
O u t o f h o s p i t a l .
I n h o s p i - t a l .
O u t o f h o s p i t a l .
I n h o s p i - t a l .
O u t o f h o s p i t a l .
I n h o s p i - t a l .
O u t o f h o s p i t a l .
I n h o s p i - t a l .
O u t o f h o s p i t a l .
I.—GENERAL DISEASES.
Group "A"
Sub-Group I.
Small-pox
4
1 ...
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
9
1
...
0.19
Other eruptive fevers
1
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
3
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 0
. . .
. . . 0.22
Enteric fever
19
6 ...
10
5 ...
10
2
...
4
1
...
4
1
. . .
104
32
...
13.63
Other continued fevers
92 ...
. . .
96
. . .
...
34 ...
. . .
38
...
...
53 ...
...
835
1
...
38.94
Yellow fever
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
Cholera
3
2 ...
1
1
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
54
35
5
0.77
Dysentery
86
1
...
73
1
...
61
1
...
51
1 ...
53 ...
...
789
15 ...
64.92
Other diseases
...
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
2 ...
. . .
1
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
9
2
...
0.32
Total
205
10 ...
181
7 ...
161
3
. . .
94
2 ...
111
2
. . .
1,810
86
5
118.99
Sub-Group II.—Malarial fevers
396
3 ...
364
1
...
388
2
. . .
378
4 ...
352
6
...
3,450
30 ...
100.34
Sub-Group III.—Septic diseases
2
. . .
...
...
...
...
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
11
...
. . . 0.37
Sub-Group IV.
S y p h i l i s , p r i m a r y
7 9
. . .
. . .
74
. . .
...
123 ...
...
149
. . .
. . .
1 9 2
. . .
. . .
1,151
...
...
93.33
Do. secondary
38 ...
...
52
. . .
...
43
1
...
3 6
. . .
. . .
3
...
...
511
2
. . . 55.47
Gonorrhœa
159 ...
. . .
187
...
...
206 ...
...
270
...
. . .
258
. . .
. . .
2,295
...
...
159.91
Total
276 ...
...
313
. . .
...
372
1
...
455
. . .
. . .
485
...
...
3,957
2
. . .
308.71
Sub-Group V.—Hydrophobia, &c.
...
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
Group "B."
Sub-Group I.—Parasitic diseases
4
. . .
. . . 7
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
. . .
1
...
. . .
2 ...
...
67 ...
...
1.58
Sub-Group II. Effects of climate
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
0.03
Alcoholism
2 0
. . .
. . .
25
. . .
...
21 ...
...
16
...
...
1 9
. . .
. . .
217 ...
. . . 5.78
Group "C."
Debility, &c.
46
1
...
7 2
. . .
. . .
56 ...
...
51
1
. . .
31 ...
...
529
2
. . . 31.82
Group "D."
Rheumatism
34 ...
...
42 ...
...
27 ...
...
23
...
...
20 ...
...
366 ...
...
27.11
Tubercular diseases
1
. . .
. . .
3
1 ...
3
. . .
. . .
2
...
...
4
1
...
41
7
...
8.96
Other diseases
12
. . .
. . .
10
. . .
. . .
14 ...
...
14 ...
...
8
. . .
. . .
176
1
...
11.47
II.—LOCAL DISEASES.
D i s e a s e s o f t h e
1. Nervous
system.
Nervous diseases
18 ...
...
16
1
...
1 8
1 ...
7
1
...
12
1
...
147
4
. . .
10.76
Mental
6 ...
...
3
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
...
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
25 ...
...
8.69
2. Eye
2 3
. . .
. . .
20
. . .
. . .
18 ...
...
11
. . .
. . .
17 ...
. . .
181
. . .
...
8.96
3 .
Other organs of special senses
25 ...
...
22
. . .
. . .
23 ...
...
8 ...
...
1 2
. . .
. . .
201 ...
...
9.11
4 .
5. Circulatory system
11
. . .
...
13
...
...
7
...
...
13 ...
...
10 ...
...
127
4 ...
13.39
6. Respiratory do.
21
...
...
25
1
...
27
1
...
24
1
. . .
23 ...
...
319
9
...
19.15
7. Digestive
do.
216
4 ...
184
5
...
152
6 ...
147
2
. . .
124
1
...
2,150
35 ...
100.77
8. Lymphatic and glandular system
42
...
...
49
1
...
60 ...
...
51
...
...
71
...
...
593
1
. . .
66.05
9. Urinary system
7
. . .
. . .
3
...
...
3
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
. . .
61
...
...
5.28
10. Generative system
94 ...
...
123
...
...
87 ...
...
136
...
...
170
...
...
1,426 ...
...
86.48
11. Organs of locomotion
14 ...
. . .
6
. . .
. . .
8
. . .
. . .
9
...
. . .
10 ...
...
93
...
...
6.72
12. Connective tissues
3 1
. . .
. . .
2 4
. . .
. . .
2 5
. . .
. . .
2 4
. . .
. . .
19
. . .
. . .
300 ...
...
15.94
13. Skin
82
...
...
86
...
...
8 0
. . .
. . .
71
. . .
. . .
6 5
. . .
. . .
1,033
...
...
39.31
III.—POISONS
2 ...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
3
1
...
12
1 ...
0.62
IV.—INJURIES.
1. General
2
1
...
2
1
1
1
1 ...
...
. . .
2
2 ...
3
32
9
13
1.91
2. Local
134 ...
1
149
. . .
. . .
128
1
...
133
...
...
173
. . .
. . .
1,649
5
4
71.03
3. In action
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
2
1.14
No appreciable disease
4
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
18
. . .
. . . 0.70
Cause unknown (refers to deaths only)
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
General Total
1,728
19
1 1,743
18
1 1,689
16 ... 1,676
11
2 1,751
12
3
18,994 196
24
1,081.17