chief diseases and groups of diseases:—
B.
Average strength 10,414.
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 . 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
Small-pox
. . .
6
. . .
. . . 0.52
0.6
. . .
. . . 0.05
Other
. . .
5
. . .
. . . 0.24
0.5
. . .
. . . 0.02
Continued fevers
Enteric
. . .
73
23
1
9.79
7.0 2.21 0.10 0.94
Other
. . .
784
. . .
. . .
26.52
75.3
. . .
. . . 2.55
Paroxysmal fevers . . .
763
2
1
24.4
73.2 0.19 0.10 2.35
Cholera
. . .
6
2
. . .
0.25
0.6 0.19
. . . 0.02
Other diseases
. . .
12
. . .
. . .
0.78
1.1
. . .
. . . 0.08
Total of Febrile Group
. . .
1,649
27
2
62.54
158.3 2.59 0.20 6.01
C o n s t i t u - t i o n a l G r o u p . Rheumatism . . .
304
1
7
19.72
29.2 0.10 0.67 1.89
Primary syphilis. . .
1,284
. . .
. . .
94.83
123.3
. . .
9.10
Secondary do . . .
221.
2
17
20.59
21.2 0.19 1.63 1.98
Tubercular diseases . . .
79
9
20
12.39
7.6 0.86 1.92 1.19
Scurvy and purpura . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Other diseases
. . .
19
1
1
1.54
1.8 0.10 0.10 0.15
Total of Constitutional Group
. . . 1,907
13
45
149.07
183.1 1.25 4.32 14.31
II. Local Diseases
—
Diseases of the
—
1. Nervous system . . .
163
9
32
13.44
15.7 0.86 3.07 1.29
2. Eye
. . .
150
...
11
6.67
14.4
. . .
1.06 0.64
3. Ear . . .
170
. . .
7
8.55
16.3
. . .
0.67 0.82
4. Nose
. . .
9
. . .
. . .
0.20
0 . 9
. . .
. . . 0.02
5. Circulatory system
100
7
24
8.66
9.6 0.67 2.30 0.83
6. Absorbent do . . .
359
. . .
2
43.73
34.5
. . .
0.19 4.20
7. Ductless glands
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
8. Respiratory system . . .
345
4
8
17.66
33.1 0.38 0.77 1.70
9. Digestive do . . .
2,421
19
60
118.66
232.8 1.83 5.76 11.39
G o n o r r h œ a 1,432
. . .
. . .
105.00
137.5
. . .
. . . 10.08
10. Urinary system. S e q u e l æ o f g o n o r r o h œ a . o f g o n o r r h œ a .
214
. . .
1
13.66
20.5
. . .
0.10 1.31
Other diseases
. . .
146
. . .
2
5.28
14.0
. . .
0.19 0.51
11. Generative system
141
. . .
1
7.28
13.5
. . .
0 . 1 0 0.70
12. Organs of locomotion
. . .
78
. . .
1 4
7.92
7.5
. . .
1.34 0.76
13. Cellular tissue . . .
201
. . .
. . .
7.21
19.3
. . . . . .
0.69
14. Cutaneous system . . .
999
. . .
1
39.37
95.9
. . .
0.10 3.78
III. Debility
. . .
157
1
29
12.59
15.1 0.10 2.78 1.21
IV. Poisons
. . .
35
1
. . .
1.37
3.4 0.10
. . . 0.13
V. Injuries
—
1. General
. . .
1
7
. . .
0.19
0.1 0.67
. . . 0.02
2. Local
1.380
9
12
54.56
132.5 0.86 1.15 5.24
3. In action
. . .
6
. . .
. . .
0.55
0.6
. . .
. . . 0.05
No appreciable disease . . .
39
. . .
. . .
1.87
3.7
. . .
. . . 0.18
Cause unknown . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Grand Total . . . 12,105
97
251
686.02
1162.4 9.31 24.10 65.87
GENERAL DISEASES.
(a) Febrile group showed 1,649 admissions, 27 deaths, and 2 invalided. Ratio
per mille of admissions was 158.3 compared with 180.6 in 1884 ; ratio of deaths
2.59 compared with 2.77 ; and of invaliding 0.20 compared with 0.27 in the same
year. The rate constantly sick was 6.01 compared with 8.24, the average of
the previous six years. Of the eruptive fevers, 6 admissions were due to
small-pox, 2 to chicken-pox, and 3 to measles. No deaths from any of these
causes. The continued fevers contributed 857 admissions, of which 73 were due
to enteric fever, 270 to simple continued fever, and 514 to febricula.