NATIVE TROOPS, 1876.
VI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the PUNJAB during the Year
1876, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
MONTHS.
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
A v e r a g e N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k .
N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0
o f S t r e n g t h .
N u m b e r o f D e a t h s .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
F e v e r , I n t e r m i t t e n t .
F e v e r s , R e m i t t e n t a n d
C o n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y .
D y s e n t e r y .
D i a r r h œ a . H e p a t i t i s .
S p l e e n D i s e a s e .
R e s p i r a t o r y D i s e a s e s .
H e a r t D i s e a s e s .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D r o p s y . S c u r v y .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a . W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
16,775 559 33.3 16
1
12
1
2
February
17,064 581 34.0 10
1
5
1 1
1
1
March
16,659 530 31.8 13
1 1
2
5 1 1
1
1
April
15,214 436 28.7
8
1
1
5
1
May
14,335 392 27.3 6
1
1
1
1
1
1
June
14,334 391 27.3
9
2
2 1
1
1 1
1
July
14,518 400 27.5 7
1
1
1 2
2
August
14,650 612 41.8
5
2
1
1
1
September
14,703 1,079 73.4
5
1
1
2
1
October
15,389 1,272 82.7 33
19
2 5
1 1
1
3
1
November
16,601 1,127 67.9 25
2
8 3 1 2
4 1
1 2
1
December
16,560 693 41.8 28
1
6
1
1 7 1
1
1
28
2 19 14 6 6 3 1 2 54 4 7 2 2 4 1 7 3
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year 15,567 673 43.2 165 10.61* 1. 80
2.25 .38 .38 . 20 .07 .13 3.47 .25 .45 .13 .13 .25 .07 . 45.20
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
N U M B E R O F A D M I S S I O N S I N T O H O S P I T A L I N E A C H M O N T H .
Total
Admitted during
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
2
1
6
4 29
4
1
47
3.0 5 9 . 5 7
Smallpox
1
1
.1
Enteric Fever
1
2
2
1
6
.4 33.33
Fever, Intermittent
660 576 389 410 602 546 583 1,935 3,991 4,861 2,538 1,068
18,159
1166.5
.10
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
4
3
5
3 11
5
4 16 18 31
8
3
111
7.1 1 2 . 6 1
Apoplexy
1
2
1
2
2
1
9
.6 6 6 . 6 7
Dysentery
59 38 34 39 72 40 41 114 125 212 127 82
983
63.2
.62
Diarrhœa
36 29 20 27 27 31 29 70 33 76 62 38
478
30.7
Hepatitis
1
4
3
5
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
24
1.5 4 . 1 7
Spleen Disease
17
9 11
6 11 12
8
4 16 20 35 24
173
11.1 1 . 1 6
Respiratory Diseases
148 174 107 79 81 34 36 47 46 64 105 139
1,060
68.1 5 . 1 0
Phthisis Pulmonalis 3
4
4
5
1
1
5
2
2
1
28
1.8 2 5 . 0 0
Dropsy
1
1
2
4
.3
5 0 . 0 0
Atrophy and Anæmia
Scurvy
2
3
1
1
3
1
3
2
3
19
1.2 1 0 . 5 3
Rheumatism
1 1 2 178 109 48 62 60 51 78 66 79 70 91
1,004
64.5
.24
Venereal Diseases
41 52 35 29 28 28 38 39 16 35 28 22
391
25.1
Eye Diseases
2 5 25 13 26 53 52 49 90 44 42 21 14
454
29.2
Abscess and Ulcer
91 106 58 57 96 106 151 194 105 117 107 101
1,289
82.8
Wounds and Accidents
187 238 128 151 163 177 146 207 148 178 192 196
2,111
135.6
All other Causes
9 5
139 126 119 124 70 110 133 91 112 120 114
1,353
86.9
1,479 1,575 1,044 1,004 1,340 1,170 1,260 2,942 4,707 5,863 3,421 1,899
27,704
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
88.2 92.3 62.7 66.0 93.5 81.6 86.8 200.8 320.1 381.0 206.1 114.1
1 7 7 9 . 7
* F o r S t a t e m e n t o f A b s e n t D e a t h s , s e e R e g i m e n t a l T a b l e X V I , S e c t i o n 5 .