NATIVE TROOPS, 1875.
V.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the AGRA DISTRICT and in
CENTRAL INDIA during the Year 1875, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
(Several of the Stations of this area usually occupied by Regiments of the Bengal Army were in 1875 occupied by Madras Troops. The Statistics of the Madras
Troops occupying Stations of the Bengal Presidency are given in Table XVII.)
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 d 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 r y .
D i a r r h œ a .
H o p a t i t i s .
S p l e e n D i s e a s e .
R e s p l 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 .
Dr o p s y .
S c u r v y .
A t 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
... 3,687
174 47.2
6
...
... ... ...
...
2 ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
February ...
4,222
205
48.6
6 ...
... ... ... ...
1 ...
... 1
... ... 4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
March
... 4,094
162
39.6
3 ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 1
April
... 3,746
166 44.3
4 ...
... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ... ... ... 2 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ...
..
May
... 3,656
125
34.2
3 ...
... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
...
June
... 3,640
117
32.1
2 ...
... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
J ul y . . .
3,753
143 38.1
1 ...
... ... ... ..
1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
August . . .
3,800
124
32.6
4 ... ...
... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
September ...
3,850
147
38.2
9 ...
6 ... ... ...
1 ...
2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
October . . .
3,800
155
40.8
2 ...
... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ... ... ...
1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
November ...
4,067
161
39.6
3 ...
... ... ... ...
1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 1
December ...
3,637
121
33.3
3 ...
... ... ... ...
1 ...
1 ...
1 ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ...
6 ... 1 1
8 1
6 1
1 ... 12 ... 2 ... ... ... ... 3
4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 3,829
150
39.2
46 12.01* 1.57 ...
2 . 6 1
.26 1.57 .26 .26 ... 3.13 ... .52 ... ... ... ...
. 78
1 . 0 4
* For Statement of Absent Deaths, see Regimental Table XVI, Section 4.
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted during
the Year.
Admit ted
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
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
8 ...
...
...
14
3.7
42.86
Smallpox
...
1 ...
1
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
1.6
...
Enteric Fever
... ...
...
...
...
...
1
... ...
... ...
...
...
1
.3 100.00
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
114
96
101
150
96
95
108
170
235
192
255
109
1,721
449.5
.06
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
. . .
3
4
4
8
9
2
3
2
3
3
8 ...
49
12.8
16.33
Apoplexy
... ...
...
...
... 1
...
...
1 1
...
...
...
3
.8
33.33
Dysentery
. . .
4
3
6
23
7
9
11
46
20
21
37
10
197
51.4
2.80
Diarrhœa
... ...
3
3
3
2
9
4
7
10
2
9
1
53
13.8
Hepatitis
...
2
1 ...
...
... ...
...
...
...
1
1
1
6
1.6
16.67
Spleen Disease
...
3
3
1
1
2
6
3 5
1 1
8
6
40
10.4
...
Respiratory Diseases ...
24
40
20
8
2
6
5
9
7
12
17
11
161
42.0
7.45
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
1 ...
1 ...
...
2
1 ... 1
...
1
4
11
2.9
18.18
Dropsy
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Scurvy
. . . ... ...
...
... ...
... ...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Rheumatism
...
17
22
12
4
4
9 12
11
11
9
15
7
133
34.'7 . 18
Venereal Diseases
...
18
28
22
12
7
13
8
20
4
14
12
22
180
47.0
Eye Diseases
. . .
7
5
9
5
6
11
7
19
11
9
14
6
109
28.5
Abscess and Ulcer
...
23
25
49
33
34
67
46
57
44
47
53 27
505
131.9
Wounds and Accidents...
38
55
43
25
31
30
34
51
33
34
59
36
469
122.5
All other Causes
...
15
17
29
18
17
34
13
28
16
20
26
8
211
62.9
270
302
301
292
219
295
255
432
405
365
515
248
3,899
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
73.2 71.5 73.5
77.9 59.9
81.0
67.9 113.7 105.2
96.1 126.6 68.2
1018.3
1875.