NATIVE TROOPS, 1876.
V
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the AGRA DISTRICT and in
CENTRAL INDIA during the Year1 8 7 6 ,
a n d t h e p r e v a l e n c e o f t h e p r i n c i p a l D i s e a s e s i n e a c h M o n t h o f ' t h e Y e a r .
(Several of the Stations of this area usually occupied by Regiments of the Bengal Army were in 1876 occupied by Madras Troops. The Statistics of the Madras
T r o o p s o c c u p y i n g S t a t i o n s o f t h e B e n g a l . P r e s i d e n c y a r e g i v e n i n T a b l e XVI I ) .
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 DEA
T I I S I N 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 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 œ œ a . - •
H e p a t i t i s .
'
S p l e e n D i s e a s e s . R E s p i t a r y D i s e a s e s .
P h t h s i s P u l m o n a l i s . D r o p s y . - .
January
4, 589 147 32. 0
H e a r t D i s e a s e s .
S c u r u r v y . A t r o p h y a n d æ 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 . D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
February
4, 560 147 32. 2 4
1
March
4, 277 118 27. 6 2
1 1
April
3, 762 87 23. 1 . 2
. . .
1 1
May
3, 674 86 23. 4
June
3, 634 76 20. 9
July
3,75 74 19.
. . .
1
1
August
3, 867 101 26.
. . .
September
3, 882 126 32.
1 1
October
3, 595 164 45. 6
. . .
November
3, 922 185 47.
December
4, 294 150 34. 9
1
1
1 7 4
3 2
Died per 1, 000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
3, 984 122 30. 6 20 5. 02*
. 75
' .5 .50
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted durig, '
the Year.
Admitted per 1, 000 of
• "
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred caseaes
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct . Nov. Dec.
Cholera
2
.5
Smallpox
.
Enteric Fever
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
.3
Fever Intermittent
82 77 69 62 90 53 59 151 310 568 433 210 2, 164 543. 2
. 0 9
Fevers,Remittent and
Continued
1 3 3 4 2 2 1 5 1 1 1 2
26
6.5
Apoplexy
1 . . .
. . . . . . . . .
.
2
1 5
Dysentery
18 4 7 10 10 5 14 68 29 21 29 13
228
57. 2
Diarrhœa
11 2 3 3 10 4 6 12 6 4 4 3
68
17. 1
Hepatitis
2
i 1
1
1 1
9
2.3
Spleen Disease
3 1 3 1 5
2 2 5 7
29
7. 3 3. 45
Respiratory Diseases
19 23 11 11 6 1 6 9
6 9 19
120
30. 1 5. 83
Phthisis Pulmonalis 2 3
1 1 3
2 1 2
16
4.0 25. 00
Dropsy
Scurvy
1 1
4
1 ' 0
Rheumatism
27 24 9 7 19 10 13 21 15 21 16 15
197
49.4
Venereal Diseases
17 22 13 14 17 13 12 17 11 8 5 20
170
42. 7
Eye Diseases
6 11. 5 4 10 2 8 16 12 9 9 6
98
2 4 . 6 . 20
Abscess and Ulcer
30 43 I29 28 14
3 9 36 38 44 36 32 37
406 101. ' 9
Wounds and Accidents
50 51 24 30 33 17 16 30 13 35 27 32
355
8 9 . 1
All other Causes
21 28 18 21 14 20 20 33 18 22 29 33
280 70. 3
294 292 194 197 233 I69 196 401 462 736 601 400 4, 175
Admitted per 1, 000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
64. 1 64. 0 45. 3 52. 4 63. 4 46. 5 52.2 103. 7 119. 0 204. 7 153. ' 2 93. 1
1 0 4 8 . 0
* For Statement of Absent Deaths, see Regimental Table XVI, Section 4.
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