NATIVE TROOPS, 1875.
IX.
TABLE shewing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS of the REGULAR ARMY and of the
PUNJAB
FRONTIER FORCE serving in the TRANS-INDUS during the Year 1875, and the prevalence of the principal
Diseases in each
Month of the Year.
ThisTable contains the entire of the figures shewn in the Statement for the Punjab Frontier Force, with the exception of the Statistics of Abbottabad, as well as the
Statistics of the Regiments of the Regular Native Army serving beyond the Indus already incorporated in the General Statement for the Punjab.)
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 OP 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
... 13,667 795 58.2 74 ...
. . . . . . . . . 4
8 ... 3 ... ... 2 5 4
. . .
2
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1 . . .
February
... 13,731 756 55.1 59 ... ... ... ... 8 ... ... ...
1 ... ... 44 1 1 1 ... ... 1
2
. . .
March
... 13,874 539 38.8
17 ... . . . ... ... ... 1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
1 0 1
2 . . . . . . 1 1
1
April
... 12,400 374 30.2 15 ...
. . . . . . . . . 3
2 . . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
3
. . .
May
... 11,663 342 29.3
5
. . .
1 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 1
June
... 11,762 332 28.2
9
. . . ... ... 1 . . . 2 . . . 1 ... ... ...2
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
. . .
. . .
July
... 11,925 329 27.6
10 ...
. . . . . . . . . 2 3 1
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1
August
... 11,885 418 35.2
7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1
September
... 11,843 677 57.2
6
. . . ...
. . . 1 2
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
October
... 12,216 949 77.7
10 ...
. . . . . . . . . 2 1 ..
3
. . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . ... 1 . . . 1 . . .
November
... 13,575 1,004 74.0
18 ...
. . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . 1
2 . . . . . .
4 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
1
December
... 14,117 793 56.2 26 ...
...
2 2
1 2 1 2 10 1 1 ... ... 1 ... 3 . . .
1 ... 2 28 2 4 1 9 5 9 5
1 3 5 5 9 1 . . . 5 6
1 5
4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 12,722 609 47.9 256 20.12
. 0 8 ...
4.21
. 0 8
. 7 1
. 3 9 . 0 8 . 3 9 10.61 . 3 9 . 7 1 . 0 8 ... . 3 9 . 4 7 1.18 . 3 1
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted during
theYear.
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
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
1 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
. 1 100.00
Smallpox ....
...
...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
Enteric Fever ....
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 1
...
...
. . .
1
. . . ...
2
. 2 100.00
F e v e r , I n t e r m i t t e n t . . . .
Fever, Intermittent ... 795 561 534 430 410 580 374 880 1,894
2 , 8 8 8 3,138 1,251
13,735
1079.6
20
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued ....
21
14
15
6
6
10
4
5
5
4
16
11
117
9 . 2 20.51
A p o p l e x y . . . . . . . ...
. . . ...
...
...
...
1 ...
...
...
...
...
1
. 1 100.00
D y s e n t e r y .
Dysentery
79
37
37
74
72
67
84 100
94 117 167
88
1,016
79.9
. 9 1
Diarrhœa
41
39
33
39
37
55
44
62
5
23
61
36
521
41.0
H e p a t i t i s . . .
1
1
3
2
I
1
1
3
2
2
17
1.3
5.88
Spleen Disease
...
22 16
11
8
10
13
2
5
6
14
29
38
174
13.7
2.87
Respiratory Diseases ... 307 221 130
69
32
27
17
36
30
40
80 117
1,106
86.9 12.21
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
2
5
6
1
1
. . .
. . . 1
4
1
. . .
. . .
24
1.9 37.50
Dropsy.
....
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. 2 33.33
Scurvy
...
1
5
. . .
3
2
. . .
2
1
4 . . .
. . . 5
2
25
2.0 ...
Rheumatism
92
73
66
29
39
42
38
47
29
35
62
55
607
47.7
.51
V e n e r a l . . . D i s e a s e s . . . .
Venereal Diseases
30
33
29
37
30
35
28
39
24
2 5 32
38
380
29.9
Eye Diseases
...
12
10
32
35
35
30
36
44
41
35
21
15
346
2 7 . 2
Abscess and Ulccr. ...
Abscess Ulcer
and
... 121 101 101
71
86 141 190 288 159 133 153 127
1,671
131.3
Wounds
Accidents
and
177 116 141
87 151 161 121 155
92 114 161 132
1,608
120.4
All other Causes
... 138 131 158 122 105 166
99 136 100
90 134 110
1,489
117.0
1,841 1,363 1,296 1,013 1,019 1,328 1,041 1,799 2,535 3,522 4,064 2,022
22,843 ...
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
134.7 99.3 93.4 81.7 87.4 112.9 87.3 151.4 214.1 I253.3 299.4 143.2
1,795.6