NATIVE TROOPS, 1875.
VIII.
TABLE shewing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS composing the PUNJAB IRREGULAR FORCE
during the Year 1875, 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.
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 s . 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 a 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
... 10,985 616 56.1 54 ...
. . .
. . . . . .
2 7 ... 3
. . .
. . .
2 37
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . .
1 1 ...
February
... 11,178 591 52.9 41 ...
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . 3 7
1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1
March
... 10,874 441 40.6 13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . 1 1
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 ...
April
. . .
9,600 287 29.9 12 ... ... ... ...
2 1
. . . . . . . . .
. . . 1 6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
May
. . .
8,922 269 30.1
7
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . . . . . 3
. . . . . . . . . . . .
... ... 1 1
June
. . .
9,051 280 30.9
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1 ... 1 ... ... ...
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .
July
. . .
9,191 284 30.9
7
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2 2
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
... ... ... 2 1
August
. . .
9,145 335 36.6
4
. . .
... ... ...
. . .
... ... ... ...
. . .
... ... 1 1
. . . . . .
... ... 1 1
September
. . .
9,128 487 53.4
4
. . .
. . .
... ... 2 1
. . . . . .
. . .
... ... 1 ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
October
. . .
9,499 661 69.6
9
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . . . . . 1
... 1
. . . . . .
1
. . .
1
November
... 10,442 705 67.5 15 ... ... ... ...
4
2
. . .
1
1
. . . . . . 4
. . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
December
... 11,020 638 57.9
19 ...
. . .
... ... ... 1
. . .
1 ... 1 2
9
1 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . 2
1 ... 1 14 16
. . . 9
1 1 5 111 4 6 1 ... 2 4 12 4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
. . .
9,920 466 47.0 192 19.35 .10 ...
3.13
... .91 .10 .10 .50 11.19
. 4 0
.60 .10 ... .20 .40 1.21 .40
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER ON ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
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
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
1
.1 100.00
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
1 ...
1
.1
Enteric Fever
. . . . . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
2
1
. . .
...
...
...
1
4
.4 25.00
Fever, Intermittent ...
4 6 7
409 434 319 292 467 312 692 1,177 1,718 1,846 844
8,977
904.9
.16
Fevers, Remittent a n d C o n t i n u e d . . .
19
16
10
5
5
6
5
4
4
3
14
9
100
10.1
16.00
Apoplexy
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Dysentery
. . .
51
22
26
44
55
40
57
55
60
84 122
62
678
68.3
. 9 2
Diarrhœa
. . .
24 33
30
33
28
46
36
48
36
14
46
34
408
41.1
Hepatitis
...
1
...
3
2
. . .
...
1
. . .
1
3
2
2
15
1.5
6.67
Spleen Diseases
. . .
20
16
1 0
8
8
10
3
4
3
12
26
27
147
14.8
3.40
Respiratory Diseases ... 260 186 120
66
28
24
20
39
23
35
62
93
956
96.4 11.61
Phthisis Pulmonalis ..
1
3
4
1 ...
...
1
1
4
1
4 . . .
20
2.0 30.00
Dropsy
. . . 2
. . .
...
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
3
.3
33.33
Scury
...
2
5
. . .
1
2
. . .
2
1
4
1
3
2
23
2.3
Rheumatism
...
7 8
5 4
52
19
32
45
30
37
31
39
64 50
531
53.5
. 4 3
Venereal Diseases ...
2 7
23
22
18
26
34 23
29
15
21
30
32
300
30.2
Eye Diseases
...
1 1
8
26
28
32
31
36
42
32
24
21
17
308
31.0
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
111
92
87
55
65 107 150 219 132 114 138 106
1,376
138.7
Wounds and Accidents ... 142
96 125
58 118 105
97 153 104 115 169 123
1,425
143.6
All other Causes
... 111 101 126 102
92 129
84 107
86
76 103 100
1,220
123.0
1,327 1,667 1,075 759 785 1,066 858 1,431 1,712 2,260 2,651 1,502
16,493
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
120.8 95.5 98.9 79.1 88.0 117.8 93.4 156.5 187.6 237.9 253.9 136.3
662.6