GENERAL SUMMARY FOR 1874.
DETAIL of the CAUSES of the ADMISSIONS and DEATHS of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA, and of the NATIVE ARMY
and JAIL POPULATION of t he BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS
AND DEATHS.
ADMITTED INTO HOSPITAL AND DIED IN AND OUT OF HOSPITAL.
ARMY OF BENGAL.
ARMY OF MADRAS. ARMY OF BOMBAY.
ARMY OF INDIA.
NATIVE ARMY
OF BENGAL.
JAIL POPULATION
OF BENGAL.
Strength
37,190 Strength 11,556 Strength 10,507 Strength 59,253 Strength 52,822 Strength
72,060
Admitted
52, 982 Admitted 12,977 Admitted 13,280 Admitted 79,239 Admitted 70,285 Admitted
73,996
Died
545 Died
148 Died
112 Died
805 Died
587 Died
2,875
Admitted. D i e d .
Admitted. Died. Admitted. Died. Admitted. Died
.
Admitted. Died. Admitted. Died.
Cholera
9
8
1
1
3
2
13
11
58
43
475
179
Smallpox
37
7
5
1
4
46
8
55
14
193
14
Chickenpox
7
5
12
35
538
Measles
10
10
27
1
19
Mumps
11
3
14
155
358
1
I n f l u e n z a
30
4
3
37
41
3
Diphtheria
2
123
16
Scarlet Fever (?)
47
47
Dengue
45
6
51
3
Hydrophobia
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Erysipelas
134
4
30
1
37
201
5
43
1
278
31
Gangrene and Phagedæna
3
3
3
Pyæmia
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
Typhus Fever
1
1
Enteric Fever
172
75
34
12
33
14
2 3 9
101
11
6
20
7
Intermittent Fever
13,200
5
710
3, 396
1 17,306
6
36, 042
53
30,656
107
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
7,214
36
1,365
2 1 , 1 1 1
7
9 , 6 9 0
45
717
51
1,397
154
Rheumatism, Acute
413
1
55
119
1
5 8 7
2
411
2
424
2
„ Chronic
889
210
157
1,256
1, 206
213
„ M u s c u l a r
685
212
170
1,067
951
469
G o u t
5
2
7
1
Leprosy
20
67
1 1
Elephantiasis
1
6
Scurvy
13
1
2
3
1
1 8
2
127
1
1 6 9
5
A n æ m i a
148
40
30
218
137
5
267
Cancrum oris
1
1
9
8
General Dropsy
3
1
1
4
1
11
1
251
50
Obesity
1
1
Cancer
4
3
5
4
1
1
10
8
6
3
10
6
Primary Syphilis
2,440
900
662
4,002
927
474
Secondary Syphilis
860
3
348
2
285
1 , 4 9 3
5
365
1
4 0 9
4
Phthisis Pulmonalis
274
44
117
13
71
4
462
61 106
35
290
181
Scrofula and Tuberculosis
21
1
2
2
1
2 5
2
12
1
36
1
H æ m o p t y s i s
44
8
7
59
21
1
82
Hip-joint Disease
1
1
1
1
Myelitis
3
2
3
2
3
1
1
Encephalitis
15
7
6
1
2
2
23
10
1
1
9
9
Meningitis
6
2
2
1
9
2
2
1
10
5
Apoplexy
8
5
2
2
5
1
15
8
2 5
2 3
2
2
Sunstroke
87
32
15
6
20
11
122
49 7
23
Paralysis
49
14
9
72
42
7
43
10
Tetanus
1
1
2
1
9
6
Epilepsy
94
1
30
1
25
1 4 9
2
27
89
6
H y s t e r i a
1
1
2
3
Anæsthesia
1
1
5
2
Hyper æs t hes i a
1
Chorea
4
4
2
Paralysis Agitans
3
3
6
4
Neuralgia
319
104
79
502
462
209
Mania
27
8
5
4 0
26
124
Dementia
29
9
17
5 5
7
17
Melancholia
22
13
2
3 7
5
4
Hypochondriasis
1
2
2
5
Impaired Vision
29
5
20
5 4
25
1 7
Ny c t a l o p i a
3
3
32
4
Ophthalmia
835
1 5 6
2 2 6
1 , 2 1 7
1,529
897
Otitis
299
114
67
4 8 0
329
189
Deafness
38
15
1 1
6 4
41
5
Epistaxis
20
1
3
2 4
7
26
2
Polypus nasi
1
2
2
5
1
1
Ozœna
5
3
8
4
11
Tumour of Pericardium
1
1
Pericarditis
16
4
1
7
2 7
1
13
5
10
9
Valve Disease of Heart
158
13
34
6
29
3
2 2 1
22
17
6
13
7
H y p o r t r o p h y o f H e a r t
41
4
19
1
5
6 5
5
3
1
4 3
Fatty Degeneration of Heart
8
7
1
1
9
8
1
2
4
5
Rupt ur e of Hear t and Aor t a
1
1
1
1
Aneurism, Aortic
36
26
19
4
11
8
66
38
5
2
3
„ Popliteal
1
1
„ Subclavian
2
2
„ Iliac
1
1
1
„ Traumatic
1
Palpitation
627
190
91
9 0 8
12
2
Embolism
2
1
1
3
1
1
Syncope
2
1
3
1
Angina Pectoris
9
1
3
3
1 5
1
2
Phlebitis
2
1
3
5
6
V a r i x
37
16
8
6 1
10
1
I n f l a m m a t i o n o f I n g u i n a l
Glands
453
330
271
1 , 0 5 4
102
49
Inflammation of other Glands
51
18
22
9 1
Goitre
3
3
105
8
1
Laryngitis
12
3
1 5
18
25
7
Bronchitis
1, 968
1
498
313
2 , 7 9
1
1,874
26 1 , 4 2 8
5 6
Asthma
28
16
1 1
55
72
1
2 6 9
18
Pneumonia
152
17
19
4
18
5 1 8 9
2 6 5 5 3
1 2 5
9 2 6
3 2 8
Gangrene of Lungs
1
1
1
1
1
5
Pleurisy
1 0 8
2
29
1
22
1 5 9
3
211
1 0 2 9 0
2 0
Odontalgia
2
2
1
5
67
25
Stomatitis
50
15
9
74
76
1
135
1
Tonsillitis
1,120
121
301
1,542
203
1
208
Gastritis
9
2
6
1 7
7
1
7 2
Enteritis
4
1
1
5
1
13
4
23
17
Peritonitis
9
7
1
1
4
4
14
12
4
2
19
13
Iliac and Pericœcal Abscess
1
1
1
1
Typhlitis
5
5
1
3 1