NATIVE TROOPS, 1872.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the BENGAL PRESIDENCY
during the Year 1872, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
(This Statement is for the Regular Native Army only, and for men present from month to month with their Regiments.—See introductory note.)
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 , R e m i t t e n t .
F e v e r , 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 . . .
43,160 1,936 44.9
89
2.06 4
. . . . . . 8
7
. . . . . .
9
6
. . . 2 31
. . . 4 1 1 2 3
5 6
February . . .
43,080 1,786 41.5
42
.98
1
. . . . . . 2
2
. . . . . .
7
2
. . . . . . 15
. . . 5
. . . 1 2 . . . 1 4
March . . .
42,803 1,770 41.4
125
2.92 85
. . . . . . 4
5
. . . . . .
5
2 2
. . . 11
. . . 2
. . . 2 2 2
3 . . .
April . . .
38,504 1,539 40.0
47
1.22
7
. . . . . . 1
2
. . . 1
2
5 1 1 12 1 5
. . . 1 2 . . . 4 2
May . . .
36,296 1,292 35.6
39
1.08 10 1 . . . 2
2 1 . . .
. . . 1
. . . 1
4 1 5
. . . . . . 2 . . . 4 5
June . . .
36,405 1,239 34.0
32
.88
5 1 1 1
2 1 1
1
2 . . . . . . 6
. . . 3
. . . . . . . . . 1
3 4
July . . .
36,703 1,252 34.1
32
.87
4 1 . . . 1
5
. . . . . .
2
1 1 2
5
. . . 3
. . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
6
August . . .
36,658 1,581
43.1
44
1.20 26
. . . 1 4
2
. . . . . .
1
1 . . . 3 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
2
. . .
September . . . 36,727 2,305 62.8
23
.63
6 . . . 1 2
1
. . . . . . 1
. . .
. . . 1
3
. . . . . . . . . 1 1 1
2 3
October . . .
37,864 2,308 61.0
61
1.61 28
. . . . . . 9
1
. . . . . . 4
2 1
. . . 4
. . . 3 . . . . . . 2 . . .
5 2
November . . . 40,726 2,250 55.2
55
1..35 3 . . . 1 5
4
. . . 1
7
4 . . . . . . 9 1 3
. . . 1 6 1
7 2
December . . . 41,222 1,750 42.5
58
1.41
3
. . . . . . 5
2
. . . 1
7
3
. . . 1 19
. . . 4
. . . . . . 6 . . . 3 4
182 3 4 44 35 2 4 46 29 5 11 121 3 37 1 7 26 10 39 3 8
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 39,179 1,751
44.7
647 16.51 4.64 .08
2 . 1 7
.10 1.17 .74 .13 .28 3.09 .08 .94 .02 .18 .66 .26 1.00 .97
Absent Deaths 247. Ratio of 894 Deaths, 20.08 per 1,000 of the Total Regimental Strength.
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera . . .
3
4
104
12
19
8
9
48
14
48
3
4
276
7.0
65.94
Smallpox . . .
3
3
11
15
6
16
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
55
1.4
5. 45
Dengue . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
209
420
273
399
762 1,634
690
141
19
4,547
116.1
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
1
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
7
. 2
. . .
Fever, Intermittent . . . 1,470 1,113 1,145 1,575 1,059 1,028 1,519 2,239 4,514 5,687 3,352 2,018
26,719
682.0
.17
" Remittent and
Continued . . .
42
20
23
44
42
30
49
42
81
80
51
32
536
13.7
6.90
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
3
4
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
10
.3
40.00
Dysentery . . .
590
444 352
367
189
185
205
212
219
322
296
326
3,707
94.6
1 . 2
8
Diarrhœa . . .
291
196
190
240
160
138
146
152
149
207
150
155
2,174
55.5
Hepatitis . . .
9
8
5
11
8
3
5
6
6
7
10
9
92
2.3
5.44
Spleen Disease . . .
3 3 38
27
41
34
23
24
23
35
54
62
64
458
11.7
2.40
Respiratory Diseases . . .
374
347
215
207
108
95
117
89
91
145
191
273
2,252
57.5
5.37
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
5
8
12
14
11
12
10
8
9
8
7
6
110
2.8
33.64
Dropsy . . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
1
3
. . .
9
.2
11.11
Scurvy . . .
1 0 22
18
20
6
4
9
4
1
13
12
11
130
3.3
5.38
Rheumatism . . .
289
274
221
181
143
124
167
122
108 188
212 229
2,258
57.6
.45
Venereal Diseases . . .
113
93
66
109
82
89
102
89
76
95
119
120
1,153
29.4
Eye Diseases . . .
50
24
62
116
106
95
115
131
122
109
75
69
1,074
27.4
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
393
284 232
242
227 281
425
310
266
364
302
333
3,659
93.4
Wounds and Accidents . . .
471
376
401
459
312
318
407
352
302 446 473
440
4,757
121.4
All other Causes . . .
436
453
449
444 316
327
369
314
318
402
413
390
4,631
118.2
4,584 3,707 3,536 4,310 3,249 3,057 4,081 4,903 7,947 8,867 5,874 4,499
58,614
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
106.2 86.0 82.6 111.9 89.5
84.0 111.2 133.8 216.4 234.2 144.2 109.1
1 4 9 6 . 0