NATIVE TROOPS, 1875.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in BENGAL PROPER and in ASSAM
during the Year 1875, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Tear.
MONTHS.
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
to
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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 f o 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 .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
— A
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 .
Apopl exy. D y s e n t e r y . D i a r h œ a . He p a t t i s .
S p l 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 .
S 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
... 7,806 420 53.8 13 ...
1 ... ... 1 1 ... 3 2 ... 1 ... 1 1 ... 1 ... ... 1 ...
February
... 7,949 412 51.8 20 ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ...
1 ... 1 2 ... 1 ... 1 ... 3 1 9
March
... 8,149 376 46.1 26 ...
10 1 ... 2 ... ... 1 4 ... 2 2 ... 1 ... ... 2 ... ... 1
April
... 7,581 355 46.8
9 ...
1 1 ... ... ... 2 1 1 ... 2 ... ... ...
... 1 ... ... ...
May
... 7,188 288 40.1
5 ... 1 1 1 ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1 ... ....... ... ... ... ... ... ...
June
... 7,108 302 42.5 9
... 2 2 ... ... ... ... 1 ... ....1 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... .... 1
July
... 7,153 373 52.1
10 ... ... .. ... 2 1 1 ...
1 ... 1 1 ... 2 ... ... ... ... 1 ...
August
... 7,203 383 53.2
8 ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... 1 1 ... 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2
September
... 7,290 461 63.2 12 ...
1 ... ... 1 1 2 1 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... 1 2 1 ...
October
... 7,433 601 80.9 14 ... 1 ... ... ... 2 2 3 2 ... 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 ...
November
... 7,885 685 86.9 18 ... 2 ... ... 3 ... 1 1 5 ... 3 ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 2 ...
December
For the year
...
8,466 599 70.8 20 ...
2 ... ... 3 1 ... 2 1 ... 3 2 1 2 ... 2 ... ... 1 ...
21 5 1 13 8 9 14 19 ... 20 9 2 7 ... 4 5 5 9 13
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
... 7,601 438 57.6 164 21.58* 2.76 .66
2.89 1.18 1.84 2.50 ... 2.63 1.18 .26 .92 ... .53 .66 .66 1.18 1.71
* For Statement of Absent Deaths, see Regimental Table XVI, Section 1.
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Total Admi tted
1 000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundr ed cases t r eat ed.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
...
3 ...
16
1
2
3
1
1
2
2
2
3
36
4.7 58.33
Smallpox
... ...
...
2
6
6 3
...
... ...
...
...
2
19
2.5 26.32
Enteric Fever
... ...
...
...
... 2
...
...
1 ...
...
...
...
3
.4 33.33
Fever, Intermittent ... 210 191 230 238 190 305 452 614 568 736 905 436
5,084
668.9
.26
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
...
1
3
6
5
13
14
18
7
10
7
5
3
92
12.1
8.70
Apoplexy
... ...
...
...
2
1 ...
1 ...
2
3 1
...
10
1.3 90.00
Dysentery
... 115
61
66
99
59
84
65
79
70
73 107 126
1,004
1 3 2 . 1
2 . 1 3
Diarhœa
...
57
29
48
33
34 59
43
41
62
44 51
45
546
71.8
Hepatitis
...
1
2 ...
...
1 2
...
1
3 ...
2
1
13
1.7 ...
Spleen Disease
...
15
16
25
13
11
12
14
24
20
25
17
17
209
27.5
9.57
Respiratory Diseases ... 56
51
44 35
30
30
19
32
35
37
67
63
499
65.7
1 . 8 0
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...... ...
1
1
1
2
2
1
2 4
...
2
4
20
2.6 35.00
Dropsy
...... 1
...
......
...
...
...
...
1 ...
...
...
. . . . . . .
2
.3
. . .
Scurvy
......
3
2
1
1
2 . 2
2
4
.2
2
11
18
50
6.6
8.00
Rheumatism
...
28
32
43
34 24
24
26
18
33
23
29
44
358
47.1
.52
Venereal Diseases ... 30
30
31
24
27
28
29
25
20
20
23
13
300
39.5
Eye Diseases
...
10
10
10
9
9
18
9
17
9
9
13
16
139
18.3
Abscess and Ulcer ... 40
39
51
45
44
72
59
66
65
60
56
44
6.11
84.3
Wounds and Accidents ...
72
84
91
87
93
76
63
85
81
70 128
78
1,008
132.6
All other Causes
...
81
92 107
81 75
.
110 113 153 134 274 194 147
1,561
205.4
723 643 772 714 634 844 915 1,171 1,120 1,385 1,613 1,060
11,594
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
92.6 80.9 94.7 94.2 88.2 118.7 127.9 162.6 153.6 186.3 204.6 125.2
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