NATIVE TROOPS, 1873.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the BENGAL PRESIDENCY
during the Year 1873, 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 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 . Wo 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 . . . 42,322
1,597
37.7
69
1.63
1
. . . . . .
3
6 1
6
6
. . . 3
28 3 3
. . . 3 3 . . .
3
. . .
February . . . 42,686
1,542
36.1
42
. 9 8 5 1 1 2
4
. . . 2
2
. . . 2
16
. . . 2
. . .
. . . 2 1
2
. . .
March . . . 42,511
1,467
34.5
54
1.27
8
. . . . . . 5
4
. . .
3
6 1
. . .
11 1 5 1
. . .
. . . . . .
8
1
April . . . 37,920
1,302
34.3
65
1.71
11 6 3 7
9
. . .
2
2
. . . 1
9
. . . 5
. . . . . .
4
. . .
5 1
May . . . 35,677
1,259
35.3
48
1.34
3 10
. . . 3
6 1
2
1 1
. . .
13 2 . . .
. . . 1
. . . 1
4
. . .
June . . . 36,022
1,211
33.6
22
. 6 1 3 3 1
. . . 5 2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
3
1
July . . . 37,111
1,254
33.8
36
. 9 7 4 1
. . . 2
7
. . .
2
2
. . .
. . .
2
1 5
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
6 3
August . . . 37,342
1,578
42.2
27
. 7 2 2
. . .
. . . 1
2
. . .
3
4 1
. . .
4 2
. . . 2
. . . 1
. . .
4 1
September . . . 37,281
2,034
54.6
27
. 7 2 2
. . . . . . 2
5
. . .
2
4
. . .
. . .
2
2 1
1
. . . . . .
. . .
3 3
October . . . 38,801
2,204
56.8
37
. 9 6 5
. . . 1
4
3
. . .
5
4
. . . 1
2 2 1 1 2 1
. . .
1 4
November . . . 42,075
2,207
52.5
56
1.13
. . . . . . 3 11
4
. . .
3
3 1 1
17
. . . 3 2
. . . 2 1
4
1
December . . . 41,898 1,797
42.9
64
1.53
. . .
1 1 7
3
. . .
4
6 2
. . .
20 2 4 1 1 2
. . .
6 4
44 22
1 0 47
58 4
35
40 6 8 124 15 31 8 7 17 3
49 19
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 39,304 1,621
41.2
547
13.92 1.12 .56
2 . 9 2
.10 .89 1.02 .15 .21 3.15 .38
. 7 9 .21
. 1 8 .43
. 0 8 1.25 . 4 8
Absent Deaths 207. Ratio of 754 Deaths, 17.01 per 1,000 of the Total Regimental Strength.
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted d u r i n g t h e Y e a r .
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.
Dengue
3
. . .
1
5
. . .
. . .
4
5
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
19
.5
. . .
Cholera . . .
1
6
13
24
6
4
10
4
6
9
. . .
. . .
83
2.1
53.01
Smallpox . . .
1
4
12
22
14
14
2
. . .
. . . .
. . .
. . .
1
70
1.8
31.43
Enteric Fever . . .
1
2
. . .
3
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
6
3
18
.5
55.56
Fever Intermittent . . . 1,346
918
912
1,460
1,274
1,201
1,635 2,396
5,305
4,306 3,012
2,039
25,804
656.5
.18
" Remittent and
Continued . . .
21
27
30
68
93
93
68
60
100
82
68
44
754
19.2
7.69
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
3
2
3
4
1
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
15
. 4
26.67
Dysentery . . .
226
154
192
223
133
138
199
293
383
277
250
221
2,689
68.4
1.8 7
Diarrhœa . . .
143
69
114
142
63
94
136
138
157
111
81
78
1,326
33.7
Hepatitis . . .
9
6
13
9
6
9
14
7
9
9
3
7
101
2.6
5. 94
Spleen Disease . . .
46
35
26
31
21
26
24
13
48
45
51
39
405
10.3
1.97
Respiratory Diseases . . .
330
256
209
151
134
74
86
98
118
137
175
256
2,024
51.5
6.13
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
11
5
10
10
5
4
9
4
7
6
5
3
79
2.0
39. 24
Dropsy . . .
1
2
. . .
1
1
1
4
2
3
1
7
2
25
.6
32.00
Scurvy . . .
10
8
8
7
9
11
9
4
8
15
10
9
108
2.7
6.48
Rheumatism . . .
332
228
183
162
137
142
210
152
203
185
242
295
2,471
62.9 . 4 9
Venereal Diseases . . .
128
95
103
89
94
91
101
88
123
113
133
138
1,296
33.0
E y e D i s e a s e s . . .
52
48
54
107
79
9 8
125
126
149
74
61
58
1,031
26.2
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
366
237
197
248
234
271
416
359
315
267
312
256
3,478
88.5
Wounds and Accidents . . .
474
416
335
374
346
315
385
382
404
385
423
410
4,649
118.3
All other Causes . . .
456
360
365
368
307
277
397
312
409
289
373
324
4,237
107.8
3,957
2,876
2,780
3,506
2,960
2,867
3,835 4,445 7,748
6,312
5,213 4,183
50,682
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
93.5
67.4
65.4
92.5
82.9
79.6 103.3 119.0 207.8
162.7
123.9
99.9
1289.5