NATIVE TROOPS, 1871.
IX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS of the REGULAR ARMY and of the PUNJAB
FRONTIER FORCE serving TRANS-INDUS during the Year 1871, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of
t he Year.
(This Table contains the entire of the figures shown in the Statement for the Punjab Frontier Force, with the exception of the Statistics of Abbottahad, as well as the
Statistics of the Regiments of the Regular Native Army serving beyond the Indus already incorporated in the General Statement for the Punjab).
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 .
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 .
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
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 . He a r t Di 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
14, 614
995
68. 1
72
. . .
. . .
. . . 8 7
. . . 3 5 ... ... 39 1 3
. . . . . . 2 1 2 1
February
14, 426
741 51.4
30 ...
. . . ... 1 4 ... 1 . . . ... 1 19 1 ... . . . . . . 2 ...
1
. . .
March
14, 262
533 37.7
29
. . .
. . .
. . . 4 3
. . . 3 1 1 1 12 1 ... . . . . . . . . . 1
2
. . .
April
12,759 377 29.6
16
. . . . . . 1 1 4 1
2
. . .
... 1 5 ... ... . . . . . . 1 . . .
. . . . . .
May
11,904
410 34.4
11
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 4 . . .
2
. . .
... . . . 1 ... ... ... . . . 1 . . . 2 1
June
12,029 441 36.7
13 ... ...
. . . 2 6 1 1
1 ... . . .
. . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1
July
12,088 445 36.8
11
. . . ... ... ... 2 2 ...
1 ... . . . 2 ... ...
. . . . . . 2 1
1
. . .
August
12,020 513 42.7
8 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . ... 3 1 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
September
12, 143
525
43. 2
4
. . . ...
. . . ...
1 . . . 1 ... ... . . . 1 . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
October
12,192 657 53.9
3
. . . . . . ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... . . . ... ... ... . . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . 1
November
13,883 864 62.2
23
. . . ... 1 1 5 ... 2 1 ... . . . 8 ... 1 ... ... . . . ... 4
. . .
December
14, 373
798 55.5
28
. . . . . . . . . 2 7 . . . 1 2 ... ... 13 ... 1
. . . . . . 1 . . .
. . .
1
1 2 19 43 4 17 11 1 3 103 4 5 ... 1 9 3 15 7
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year 13,058 609 46.6 248 18.99 .08 .15 4.75 .30 1.30
. 8 4 .08 .23 7.89 .30 . 38 ... . 0 8 .69 .23 1.15 .54
Absent Deaths, 80. Rat i o of 328 Deat hs , 21. 38 per 1, 000 of t he Tot al Regi ment al St r engt h.
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
T o t a l A d m i t t e d
during
the Year.
Admi t t ed per 1, 000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . . ...
...
...
1
. . . ...
1
1
. . . . . .
. . .
3
.2 33.33
Smallpox
. . .
1
1
3
1
1
1
. . . ...
...
1
1
10
.8
20. 00
Fever, Intermittent 1,073 517 446 365 669 477 538 720 752 1,944 1,726 864
10,091
772.8
.19
" Remittent and
Continued
43
14
11
18
28
14
9
13
9
34
23
28
244
18.7
17. 62
Apoplexy
...
...
...
1
. . .
1
. . . . . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
5
.4
80. 00
Dysentery
90
47
52
58
74
95
72 148 158 157 111
1 6 8
1,230
94.2 1.47
Diarrhœa
38
20
42
37
60
61
55
79
73
55
6 4 86
6 7 0
51.3
Hepatitis
2
. . .
2
1
4
2
1 ...
3
1
2
1
19
1.4
5. 26
Spleen Disease
57
20
16
20
26
16
13
14
17
18
34
17
268
20.5
1.12
Respiratory Diseases
331 125
85
49
23
21
14
33
17
48
63
98
907
69.5
11. 36
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
. . .
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
4
17
1. 3
29. 41
Dropsy
. . .
1
1 ...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
2
. 2
. . .
Scurvy
3
2
. . .
1
1
2
2
. . .
2
2
3
2
20
1.5
5. 00
Rheumatism
113
6 4 62
44
44
53
42
61
52
49
68
75
727
55.7
. 4 5
Venereal Diseases
31
30
25
24
26
27
18
35
19
32
25
24
316
24.2
Eye Diseases
16
16
25
27
42
32
32
45
38
36
25
15
349
26.7
Abscess and Ulcer
239 105
90
76 165 184 262 322 185 174 153 188
2,143
164.1
Wounds and Accidents
153 115 121 141 191 113 148 184 122 209 191 178
1,866
142.9
All other Causes 168
87 112 103 124 111 117 134 107 138 144 116
1,461
111.9
2,359 1,164 1,092 969 1,480 1,211 1,325 1,790 1,558 2,901 2,634 1,865
20,348
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
161.4 80.7 76.6 75.9 124.3 100.7 109.6 148.9 128.3 237.9 190.0 129.7
1 5 5 8 . 3