NATIVE TROOPS, 1875.
IV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the MEERUT DISTRICT and in
ROHILCUND during the Year 1875, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
M O N T H S .
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 DEITIES IN HOSPITAL.
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
Chol e r a . S ma 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 d a n d
Co n t i n u e d .
Ap o p l e x y . Dy s e n t r y . Di a r r h œa . Hopa t i t i s .
S p l e e n D i s e a s e .
R e s p l 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 .
Dr o p s y . Scur vy.
A t o p h y a n d A n æ m i n .
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
... 5,579
157
28.1
9 ...
... ... ...
3 1 ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... 2 1 ... ... ... ... ...
February
... 5,652
152 26.9
4 ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ...
4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
...
Mar ch . . .
5,579
158
28.3
1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
April
... 5,112
132 25.8
4 ...
...
1 ... 1 ... ... ...
... ... ... 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
May
... 4,868
121
24.9
6 ...
3 ... ... 1 ... ...
1 ... ... ... ...
... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
June . . .
4,908
115
23.4
4 ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
3 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ...
Jul y . . .
5,028
116
23.1
8 ... ...
1 ... 1 ... ...
1 ... ... 1 ... ... 1 ... ... ... ...
2 1
August . . .
5,045
141
27.9
4 ...
1 ... ... 2
1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
September ...
5,155
177
34.3
5 ...
3 ... ... ... ...
... .. 1
... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
October ...
5,332
186
34.9
4 ...
... ... ... ...
1 ... ...
1 1 ...
1... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
November
... 5,329
170
31.9
4 ...
... ... ... ... 1 ... ...
... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 2 ...
December ...
5,399
141
26.1
4 ... ... ...
... 1 ... ...
1 ...
... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
7 2 ... 9
4 ...
3
2 2 2 12 1 6 1 ... ... ...
5 1
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 5,249
147
28.0
57 10.86* 1.33 .38
2 . 4 8
... .57 .38 .38 .38 2.29 .19 1.14 .19 .... ... ... .95 .19
* For Statement of Absent Deaths, see Regimental Table XVI, Section 3.
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Stength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
... ...
. . .
1 ...
4
1 ...
1
3
. . . ...
...
10
1.9
70.00
Smal l pox ...
6
1
1
2 ...
. . . ...
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
10
1.9
20.00
Enteric Fever
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
. . .
Fever, Intermittent ...
93
46
84 108
99
113
59
177
252
261
193
112
1,597
304.2
.56
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
...
7
1
4
17
12
7
18
13
15
2
5
1
102
19.4
3.92
Apoplexy
...
1 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
.2
. . .
Dysentery
...
13
6
16
19
10
16
10
26
29
28
50
46
269
51.2
1.42
Diarrhœa ...
2
2
11
14
6
8
3
12
6
6
5
7
82
15.6
Hepatitis
...
1
2 3
...
2
1 ...
3
1
1
2
3
19
3.6
10.53
Spleen Disease
...
5
6
9
5
4
3
4
6
4
1
5
2
54
10.3
3.70
Respiratory Diseases ...
10
16
16
13
10
15
9
9
10
13
18
22
161
30.7
7.45
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
1
1
3 1
...
1
2
3
2 ...
1
3
18
3.4
33.33
Dropsy
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
Scurvy
... ... 1
...
1
1 ...
...
... ...
...
...
...
3
.6
. . .
Rheumatism ...
16
17
16
9
16
20 22
18 11 12
33
13
203
38.7
.29
Venereal Diseases
...
34
16
30
19
13
25
19
24
18
16
15
10
239
45.5
Eye Diseases
...
6
4
12
11
16
17
17
15
14
10
14
7
143
27.2
Abscess and Ulcer
...
27
30
29
22
25
24
33
56
43
46
43
22
400
76.2
Wounds and Accidents...
57
48
58
57
37
43
34
66
46
55
119
84
704
134.1
All other Causes
...
37
31
33
24
20
24
28
41
27
26
46
35
372
70.9
316
228
326
322
275
318 258
470
481
477
549
367
4,387
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
56.6
40.3 58.4 63.0
56.5 64.8 51.3
93.2
93.3
89.5 103.0
68.0
835.8