NATIVE TROOPS, 1873.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in BENGAL PROPER and in ASSAM
during the Year 1873, 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 DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
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 mi 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 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 .
Dr ops y. Scur vy.
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 .
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
January . . .
7,919
387
48.9
23
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
2 1
2
2
. . . . . .
8 1
. . .
. . .
2 2
. . .
1
. . .
February . . .
8,006 381
47.6
5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
3
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
1 . . .
M a r c h . . . 7,925
367
46.3
22
. . .
8
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
2 1
. . .
2 1 2 . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
April . . . 7,392
319
43.1
15
. . .
4 5
. . . 1
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
May . . . 7,031
352
50.1
12
. . .
3 1
. . . 2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2 1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
June . . . 6,996
337
48.2
13
. . .
1
1 1 . . .
4
1
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
July . . . 7,126
384
53.9
13
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . . 2
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 2 . . . . . .
1 . . .
2 1
August . . . 7,201
410
57.0
12
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
1
4
. . . . . .
2
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
September . . . 7,193
380
52.8
13
. . .
1
. . .
. . . 1
2
. . .
. . .
3
. . . . . .
2
. . .
. . . 1 . . .
. . .
. . .
2 1
October . . . 7,258
378
52.1
10
. . .
. . . . . .
1 1
2
. . .
1
1
. . . 1
1
. . .
1 . . .1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
November . . . 6,873
3 6 2 52.7
6
. . .
. . . . . .
2 . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 1
December . . . 6,204
3 0 5 49.2
9
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
3
2
. . . . . .
2
1
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
20
7
4 8
19
2
10
16 1 1
25 4
6
2 4 4 . . .
17 3
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 7,260
363
50.0
153
21.08* 2.76 .96
4.27
.28 1.38 2.20 .14 .14 3.44
. 5 5 .83 .28 .55 .55 . . . 2.34 .41
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
durin
g the Year.
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 . . .
. . .
. . .
1
5
. . .
. . .
3
5
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
15
2.1
. . .
Cholera . . .
1
. . .
12
12
5
2
6
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
39
5.4
51.28
Smallpox . . .
. . .
. . .
1
11
4
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
20
2.8
35.00
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
3
. . .
7
1.0
57.14
Fever, Intermittent . . .
336
246
245
346
394
357
658
509
606
491
455
405
5,048
695.3
.16
" Remittent and
Continued . . .
6
12
12
21
42
58
26
12
31
14
38
18
290
40.0
6.55
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
.3
100.00
Dysentery . . .
77
59
84
66
65
57
85
75
75
53
53
49
798
109.9 2.13
Diarrhœa . . .
56
33
46
35
18
26
49
38
45
30
23
22
421
58.0
Hepatitis . . .
3
1
4
4
4
2
4
3
1
2 . . .
2
30
4.1
3.33
Spleen Disease . . .
17
10
4
7
9
5
10
3
7
5
15
10
102
14.0
.98
Respiratory Diseases . . .
70
65
49
36
31
18
27
30
47
33
22
39
467
64.3
5.35
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
6
2
1
5
2
. . .
4
1
1
4
1
. . .
27
3.7
22.22
Dropsy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
1
2
1
2
1
10
1.3
20.00
Scurvy . . .
6
5
5
4
1
6
4
. . .
1
10
6
5
53
7.3
7.55
Rheumatism . . .
52
44
37
31
19
32
30
36
36
36
28
40
421
58.0
. 7 7
Venereal Diseases . . .
24
23
11
21
15
19
18
11
25
17
16
19
219
30.2
Eye Diseases . . .
8
3
5
16
7
7
16
14
13
3
6
5
103
14.2
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
94
66
25
62
45
58
82
58
44
45
31
30
640
88.1
Wounds and Accidents . . .
60
65
58
68
51
50
46
45
61
59
62
29
654
90.1
All other Causes . . .
130
100
93
105
135
94
124
72
97
72
98
83
1,203
165.7
946
735
693
855
849
97
1,194
914
1,094
876
859
757
10,569
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
119.4
91.8
87.4
115.7
120.8
113.9
1 6 7 . 6
126.9
152.1
120.7
124
. 9
122.0
1 4 5 5 . 8
* For statement of Absent Deaths, see Regimental Table XVI, Section 1.