NATIVE TROOPS, 1871.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the BENGAL PRESIDENCY
during the Year 1871, 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 .
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 .
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
42,655 1,894
44.4 111 2.60 ... ... 11
6
...
6
7 ... 2 52 2
4 1 ...
6
...
5
9
February
42,680 1,619
37.9
56
1.31 ...
. . .
3 7 1
4
7 ... 1 25 2
2 ... 1 ... 1
2
. . .
March
49,389 1,486
35.1
65 1.53 ... ... 9
6
1
4
3 ... 3 17 1
4
. . .
... 2 1 11
3
April
37,283 1,385 37.1
37
.99
3 ... ... 2 1
1
3 2 3 10 ...
6
... ... 1 1
3
1
May
36,171 1,309
36.2
35
.97
1 ... 1 4 ...
3
2 ... ...
8 1
3 ...
. . .
1 1
6
4
June
36,420 1,234 33.9
24
.66
1 ... 2 6 ...
2
2 1 ...
4 ...
1 1 ... ... 1
2
1
July
30,831 1,332
36.2
23
.63
2 ... 1 ...
. . .
2
3 1 ...
3 1
1 ... ... 4 1
3
1
August
37,153 1,608
43.3
27
.73
2 ... 2 5 1
3
2 1 1
3 ...
2
. . .
. . . . . .
...
3
2
September
37,246 1,825
49.0
32
. 8 6 . . .
. . .
2
7
. . .
2
2 1 2
3 1
3 ... 1 1 1
4
2
October
38,964 1,935
49.7
4 4
1.13
1 ... 7 4 ...
7
4 1 4
6
...
6 ... 1 ... ...
2
1
November
42,080 2,000
47.5
62
1.47
6 ... 3 6 1
5
5 ... 1 16 ...
7
. . .
... 1 1
9
1
December
42,679 2,073
48.6
76
1.78 17 ... 5 5 ...
4 11 1 ... 18 ...
2 ...
. . .
3 2
1
7
33 ... 46 58 5 43 51 8 17 165 8 41 2 3 19 10 51 32
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
39,379 1,642
41.7
592 15.04
. 84 ... 2. 64
. 1 3
1 . 0 9 1.30 .20 .43 4.19 .20 1.04 . 05 .08 .48 .26 1.30 .81
Absent Deaths, 200. Ratio of 792 Deaths, 17.81 per 1,000 of the Total Regimental Strength.
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
S t r e n g t h .
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . .
...
...
3
2
2
4
2
1
5
12
20
51
1.3
64.71
S m a l l p o x 5
4
4
6
2
. . .
...
...
...
1
2
3
27
.7
. . .
Fever, Intermittent
1,627 1,015 1,010 1,319 1,941 1,415 1,715 2,802 2,798 3,738 2,627 2,173
24,180
614.0
. 1 9
” Remittent and
Continued
46
36
33
54
59
30
41
43
30
44
38
37
491*
12.5
11.81
A p o p l e x y 1
2 ...
1
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
...
8
.2
62.50
Dysentery
2 5 1
152
182
210
226
169
161
256
257
346 353
549
3,112
79.0
1 . 9 0
Diarrhœa
125
84
154 141
162
127
130
158
124
141
165 332
1,843
46.8
Hepatitis
4
5
4
5
11
7
5
5
7
8
5
2
68
1 . 7
11.77
Spleen Disease
7 7
26
34
24
28
23
33
50
47
47
41
26
456
11.6
3.73
Respiratory Diseases
438
232
195
121
125
66
71
99
102
176
186
340
2,151
54.6
7.67
Phthisis Pulmonalis
8
11
12
11
13
8
8
12
9
9
11
7
119
3.0
34.45
Dropsy
5
1
1
2
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
2
. . .
2
16
.4
12.50
Scurvy
18
9
14
12
28
12
6
7
3
14
6
6
135
3.4
2.22
Rheumatism
276
210
199
152
163
151
115
198
154 205
208
228
2,259
57.4
. 4 9
Venereal Diseases
118
92
96
87
97
85
89
88
66
114 125 129
1,186
30.1
Eye Diseases
4 8
50
61
95
139
115
120
125
84
83
50
57
1,027
26.1
Abscess and Ulcer
422
252
230
277
331
312
419
479
355
397
314
399
4,180
106.2
Wounds and Accidents
471
410
432
419
518
353
384 491
393
535
424
477
5,307
134.8
All other Causes
429
315
324
305 370
261
304
398
348
388
293
333
4,070
103.4
4,369 2,906 2,985 3,244 4,217 3,136 3,607 5,207 4,779 6,254 4,860 5,122
50,686
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
102.4 68.1
70.4 87.0 116.6 86.1 97.9 140.2 128.3 160.5 115.5 120.0
1 2 8 7 . 2
* In the Native Army, in 1871, one case of Fever was returned as Typhus, and one as Typhoid Fever.