NATIVE TROOPS, 1874.
VIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS composing the PUNJAB IRREGULAR FORCE
during the Year 1874, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
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 s , 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 . . . 11,236 557 49.6
1 4 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1
. . . . . .
1 . . .. . .
9 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
. . .
February . . .
11,177 505 45.2
13
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
. . . 2
. . .
. . .. . .
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 . . .
March. . . 10,903 378 34.7
9
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 . . . . . .
. . .
. . .. . . 4 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 . . .
April . . .
9,904 228 23 0
4
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .1
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
May . . .
8,908 230 25.8
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
. . . . . . . . .
1 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 2
June . . .
8,892 241
2 7 . 1
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 . . .
July . . .
9,123 277 30.4
5
. . .
. . . . . . 1 . . . 1
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
August . . .
9,066 392 43.3
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 . . .
September . . .
9,101 594
6 5 . 3
5
. . .
. . .
. . .1 . . . 1 . . . . . .
. . .
. . .. . .
1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
October . . .
9,167 800 87.3
1
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .. . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
. . .. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
November . . . 9, 196 748 75.6
17
. . .
. . .
2 . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 2 10 . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
December . . .
10,937 643 58.8 40
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
4
. . . 1
1 . . . . . . 29 1 . . . . . .
. . . 1 . . . 2 1
. . . 2 2 1 14
. . . 5 2 . . . 2 62 2 7 1 1 1
. . . 15 4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 9,859 466 47.3 121 12.28 . . . .20
1 . 7 3
. . . .51 .20
. . .
.20 6.30
. 2 0
.71 .10 .10 .10 . . .
1 . 5 2
. 4 1
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH. Total
Admitted
during
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.
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Smallpox . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
2
4
.4
50.00
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
.2
. . .
Fever, Intermittent . . . 481 332 -403 237 259 343 381 882 2,106 2,130 1,435 1,001
9,990
1013.3
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued . . . 13
10
8
1
4
3
. . . 3
6
12
18 16
94
9.5 14. 89
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. 1
. . .
Dysentery . . .
43
41
15
23
25
37
29
43
99 67
72
60
554
56.2 . 7 9
Diarrhœa . . .
2 5 24 23
21
27
22
37
29
31
19
31
42
331
33.6
Hepatitis . . .
3
2
. . .
2
2
1
6
2
2
1
5
4
30
3.1
. . .
Spleen Disease . . .
11
9
1 0
12
6
5
5
8
15
13
21
38
153
15 5
1.31
Respiratory Diseases . . .
160 107 107
23
32 18
31
16 20
29
70 177
790
80.1
7 . 8 5
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
4
3
2
1
4
2
4
. . . 2
3
. . .
5
30
3.1
23.33
Dropsy . . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1 . . .
2
2
. . .
6
.6
16. 67
Scurvy . . .
4.
3
5
2
5
1
4
4
4
4
5
1
42
4.2
2. 38
Rheumatism . . .
7 1 88
55
31
31
40
38
41
44
29
49
99
616
62.5
.37
Venereal Diseases . . . 14
21
16
5
21
18
20
15
12
12
13
21
188
19.1
Eye Diseases . . .
8 12
15
11
12
29
32
28
28
22
18
10
234
23.7
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
102 89
60
55
72 101 205 147 126
82
1 0 0 127
1,266
128.4
Wounds and Accidents . . . 123
99
85
86
97 109 156 132 107 100 134 180
1,408
142.8
All other Causes . . .
81 115 110
83
92
81 100
8 8 112
62
74 144
1,142
115.8
1,143 955 915 593 689 812 1,049 1,439 2,714 2,588 2,048 1,936
16,881
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
101.7 85.4 83.9 60.0 77.4 91.3 115 0 158.7 298.2 282.3 2 0 6 . 9
177.0
1 7 1 2 . 2
C a l c u l a t e d o n a s t r e n g t h o f 1 2 , 2 2 8 , t h e t o t a l s t r e n g t h a b s e n t a s w e l l a s p r e s e n t , t h e d e a t h - r a t e o f t h e y e a r i s 1 3 ' 6 6 p e r 1 , 0 0 0 - t h e e q u i v a l e n t o f 1 6 7 d e a t h s .
T h e Ga i n a n d L o s s S t a t e me n t f o r t h e F r o n t i e r F o r c e f u r t h e y e a r i s a s u n d e r : —
Strength borne on the Regimental rolls on 1st January 1874 . . .
12, 244
Additions received during the year . . .
1,526
TOTAL . . . 13,770
Deaths at Head-quarters and in Detachments 121; died while on furlough and sick leave 46; invalided for discharge 470;
transfers given 35; discharged otherwise 788 . . .
1, 460
Remaining on the rolls at the close of 1874 . . .
12,310