GENERAL SUMMARY FOR 1875.
DETAIL of the CAUSES of the ADMISSIONS and DEATHS of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA, and of the NATIVE ARMY
and JAIL POPULATION of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS
AND DEATHS.
ADMITTED INTO HOSPITAL AND DIED IN AND OUT OF HOSPITAL.
ARMY OF BENGAL.
ARMY OF MADRAS.
ARMY OF BOMBAY. ARMY OF INDIA.
NATIVE ARMY
OF BENGAL.
JAIL POPULATION
OF BENGAL.
S t r e n g t h ... 37,814 Strength ... 11,253
S t r e n g t h ... 10,301
S t r e n g t h
... 59,368
S t r e n g t h
... 53,313
S t r e n g t h ... 71,414
Admitted
... 51,198 Admitted ... 12,063
A d m i t t e d ... 14,947
A d m i t t e d ... 78,208
A d m i t t e d ... 69,044
A d m i t t e d ... 67,181
Died
... 645 Died
... 164
D i e d ... 213
D i e d ... 1,022
D i e d ... 768
D i e d ... 2,403
Admitted.
Died. Admitted. Died.
A d m i t t e d . Died.
A d m i t t e d .
Died.
A d m i t t e d . Died.
A d m i t t e d . Died.
Smallpox
...
11
1
5
...
5
1
21
2
64
9
734
...
Measles
....
29
...
11
. . .
1
...
41
...
98
2
19
...
Dengue
...
43
...
...
...
...
43
...
...
...
...
...
Typhus Fever
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
7
2
Enteric Fever
...
106
59
23
7
42
18
171
84
11
4
14
5
Simple Continued Fever ...
4,856
16
1,313
2
1,032
4
7,251
22
171
4
2,069
48
Ague
...
12,568
...
802
. . .
4,288
1
17,658
1
33,215
69
25,367
128
Remittent Fever
...
1,106
28
38
2
321
8
1,465
33
533
58
946
111
Cholera
...
207
136
6
4
80
5 4
293
194
147
75
386
168
Diphtheria
...
2
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
2
. . .
. . . ...
4
2
Mumps
...
6
...
3
. . .
6
...
15
. . .
124
. . .
120
. . .
Hospital Gangrene
...
1
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
1
. . .
1
...
14
4
Erysipelas
...
116
3
5
...
16
4
137
7
22
2
112
12
Pyæmia
...
1
1
1
1
...
1
2
3
...
...
...
...
Rheumatism, Acute
...
435
...
46
...
140
. . .
621
. . .
383
...
4 3 8
4
, , M u s c u l a r
...
925
...
166
. . .
163
...
1, 254
. . .
1,052
...
414
3
, , C h r o n i c
...
827
...
129
. . .
157
...
1,113
...
...
1,122
2
278
3
Gout
...
8
. . .
1
. . .
3
...
12
...
7
...
. . .
. . .
Primary Syphilis
...
2,696
...
786
. . .
502
. . .
3,984
. . .
796
. . .
459
1
Secondary Syphilis
...
787
2
428
5
273
1
1,488
8
378
5
503
12
Cancer
...
3
2 4
. . .
3
2
10
4
3
2
11
3
True Leprosy
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
25
...
74
9
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
303
46
107
1 4
72
1 3
482
7 3
136
37
356
134
Other Scrofulous diseases ...
7
7
14
. . .
6
...
27
7
11
4
28
2
Diabetes
...
1
1
2
...
...
...
3
1
2
...
13
1
Purpura
...
7
3
3
...
2
1
12
4
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
Scurvy
...
2
1
...
. . .
3
. . .
5
1
102
4
260
8
Anæmia
...
121
...
30
...
53
. . .
204
...
97
13
201
19
General Dropsy
...
7
...
1
. . .
3
. . .
11
...
2
1
178
40
Encephalitis
...
20
12
8
3
13
7
41
22
5
2
7
4
Apoplexy, Sanguineous ...
14
9
4
1
4
2
22
12
14
4
20
15
Sunstroke
...
1 3 8
62
18
7
64
20
215
89
18
10
48
22
Myelitis
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
1
1
...
...
Paraplegia
...
3
...
. . . ...
2
...
5
. . .
7
2
9
1
Other forms of Paralysis ...
28
. . .
9
...
9
...
46
...
29
1
36
3
Tetanus
...
3
3
1
1
...
...
4
4
. . .
. . .
6
3
Hydrophobia
...
1
1
1
1
...
. . .
2
2
1
1
1
1
Epilepsy
...
132
1
13
1
24
1
169
3
18
...
92
7
Neuralgia
...
382
...
86
...
56
...
524
...
433
. . .
191
. . .
Mania
...
21
...
1
...
3
. . .
25
...
21
1
116
2
Melancholia
...
29
. . .
8
. . .
2
. . .
39
...
6
. .
3
. . .
Dementia
...
31
...
2
. .
7
. .
40
. . .
1
...
13
2
Conjunctivitis
...
667
...
143
...
224
...
1,034
. . .
1,638
...
705
. . .
Iritis
...
23
...
2
...
11
...
36
...
15
...
24
1
Other diseases of the Eye ...
74
...
13
...
36
...
123
...
154
...
84
. . .
Diseases of external Ear and
242
. . .
66
...
77
...
385
...
311
. . .
164
1
Membrana Tympani ...
Organic disease of internal
4
...
. . . ...
...
. . .
4
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
Ear
...
Other diseases of the Ear ...
30
. . .
8
.. .
16
...
54
...
24
...
1
. . .
Oz œna
...
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
8
. . .
. . .
. . .
9
...
Epistaxis
...
15
...
...
...
4
...
19
...
12
. . .
38
1
Pericarditis
...
10
1
2
...
2
. . .
14
1
4
1
8
6
Valve Disease of the Heart
...
176
7
43
5
35
4
254
16
9
3
19
13
Fibrinous concretions in the
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
1
4
. . .
...
Heart
...
Fatty Degeneration of the
3
3
1
3
...
1
4
7
1
1
3
3
Heart
...
Other diseases of the Heart
589
2
161
1
126
...
876
3
13
3
7
1
Embolism
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
2
2
Aneurism
...
40
18
23
13
4
4
67
35
4
1
3
1
Phlebitis
...
2
1
...
...
1
. . .
3
1
1
. . .
6
. . .
Phlegmasia dolens
...
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
...
Varicose veins
...
38
4
. . .
14
...
56
. . .
14
...
1
. . .
Inflammation of Inguinal
Glands
...
539
. . .
268
...
236
...
1,043
...
234
...
141
. . .
Inflammation of Absorbent
Glands not named
...
41
...
9
...
14
...
64
...
18
...
40
1
Goitre
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
91
. . .
3
...
Addison's disease
...
1
1
. . ....
. . .
. . .
1
1
...
...
. . .
...
Laryngitis
...
36
. . .
. . .
...
5
1
41
1
26
...
12
2
Bronchitis
...
1,951
2
393
1
411
2
2,755
5
1,901
20
1,252
55
Asthma
...
20
1
14
...
21
...
55
1
107
...
249
15
Pneumonia
...
215
28
14
...
35
6
264
34
745
214
809
272
Pleurisy
...
73
4
16
1
25
...
114
5
191
11
268
11
Stomatiti s
...
28
. . .
5
1
10
1
43
2
64
1
136
3
Caries of Teeth
...
65
. . .
39
...
34
...
138
...
184
...
139
...
Sorethroat
...
106
1
20
...
12
...
138
1
66
...
55
...
Tonsillitis
...
659
2
60
. . .
211
...
930
2
141
...
81
1
Gastritis
...
7
...
3
...
5
15
...
15
1
32
1
Dyspepsia
...
1,417
. . .
764
...
511
...
2,692
...
625
...
517
...
Enteritis
...
6
3
3
. . .
5
1
14
4
11
3
15
5
Dysentery
...
1,031
26
753
16
338
9
2,122
51
3,704
44
6,837
637
Ulceration of Intestines ...
4
. . .
1
1
...
...
5
1
2
2
4
2
Obstruction of Intestines ...
3
3
...
. . .
1
...
4
3
5
5
5
4
Hernia
...
59
...
12
...
6
. . .
77
...
19
...
16
...
Ascaris
...
2
...
2
. . .
...
...
4
. .
9
. . .
18
. . .
Tænia Solium
...
144
. . .
64
...
38
...
246
...
10
...
15
1
Diarrhœa
...
2,298
3
577
1
733
1
3,608
8
1,915
37
6,464
247
Colic
. . .
222
...
59
...
106
...
387
...
988
...
1,142
5
Fistula in Ano
...
27
. . .
10
...
8
...
45
20
...
40
. . .
Hæ morrhoids
. . .
330
. . .
85
...
66
...
481
...
111
...
274
2
Hepatitis
...
1,300
55
727
35
421
18
2,448
103
73
5
56
7
Simple enlargement of Liver
147
. . .
58
. . .
18
...
223
...
23
...
3
1
Cirrhosis of Liver
...
8
7
3
2
1
1
12
10
...
. . .
2
2
Fatty Liver
...
3
2
...
. . .
...
...
3
2
. . .
. . .
1
1
Lardaceous Liver
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
...
1
1
. . . ...
...
...
1875.
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