NATIVE TROOPS, 1876.
VII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS composing the CENTRAL INDIA IRREGULAR
FORCE during the Year 1876, 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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
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
4,695 130 27.7 6
1
3
2
February
4,578 129 28.2 5
2
1
1
1
March
4,681 117 25.0
6
1
3
1
1
April
4,339 125 28.8 4
1
1
1
1
May
4,163 112 26.9 5
1
3
1
June
4 , 4 2 9 100 22.6
July
4 , 4 3 1 126 28.4 1
1
August
4,647 141 30.3 1
1
September
4,623 156 33.7 2
1
1
October
4,459 155 34.8 3
1
1
1
November
4 , 5 9 7 181 39.4
6
3
2
1
December
4 , 6 7 1 140 30.0 1
1
1
5 1 1 3 2
15
2
3
7
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
4,526 134 29.6 40 8.84 . 2 2 . 1 . 3 3
.22 .66
. 4 4
3.32
. 44
.66
1.55
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
1
1
.2
Smallpox
2
1
1
1
5
1.1
Enteric Fever
Fever, Intermittent
78 79 62 67 86 35 54 79 151 253 239 125
1,313
290.1 .38
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
7
7
5 11 14 2
1
1
3
1
1
53
11.7 1. 89
Apoplexy
4
4
.9 25. 00
Dysentery
11
1 0 18
6
9
5
9
3 4
1 3
1 3
1 5
6
149
32.9
2 . 0 9
Diarrhœa 6
6
3
2
3 10
9 20
9
8
7
7
90
19.9
Hepatitis
1
1
1
3
.7
Spl een Di sease
3
1
3
2
1
1
1
5
6
23
5.1
Respi ratory Di seases
25 29 39 13 14
4 8 10
4 10 21 17
194
42.9 7.73
Phthisis Pulmonalis
1
1
2 1
1
6
1.3 33. 33
Dropsy
1
1
2
. 4
Scurvy
1
1
2
. 4
Rheumatism
18 24 21
9 22 13 14 25 19 24 26 21
236
52.2
.48
Venereal Di seases
13 10
3
6 10 12
6
7
7 14 12
6
106
23.4
Eye Di seases
14 22 12 20 32 23 17 46 39 31 24 18
298
65.8
Abscess and Ul cer
28 34 30 24 22 32 44 47 29 38 21 48
397
87.7
Wounds and Accidents
47 36 25 24 23 16 27 41 29 33 29 31
361
79.8
All other Causes
28 66 35 42 65 51 66 77 50 72 87 43
682
150.7
281 326 259 226 308 203 258 388 353 511 483 329
3,925
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
59.8 71.2 55.3 52.1 74.0 45.8 58.2 83.5 76.4 114.6 105.1 70.4
8 6 7 . 2
The Total Strength of the Corps of the Central India Force was 5,686, and out of this Strength the Deaths were 53, which gives a ratio of 9.32 per 1,000.
T h e G a i n a n d L o s s S t a t e m e n t f o r t h e y e a r i s a s u n d e r : —
S t r e n g t h b o r n e o n t h e r o l l s a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e y e a r
5 , 6 9 2
A d d i t i o n s r e c e i v e d d u r i n g t h e y e a r
337
TOTAL
6 , 0 2 9
Deaths at head-quarters and in detachments 40; on furlough 13; invalided for discharge 103; otherwise discharged 185
341
R e m a i n i n g o n t h e r o l l s o f t h e R e g i m e n t s o n 3 1 s t D e c e m b e r
5 , 6 8 8
1876.
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