NATIVE TROOPS, 1873.
IX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS of the REGULAR ARMY and of the PUNJAB
FRONTIER FORCE serving TRANS-INDUS during the Year 1873, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of
the Year.
(This Table contains the entire of the figures shown in the statement for the Punjab Frontier Force, with the exception of the Statistics of Abbottabad, as well as the
Statistics of the Regiments of the Regular Native Army serving beyond the Indus already incorporated in the general Statement for the Punjab.)
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 , 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 .
At r ophy and Anæmi 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 . . .
14,333
614
42.8
37
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
4
. . .
1
3
. . . 3
17
2
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
14,361
559
38.9
25
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
6
. . .
. . . . . .
1
1
1 5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
February . . .
14,092
540
38.3
10
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
3
. . .
March . . .
12,611
364
28.9
20
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
2
4
. . .
. . ..1.
. . .
. . .
7
. . . 2
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
1
. . .
April . . .
11,345
291
25.7
9
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
3
. . .
May . . .
June . . .
11,657
332
28.5
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
July . . .
12,062
345
28.6
18
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
5
3
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
11,996
456
38.0
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1 1
1
1
August . . .
12,081
692
57.3
15
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
1
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
2
1
September . . .
11,956
1,108
92.7
14
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
3
October . . .
13,155
1,204
91.5
24
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
6
5
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
6
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
2
1
November . . .
13,821
917
66.4
28
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
5
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
15
. . . 2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
December . . .
. . .
1
4 14
44 5
6
6
1
4
71
7
6
1
. . . 6
1
26
6
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year. . .
12,789
619
48.4
209
16.35
. . .
. 0 8
4.85
.39
.47 .47 .08 .31 5.55 .55 .47 .08
. . . .47 .08
2.03
.47
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.
Dengue . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
.1
. . .
Smallpox . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
.2
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
2
8
.6
50.00
Fever, Intermittent . . .
624
425
369
467
422
466
473
7 5 7
2,519
3,210
2,041
1,224
13,000
1016.5
. 1 1
" Remittent and
Continued . . .
17
30
26
20
17
13
20
9
22
30
32
41
277
21.7
15.88
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
3
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
.5
71.43
Dysentery . . .
95
51
47
4 9
27
51
39
90
178
116
110
101
954
74.6 .83
Diarrhœa . . .
66
28
26
54
23
29
65
56
54
36
25
34
496
38.8
Hepatitis . . .
. . .
2
4
1
. . .
4
4
2
4
2
. . .
1
24
1.9
4.17
Spleen Disease . . .
38
22
11
12
5
12
9
14
26
20
26
24
219
17.1
1.82
Respiratory Diseases . . .
166
127
135
81
27
36
22
34
36
52
78
200
994
77.7
7.14
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
5
. . .
1
5
1
1
. . .
3
. . .
2
2
. . .
20
1.6
30.00
Dropsy . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
.1
. . .
Scurvy. . .
3
2
1
9
4
2
2
3
5
5
6
7
49
3.8
. . .
Rheumatism . . .
92
90
60
57
31
46
57
40
62
56
62
92
745
58.3
.67
Venereal Diseases . . .
22
15
22
19
23
25
31
18
27
15
22
24
263
20.6
Eye Diseases . . .
9
16
15
38
25
37
37
40
54
34
28
23
356
27.8
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
152
89
75
87
121
116
213
228
148
104
150
132
1,615
126.3
Wounds and Accidents . . .
142
110
93
129
104
101
145
139
142
126
159
151
1,541
120.5
All other Causes . . .
136
136
119
124
109
121
154
116
136
88
131
112
1,482
115.9
1,568
1,144
1,004
1,155
941
1,061
1,275
1,550
3,415
3,896
2,879
2,168
22,056
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
109.4
79.7
71.2
91.6
83.0
91.0 105.7
129.2
282.7
325.9
218.9
156.9
1724.6