NATIVE TROOPS, 1874.
X.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the
various PROVINCES of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY for the Year 1874.
RATIOS PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Bengal Proper
and Assam. Gangetic
Provinces Rohilcund
and Meerut. Agra and
Central India.
P u n j a b .
R e g u l a r
N a t i v e A r m y .
P u n j a b F r o n t i e r
F o r c e .
Central India
Force.
I. —AVERAGE DAILY SICK-RATE OF
E A C H M O N T H .
January
4 0 . 2
35.0
2 6 . 7
4 3 . 4
3 5 . 9
3 5 . 6
49.6
34.3
February
4 2 . 6
33.8
2 4 . 7
4 3 . 0
3 2 . 9
3 4 . 9
45. 2
31.3
March
4 4 . 2
34.3
2 4 . 2
3 9 . 2
2 9 . 4
3 3 . 0
34.7
26.9
April
5 1 . 5 34.6
2 4 . 4
3 2 . 9
2 5 . 8
3 3 . 0
2 3 . 0
25.9
May
5 9 . 2
32.3
2 9 . 3
3 3 . 8
2 5 . 3
3 5 . 0
2 5 . 8
24.1
June
6 2 . 2
27.9
2 8 . 3
3 2 . 2
2 9 . 8
3 7 . 0
27.1
24.4
July
6 6 . 7
31.9
2 8 . 7
3 7 . 8
3 1 . 0
39. 8
30. 4
27.4
August
6 6 . 0
39.6
4 7 . 1
4 0 . 1
3 7 . 7
4 6 . 2
43. 2
29.6
September
6 1 . 0
39.4
6 4 . 9
4 8 . 9
4 8 . 6
51. 4
6 5 . 3
35.5
October
5 8 . 2
39.3
5 4 . 5
6 0 . 9
6 2 . 9
56. 9
8 7 . 3
42.5
November
59. 5
36.9
3 5 . 2
5 3 . 4
5 7 . 8
5 0 . 6
75. 6
33.4
December
5 7 . 1
35.2
3 0 . 8
52. 4
4 7 . 6
4 5 . 2
58. 8
37.3
AVERAGE OF THE YEAR
5 5 . 5
35.1
3 4 . 3
4 3 . 2
3 9 . 1
4 1 . 4
4 7 . 3
31.2
II.—COMPOSITION OF THE ADMISSION-RATE
OF THE YEAR.
Cholera
6 . 9
.2
.3
.1
1 . 5
Intermittent Fever
688. 6
323. 1
531. 7
671. 0
768. 3
631. 7
1013. 3
3 2 9 . 8
Remittent and Continued Fevers
2 0 . 7
3 . 3
1 6 . 1
6 . 3
1 1 . 8
1 2 . 1
9 . 5
21.7
Apoplexy
.2
.5
.1
.2
.1
. 2
Dysentery
135. 0
3 8 . 1
3 7 . 9
3 6 . 6
4 8 . 4
6 1 . 1
56. 2
24.3
Diarrhœa
8 1 . 3
2 2 . 8
1 6 . 1
1 5 . 9
2 5 . 1
3 5 . 0
33. 6
21.7
Hepatitis
2 . 2
1 . 7
3 . 0
1 . 8
2 . 1
2 . 1
3 . 1
1.7
S p l e e n D i s e a s e
1 9 . 8
5 . 4
1 8 . 2
8 . 7
1 0 . 2
1 1 . 9
1 5 . 5
6.0
Respiratory Diseases
5 6 . 4
3 2 . 7
4 5 . 4
3 5 . 0
64. 8
5 2 . 0
8 0 . 1
39.5
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2 . 6
1 . 7
2. 1
2 . 4
1 . 4
1 . 9
3 . 1
1.4
Scurvy
4 . 5
.7
.3
2 . 0
1 . 8
4 . 2
. 2
Rheumatism
6 8 . 9
4 4 . 9
4 6 . 5
60. 9
60. 3
5 7 . 6
6 2 . 5
5 4 . 1
Venereal Diseases
3 3 . 2
7 6 . 1
4 9 . 2
5 3 . 2
2 5 . 8
4 3 . 5
1 9 . 1
24.5
Eye Diseases
1 4 . 2
2 7 . 7
3 1 . 7
23.4
2 8 . 9
2 5 . 2
2 3 . 7
72.5
Abscess and Ulcer
8 7 . 5
92.3
8 3 . 5
117. 7
9 3 . 0
9 3 . 7
128. 4
82.7
Wounds and Accidents
129. 4
135. 6
116. 0
131. 2
126. 6
129. 5
142. 8
107.2
All other Causes
179. 2
7 5 . 0
9 3 . 1
7 4 . 5
9 3 . 7
105. 7
117. 0
99.6
ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR 1530. 4
880. 6
1091. 4
1239. 7
1362. 6
1266. 5
1712. 2
887.1
III. —COMPOSITION OF THE DEATH-RATE
OF THE YEAR.
Cholera
4 . 7 4
.26
.07
1 . 1 1
Fevers
3 . 1 6
.79
2 . 3 5
2 . 3 8
2 . 2 1
2 . 1 9
1 . 7 3
2.14
Apoplexy
.13
.43
.26
.07
.13
. 2 4
Dysentery
2 . 5 0
.16
.86
.26
.32
.80
.51
. 4 8
Diarrhœa
2 . 3 7
.43
.26
.19
.64
.20
Hepatitis
.13
.16
.43
.26
.07
.15
. 7 1
Spleen Disease
.40
.08
.20
Respiratory Diseases
.66
1 . 2 5
2 . 1 4
1.85
3 . 5 7
2 . 3 2
6 . 3 0
2.62
Heart Diseases
.13
. 2 5
.15
.20
. 2 4
Phthisis Pulmonalis
1.19
.79
.43
.80
.45
.67
.71
. 4 8
Atrophy and Anæmia
1.45
.47
.43
.80
. 2 5
.64
.10
. 2 4
All other Causes
1 . 8 4
1.42
1 . 0 7
.52
1.18
1 . 3 3
1 . 9 2
1.90
Wounds and Accidents
.31
.21
.26
.13
.21
. 2 4
Deaths out of Hospital
. 4 0
.16
.52
.78
.52
.41
. 4 8
DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR
19. 10
5 . 5 1
8 . 7 8
8. 43
9. 54
10. 94
12. 28
9.77
" INCLUDING ABSENT DEATHS
23. 97
8 . 9 8
9 . 0 9
13. 28
12. 23
13. 50
13. 66
9.18
DIED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED.
IV. —MORTALITY RELATIVE TO THE
NUMBER TREATED.
Cholera
69. 23
72. 88
Intermittent Fever
.23
.10
.16
.24
.17
.19
. 3 0
Remittent and Continued Fevers
4 . 4 6
14. 29
9 . 3 3
12. 50
7. 70
7. 04
14. 89
5.49
Apoplexy
50. 00
83. 33
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
2 . 2 5
.26
2. 38
1. 00
.71
1.50
. 7 9
1.04
Hepatitis
5 . 8 8
9 . 0 9
14. 29
14. 29
3. 12
7 . 4 1
42.86
Spleen Disease
2 . 0 0
.65
1.31
Respiratory Diseases
1.17
3 . 8 5
4. 72
5. 26
5. 51
4. 45
7 . 8 5
6.62
Phthisis Pulmonalis
45.00
45. 45
20. 00
33. 33
36. 36
35. 62
23. 33 33.33
Scurvy
2 . 3 8