NATIVE TROOPS, 1871.
VIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS composing the PUNJAB IRREGULAR FORCE
during the Year 1871, 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 .
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 .
Sc 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
11,349 752
66.3
43 ...
...
. . . 5
5 . . .
2
2
. . . . . .
2 5
...
2
. . .
...
. . .
1
1
...
February
11,312
583
51.5
20 ...
... ...
. . . 2 ... ... ...
. . . . . . 13 1
. . . 1 ... 2 ...
1 ...
March
10,968 440
4 0 . 1
20
. . . ...
. . . 1 3
. . . 3 ... 1 1
8 1
1
. . .
...
. . .
...
1 ...
April
10,283
335
32.6
16 ...
... 1 2 3 1
2 ...
. . . . . .
6 ... ...
. . . ...
1 ...
. . . ...
May
9,299 353
38.0
7
. . . ... ...
. . . 3 . . . 2 ...
. . . . . . ... ... ...
. . .
...
1 ...
1 ...
June
9,350 382
40.9
11 ...
...
. . . 2 5 1
1 ...
. . . . . . ... ...
1
. . .
... ... ...
1 ...
July
9,343
377
40.4
8
. . . ... ...
. . . 2 2
1 1
. . . . . .
... ... ...
... ...
. . . ...
1
. . .
August
9,268
439
47.4
8
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . ...
. . . . . .
1
1 ...
. . .
...
. . .
...
2
3
September
9,424
461
4 8 . 9
3
. . . ... ... ... 1 ...
1
. . .
. . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ...
Oct ober 9,401
534 56.8
4
. . . ...
. . . 1 . . . . . .
1 ...
. . . . . .
... ...
1
. . .
1
. . .
...
. . .
...
November
10,646
6 6 8
6 2 . 8
1 6
. . .
...
1 1 5 ...
1 ... ... ... 5
...
...
. . . ... ... ...
3 ...
December
11,190
6 6 3 59.3
25 ...
...
. . . 2 6
. . .
1 ... ... ... 13 ...
1
. . .
... 1 ...
1
. . .
1 2 14 35 4 15
3
1 1 72 3
6
1 1
5 1 13
3
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
10,153
4 9 9 49.1
181 17.83
. 1 0 .20
4.82 .39 1.47
. 30 .10 .10 7.09 .30
. 5 9 1 0 .
.10 .49 .10 1.28
. 3 0
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted during
the Year. Admi t t e d pe r 1, 000 of St r e ngt h.
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . .
...
...
...
1
. . .
...
1
1
. . .
...
...
3
.3
33. 33
Smallpox
...
1
1
2
1
1
1
. . . ...
...
1
1
9
.9
22. 22
Fever, Intermittent
803
406
391
332
578
453
466
695
702 1,472 1,286 742
8,326
820.0
.17
" Remittent and
Continued
29
12
11
17
24
11
6
9
8
32
1 8
23
200
19.7
17. 50
Apoplexy
...
. . .
...
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
2 ...
...
...
5
.5
80. 00
Dysentery
70
28
43
43
49
73
57
106
107
1 0 6
74
132
888
8 7 . 4
1 . 2 4
Diarrhœa
40
16
34
27
43
57
52
49
55
45
62
79
559
55.0
Hepatitis
2
. . .
1
1
2
. . .
1
. . .
3 ...
1
1
12
1.2
8. 33
Spleen Disease
14
10
5
18
18
12
6
9
10
13
24
16
155
15.3
.65
Respiratory Diseases
272
104
68
40
18
22
11
25
13
36
46
80
735
72.4
9. 80
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
. . .
2
. . .
1
2
1
1
2
2
. . .
5
18
1.8
33. 33
Dropsy
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
2
.2
50. 00
Scurvy
. . .
2
1
1 ...
1
1
1
2
3
4
1
17
1.7
5. 88
R h e u m a t i s m
89
42
48
33
36
37
36
40
39
37
62
64
563
55.5 . 3 9
Venereal Diseases
29
24
25
26
30
21
18
27
19
21
16
21
277
27.3
Eye Diseases
14
10
15
24
34
25
20
27
27
33
18
14
261
25.7
Abscess and Ulcer
200
80
78
71
138
143
209
278
136
132
131
156
1,752
172.5
Wounds and Accidents
144
80
109
117
143
92
111
167
111
163
149
164
1,550
152.7
All other Causes
121
68
92
101
112
104
8 8 105
90
102
109
108
1,200
118.2
1,830
8 8 4 924 854 1,228 1,055 1,085 1,540 1,327 2,197 2,001 1,607
16,532
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
161.3 78.1
84.2 83.1 132.1 112.8 116.1 166.2 140.8 233.7 187.9 143.6
1628.3
Calculated on a Strength of 12,300, which approximately represents the Total Strength, absent as well as present, the Death-rate of the year is 20.90 per 1,000—the
equivalent of 257 deaths.
The Gain and Loss Statement for the Frontier Force for the Year is as under:—
Strength borne on the Regimental Rolls on 1st January 1871
12,239
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
1,603
TOTAL
13,842
Deaths at Head-quarters and in Detachments 181; died while on Furlough and Sick Leave 76 ; Invalided for
Discharge 260; Transfers given 33; Discharged otherwise 943 1,493
R e m a i n i n g o n t h e R o l l s a t t h e c l o s e o f 1 8 7 1
12,349