NATIVE TROOPS, 1874.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the BENGAL PRESIDENCY
during the Year 1874, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of' the Year.
(This Statement is for the Regular Native Army only, and for men present from month to month with their Regiments,—(See introductory note).
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 .
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 . . .
42,880
1,525
35.6
45
1.05
1
1
. . .
5
2
. . .
2
3
1
. . .
18
1
2
1 . . .
3
. . .
4
1
February . . . 42,796
1,493
34.9
33
.77
. . .
. . .
1
3
6
. . .
3
2
. . .
1
10 . . .
1 . . . . . .
1
1
3
1
March . . . 42,452
1,402
33.0
43
1.01
9
. . .
1
6
1
1
. . .
2
1
. . .
7 . . .
2
1 . . .
4
1
6
1
April . . . 37,665
1,243
3 3 . 0
43
1.14
8
5
. . . 3
3
. . . . . .
4
. . .
. . .
4
2
2 . . . . . .
4
1
3
4
May . . . 35,510
1,242
35.0
43
1.21
16
4
. . . 1
3
1
1
2
. . .
. . .
5 . . .
2
1 . . .
3
1
1
2
June . . . 35,332
1,307
37.0
20
.57
2
2
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
3
1
2
. . .. . .
1
. . .
2
2
July . . . 36,071
1,434
39.8
31
.86
1
. . .
. . .
5
1
. . .
4
1
1
1
5
1
2
. . .. . .
. . .
1
4
4
August . . . 36,438
1,683
46.2
22
.60
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
2
1
4 1
1
. . .
2
. . .
4
1 . . .
1
. . .
1 . . .
September . . .
36,735
1,887
51.4
35
.95
1
. . . 3
6
3
. . .
5
2
2
1
4
. . .
1
. . .. . .
2
. . .
3
2
October . . . 37,906
2,146
56.9
26
.69
3
. . .
. . . 5
2
. . .
3
2
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
3
. . .. . .
. . .
2
3
1
November . . . 40,699
2,060
50.6
2 4
.59
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
4
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
6 . . .
1
. . . . . .
1
1
3
1
December . . . 41,732
1,886
45.2
60
1.44
2
. . .
. . .
5
5
. . .
8
2
. . .
. . .
24
1
4
. . .. . .
5
. . .
3
1
4 3
12
5 47
33
5
3 1 25
6
3
90
6
26
4
. . .
2 5
8
36
2 0
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 38,851
1,609
4 1 . 4
425
10.94 1.11
. 3 1
2.1
9
.13
. 8 0
. 6 4
. 1 5
. 0 8
2.3
2
.15 .67 .10
. . . .64.21 .92 .52
Absent deaths 175. Ratio of 600 deaths, 13.50 per 1,000 of the total regimental strength.
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.
C h o l e r a . . .
. . .
. . .
1 1
14
22
3
4
. . .
1
3
. . .
1
59
1.5
72.88
Smallpox . . .
7
2
15
13
6
3
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
50
1.3
24.00
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
2
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
11
.3
45.45
Fever, Intermittent . . .
1,112
806
1,068
1,076
1,208
1,356
2,013
2,626
4,132
4,111
2,877
2,159
24,544
631.7
.19
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued . . .
35
31
32
33
55
39
41
31
61
56
30
25
469
12.1
7.04
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
.2
83.33
Dysentery . . .
154
107
161
179
217
173
191
218
236
211
223
3 0 4
2,374
61.1
1 . 5 0
Diarrhœa . . .
85
53
115
137
150
113
149
119
122
81
91
146
1,361
35.0
H e p a t i t i s . . .
9
3
8
3
7
12
13
3
6
5
6
6
81
2.1
7.41
Spleen Disease . . .
20
20
32
18
27
35
34
30
58
54
52
81
461
11.9
65
Respiratory Diseases . . .
280
234
245
127
92
89
142
80
108
110
177
336
2,020
52.0
4.45
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
3
4
6
6
5
2
8
12
5
8
11
3
73
1.9
35.62
Dropsy . . .
1
2
1
. . .
2
1
. . .
3
2
1
. . .
3
16
.4
25.00
Scurvy . . .
6
8
3
3
7
3
8
3
5
4
13
7
70
1.8
. . .
Rheumatism . . .
294
251
217
123
125
129
176
161
150
164
176
273
2,239
57.6 . 4 3
Venereal Diseases . . .
139
120
170
118
124
128
198
128
155
108
139
162
1,689
43.5
Eye Diseases . . .
47
34
55
61
91
1 0 0
144
116
98
81
75
79
981
2 5 . 2
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
256
243
214
192
212
279
461
392
396
279
330
387
3,641
93.7
Wounds and Accidents . . .
463
340
4 1 0
330
357
378
460
356
440
419
511
567
5,031
129.5
All other Causes . . .
313
247
346
300
280
293
410
368
397
336
361
380
4,031
103.7
3,224
2,507
3,112
2,736
2,988
3,137
4,453
4,649
6,376
6,032
5,072
4,921
49,207
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
75.2
58.6
73.3
72.7
84.1
88.8
123.4
127.6
173.6
159.1
124.6
117.9
1266.5
1874.
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