NATIVE TROOPS, 1872.
VIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS composing the PUNJAB IRREGULAR FORCE
during the Year 1872, 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 .
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 .
F e v e r , 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 . . . 11,095 617 55.6 26
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1
8 . . . . . .
2 1
1 . . . 10
. . . 1 . . .
. . . . . . . . . 2 . . .
February . . . 11,134
5 8 9 52.9 22
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 . . .
March . . . 10,686
4 2 4 39.7
7 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
. . . . . .
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . .
April . . . 9,693 277 28.6
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 1
May . . .
8,964 298 33.2
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
June . . . 9,142 322 35.2
8 . . . 1 . . . 1 3 1 . . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
Jul y . . .
9,286 367 39.5
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
August . . .
9,340 480 51.4 30
. . .
2 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
September . . . 9,510 652 68.6 42
. . . 33 . . . . . . 2
. . . . . . 1 2 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
October . . .
9,466 794 83.9
9 . . .
. . . . . . 1 . . .
. . . . . . 2 4 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . .
November . . . 10,689 798 74.7 15
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 . . . . . . 1
1
. . . . . .
6 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . .
December . . . 11,257 695 61.7 36
. . . 1 1 . . . 1 6 . . . . . . 5
1
. . . 2
1 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
. . . . . .
62 1 2 7 34 . . . 6 15 5 1 2 55 . . . 4 . . . . . . 2 3 10 3
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 10,022 526 52.5 212 21.16 6.18 .10
4. 29
.60 1.50 .50 . 1 0 .20 5.49 . . . 40 . . . . . . .20 .30 1.00 .30
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
T o t a l
Admitted d u r i n g
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
S t r e n g t h .
Died out
of each
hundred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . . 44
47
1
. . . . . .
93
9.3
66.67
Smallpox . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
2
3
7
.7
14.29
Dengue . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Enteric Fever . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
2
.2
. . .
Fever, Intermittent . . . 616 462 271 305 285 368 451 836 1,601 2,872 1,700 989
10,756 1,073.2
.07
" Remittent and
Continued . . . 53
41
16
10
5
8
10
2
5
11
16
25
202
20.2
16.83
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
4
.4
100.00
Dysentery . . .
76
37
37
48
51
35
77 104 106 121
89
86
867
86.5
1 . 2 6
Diarrhœa . . .
58
33
26
50
47
53
74
85 133
62
47
55
723
72.2
Hepatitis . . .
3
1
2 . . .
2
3
1
. . . 3
6 . . .
2
23
2.3
4.35
Spleen Disease . . .
20
15
8
7
7
2
6
6 10
27
39
58
205
20.4
.97
Respiratory Diseases . . . 162 120
54
67
61
20
25
22
13
18
60 137
759
75.7
7.25
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
2
5
2 . . .
4
2
1
1
1
. . .
3
1
22
2.2
18.18
Dropsy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. 1
. . .
Scurvy . . .
2
2
5
10
2
1
2
2
1
5
1
2
35
3.5
. . .
Rheumatism . . . 96
89 64 46
32
46
54 44 48 52
69
79
719
71.7 . 28
Venereal Diseases . . .
16 19
7
13
24
16
22
13
16
17
19
13
195
19.5
Eye Diseases. . .
1 0 17
12
22
31
21
35
24 35
32 18
14
271
27.0
Abscess and Ulcer . . . 145
97
66
89
87 105 226 166 121 128 122 116
1,468
146.5
Wounds and Accidents . . . 125 119
89 133
93 102 122 103 103 108 113 154
1,364
136.1
All other Causes . . . 108 108
88 109
91 128 155 108 129 103
90 110
1,327
132.4
1,492 1,166 747 909 822 914 1,262 1,561 2,373 3 , 5 6 4
2,388 1,845 19,043
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
134.5 104.7 69.0 93.8 91.7 100.0 135.9 167.1 249.5 376.5 223.4 163.9
1 9 0 0 . 1
Calculated on a Strength of 12,314, the Total Strength absent as well as present, the Death-rate of the year is 23.47 per 1,000—the equivalent of 289 deaths.
The Gain and Loss Statement for the Frontier Force for the year is as under :—
S t r e n g t h b o r n e o n t h e R e g i m e n t a l R o l l s o n l s t J a n u a r y 1 8 7 2 . . .
1 2 , 3 6 9
Additions received during the year . . . 1,104
TOTAL . . . 13,473
Deaths at Head-quarters and in Detachments 2 1 4 ; d i e d w h i l e o n f u r l o u g h a n d s i c k l e a v e 7 5 ;
i n v a l i d e d f o r
discharge 234; transfers given 24 ; discharged otherwise 690 . . .
1,237
Remaining on the Rolls at the close of 1872 . . .
12,236