NATIVE TROOPS , 1871.
VI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the PUNJAB 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.
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 .
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
January
16,833
831
4 9 . 4
64
... ... ...
9 2
. . .
1
4 ... ... 39 1
1
. . .
...
3
. . . 3
1
February
16,898
660
39.1
33 ...
... ... 1 3
. . . 2
4 ... 1 20 ...
1 . . .
... ...
. . .
1
. . .
March
16,807
516
30.7
27 ...
... ... 3
2 . . .
. . .
2 . . . . . .
1 1 ...
2 . . .
... ...
1 5
1
April
14,332
420
29.3
13
... ...
... ... 2
. . . . . . ... 1 1
7 ... . . .
. . . ... 1 1
. . .
. . .
May
13,898
368
26.5
14
... ... ... ... 2
. . . ...
1
. . . . . . 3 1
1 ... ... ... ...
4
2
June 14,031
348 24.8
8
... ...
. . . 1 2
. . .
. . . 1 ...
. . .
2 ...
. . . ... ... ...
1
. . . 1
July
14,228
397
27.9
12 ...
1 ... 1
. . . . . .
. . . 1
. . . . . . 2 ...
. . . . . . ... 3 1
2
1
August
14,384 513
35.7
6
... ...
... ... 1 1 ... ... ... ...
2 ...
. . . . . .
... ... ...
1
1
September
14,488
508 35.1
5 ... ...
. . . ... . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1 1
1
. . .
... ...
. . . 2
. . .
October
14,793
549 37.1
12
. . . ... ... ... ... ...
1
1
1 2
4 ...
. . . . . .
... ...
. . . 2
1
November
15,945
649 40.7
22
... ... ... 1 1 ...
1
2 . . . . . .
1 2
...
2 . . .
... 1
. . .
2
. . .
December 16,170
621
38.4
22 ...
... ...
4 2
. . .
1
4
. . . . . .
8 ...
. . . . . . . . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
1 ... 20 17 1
6 20
2 4 111 3
8 ... ... 10 4 22
9
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
15,234 532
34.9 238 15.62
. 0 7 ...
2 . 4 3
. 0 7 .39 1.31 . 1 3 .26 7.29 .20 .52 ... ... .66
. 2 6
1.44 .59
Absent Deaths, 81. Ratio of 319 Deaths, 18.53 per 1,000 of the Total Regimental Strength.
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Ad mi t t e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f St r e n g t h .
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
1 ...
...
...
...
...
1
.1
...
Smallpox
2
3
3
4 ...
. . . ...
...
...
1
1
. . .
14
.9
. . .
Fever, Intermittent
728
376
279
300
482 374
470
820
718 1,098 886
511
7,042
462.3
. 28
" Remittent and
Continued
16
8
5
9
16
6
7
13
6
9
10
9
1 1 4
7.5
14. 91
Apoplexy
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
. . .
1
. . . ...
3
.2
33.33
Dysentery
38
34
38
48
62
58
53
102
122
135
112
85
887
58.2
1 . 9 9
Diarrhœa
39
19
35
37
41
30
33
52
42
:33
25
35
421
27.7
Hepatitis
1
...
2
2
5
2
1
3
1
2
1
. . .
20
1. 3
10.00
Spleen Disease
51
12
20
8
14
7
14
11
14
9
19
8
187
12.3
2.14
Respiratory Diseases
274
118
89
52
31
14
17
37
27
44
62
101
866
56.8
12.82
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
. . .
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
23
1. 5
34.78
Dropsy
2
. . .
1
1
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
.3
. . .
Scurvy
6
1
2
. . .
2
3
1
1
2
3
1
2
24
1.6
...
Rheumatism
111
80
65
49
53
54
31
83
52
71
63
71
783
51.4
. 6 0
Venereal Diseases
33
26
16
20
17
27
28
23
21
38
48
40
337
22.1
Eye Diseases
16
18
21
29
57
44
55
54
36
37
22
21
410
26.9
Abscess and Ulcer
181
83
82
127
133
142
213
205
153
176
151
164
1,810
118.8
Wounds and Accidents
135
121
131
125
189
126
139
205
151
218
164 141
1,845
121.1
All other Causes
149
106
102
90
101
81
109
142 105
121
96
86
1,288
84.5
1,784 1,005
894
904 1,205
970 1,17 4 1,754 1,452
1 , 9 9 8 1,663 1,276
. 1 6 , 0 7 9
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
1 0 6 . 0 5 9 . 5
53.2 63.1
8 6 . 7
6 9 . 1
8 2 . 5 121.9 100.2
1 3 5 . 1
1 0 4 . 3
78.9
1 0 5 5 . 5