NATIVE TROOPS, 1872.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in BENGAL PROPER and in ASSAM
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.
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 . Scurvy.
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 . . . 5,352
344
64.3
12
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1 1
. . .
. . .
1 1
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
3 1 1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
February . . . 5,855
382
65.2
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . . 1
March . . . 6,347
445
70.1
13
. . .
5
. . .
. . .
2
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
2
1 . . . 1
. . .
April . . . 7,429
517
69.6
13
. . .
3
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . . 1
2 1
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
1
. . .
. . .
1 . . . 1
1
May . . . 7,065
410
58.0
13
. . .
5
. . .
. . . . . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
1
. . .
. . .
1 . . . 1
3
June . . . 6,948
391
56.3
9
. . .
2 . . .
1
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
1 1
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
3
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
July . . . 6,921
376
54.3
7
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 2 . . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . . 1
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
2
August . . . 6,835
389
56.9
6
. . .
. . .
. . . 1 1 2 . . .
. . .
1
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
September . . . 6,861
410
59.7
4 . . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . .
2
October . . . 6,970
395
56.7
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
November . . . 6,505
379
58.3
10
. . .
1
. . . 1
. . . 1 . . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . . . . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . . 1
2 . . . 1
. . .
December . . . 6,830
345
50.5
12
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . . . . .
2 . . .
1
. . .
. . .
3 . . . . . .
1
18
. . . 4 8 9 . . . 1
14 5
. . . 1
10 . . . 10 1
6
8 . . . 4
10
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 6,660
399
59.9
109
16.36* 2.70 . . .
3.16
.15 2.10 .75
. . . .15 1.50 . . . 1.50 .15 .90 1.20 . . . .60 1.50
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.
Cholera . . .
1
. . .
7
5
8
4
4
3
. . .
4
1
2
39
5.9
46.15
Smallpox . . .
1
2
3
4
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
12
1.8
. . .
Dengue . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
209
418
273
396
235
68
43
14
. . .
1,656
248.6
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
6
. 9
. . .
Fever, Intermittent . . .
203
176
192
598
253
243
314
285
319
435
435
412
3,865
580.3
.21
" Remittent and
Continued . . .
5
2
4
5
14
16
28
15
34
40
25
14
202
3 0 . 3
4 . 4 6
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
.4
3 3 . 3 3
Dysentery . . .
102
85
82
175
73
93
82
73
46
74
68
88
1,041
156.3
1 . 0 6
Diarrhœa . . .
45
38
49
90
73
73
77
57
71
78
46
52
749
112. 4
Hepatitis . . .
1
. . .
1
3
4
2
1
2
. . .
3
4
. . .
21
3.2
. . .
Spleen Disease . . .
7
10
10
13
13
5
5
10
7
10
13
13
116
17.4
. 8 6
Respiratory Diseases . . .
55
50
56
66
33
34
29
22
25
49
40
59
518
77.8
1.93
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
3
2
3
4
6
8
2
5
6
2
1
1
43
6.5
23.26
Dropsy . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
.2
. . .
Scurvy . . .
4
3
3
12
5
1
6
. . .
1
8
9
7
59
8.9
1 0 . 1 7
Rheumatism . . .
42
48
35
42
41
23
45
28
25
36
39
48
452
67.9 . 3 3
Venereal Diseases . . .
14
18
12
21
14
15
15
13
7
15
21
14
179
26.9
Eye Diseases . . .
3
3
5
12
8
7
13
15
18
26
8
15
133
20.0
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
33
42
38
44
41
47
57
43
34
55
56
56
546
82.0
Wounds and Accidents . . .
61
70
81
92
70
89
98
97
92
116
68
49
983
147.6
All other Causes . . .
82
8 4
102
119
111
108
130
94
105
139
110
101
1,285
192.9
663
633
684
1,516
1,187
1,043
1,303
997
859 1,134
959
931
11,909
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
123.9
108.1
107.8 204.1
168.0
150.1
188.3
145.9
125.2
162.7
1 4 7 . 4
136.3
1788.2
* In the Regimental Table the Deaths of this Province are shown as 243; 191 Deaths of men present with their Regiments, and 52 of men absent. With a
Strength of 8,152, 243 Deaths give a ratio of 29.81 per 1,000. Regiments of this Province attached to the Loshaie Force in the first three months of the year lost 83 men
while on field service, whose deaths do not appear in this Table.