NATIVE TROOPS, 1872.
IX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS of the REGULAR ARMY and of the PUNJAB
FRONTIER FORCE serving TRANS-INDUS during the Year 1872, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of
the Year.
This Table contains the entire of the figures shown in the Statement for the Punjab Frontier Force, with the exception of the Statistics of Abbottabad, as well as the
Statistics of the Regiments of the Regular Native Army serving beyond the Indus, already incorporated in the General Statement for the Punjab.)
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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
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. . .
14,311 722 50.4 35
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
. . . . . . 4 1 . . . . . . 14 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 2 . . .
February . . . 14,422 657 45.6 25
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .. . . 1 1
March . . .
14,238 496 34.8
11
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . .
1 . . . . . .
. . .
3 . . . 2 . . . . . .
. . . 2 1
. . .
April . . .
12,659 327 25.8
12
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . .
. . . 1 . . .
. . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 1
May . . .
11,866 329 27.7
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . .
. . . 1 . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
June. . .
12,062 355 29.4
8
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . 1
. . . . . . . . .
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
July . . .
12,134 414 34.1
5
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. . . . . . . . . 1
2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .. . .
. . . 1
August . . . 12,273 549 44.7 31
. . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .. . . 2 1
September . . . 12,357 812 65.7 46
. . . 33 . . . . . . 3
. . . . . . 1 3 2 . . . 1
1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .. . . 1 1
October. . .
12,552 1,025 81.7
42
. . . 28 . . . 1 1 1 . . . 2
4 . . . . . .
. . .
2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 . . .
1 . . .
November . . . 13,881 1,017 73.3 24
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 3 3 . . . . . .
7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 1
2 . . .
December. . . 14,362 802 55.8 49
. . .
1 . . . . . . 2
6 . . . 1
6 3 . . .
2
2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 . . . 1
1
90 . . . 1 12 42 . . . 6 21 11 . . . 4 70 1 3 . . . 1 6 4 13 6
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 13,093 625 47.7 291 22.23 6.87 . . .
4.20
.46 1.60 .84 . . . .31 5.34 . 08 . 2 3 . . . . 0 8 .46 . 3 1
. 9 9 . 4 6
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
druing
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 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 44
47
45
1
. . .
137
10.5 65.70
Smallpox . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
1 . . .
1
. . .
. . .
2
2
8
. 6
. . .
Dengue . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
1
1. . .
Fever, Intermittent . . . 717 542 338 337 312 382 521 1,066
2 , 5 2 5 4,107 2,319 1,245
14,411
1100.7
. 0 8
" Remittent and
Cont i nued . . .
62
46 20
14
9
6
11
2
7
13
18
28
236
18.0 17.80
Apoplexy. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
4
.3 100.00
Dysentery . . .
112
50
49
71
67
53
92 114 138 190 140 144
1,220
93.2
1.53
Diarrhœa . . .
65
40
25
61
54
48 65
94 149 113
8 0 82
876
66.9
H e p a t i t i s . . .
1
1
2
. . . . . .
3
3
. . .
3
7
. . .
2
22
1.7
. . .
Spleen Disease . . .
2 4 17
8
6
7
2
5
8
14
40
45
66
242
18.5
1.65
Respiratory Diseases . . .
171 129
66
59
42
19
24
22
24 34 70 179
839
64.1
8.34
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
1
3
4
1
2
2
. . . 1
1
. . .
1
1
17
1.3 17.65
Dropsy . . .
1
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1
3
. 2
. . .
Scurvy . . .
2
1
4
3
1
. . .
1
1
1
5
1
2
22
1.7
4.55
Rheumatism . . .
111
90
72
64 37
47 57
44
43
52
72
84
773
59.0
. 40
Venereal Diseases . . .
13
28
8 21
27
22
27
18 24
19
29
15
251
19.2
Eye Diseases. . .
13
18
14
35
43
27
49
32
42
39
19
14
345
26.3
Abscess and Ulcer . . . 184 110
78
97 102 119 272 184 121 130 125 115
1,637
125.0
Wounds and Accidents . . . 162 144 115 150 108 112 134 94
88
99 120 140
1,466
112.0
All other Causes . . .
129 122 111 129 89 125 160 113 142 139 155 159
1,573
120.1
1,769 1,341 914 1,048 901 970 1,423 1,838 3,370 5,033 3,197 2,279
24,083
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
123.6 93.0 64.2 82.8 75.9 80.4
1 1 7 . 3
149.8 272.7 401.0 230.3 158.7
1 8 3 9 . 4